The following is the direct translation of the "sumerian Tablets", which are dated over 4000 years ago, thus predating almost every historical document in history. I have not taken, or added, anything to the translation. There are about 250 pages worth of reading, so start reading before this "page not found".
INTRODUCTION
ATTESTATI0N
The words of Endubsar, master scribe, son of Eridu city,
servant of the lord Enki, great god.
In the seventh year after the Great Calamity, in the second month, on the seventeenth day,
I was summoned by my master the Lord Enki, great god, benevolent fashioner of
Mankind, omnipotent and merciful.
I was among the remnants of Eridu who had escaped to the arid steppe just as the Evil
Wind was nearing the city. And I wandered off into the wilderness to seek withered twigs
for firewood. And I looked up and to and behold, a Whirlwind came out of the south.
There was a reddish brilliance about it and it made no sound. And as it reached the
ground, four straight feet spread out from its belly and the brilliance disappeared. And I
threw myself to the ground and prostrated myself, for I knew that it was a divine vision.
And when I lifted my eyes, there were two divine emissaries standing near me. And they
had the faces of men, and their garments were sparkling like burnished brass. And they
called me by name and spoke to me, saying: You are summoned by the great god the lord
Enki. Fear not, for you are blessed. And we are here to take you aloft, and carry you unto
his retreat in the Land of Magan, on the island amidst the River of Magan, where the
sluices are.
And as they spoke, the Whirlwind lifted itself as a fiery chariot and was gone. And they
took me by my hands, each one grasping me by one hand. And they lifted me and carried
me swiftly between the Earth and the heavens, as the eagle soars. And I could see the
land and the waters, and
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the plains and the mountains. And they let me down on the island at the gateway of the
great god's abode. And the moment they let go of my hands, a brilliance as I had never
seen before engulfed and overwhelmed me, and I collapsed on the ground as though
voided of the spirit of life.
My life senses returned to me, as if awakened from the deepest sleep, by the sound of the
calling of my name. I was in some kind of an enclosure. It was dark but there was also an
aura. Then my name was called again, by the deepest of voices. And although I could
hear it, I could not tell whence the voice came, nor could I see whoever it was that spoke.
And I said, Here I am.
Then the voice said to me: Endubsar, offspring of Adapa, I have chosen you to be my
scribe, that you write down my words on the tablets.
And all at once there appeared a glowing in one part of the enclosure. And I saw a place
arranged like a scribal workplace: a scribe's table and a scribe's stool, and there were
finely shaped stones upon the table. But I saw no clay tablets nor containers of wet clay.
And there lay upon the table only one stylus, and it glistened in the glowing as no reed
stylus ever did.
And the voice spoke up again, saying: Endubsar, son of Eridu city, my faithful servant. I
am your lord Enki, I have summoned you to write down my words, for I am much
distraught by what has befallen Mankind by the Great Calamity. It is my wish to record
the true course of the events, to let gods and men alike know that my hands are clean. Not
since the Great Deluge had such a calamity befallen the Earth and the gods and the
Earthlings. But the Great Deluge was destined to happen, not so the great calamity. This
one, seven years ago, need not have happened. It could have been prevented, and I, Enki,
did all I could to prevent it; alas, I failed. And was it fate or was it destiny? In the future
shall it be judged, for at the end of days a Day of judgment there shall be. On that day the
Earth shall quake and the rivers shall change course, and there shall be darkness at noon
and a fire in the heavens in the night, the day of the returning celestial god will it be. And
who shall survive and who would perish, who shall be rewarded and who will be
punished, gods and men alike, on that day shall it be discovered; for what shall come to
pass by what had passed shall be determined; and what was destined shall in a cycle be
repeated, and what was fated and only
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by the heart's will occurring for good or ill shall for judgment come.
The voice fell silent; then the great lord spoke up again, saying: It is for this reason that I
will tell the true account of the Beginnings and of the Prior Times and of the Olden
Times, for in the past the future lies hidden. For forty days and forty nights shall I speak
and you will write; forty shall be the count of the days and the nights of your task here,
for forty is my sacred number among the gods. For forty days and forty nights you shall
neither eat nor drink; only this once of bread and water you shall partake, and it shall
sustain you for the duration of your task.
And the voice paused, and all at once there appeared a glowing in another part of the
enclosure. And I saw a table and upon it a plate and a cup. And I rose up thereto, and
there was bread on the plate and water in the cup.
And the voice of the great lord Enki spoke up again, saying: Endubsar, eat the bread and
drink the water, and be sustained for forty days and forty nights. And I did as directed.
And thereafter the voice directed me to sit myself at the scribal table, and the glowing
there intensified. I could see neither door nor aperture where I was, yet the glowing was
as strong as the midday sun.
And the voice said: Endubsar the scribe, what do you see?
And I looked and saw the glowing rayed upon the table and the stones and the stylus, and
I said: I see stone tablets, and their hue is blue as pure as the sky. And I see a stylus as I
have never seen before, its stem unlike any reed and its tip shaped like an eagle's talon.
And the voice said: These are the tablets upon which you shall inscribe my words. By my
wish they have been cut of the finest lapis lazuli, each with two smooth faces provided.
And the stylus you see is a god's handiwork, its handle made of electrum and its tip of
divine crystal. It shall firmly fit in your hand and what you shall engrave with it shall be
as easy as marking upon wet clay. In two columns you shall inscribe the front face, in
two columns you shall inscribe the back of each stone tablet. Do not deviate from my
words and utterances!
And there was a pausing, and I touched one of the stones, and the surface thereof felt like
a smooth skin, soft to the touch. And I picked up the holy stylus, and it felt like a feather
in my hand.
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And then the great god Enki began to speak, and 1 began to write down his words,
exactly as he had spoken them. At times his voice was strong, at times almost a whisper.
At times there was joy or pride in his voice, at times pain or agony. And as one tablet was
inscribed on all its faces, I took another to continue.
And when the final words were spoken, the great god paused and I could hear a great
sigh. And he said: Endubsar my servant, for forty days and forty nights you have
faithfully recorded my words. Your task here is completed. Now take hold of another
tablet, and on it you shall write your own attestation, and at the end thereof as a witness
mark it with your seal, and take the tablet and put it together with the other tablets in the
divine chest; for at a designated time chosen ones shall come hither and they shall find
the chest and the tablets, and they shall learn all that I have dictated to you; and that true
account of the Beginnings and the Prior Times and the Olden Times and the Great
Calamity shall henceforth be known as The Words of the Lord Enki. And it shall be a
Book of Witnessing of the past, and a Book of Foretelling the future, for the future in the
past lies and the first things shall also be the last things.
And there was a pause, and I took the tablets, and put them one by one in their correct
order in the chest. And the chest was made of acacia wood and it was inlaid with gold on
the outside.
And the voice of my lord said: Now close the chest's cover and fasten its lock. And I did
as directed.
And there was another pause, and my lord Enki said: And as for you, Endubsar, with a
great god you have spoken, and though you have not seen me, in my presence you have
been. Therefore you are blessed, and my spokesman to the people you shall be. You shall
admonish them to be righteous, for in that lies a good and long life. And you shall
comfort them, for in seventy years the cities will be rebuilt and the crops shall sprout
again. There will be peace but there will also be wars. New nations will become mighty,
kingdoms shall rise and fall. The olden gods shall step aside and new gods shall decree
the fates. But at the end of days destiny shall prevail, and of that future it is foretold in
my words about the past. Of all that, Endubsar, to the people you shall tell.
And there was a pause and a silence. And I, Endubsar, bowed to the ground and said: But
how will I know what to say?
And the voice of the lord Enki said: The signs will be in the heavens, and the words to
utter shall come to you in dreams and in visions. And after you there will be other chosen
prophets. And in the end there will be a New Earth and a New Heaven, and for prophets
there will be no more need.
And then there was silence, and the auras were extinguished, and the spirit left me. And
when I regained my senses, I was in the fields outside Eridu.
Seal of Endubsar, master scribe
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