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Synopsis of the Fourteenth Tablet
Babili, Marduk's chosen center, survives
the calamity
Enki sees it as an omen of Marduk's
inevitable supremacy
Enlil ponders the past, Fate, and Destiny
Accepts Marduk's supremacy, retreats to
faraway lands
The brothers bid a sentimental good-bye
Enki sees the Past as a guide foretelling
the Future
He decides to commit all as a record for
posterity.
Colophon by the scribe Endubsar
Endubsar writing the tablets
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THE FOURTEENTH TABLET
Babili, where Marduk supremacy declared,
by the Evil Wind was spared;
All the lands south of Babili the Evil
Wind devoured, the heart of the Second Region it also touched.
When in the aftermath of the Great
Calamity Enlil and Enki to surrey the havoc met,
Enki to Enlil the sparing of Babili as a
divine omen considered.
That Marduk to supremacy has been
destined, by the sparing of Babili is confirmed! So did Enki to Enlil say.
The will of the Creator of All it must
have been! Enlil to Enki said.
Then to him the dream-vision and prophecy
of Galzu Enlil revealed.
If that by you was known, why did you the
use of the Weapons of Terror not prevent? Enki him asked.
My brother! Enlil to Enki with a sorrowed
voice said. Enough seen was the reason.
Whenever after your coming to Earth the
mission by an obstacle obstructed was,
A way the obstruction to circumvent we
have found;
Of that, the fashioning of the Earthlings,
the greatest solution,
Also, the fountain of a myriad unwanted
twists and turns was.
When you have the celestial cycles
fathomed and the constellations assigned,
Who in them the hands of Destiny could
foresee,
Who could between our chosen fates and our
unbending destiny distinguish?
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Who false omens proclaimed, who true
prophecies could pronounce?
Therefore, to keep to myself the words of
Galzu I decided
Was he truly the Creator of All's emissary,
was he my hallucination?
Let whatever must happen, happen! so to
myself I said.
To his brother's words Enki listened, his
head up and down he nodded.
The First Region is desolate, the Second
Region is in confusion, the Third Region is wounded,
The Place of the Celestial Chariots is no
more; that is what has happened! Enki to Enlil said.
If that was the will of the Creator of
All, that is what of our Mission to Earth remained!
By the ambitions of Marduk was the seed
sown, what the crop resulted is for him to reap!
So did Enlil to his brother Enki say, then
he the triumph of Marduk accepted.
Let the rank of fifty, by me for Ninurta
intended, to Marduk instead be given,
Let Marduk over the desolation in the
Regions his supremacy declares!
As for me and Ninurta, we will in his way
no longer stand.
To the Lands Beyond the Oceans we will
depart, what we had all had come for,
The mission to obtain for Nibiru gold we
will complete!
So did Enlil to Enki say; dejection was in
his words.
Would different matters have been were the
Weapons of Terror unused? Enki his brother challenged.
Should we have the words of Galzu to
Nibiru not return heeded? Enlil retorted.
Should Earth Mission have been stopped
when the Anunnaki mutinied?
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I did what I did, you what did what you
did. The past undone cannot become!
Is not in that too a lesson? Enki asked
them both.
Is not what on Earth happened, what on
Nibiru had taken place mirrored?
Is not in that tale of the Past the
outline of the Future written-
Will Mankind, in our image created, our
attainments and failures repeat?
Enlil was silent. As he stood up to leave,
Enki to him his arm extended.
Let us lock arms as brothers, as comrades
who together challenges on an alien planet confronted!
So did Enki to his brother say.
And Enlil, grasping his brother's arm,
hugged him as well.
Shall we meet again, on Earth or on
Nibiru? Enki asked.
Was Galzu right that we die if we to
Nibiru go? Enlil responded. Then he turned and departed.
Alone was Enki left; only by the thoughts
of his heart was he accompanied.
How it all began and how it thus far
ended, he sat and pondered.
Was it all destined, or was it fate by
this and that decision fashioned?
If Heaven and Earth by cycles within
cycles regulated,
What had happened will again occur? Is the
Past-the Future?
Will the Earthlings the Anunnaki emulate,
will Earth relive Nibiru?
Will he, the first to arrive, the last to
leave be?
Besieged by thoughts, Enki a decision
made:
All the events and decisions, starting
with Nibiru to this day on Earth,
To put in a record, a guide to future
generations to become;
Let posterity, at a time by destiny
designated,
Endubsar was invited to Enki for writing
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The record read, the Past remember, the
Future as prophecy understand,
Let the Future of the Past the judge
be!
These are the words of Enki, Firstborn of
Anu of Nibiru.
Fourteenth tablet: The Words of the lord
Enki.
Written from the mouth of the great lord
Enki,
not one word missed, not one word
added,
by the master scribe Endubsar, a man of
Eridu,
son of Udbar.
By the lord Enki with long life I have
been blessed.
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