Ishme-Dagan and Enlil’s chariot (Ishme-Dagan I): translation

 

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 

          (Enlil, King Anu‘s son & heir to Nibiru‘s throne, Anu‘s Earth Colony Commander)

          1-8 August chariot! Enlil, the lord of wisdom, the father of the gods,

        3a - nippur ziggurat, Enlil's home on Earth 2e - Enlil's home in Nippur (Enlil‘s mud-brick-built temple / residence in Nippur)

        ordered your construction in the E-kur, his exalted shrine.

        He instructed Icme-Dagan, the wise shepherd called by an auspicious name,

        born from a beautiful mother’s womb, the adviser of the Land,

        to make your holy and pure divine powers (alien technologies) manifest.

        He set to work on you and worked without stopping.

        He decorated you with …… and lapis lazuli (blue-hued gem stone).

        He placed you …….

 

        9-18 Your two …… are something to be marveled at.

        Your furnishings are most outstanding, like a forest of aromatic cedars.

        Your pole is a field with open furrows, an abundance of dappled grain.

        Your …… is a thick cloud covering the …… of heaven all over.

        Your yoke is a huge neck-stock from which there is no escape, which clamps down the evildoer.

        Your rope-fastened pegs are laid down as a huge net spanning heaven and earth

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        19-21 Your side-poles (?) are …… subduing the hostile countries.

        Your …… of the side-poles are ……

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         (Utu, the giant alien Sun god, son to Nannar)

        28-40 Your mudguard is Utu (Shamash, the Sun god) …… the horizon, …….

        The front of your mudguard is the ornament of (?) …….

        Your implements are Nanna (Nannar / Sin, moon crescent god) who fills the midst of heaven with delight.

        3aa - Nanna & his symbol (Nannar / Sin, the Moon Crescent god of Ur, son to Enlil, long beard custom of the Anunnaki from planet Nibiru)

        Your axle is …… which …… a flood.

        Your rope-box is a whip …… which rouses up the donkeys.

        Your pole-pin is a huge open battle-net which does not let the evildoer escape.

        Your farings are the exalted princely divine powers sought out with great care.

        Your platform is warriors fiercely attacking each other.

        Your side beams are strong breeding bulls carrying a heavy load.

        Your cross-beams are …… young men embracing each other.

        Your side-boards are …….

        Your foot-board is …….

        Your seat ……

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        62-64 At that time Icme-Dagan…… decorated the chariot with silver, gold, and lapis lazuli for his king, Enlil.

 

          65 The sa-gida.

 

        66-81 His great festival having been performed perfectly,

        Enlil stepped onto the chariot and embraced mother Ninlil, his spouse.

        He was followed by Ninurta (Enlil‘s son & heir), his mighty hero, and by the Anuna (Anunnaki gods) who are with Enlil.

        The chariot shimmers like lightening, its rumbling noise is sweet.

        His donkeys are harnessed to the yoke.

        Enlil came out on his august votive (?) chariot radiantly.

        (Enlil, Ninurta, & Inanna)

        Ninurta, the support of his father, made the way pleasant.

        Having reached the place which gladdens the soul, where the seed is blessed,

        Enlil stepped down from his holy …… and established a feast.

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        82-87 After you have taken out the implements to the …… fields from ……,

        let the hoe and the plow, the implements of field workers rival each other before you.

        The king has paid attention to Enlil‘s instructions:

        Ninurta has prepared the holy plow, has plowed the fertile fields,

        7a - when the gods did the work before man  (when the giant alien gods did all the work on Earth)

        and to see that the silos and granaries of Enlil will be piled up high, he has sown with good seed.

 

        88-95 The young hero then proudly enters the resplendent E-kur,

        lord Ninurta prays to Enlil: “Please, look with favor on Icme-Dagan, the accomplished shepherd,

        who is at your service in the dining-hall; on the king who has built you the chariot!

        1c - Astarte, Hittite goddess of love (Inanna, Goddess of Love & War, Nannar‘s daughter, goddess-spouse to Ishme-Dagan)

        Give him Inana your beloved eldest daughter (granddaughter to Enlil) as a spouse.

        May they embrace each other forever!

        May the days of delight and sweetness last long in her holy embrace full of life!”

 

        96 The sa-jara.

 

          97 It is a tigi of Enlil.