Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Epic by Timothy Stephany

Author:Timothy Stephany [Stephany, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

Thus with these fifty did the high gods give his fifty names,

Granting him preeminence; may they always be honored!

And might the elder enlighten the younger concerning them

May men of wisdom and instruction talk among themselves,

So the father might recall them, and pass them on to his son

And may both the shepherd and the herdsman be amenable,

That he not forget the wise counselor of the gods, Marduk,

So that his lands will remain productive, and himself secure

He speaks words of stone, and commands beyond reproach

There are none among the gods who should alter his words

Even when overcome with anger, he does not avert his gaze;

But in his greatest ferocity and annoyance, the gods back off

His thinking is profound, and his feelings highly developed;

Both criminals and offenders are made to stand before him

And he had a scribe transcribe the unwritten commandments,

That had been repeated to him by the elderly amongst them,

Having this set forth in writing for men to read into the future

Might mankind, the people of Marduk, made by the Igigi gods,

Invoke the story, utter his name, recalling the Song of Marduk

Of him who struck down mighty Tiamat, and was made king!

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