Jubilees 8
1In the twenty-ninth jubilee, in the first week, in the beginning thereof Arpachshad took to himself a wife and her name was Rasu'eja, the daughter of Susan, the daughter of Elam, and she bare him a son in the third year in this week, and he called his name Kainam.
ወበ*ዐሥራ፡ ወተስዐቱ፡²⁰ ኢዮቤልውስ፡²¹ በሱባዔ፡ ቀዳሚ፡ በቀዳሚሁ፡ ነሣእ፡ ሎቱ፡ አርፋክስድ፡²² ብእሲተ፡ ወስማ፡ ራኡኤ፡²³ *ወለተ፡ ሱባን፡²⁴ ወለተ፡ ኤላም፡ [ሎቱ፡ ብእሲት፡]²⁵ ወወለደት፡ ሎቱ፡
3And he found a writing which former (generations) had carved on the rock, and he read what was thereon, and he transcribed it and sinned owing to it; for it contained the teaching of the Watchers in accordance with which they used to observe the omens of the sun and moon and stars in all the signs of heaven.
ወመሀሮ፡ አቡሁ፡ መጽሔፈ፡ ወሖረ፡ ይኀሥሥ፡ ሎቱ፡ መካነ፡ ኀበ ይእኀዘ ሎቱ፡ ሀገረ። ወረከበ፡ መጽሔፈ፡ ዘቈረደ፡ ቀደምት፡ ውስተ፡ ኵኑሕ፡ ወአንበበ፡ ዘ*ውስቴታ፡²⁹ ወ*አዐለወ፡³⁰ ወ*ረስዐ፡ እምውስቴታ፡³¹ ከመ፡ ሀሎ፡ ውስቴታ፡²⁹ ትምህርተ፡³² ትጉሃን፡ በዘ፡ ይሬስዩ፡³³ ስገለ፡³⁴ *ፀሓይ፡
4And he wrote it down and said nothing regarding it; for he was afraid to speak to Noah about it lest he should be angry with him on account of it.
ወወርኀ፡ ወከዋክብት፡³⁵ ውስተ፡³⁶ ኵሉ፡ ተኣምረ፡ ሰማይ፡። ወ*ጸሐፉ፡³⁷ ወእንገረ፡ በእንተእሃ፡
5And in the thirtieth jubilee, in the second week, in the first year thereof, he took to himself a wife, and her name was Melka, the daughter of Madai, the son of Japheth, and in the fourth year he begat a son, and called his name Shelah; for he said: 'Truly I have been sent.'
እስመ፡ ይፈርሆ፡ ለኖኅ፡ ነገረ፡ በእንተእሃ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይትመዐዕ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ በእንተእሃ። ወአመ፡ ፴³⁸
6[And in the fourth year he was born], and Shelah grew up and took to himself a wife, and her name was Mu'ak, the daughter of Kesed, his father's brother, in the one and thirtieth jubilee, in the fifth week, in the first year thereof.
እስመ፡ ይቤ፡⁶ *ተፈንዉ፡ ተፈነውኩ፡። ወበዓመት፡ ራብዑ፡ ተወልደ፡⁴⁴ ወልህቀ፡ ሳላ፡ ወሤአ፡ ሎቱ፡ ብእሲት፡ ወስማ፡ *ሙኣክ፡ ወለት፡ ኬሌድ፡ እኁ፡ አቡሁ፡¹ [ሎቱ፡ ብእሲት፡]² በቀዳሚ፡³ ወበ*ሠላሳ፡⁴ ኢዮቤልው፡⁵ በሱባዔ፡ ዓምስ፡ በቀዳሚ፡ ዓመቱ፡፡
7And she bare him a son in the fifth year thereof, and he called his name Eber: and he took unto himself a wife, and her name was 'Azurad, the daughter of Nebrod, in the thirty-second jubilee, in the seventh week, in the third year thereof.
ወ⁶ወለደት፡ ሎቱ፡ ወልደ፡ በዓምስ፡ ዓመቱ፡ ወጸውዐ፡ ስሞ፡ ኤቤር፡⁷ ወነሥአ፡ ሎቱ፡ ብእሲት፡ ወስማ፡ እዙራድ፡⁸ ወለተ፡ ኔብሮድ፡ በ*ሠላሳ፡ ወክልኤቱ፡⁹ *ኢዮቤልው፡⁵ በሱባዔ፡ ሳብዑ፡ በ*ሣልስ፡ ዓመቱ፡፡¹⁰
8And in the sixth year thereof, she bare him son, and he called his name Peleg; for in the days when he was born the children of Noah began to divide the earth amongst themselves: for this reason he called his name Peleg.
ወበሳድስ፡ ዓመቱ፡¹¹ ወለደት፡ ሎቱ፡⁶ ወልደ፡ ወጸውዖ፡ ስሞ፡ ፋሌክ፡ እስመ፡ በ*መዋዕል፡¹² ዘተወልደ፡ እንዘ፡ ደቂቀ፡ ኖኅ፡ ይትከፈሉ፡¹³ ሎሙ፡⁶ ምድረ፡ በእንተዝ፡¹⁴ ጸውዐ፡ ስሞ፡ ፋሌክ፡፡ ወተከፈሉ፡ በእኩይ፡¹⁵
9And they divided (it) secretly amongst themselves, and told it to Noah.
በበይናቲሆሙ፡ ወነገርዋ፡ ለኖኅ፡፡
10And it came to pass in the beginning of the thirty-third jubilee that they divided the earth into three parts, for Shem and Ham and Japheth, according to the inheritance of each, in the first year in the first week, when one of us who had been sent, was with them.
ወከነ፡ በቀዳሚሁ፡ *ሠላሳ፡ ወሠለስቱ፡¹⁶ ኢዮቤልው፡⁵ ወከፈልዋ፡ ለምድር፡ ሠለስት፡¹⁷ መክፈልት፡ ለሴም፡ ወለካም፡ ወለያፌት፡ በበ፡ ርስቱ፡ በቀዳሚ፡ ዓመት፡¹⁸ በአሐዱ፡¹⁹ ሱባዔ፡ እንዘ፡ ይነብር፡ አሐዱ፡²⁰ እምኔሁ፡ እለ፡ ተፈነወት፡²¹ ንቤሆሙ፡፡²²
11And he called his sons, and they drew nigh to him, they and their children, and he divided the earth into the lots, which his three sons were to take in possession, and they reached forth their hands, and took the writing out of the bosom of Noah, their father.
ወ²³ጸውዖ፡ ደቀቀ፡ ወቀርቡ፡²⁴ ንቤሁ፡ እሙንቱ፡ ወደቀቀሙ፡²⁵ ወ*ከፈሌ፡²⁶ ምድረ፡ በዑባዌ፡ ዘይእኅዙ፡ ሠለስቲሆሙ፡²⁷ ውሉዱ፡⁶ ወሰፍሑ፡ እደዊሆሙ፡ ወነሥኡ፡ መጽሓፈ፡ እም*ሓፅነ፡²⁸ *ኖኅ፡ አቡሆሙ፡፡²⁹
12And there came forth on the writing as Shem's lot the middle of the earth which he should take as an inheritance for himself and for his sons for the generations of eternity, from the middle of the mountain range of Rafa, from the mouth of the water from the river Tina, and his portion goes towards the west through the midst of this river, and it extends till it reaches the water of the abysses, out of which this river goes forth and pours its waters into the sea Me'at, and this river flows into the great sea. And all that is towards the north is Japheth's, and all that is towards the south belongs to Shem.
ወወጽአ፡ *በመጽሐፍ፡ ዕፃሁ፡³⁰ ለሴም፡ ማእከለ፡ ምድር፡ ዘይእኅዝ፡ ለርስቱ፡ ወለውሉዱ፡ ለተውልዱ፡ ዘለዓለም፡ እማእከለ፡³¹ ደብሪ፡³² ራፉ፡³³ እሙፃእ፡ ማይ፡ እምፈለገ፡ ጢና፡ ወየሐውር፡ መክፈልቱ፡ መንገለ፡ ዐረብ፡ እንተ፡³⁴ ማእከሉ፡ ለዝ፡ ፈለግ፡ ወ*የሐውር፡³⁵ እስከ፡³⁶ ሶበ፡ ይቀርብ፡³⁷ ኀበ፡ ማየ፡ ቀላያት፡ እም*ኀበ፡³⁸ ይወፅእ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ፈለግ፡³⁹ ወይክዑ፡ *ማያቲሁ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕረ፡⁴⁰ ሜኤት፡⁴¹ ወ*የሐውር፡⁴² ዝንቱ፡⁴³ ፈለግ፡ ውስተ፡⁴⁴ ባሕር፡ ዐቢይ፡ ወኵሉ፡ ዘመንገለ፡ ደቡብ፡ ለያፌት፡ ወኵሉ፡ ዘመንገለ፡ ገጸ፡ ሰሜን፡ ለሴም፡፡
13And it extends till it reaches Karaso: this is in the bosom of the tongue which looks towards the south.
ወ⁶የሐውር፡ እስከ፡ ሶበ፡⁶ ይቀርብ፡ ካራሶ፡⁴⁵ ዝውእቱ፡ ውስተ፡ ሕፅነ፡ ልሳን፡ እንተ፡ ትኔጽር፡⁴⁶ መንገለ፡ ሰሜን፡፡
14And his portion extends along the great sea, and it extends in a straight line till it reaches the west of the tongue which looks towards the south: for this sea is named the tongue of the Egyptian Sea.
ወየሐውር፡ መክፈልቱ፡ እንተ፡²³ መንገለ፡ ባሕር፡ ዐቢይ፡ ወየሐውር፡ ርቱዐ፡ እስከ፡ ይቀርብ፡⁴⁷ መንገለ፡ ዐረቢሃ፡ ለልሳን፡ እንተ፡ ትኔጽር፡ መንገለ፡ ሰሜን፡ እስመ፡ ዘቲ፡ ባሕር፡ ስማ፡¹ ልሳነ፡ ባሕረ፡ ግብጽ፡፡
15And it turns from here towards the south towards the mouth of the great sea on the shore of (its) waters, and it extends to the west to 'Afra, and it extends till it reaches the waters of the river Gihon, and to the south of the waters of Gihon, to the banks of this river.
ወትገምድ፡ እምህየ፡ መንገለ፡ ስሜን፡ መንገለ፡ አፉሃ፡ ለባሕር፡ ዐቢይ፡² ውስተ፡ ክናፍሬ፡³ ማያት፡ ወተሐውር፡ መንገለ፡ ዐረብ፡⁴ ዐፍራ፡⁵ ወ*ተሐውር፡⁶ እስከ፡ ትቀርብ፡ ኀበ፡ ማየ፡⁷ ጌዮን፡⁸ ፈለግ፡ ወመንገለ፡ ስሜኑ፡⁹ ለማየ፡ ጌዮን፡⁸ መንገለ፡ ድንጋጌ፡ ለዝ፡ ፈለግ፡፡
16And it extends towards the east, till it reaches the Garden of Eden, to the south thereof, [to the south] and from the east of the whole land of Eden and of the whole east, it turns to the east and proceeds till it reaches the east of the mountain named Rafa, and it descends to the bank of the mouth of the river Tina.
ወተሐውር፡ መንገለ፡¹ ጽባሕ፡ እስከ፡ ሶበ፡ ትቀርብ፡ ኀበ፡ *ገነት፡ ዘ¹⁰ኤዶም፡ መንገለ፡ ስሜኑ፡ ለስሜን፡ ወእም*ጽባሒሃ፡ ለኵላ፡ ምድረ፡¹¹ ኤዶም፡ ወ*ስ፡¹ ኵሉ፡ ጽባሕ፡ ወይትመየጥ፡ ውስተ፡ ጽባሕ፡ ወይመጽእ፡ እስከ፡ ይቀርብ፡ መንገለ፡ ጽባሒሁ፡¹² ለደብር፡ ዘስመ፡ ራፉ፡¹³ ወይወርድ፡ መንገለ፡ ጽንፉ፡¹⁴ ለሙፃእ፡¹⁵ ጢና፡ ፈለግ፡፡
17This portion came forth by lot for Shem and his sons, that they should possess it for ever unto his generations for evermore.
ዘቲ፡ መክፈልት፡ ወፅአት፡ በ¹⁶ዐፀ፡ ለሴም፡ ወለውሉዱ፡ ለእኂዘታ፡ ለዓለም፡ ለ¹⁷ትውልዱ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡፡
18And Noah rejoiced that this portion came forth for Shem and for his sons, and he remembered all that he had spoken with his mouth in prophecy; for he had said: 'Blessed be the Lord God of Shem And may the Lord dwell in the dwelling of Shem.'
ወተፈሥሐ፡ ኖኅ፡ እስመ፡ ወፅአ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መክፈልት፡¹⁸ ለ*ሴም፡ ወለ¹⁹ውሉዱ፡ ወተዘከረ፡ ኵሎ፡²⁰ ዘነበበ፡ በአፉሁ፡ በ*ትንቢቱ፡²¹ እስመ፡ ይቤ፡ ይትባረክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ *አምላኩ፡ ለ²²ሴም፡ ወይኍድር፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ውስተ፡ መሓድሪሁ፡ ለሴም፡፡
19And he knew that the Garden of Eden is the holy of holies, and the dwelling of the Lord, and Mount Sinai the centre of the desert, and Mount Zion -the centre of the navel of the earth: these three were created as holy places facing each other.
ወአእመረ፡ ከመ፡ ገነት፡²³ ኤደም፡ ቅድስት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ወማኅደሩ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ፡²⁴ ወደብረ፡ ሲና፡ ማእከለ፡ ገዳም፡²⁵ ወደብረ፡ ጽዮን፡ ማእከለ፡ ሕንብርታ፡¹ ለምድር፡ ሥለስቲሆሙ፡ ዝንቱ፡ *መንደረ፡ ዝንቱ፡¹ ለ*ቅድስት፡²⁶ ተፈጥሩ፡፡
20And he blessed the God of gods, who had put the word of the Lord into his mouth, and the Lord for evermore.
ወባረከ፡²⁷ ለአምላከ፡ አማልክት፡ ዘወደየ፡ ውስተ፡ አፉሁ፡ ንባበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወእግዚአብሔር፡²⁸ እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡፡
21And he knew that a blessed portion and a blessing had come to Shem and his sons unto the generations for ever -the whole land of Eden and the whole land of the Red Sea, and the whole land of the east and India, and on the Red Sea and the mountains thereof, and all the land of Bashan, and all the land of Lebanon and the islands of Kaftur, and all the mountains of Sanir and 'Amana, and the mountains of Asshur in the north, and all the land of Elam, Asshur, and Babel, and Susan and Ma'edai, and all the mountains of Ararat, and all the region beyond the sea, which is beyond the mountains of Asshur towards the north, a blessed and spacious land, and all that is in it is very good.
ወአእመረ፡ ከመ፡ መክፈልት፡ በረከት፡ ወ*ቡራኬ፡²⁹ በጽሐ፡¹ ለሴም፡ ወለ*ውሉዱ፡ ለትውልድ፡ ዘለዓለም፡³⁰ ኵላ፡³¹ ምድረ፡ ኤዶም፡ ወኵላ፡³¹ ምድረ፡ ባሕረ፡³² ኤርትራ፡ ወኵላ፡ ምድረ፡¹ ጽባሕ፡ ወህንደኬ፡ ወበኤርትራ፡ ወእድባሪሁ፡ ወኵሉ፡ ምድረ፡ ባሳ፡³³ ወኵላ፡³¹ ምድረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡ ወደሴያት፡ ክፍቴር፡³⁴ ወ*ኵሉ፡³⁵ ደብረ፡ ሲረር፡³⁶ ወአማና፡ ወደብረ፡ አሱር፡ ዘደቡብ፡ ወ*ኵላ፡³⁵ ምድረ፡ ኤላም፡ አሱር፡ ወባቤል፡ ወሱሳን፡ ወ*ማዖደይ፡³⁷ ወ*ኵሉ፡³⁸ እድባረ፡ አራራ*ት፡¹ ወ*ኵላ፡³⁵ ማዖደት፡ ባሕር፡ ዘማዖደት፡ ደብረ፡³⁹ አሱር፡ ዘመንገለ፡ ደቡብ፡ ምድረ፡ ቡርክት፡ ወ⁴⁰ስፍሕት፡ ወኵሉ፡ ዘ⁴¹ውስቴታ፡⁴² ጥቀ፡ ሠናይ፡፡⁴³
22And for Ham came forth the second portion, beyond the Gihon towards the south to the right of the Garden, and it extends towards the south and it extends to all the mountains of fire, and it extends towards the west to the sea of 'Atel and it extends towards the west till it reaches the sea of Ma'uk -that (sea) into which everything which is not destroyed descends.
ወለካም፡ ወፅአ፡ መክፈልቱ፡¹ ዘዳግም፡ መንገለ፡² ማዖደት፡ ገዖን፡ መንገለ፡ ስሜን፡ በየማኑ፡ ገነት፡ ወየሐውር፡ መንገለ፡ ስሜን፡ ወየሐውር፡ ኵሎ፡ እድባረ፡ እሳት፡ ወየሐውር፡ መንገለ፡ ዐረብ፡ *መንገለ፡ ባሕረ፡ አጤል፡ ወየሐውር፡ ዐረብ፡² እስከ፡ ይቀርብ፡ ኀበ፡ *ባሕረ፡ ማኡክ፡⁴ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ ዘ*ኵሉ፡⁵ ይወርድ፡ ውስቴታ፡ ዘ*እ⁶ይትሐጐል፡፡ ወይመጽእ፡ ውስተ፡ ደቡብ፡ ውስተ፡⁷ ጽንፈ፡ ጋደር፡⁸
23And it goes forth towards the north to the limits of Gadir, and it goes forth to the coast of the waters of the sea to the waters of the great sea till it draws near to the river Gihon, and goes along the river Gihon till it reaches the right of the Garden of Eden.
ወይመጽእ፡ ውስተ፡ ከንፈረ፡ ማየ፡ ባሕር፡ ውስተ፡ ማያት፡⁹ ባሕር፡ ዐቢይ፡ እስከ፡ ሶበ፡ ይቀርብ፡ ፈለግ፡ ግብጽ፡ ገጸ፡ ወ*የሐውር፡ ገጸ፡ ፈለግ፡² እስከ፡ ሶበ፡ ይቀርብ፡ በ*የማኑ፡ ገነት፡ ኤደም፡፡¹⁰
24And this is the land which came forth for Ham as the portion which he was to occupy for ever for himself and his sons unto their generations for ever.
ወዘቲ፡ *ምድር፡ እንተ፡¹¹ ወፅአት፡ ለካም፡ በመክፈልት፡ ዘይእኃዝ፡ ሎቱ፡ ወዘርኡ፡² ሎቱ፡ ወለውሉዱ፡ ለትውልዶሙ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡፡
25And for Japheth came forth the third portion beyond the river Tina to the north of the outflow of its waters, and it extends northeasterly to the whole region of Gog, and to all the country east thereof.
ወለያፌት፡ ወፅአ፡ መክፈልት፡ ሣልስ፡ ማዖደት፡ ጤና፡ ፈለግ፡ መንገለ፡ ደቡባቲሁ፡ ሰሙዛእ፡ ማያቲሁ፡¹² ወየሐውር፡ መንገለ፡ ጽባሕ፡¹³ ደቡብ፡ ኵሎ፡ ደወለ፡ ገጋ፡ ወኵሉ፡ ዘ¹⁴ ጽባሓቲሁ፡፡¹⁵
26And it extends northerly to the north, and it extends to the mountains of Qelt towards the north, and towards the sea of Ma'uk, and it goes forth to the east of Gadir as far as the region of the waters of the sea.
ወየሐውር፡ መንገለ፡ ደቡብ፡ *ለደቡብ፡ ወየሐውር፡¹⁶ መንገለ፡ እድባረ፡¹⁷ ቀልፐ፡ መንገለ፡ ደቡብ፡¹⁸ ወመንገለ፡ ባሕረ፡¹⁹ ማኡቅ፡ ወይመጽእ፡ መንገለ፡ ጽባሁ፡²⁰ ለጋደር፡ እስከ፡²¹ መንገለ፡ እድ፡ ማየ፡ ባሕር፡፡
27And it extends until it approaches the west of Fara and it returns towards 'Aferag, and it extends easterly to the waters of the sea of Me'at.
ወየሐውር፡²² እስከ፡ ኀበ፡ ይቀርብ፡ መንገለ፡ ፈሪግ፡²³ ወይገብእ፡ *መንገለ፡ አፈሪግ፡²⁴ ወየሐውር፡ መንገለ፡ ጽባሕ፡ መንገለ፡ ማየ፡²⁵ ባሕረ፡ ማዖት፡፡²⁶
28And it extends to the region of the river Tina in a north-easterly direction until it approaches the boundary of its waters towards the mountain Rafa, and it turns round towards the north.
ወየሐውር፡ መንገለ፡ እደ፡² ጤና፡ ፈለግ፡ መንገለ፡ ጽባሕ፡ ደቡብ፡ እስከ፡ ሶበ፡ ይቀርብ፡ እስከ፡ ጽንፈ፡ ማያቲሁ፡ መንገለ፡ ደብረ፡ ራፉ፡ ወ*የዐውድ፡²⁷ ለደቡብ፡፡
29This is the land which came forth for Japheth and his sons as the portion of his inheritance which he should possess for himself and his sons, for their generations for ever; five great islands, and a great land in the north.
ዛቲ፡ ምድር፡ እንተ፡ ወፅአ*ት፡² ለ*ያፌት፡²⁸ ወለውሉዱ፡ በ*መክፈልት፡²⁹ ርስቱ፡ ዘይእኃዝ፡ ሎቱ፡³⁰ ወለውሉዱ፡ ለትዝምይዶሙ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡¹ *ደሴያት፡ ዐቢይት፡³¹ ኃምስቱ፡ ወ*ምድር፡ ዐባይ፡³² በደቡብ፡፡
30But it is cold, and the land of Ham is hot, and the land of Shem is neither hot nor cold, but it is of blended cold and heat.
ወባሕቱ፡ ቁሩር፡³³ ይእቲ፡ ወምድረ፡ ካም*ሒ፡ መርቁ፡ ይእቲ፡³⁴ ወምድረ፡ ሴምስ፡ ኢመርቁ፡ ወኢደይደክ፡ እስመ፡ ቱስሕት፡ *ይእቲ፡ በቁር፡³⁵ ወበምውቅ፡፡