Pseudonymously framed as revelation given to Moses on Sinai; the actual author is unknown, likely a Jewish writer of the 2nd century BC (commonly dated c. 150-100 BC). Retells Genesis and part of Exodus organized into 49-year 'jubilee' cycles with added legal and calendrical material; canonical scripture in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
0THIS is the history of the division of the days of the law and of the testimony, of the events of the years, of their (year) weeks, of their Jubilees throughout all the years of the world, as the Lord spake to Moses on Mount Sinai when he went up to receive the tables of the law and of the commandment, according to the voice of God as he said unto him, 'Go up to the top of the Mount.'
ዝንቱ፡ ነገረ፡ ኩፋሌ፡ መዋዕላት፡ ሕግ፡ ወስምዕ፡ ዘገብረ፡ ዓመታት፡ ሰሱባዔሆሙ፡ ስኢዮቤልዎሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓመታተ፡ ዓለም፡ በከመ፡ ነገሮ፡ እግዚእ፡ ለሙሴ፡ በደብረ፡ ሲና፡ አመ፡ ዐርገ፡ ይንሣእ፡ ጽላተ፡ ዘሕግ፡ ወዘተእዛዝ፡ በቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በከመ፡ ይቤሎ፡ ዕርግ፡ ውስተ፡ ርእሰ፡ ደብር።
1And it came to pass in the first year of the exodus of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the third month, on the sixteenth day of the month, that God spake to Moses, saying: 'Come up to Me on the Mount, and I will give thee two tables of stone of the law and of the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayst teach them.'
ወኮነ፡ በቀዳሚ፡ ዓመት፡ ዘወፅአቶሙ፡ ደቂቀ፡ እስራኤል፡ እምነ፡ ግብጽ፡ በወርኃ፡ ሣልስ፡ አመ፡ ዐሠርቱ፡ ወስድስቱ፡ ለውእቱ፡ ወርኅ፡ ተናገሮ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለሙሴ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ዕርግ፡ ኀቤየ፡ ውስተ፡ ደብር፡ ወእሁበከ፡ ክልኤተ፡ ጽላተ፡ እብን፡ ዘሕግ፡ ወዘትእዛዝ፡ ዘጸሐፍኩ፡ ከመ፡ ታሌብዎሙ።
2And Moses went up into the mount of God, and the glory of the Lord abode on Mount Sinai, and a cloud overshadowed it six days.
ወዐርገ፡ ሙሴ፡ ውስተ፡ ደብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወከደኖ፡ ስብሐተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ደብረ፡ ሲና፡ ወከደና፡ ደመና፡ ስድስተ፡ ዕለተ።
3And He called to Moses on the seventh day out of the midst of the cloud, and the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a flaming fire on the top of the mount.
ወጸውዖ፡ ለሙሴ፡ በዕለት፡ ሳብዒት፡ እምማእከለ፡ ደመና፡ ወርእየ፡ ስብሐተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ከመ፡ እሳት፡ ዘያንድድ፡ ውስተ፡ ርእሰ፡ ደብር።
4And Moses was on the Mount forty days and forty nights, and God taught him the earlier and the later history of the division of all the days of the law and of the testimony.
ወሀሎ፡ ሙሴ፡ ውስተ፡ ደብር፡ አርብዓ፡ ዕለተ፡ ወአርብዓ፡ ሌሊተ፡ ወአመሮ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ወደኃሪ፡ ነገረ፡ ኵፋሌ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ መዋዕላት፡ ሕግ፡ ወስምዕ።
5And He said: 'Incline thine heart to every word which I shall speak to thee on this mount, and write them in a book in order that their generations may see how I have not forsaken them for all the evil which they have wrought in transgressing the covenant which I establish between Me and thee for their generations this day on Mount Sinai.
6And thus it will come to pass when all these things come upon them, that they will recognise that I am more righteous than they in all their judgments and in all their actions, and they will recognise that I have been truly with them.
በዘያበውእዎ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ዘይሁቦሙ፡ አበዊሆሙ፡ ስዑረቶሙ፡ ኀበ፡ ዙሉ፡ ይምጽኡ፡ ከመ፡ ይምጽኡ፡ ውስቴታ፡ ወይካየድዎ፡ ወይረስዕዎ፡ ኵሎ፡ ትእዛዝየ፡ ወኵሎ፡ ትእዛዝየ፡ ወይትሌዐሉ፡ ደኀረ፡ አማልክተ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ወይሰግዱ፡ ሎሙ፡ ወይክሕዱኒ፡ ወይትለዐሉ፡ ደኀረ፡ ኵሉ፡ ኀጢአቶሙ።
7And do thou write for thyself all these words which I declare unto, thee this day, for I know their rebellion and their stiff neck, before I bring them into the land of which I sware to their fathers, to Abraham and to Isaac and to Jacob, saying: ' Unto your seed will I give a land flowing with milk and honey.
ወአነ፡ አአምር፡ ዕቢቶሙ፡ ወሕሊናሆሙ፡ ወዘንተ፡ ቅድመ፡ ዘአበዐስኩ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ዘመሐልኩ፡ ለአብርሃም፡ ለይስሐቅ፡ ወለያዕቆብ፡ እንዘ፡ እብል፡ አሁበከ፡ ወለዘርእከ፡ ምድረ፡ ዘይውሕዝ፡ ወመዓር፡ ወይበልዑ፡ ወይጸግቡ፡ ወይትመየጡ፡ ደኀረ፡ አማልክተ፡ ነኪር፡ ዘኢያድኅኑ፡ ሎሙ፡ እምኵሉ፡ ምንዳቤሆሙ፡ ወይከውን፡ ዝንቱ፡ ስምዕ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ ስምዕ።
8And they will eat and be satisfied, and they will turn to strange gods, to (gods) which cannot deliver them from aught of their tribulation: and this witness shall be heard for a witness against them.
እስመ፡ ይረስዑ፡ ኵሎ፡ ትእዛዝየ፡ ወኵሎ፡ ትእዛዝየ፡ ወኵሎ፡ ፍትሕየ፡ ወይትሌዐሉ፡ ደኀረ፡ አህዛብ፡ ወደኀረ፡ ርኵሶሙ፡ ወደኀረ፡ ኀፍረቶሙ፡ ወያምልኩ፡ ደዊላቲሆሙ፡ ወይከውን፡ ሎሙ፡ ለምዕወት፡ ወለምንዳቤ፡ ወለስቃይ፡ ወለመሥገርት።
9For they will forget all My commandments, (even) all that I command them, and they will walk after the Gentiles, and after their uncleanness, and after their shame, and will serve their gods, and these will prove unto them an offence and a tribulation and an affliction and a snare.
ወብዙኃት፡ ይትሀጐሉ፡ ወይትንሥኡ፡ ወይትመየጡ፡ ወይትፈለጡ፡ እምማእከለ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ወይትወከፉ፡ አማልክተ፡ አሕዛብ።
10And many will perish and they will be taken captive, and will fall into the hands of the enemy, because they have forsaken My ordinances and My commandments, and the festivals of My covenant, and My sabbaths, and My holy place which I have hallowed for Myself in their midst, and My tabernacle, and My sanctuary, which I have hallowed for Myself in the midst of the land, that I should set my name upon it, and that it should dwell (there).
እስመ፡ ይረስዑ፡ ትእዛዝየ፡ ወበዓላትየ፡ ወሰንበትየ፡ ወቅድስናየ፡ ዘቀደስኩ፡ ሎቱ፡ ውስተ፡ ማእከሎሙ፡ ወደብተብተ፡ ግብር፡ ወማኅደረ፡ ስመ፡ ቅድሱ።
11And they will make to themselves high places and groves and graven images, and they will worship, each his own (graven image), so as to go astray, and they will sacrifice their children to demons, and to all the works of the error of their hearts.
ወይገብሩ፡ ሎሙ፡ ኀበ፡ ውስተ፡ አማልክተ፡ ነኪር፡ ወይስግዱ፡ ሎሙ፡ ወያመልኩ፡ ጣዖታተ፡ ጽሙማነ፡ ወዕዉራነ፡ ወርኩሳነ።
12And I will send witnesses unto them, that I may witness against them, but they will not hear, and will slay the witnesses also, and they will persecute those who seek the law, and they will abrogate and change everything so as to work evil before My eyes.
ወእፌኑ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ ሰማዕተ፡ ከመ፡ ይሰምዑ፡ ወይትመየጡ፡ ወኢይሰምዑ፡ ወይቅትልዎሙ፡ ለሰማዕት፡ ወያሰድድዎሙ፡ ለእለ፡ ያናቅፉ፡ ሎሙ፡ ሕገ፡ ወያፀርፉ፡ ወይትባረኩ።
13And I will hide My face from them, and I will deliver them into the hand of the Gentiles for captivity, and for a prey, and for devouring, and I will remove them from the midst of the land, and I will scatter them amongst the Gentiles.
ወአትዐይኖ፡ ገጽየ፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ ወአግዕዞሙ፡ ውስተ፡ እደ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ለቅንአት፡ ወኀጢአት፡ ወለስድብት፡ ወአስተኃፍር፡ እምነ፡ ምድር።
14And they will forget all My law and all My commandments and all My judgments, and will go astray as to new moons, and sabbaths, and festivals, and jubilees, and ordinances.
ወይበትክዎሙ፡ ማእከለ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ወይክፈልዎሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ብሔራት፡ ወይትረሳዕዎሙ፡ ሕገ፡ ወበዓላቲየ፡ ወሰንበትየ፡ ወቃለ፡ ኪዳን።
15And after this they will turn to Me from amongst the Gentiles with all their heart and with all their soul and with all their strength, and I will gather them from amongst all the Gentiles, and they will seek me, so that I shall be found of them, when they seek me with all their heart and with all their soul.
ወእምድኀረ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ኵሉ፡ ይትመየጡ፡ ኀቤየ፡ በኵሉ፡ ልቦሙ፡ ወበኵሉ፡ ነፍሶሙ፡ ወበኵሉ፡ ኀይሎሙ፡ ወአነ፡ አገብእ፡ ስቡኦሙ፡ እምነ፡ ኵሉ፡ አሕዛብ።
16And I will disclose to them abounding peace with righteousness, and I will remove them the plant of uprightness, with all My heart and with all My soul, and they shall be for a blessing and not for a curse, and they shall be the head and not the tail.
ወይኀርዮሙ፡ ወይጼውዖሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ደቅ፡ ወይፈልጦሙ፡ ወይሁቦሙ፡ ደቅ፡ ጻድቅ፡ ወይኩኑ፡ ደቅ፡ ወይትባረኩ።
17And I will build My sanctuary in their midst, and I will dwell with them, and I will be their God and they shall be My people in truth and , righteousness.
ወእሐድር፡ ማእከሎሙ፡ ለዓለም፡ ወዓለም፡ ወእከውን፡ አምላኮሙ፡ ወይኩኑ፡ ሎቱ፡ ደቅ።
18And I will not forsake them nor fail them; for I am the Lord their God.'
ወይቤ፡ ሙሴ፡ ኦእግዚእየ፡ ኢትኅድግ፡ ሕዝበከ፡ ወነገደከ፡ ውስተ፡ እደ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይግዝፉ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ ወያስሕትዎሙ፡ እምድኅሬከ፡ ወኢያግብእ፡ መንፈስተ፡ ብልጵልያር፡ ወዘኢመስተካሕድ፡ ወኢያግብእ፡ ትእዛዘ፡ ውስተ፡ ልቦሙ።
19And Moses fell on his face and prayed and said, 'O Lord my God, do not forsake Thy people and Thy inheritance, so that they should wander in the error of their hearts, and do not deliver them into the hands of their enemies, the Gentiles, lest they should rule over them and cause them to sin against Thee.
ወይንብር፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ መንፈስከ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወኢያኀድር፡ ውስቴቶሙ፡ መንፈሰ፡ ብልዓል፡ ከመ፡ ኢያስሕቶሙ፡ እምድኅሬከ፡ ኦእግዚእየ፡ ለዓለም።
20Let thy mercy, O Lord, be lifted up upon Thy people, and create in them an upright spirit, and let not the spirit of Beliar rule over them to accuse them before Thee, and to ensnare them from all the paths of righteousness, so that they may perish from before Thy face.
ወይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለሙሴ፡ አአምር፡ ገዓሮሙ፡ ወሕሊናሆሙ፡ ወዕቢቶሙ፡ ኢይሰምዑ፡ ወኢያምኑ፡ ወይክሕዱ፡ ዓመታት፡ ብዙኀ።
21But they are Thy people and Thy inheritance, which thou hast delivered with thy great power from the hands of the Egyptians: create in them a clean heart and a holy spirit, and let them not be ensnared in their sins from henceforth until eternity.'
ወይረስዑ፡ ኵሎ፡ ትእዛዝየ፡ ወኵሎ፡ ትእዛዝየ፡ ወኵሎ፡ ፍትሕየ፡ ወይስሕቱ፡ ወይረስዑ፡ ወርኅ፡ ወሰንበታት፡ ወበዓላት፡ ወኪዳነ።
22And the Lord said unto Moses: 'I know their contrariness and their thoughts and their stiffneckedness, and they will not be obedient till they confess their own sin and the sin of their fathers.
ወይትከዐዉ፡ ደኀረ፡ አማልክተ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ወይትፌኑ፡ ውስተ፡ ብዙኅ፡ ምንዳቤ፡ ወስቃይ።
23And after this they will turn to Me in all uprightness and with all (their) heart and with all (their) soul, and I will circumcise the foreskin of their heart and the foreskin of the heart of their seed, and I will create in them a holy spirit, and I will cleanse them so that they shall not turn away from Me from that day unto eternity.
ወእምድኀረ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ይትመየጡ፡ ኀቤየ፡ በኵሉ፡ ልቦሙ፡ ወበኵሉ፡ ነፍሶሙ፡ ወበኵሉ፡ ኀይሎሙ፡ ወአነ፡ እኀርስ፡ ልቦሙ፡ ወልበ፡ ውሉዶሙ፡ ወእፍጥር፡ ሎሙ፡ መንፈሰ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወአነጽሆሙ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይትገፈዑ፡ እምኔየ፡ እምይእዜ፡ ወእስከ፡ ለዓለም።
24And their souls will cleave to Me and to all My commandments,
ወይትጠበቁ፡ ነፍሶሙ፡ ኀበ፡ ትእዛዝየ፡ ወይገብሩ፡ ትእዛዝየ፡ ወእከውኖሙ፡ አበ፡ ወእሙንቱ፡ ይከውኑኒ፡ ውሉደ።
25and they will fulfil My commandments, and I will be their Father and they shall be My children. And they all shall be called children of the living God, and every angel and every spirit shall know, yea, they shall know that these are My children, and that I am their Father in uprightness and righteousness, and that I love them.
ወይትቀነዩ፡ ውሉደ፡ አምላክ፡ ሕያው፡ ወይትዐወቅ፡ ኵሉ፡ መልአክ፡ ወኵሉ፡ መንፈስ፡ ከመ፡ እሙንቱ፡ ውሉድየ፡ ወአነ፡ አቡሆሙ፡ በርትዕ፡ ወበጽድቅ፡ ወከመ፡ አፈቅሮሙ።
26And do thou write down for thyself all these words which I declare unto thee on this mountain, the first and the last, which shall come to pass in all the divisions of the days in the law and in the testimony and in the weeks and the jubilees unto eternity, until I descend and dwell with them throughout eternity.'
ወአንተኒ፡ ጽሐፍ፡ ለከ፡ ዘንተ፡ ነገር፡ ወይኩን፡ ጽሑፍ፡ ስምዐ፡ ከመ፡ እጼንዎሙ፡ በኵሉ፡ ትውልዶሙ።
27And He said to the angel of the presence: Write for Moses from the beginning of creation till My sanctuary has been built among them for all eternity.
ወይቤ፡ ለመልአከ፡ ገጽ፡ ጽሐፍ፡ ለሙሴ፡ እምቀዳሚ፡ ፍጥረት፡ እስከ፡ አመ፡ ይትሐነጽ፡ መቅደስየ፡ ማእከሎሙ፡ ለዓለም፡ ወይትራአይ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለዐይነ፡ ኵሉ፡ ወያአምሩ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ከመ፡ አነ፡ አምላከ፡ እስራኤል፡ ወአብ፡ ለውሉደ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ወንጉሠ፡ ውስተ፡ ደብረ፡ ጽዮን፡ ለዓለም፡ ወዓለም።
28And the Lord will appear to the eyes of all, and all shall know that I am the God of Israel and the Father of all the children of Jacob, and King on Mount Zion for all eternity. And Zion and Jerusalem shall be holy.'
ወይፈጽም፡ ጽዮን፡ ወኢየሩሳሌም፡ ቅዱሳት።
29And the angel of the presence who went before the camp of Israel took the tables of the divisions of the years -from the time of the creation- of the law and of the testimony of the weeks of the jubilees, according to the individual years, according to all the number of the jubilees [according, to the individual years], from the day of the [new] creation when the heavens and the earth shall be renewed and all their creation according to the powers of the heaven, and according to all the creation of the earth, until the sanctuary of the Lord shall be made in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, and all the luminaries be renewed for healing and for peace and for blessing for all the elect of Israel, and that thus it may be from that day and unto all the days of the earth.
ወወሰደ፡ መልአከ፡ ገጽ፡ ዘይሐውር፡ ቅድመ፡ ትዕይንተ፡ እስራኤል፡ ጽላተ፡ ዘክፍለተ፡ ዓመታት፡ እምአመ፡ ፍጥረት፡ ሕግ፡ ወስምዕ፡ ለሱባዔሆሙ፡ ለኢዮቤልዎሙ፡ በእንተ፡ ዓመት፡ በበዓመቱ፡ ትፍልጦሙ፡ እስከ፡ ዘይትሐደስ፡ ወይነጽሕ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት፡ ዘውስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወዘውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ወይትፌጠር፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረቶሙ፡ በከመ፡ ኀይል፡ ሰማይ፡ ወበከመ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረተ፡ ምድር፡ እስከ፡ ዘይትሐነጽ፡ መቅደስየ፡ ውስተ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ ላዕለ፡ ደብረ፡ ጽዮን፡ ወያበርህ፡ ብርሃናት፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ወይትሐደሱ፡ ለፈውስ፡ ወለሰላም፡ ወለበረከት፡ ለኵሉ፡ ኅሩያኑ፡ ለእስራኤል፡ ወይከውን፡ ከመዝ፡ እምይእቲ፡ ዕለት፡ ወእስከ፡ ኵሉ፡ መዋዕለ፡ ምድር።
See also: 2 Peter 3:13