Jubilees 45 in Ge’ez, English and Spanish
Bible Study · Read Jubilees in Ge’ez, English and Spanish, one chapter per page. Jubilees retells Genesis and the beginning of Exodus as the angel of the presence revealed it to Moshe on Mount Sinai, dated by jubilees of 49 years. It is part of the Bible of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but not of the Hebrew Bible (Tenakh).
Jubilees, Chapter 45
Yaakov comes into Goshen and embraces Yosef, who feeds his family through the famine and acquires all the land of Mitzrayim for Par’oh; after seventeen years in Mitzrayim Yaakov blesses his sons, dies and is buried in the double cave at Ḥevron, and leaves his books to Levi.
45:1And Yisrael (Israel) went into the country of Mitzrayim (Egypt), into the land of Goshen, on the new moon of the fourth month, in the second year of the third week of the forty-fifth jubilee.
45:1Y Yisrael (Israel) entró en el país de Mitzrayim (Egipto), en la tierra de Góshen, en la luna nueva del mes cuarto, en el segundo año de la tercera semana del jubileo cuarenta y cinco.
፩ወቦአ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ውስተ ፡ ብሔረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ጌሤም ፡ አመ ፡ ሠርቀ ፡ ወርኅ ፡ ራብዕ ፡ በካልእ ፡ ዓመት ፡ ዘሱባዔ ፡ ሣልስ ፡ ዘአርብዓ ፡ ወኀምስቱ ፡ ኢዮቤልው ።
45:2And Yosef (Joseph) went to meet his father Yaakov (Jacob), to the land of Goshen, and he fell on his father’s neck and wept.
45:2Y Yosef (José) salió a recibir a su padre Yaakov (Jacob), a la tierra de Góshen, y se echó sobre el cuello de su padre y lloró.
፪ወመጽአ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ይትቀበል ፡ አባሁ ፡ ያዕቆብሃ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ጌሤም ፡ ወሐቀፈ ፡ ክሳደ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ወበከየ ።
45:3And Yisrael said unto Yosef, “Now let me die, since I have seen you; and now may Hashem God of Yisrael be blessed, the God of Avraham (Abraham) and the God of Yitzḥak (Isaac), who has not withheld His mercy and His grace from His servant Yaakov.
45:3Y dijo Yisrael a Yosef: «Muera yo ahora, ya que te he visto; y ahora bendito sea Hashem, Elohim de Yisrael, el Elohim de Avraham (Abraham) y el Elohim de Yitzjak (Isaac), que no ha negado su misericordia y su gracia a su siervo Yaakov.
፫ወይቤሎ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ እሙት ፡ ይእዜሰ ፡ እምዘ ፡ ርኢኩከ ፡ ወይእዜኒ ፡ ይትባረክ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላከ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ወአምላከ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ወአምላከ ፡ ይስሐቅ ፡ ዘኢከልአ ፡ ምሕረቶ ፡ ወሣህሎ ፡ እምገብሩ ፡ ያዕቆብ ።
45:4It is enough for me that I have seen your face while I am yet alive; yea, true is the vision which I saw at Beit-El (Bethel). Blessed be Hashem my God forever and ever, and blessed be His name.”
45:4Me basta haber visto tu rostro mientras aún vivo; sí, verdadera es la visión que vi en Beit-El (Bet-el). Bendito sea Hashem mi Elohim por siempre jamás, y bendito sea su nombre».
፬ዐቢይ ፡ ሊተ ፡ ዘርኢኩ ፡ ገጸከ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ሕያው ፡ አነ ፡ እስመ ፡ አማን ፡ ህልው ፡ ራእይ ፡ ዘርኢኩ ፡ በቤቴል ፡ ይትባረክ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላኪየ ፡ ለዓለመ ፡ ዓለም ፡ ወቡሩክ ፡ ስሙ ።
45:5And Yosef and his brothers ate bread before their father and drank wine, and Yaakov rejoiced with exceeding great joy because he saw Yosef eating with his brothers and drinking before him, and he blessed the Creator of all things, who had preserved him and had preserved for him his twelve sons.
45:5Y Yosef y sus hermanos comieron pan delante de su padre y bebieron vino, y Yaakov se alegró con gozo sobremanera grande, porque vio a Yosef comiendo con sus hermanos y bebiendo delante de él, y bendijo al Creador de todas las cosas, que lo había preservado y le había preservado sus doce hijos.
፭ወበልዑ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ወአኀዊሁ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ አቡሆሙ ፡ ኅብስተ ፡ ወሰትዩ ፡ ወይነ ፡ ወተፈሥሐ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ፍሥሓ ፡ ዐቢየ ፡ ጥቀ ። እስመ ፡ ርእዮ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይበልዕ ፡ ምስለ ፡ አኀዊሁ ፡ ወይሰቲ ፡ በቅድሜሁ ። ወባረኮ ፡ ለፈጣሬ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ዘዐቀቦ ፡ ወዐቀበ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ዐሠርተ ፡ ወክልኤተ ፡ ውሉዶ ።
45:6And Yosef had given to his father and to his brothers as a gift the right of dwelling in the land of Goshen and in Rameses and all the region round about, which he ruled over before Par’oh (Pharaoh). And Yisrael and his sons dwelt in the land of Goshen, the best part of the land of Mitzrayim; and Yisrael was one hundred and thirty years old when he came into Mitzrayim.
45:6Y Yosef había dado a su padre y a sus hermanos, como regalo, el derecho de habitar en la tierra de Góshen y en Ramesés, y en toda la región de alrededor, sobre la cual él gobernaba delante de Paró (Faraón). Y Yisrael y sus hijos habitaron en la tierra de Góshen, la mejor parte de la tierra de Mitzrayim; y Yisrael tenía ciento treinta años cuando entró en Mitzrayim.
፮ወወሀቦ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ለአቡሁ ፡ ወለአኀዊሁ ፡ ሀብተ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይኅድሩ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ጌሤም ፡ ወውስተ ፡ ራሜሲኖ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ አድያሚሃ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ ዘይኴንኑ ፡ በቅድሜሁ ፡ ለፈርዖን ። ወኀደረ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ወውሉዱ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ጌሤም ፡ ምሥናዪሃ ፡ ለምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ወእስራኤልሰ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ምእት ፡ ወሠላሳ ፡ ዓመት ፡ አመ ፡ ቦአ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ግብጽ ፡
45:7And Yosef nourished his father and his brothers, and also their possessions, with bread, as much as sufficed them for the seven years of the famine.
45:7Y Yosef sustentó a su padre y a sus hermanos, y también sus bienes, con pan, cuanto les bastaba, por los siete años del hambre.
፯ወሴሰዮሙ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ለአቡሁ ፡ ወለአኀዊሁ ፡ ወጥሪቶሙሂ ፡ ኀባውዘ ፡ በከመ ፡ የአክሎሙ ፡ ለሰብዐቱ ፡ ዓመታተ ፡ ዐባር ።
45:8And the land of Mitzrayim suffered by reason of the famine, and Yosef acquired all the land of Mitzrayim for Par’oh in return for food, and he got possession of the people and their cattle and everything for Par’oh.
45:8Y la tierra de Mitzrayim sufría a causa del hambre, y Yosef adquirió toda la tierra de Mitzrayim para Paró a cambio de alimento, y tomó posesión del pueblo y de su ganado y de todo para Paró.
፰ወሐመት ፡ ምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ገጸ ፡ ዐባር ። ወአስተጋብአ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ኵለንታሃ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ በእክል ፡ ወሰብአኒ ፡ ወእንስሳሆሙኒ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ አጥረየ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡
45:9And the years of the famine were accomplished, and Yosef gave to the people in the land seed and food, that they might sow the land in the eighth year, for the river had overflowed all the land of Mitzrayim.
45:9Y se cumplieron los años del hambre, y Yosef dio al pueblo de la tierra semilla y alimento para que sembrasen la tierra en el año octavo, porque el río se había desbordado sobre toda la tierra de Mitzrayim.
፱ወተፈጸመ ፡ ዓመታተ ፡ ዐባር ። ወወሀበ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ለአሕዛብ ፡ ዘውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ዘርአ ፡ ወሲሲተ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይዝርኡ ፡ በሳምን ፡ ዓመት ፡ እስመ ፡ መልአ ፡ ፈለግ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ኵላ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡
45:10For in the seven years of the famine it had not overflowed, and had irrigated only a few places on the banks of the river; but now it overflowed, and the Mitzrim (Egyptians) sowed the land, and it bore much grain that year.
45:10Porque en los siete años del hambre no se había desbordado, y había regado solo unos pocos lugares a la orilla del río; pero ahora se desbordó, y los mitzrim (egipcios) sembraron la tierra, y dio mucho grano aquel año.
፲እስመ ፡ በሰብዓቱ ፡ ዓመታተ ፡ ዐባር ። ኢሰቀየ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ውኁዳት ፡ መካን ፡ ኀበ ፡ ድንጋገ ፡ ፈለግ ፡ ወይእዜሰ ፡ መልአ ። ወዘርኡ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ወፈርየት ፡ ብዙኀ ፡ ሠናየ ፡ በውእቱ ፡ ዓመት ፡
45:11And this was the first year of the fourth week of the forty-fifth jubilee.
45:11Y este fue el primer año de la cuarta semana del jubileo cuarenta y cinco.
፲፩ወውእቱ ፡ ዓመት ፡ ቀዳሚ ፡ ዘሱባዔ ፡ ራብዕ ፡ ዘአርብዓ ፡ ወኀምስቱ ፡ ኢዮቤሌው ።
45:12And Yosef took of the grain of the harvest the fifth part for the king, and left four parts for them for food and for seed, and Yosef made it an ordinance for the land of Mitzrayim until this day.
45:12Y Yosef tomó del grano de la cosecha la quinta parte para el rey, y les dejó cuatro partes para alimento y para semilla, y Yosef lo hizo estatuto para la tierra de Mitzrayim hasta el día de hoy.
፲፪ወነሥአ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ እምእክል ፡ ዘዘርኡ ፡ ኀምስቶ ፡ ለንጉሥ ፡ ወራብዕተ ፡ እደ ፡ ኀደገ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ ለሲሲት ፡ ወለዘርእ ፡ ወረሰዮ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ሥርዐተ ፡ ለምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ እስከ ፡ ዛቲ ፡ ዕለት ።
45:13And Yisrael lived in the land of Mitzrayim seventeen years, and all the days which he lived were three jubilees, one hundred and forty-seven years, and he died in the fourth year of the fifth week of the forty-fifth jubilee.
45:13Y vivió Yisrael en la tierra de Mitzrayim diecisiete años, y todos los días que vivió fueron tres jubileos, ciento cuarenta y siete años, y murió en el cuarto año de la quinta semana del jubileo cuarenta y cinco.
፲፫ወሐይወ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ በምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ዐሠርተ ፡ ወሰብዓተ ፡ ዓመተ ። ወኮና ፡ ኵሎን ፡ መዋዕል ፡ እለ ፡ ሐይወ ፡ ሠለስቱ ፡ ኢዩቤልውስ ፡ ምእት ፡ ወአርብዓ ፡ ወሰብዓቱ ፡ ዓመት ፡ ወሞተ ፡ በዓመት ፡ ራብዕ ፡ ዘሱባዔ ፡ ኃምስ ፡ ዘአርብዓ ፡ ወኀምስቱ ፡ ኢዩቤልውስ ።
45:14And Yisrael blessed his sons before he died, and told them everything that would befall them in the land of Mitzrayim; and he made known to them what would come upon them in the last days, and blessed them, and gave to Yosef two portions in the land.
45:14Y Yisrael bendijo a sus hijos antes de morir, y les dijo todo lo que les acontecería en la tierra de Mitzrayim; y les hizo saber lo que vendría sobre ellos en los postreros días, y los bendijo, y dio a Yosef dos porciones en la tierra.
፲፬ወባረኮሙ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ለውሉዱ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ይሙት ፡ ወነገሮሙ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘኮነ ፡ ይረክቦሙ ፡ በምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ወበደኃሪ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ይመጽእ ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ ፡ አይድዖሙ ፡ ወባረኮሙ ። ወወሀቦ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ ክልኤተ ፡ መክፈልተ ፡ በዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡
45:15And he slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the double cave in the land of Kena’an (Canaan), near Avraham his father, in the grave which he dug for himself in the double cave in the land of Ḥevron (Hebron).
45:15Y durmió con sus padres, y fue sepultado en la cueva doble en la tierra de Kena’an (Canaán), cerca de Avraham su padre, en el sepulcro que él cavó para sí en la cueva doble en la tierra de Jevrón (Hebrón).
፲፭ወኖመ ፡ ምስለ ፡ አበዊሁ ፡ ወተቀብረ ፡ ውስተ ፡ በአት ፡ ዘካዕበት ፡ በምድረ ፡ ከናአን ፡ ቅሩበ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ውስተ ፡ መቃብር ፡ ዘከረየ ፡ ለርእሱ ፡ ውስተ ፡ በአተ ፡ ካዕበት ፡ በምድረ ፡ ኬብሮን ።
45:16And he gave all his books and the books of his fathers to Levi his son, that he might preserve them and renew them for his children until this day.
45:16Y dio todos sus libros y los libros de sus padres a Leví su hijo, para que los preservase y los renovase para sus hijos hasta el día de hoy.
፲፮ወወሀቦ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ መጻሕፍቲሁ ፡ ወመጻሕፍተ ፡ አበዊሁ ፡ ለሌዊ ፡ ወልዱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይዕቀቦን ፡ ወከመ ፡ የሐድሶን ፡ ለውሉዱ ፡ እስከ ፡ ዛቲ ፡ ዕለት ።
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- R. H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Oxford, 1913), public domain, lightly modernized by Benei Avraham in the same way as our Bible pages: “thee/thou” become “you,” older verb forms are updated, people and places carry their Hebrew names with the familiar English name in parentheses the first time on each page, and “the Lord” (God) is written “Hashem.” Charles’s editorial dates are given in the notes. Digital text from the CrossWire Bible Society’s SWORD module (public domain).
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