Jubilees 9 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 9
Ḥam, Shem and Yafet each divide their portion of the earth among their sons, and Noaḥ binds them all by an oath, with a curse on anyone who seizes a portion that did not fall to him by lot.
9:1And Ḥam (Ham) divided amongst his sons, and the first portion came forth for Kush (Cush) towards the east, and to the west of him for Mitzrayim (Egypt), and to the west of him for Put, and to the west of him on the sea for Kena’an (Canaan).
9:1Y Jam (Cam) repartió entre sus hijos, y la primera porción salió para Kush (Cus) hacia el oriente, y al occidente de él para Mitzrayim (Egipto), y al occidente de él para Put, y al occidente de él, sobre el mar, para Kena’an (Canaán).
፩ወከፈለ ፡ ካም ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ውሉዱ ፡ ወወፅአ ፡ ቀዳሚ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ለኵስ ፡ መንገለ ፡ ጽባሕ ፡ ወዐረቢሁ ፡ ለሜጽሬም ፡ ወዐረቢሁ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ለፉድ ። ወዐረቢሁ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ለከናአን ፡ ወመንገለ ፡ ዐረቡ ፡ ባሕር ።
9:2And Shem also divided amongst his sons, and the first portion came forth for Elam and his sons, to the east of the river Tigris till it approaches the east, the whole land of India, and on the Red Sea on its coast, and the waters of Dedan, and all the mountains of Mebri and Ela, and all the land of Susan and all that is on the side of Pharnak to the Red Sea and the river Tina.
9:2Y Shem también repartió entre sus hijos, y la primera porción salió para Elam y sus hijos, al oriente del río Tigris hasta acercarse al oriente, toda la tierra de la India, y sobre el mar Rojo en su costa, y las aguas de Dedán, y todos los montes de Mebri y Ela, y toda la tierra de Susán, y todo lo que está al lado de Farnak hasta el mar Rojo y el río Tina.
፪ወሴምኒ ፡ ከፈለ ፡ ውእቱሂ ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ውሉዱ ፡ ወወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ቀዳሚ ፡ ለኤላም ፡ ወለውሉዱ ፡ መንገለ ፡ ጽባሑ ፡ ለጢግሪስ ፡ ፈለግ ፡ እስከ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ይቀርብ ፡ መንገለ ፡ ጽባሐ ፡ ኵላ ፡ ምድረ ፡ እንደኬ ፡ ወበኤርትራ ፡ በእዴሁ ፡ ወማያተ ፡ ዴዳን ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ አድባር ፡ ዘምብሪ ፡ ወኤላ ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ሱሳን ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ዘበእደ ፡ ፈርናክ ፡ እስከ ፡ ባሕረ ፡ ኤርትራ ፡ ወእስከ ፡ ጢና ፡ ፈለግ ፡
9:3And for Asshur came forth the second portion, all the land of Asshur and Nineveh and Shinar and to the border of India, and it ascends and skirts the river.
9:3Y para Ashur salió la segunda porción, toda la tierra de Ashur y Nínive y Shinar, y hasta el límite de la India, y sube y bordea el río.
፫ወለአሱርኒ ፡ ወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ካልእ ፡ ኵላ ፡ ምድረ ፡ አሱር ፡ ወነነዌ ፡ ወሲናአር ፡ ወሰክ ፡ እስከ ፡ ቅሩበ ፡ እንደኬ ፡ ወየዐርግ ፡ ወደፋ ፡ ፈለግ ፡
9:4And for Arpachshad came forth the third portion, all the land of the region of the Kasdim (Chaldees) to the east of the Euphrates, bordering on the Red Sea, and all the waters of the desert close to the tongue of the sea which looks towards Mitzrayim, all the land of Lebanon and Sanir and ’Amana to the border of the Euphrates.
9:4Y para Arpajshad salió la tercera porción, toda la tierra de la región de los Kasdim (caldeos) al oriente del Éufrates, que linda con el mar Rojo, y todas las aguas del desierto cerca de la lengua del mar que mira hacia Mitzrayim, toda la tierra del Líbano y Sanir y ’Amana hasta el límite del Éufrates.
፬ወለአርፋክስድ ፡ ወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ሣልስ ፡ ኵላ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ዘደወለ ፡ ከላዴዎን ፡ መንገለ ፡ ጽባሑ ፡ ለኤውፍራጢስ ፡ ዘቅሩብ ፡ ለባሕረ ፡ ኤርትራ ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ማያተ ፡ ገዳም ፡ እስከ ፡ ቅሩብ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ልሳነ ፡ ባሕር ፡ እንተ ፡ ትኔጽር ፡ መንገለ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ኵላ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ሊባኖስ ፡ ወሳኒር ፡ ወአማና ፡ እስከ ፡ ቅሩበ ፡ ኤውፍራጢስ ።
9:5And for Aram there came forth the fourth portion, all the land of Mesopotamia between the Tigris and the Euphrates to the north of the Kasdim to the border of the mountains of Asshur and the land of ’Arara.
9:5Y para Aram salió la cuarta porción, toda la tierra de Mesopotamia entre el Tigris y el Éufrates, al norte de los Kasdim, hasta el límite de los montes de Ashur y la tierra de ’Arara.
፭ወለአራም ፡ ወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ራብዕ ፡ ኵላ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ሜስጴጦምያ ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ጢግሮስ ፡ ወኤፍራጢስ ፡ መንገለ ፡ ደቡበ ፡ ከለዳውያን ፡ እስከ ፡ ቅሩበ ፡ ደብረ ፡ አሱር ፡ ወምድረ ፡ አራራ ።
9:6And there came forth for Lud the fifth portion, the mountains of Asshur and all pertaining to them till it reaches the Great Sea, and till it reaches the east of Asshur his brother.
9:6Y salió para Lud la quinta porción, los montes de Ashur y todo lo que les pertenece hasta llegar al Gran Mar, y hasta llegar al oriente de Ashur su hermano.
፮ወለሉድ ፡ ውፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ኃምስ ፡ ደብረ ፡ አሱር ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ዘዚአሁ ፡ እስከ ፡ ይቀርብ ፡ ባሕረ ፡ ዐቢየ ፡ ወይቀርብ ፡ መንገለ ፡ ጽባሕ ፡ አሱር ፡ እኁሁ ።
9:7And Yafet (Japheth) also divided the land of his inheritance amongst his sons.
9:7Y Yafet (Jafet) también repartió la tierra de su heredad entre sus hijos.
፯ወያፌት ፡ ውእቱሂ ፡ ከፈለ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ለርስት ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ውሉዱ ፡
9:8And the first portion came forth for Gomer to the east from the north side to the river Tina; and in the north there came forth for Magog all the inner portions of the north until it reaches to the sea of Me’at.
9:8Y la primera porción salió para Gomer, al oriente, desde el lado norte hasta el río Tina; y en el norte salió para Magog todas las partes interiores del norte hasta llegar al mar de Me’at.
፰ወወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ቀዳሚ ፡ ለጎሜር ፡ መንገለ ፡ ጽባሕ ፡ እምገጸ ፡ ደቡብ ፡ እስከ ፡ ጢና ፡ ፈለግ ። ወበደቡቡ ፡ ለመጎግ ፡ ወፅአ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ውሣጥያቲሁ ፡ ለደቡብ ፡ እስከ ፡ ይቀርብ ፡ መንገለ ፡ ባሕረ ፡ ሚአት ፡
9:9And for Madai came forth as his portion that he should possess from the west of his two brothers to the islands, and to the coasts of the islands.
9:9Y para Madai salió como porción que poseyera desde el occidente de sus dos hermanos hasta las islas, y hasta las costas de las islas.
፱ወለማዳይ ፡ ወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ከመ ፡ የአኃዝ ፡ እምዐረብ ፡ ለክልኤሆሙ ፡ አኃዊሁ ፡ እስከ ፡ ደሰያት ፡ ወእስከ ፡ ጽነፊሆን ፡ ለደሰያት ፡
9:10And for Yavan (Greece) came forth the fourth portion, every island and the islands which are towards the border of Lud.
9:10Y para Yaván (Grecia) salió la cuarta porción, toda isla y las islas que están hacia el límite de Lud.
፲ወለኢዮእዋን ፡ ወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ራብዕ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ደሴት ፡ ወደሰያት ፡ ዘመንገለ ፡ እደ ፡ ሉድ ።
9:11And for Tuval there came forth the fifth portion in the midst of the tongue which approaches towards the border of the portion of Lud to the second tongue, to the region beyond the second tongue unto the third tongue.
9:11Y para Tuval salió la quinta porción, en medio de la lengua que se acerca al límite de la porción de Lud, hasta la segunda lengua, a la región de más allá de la segunda lengua, hasta la tercera lengua.
፲፩ወለቶቤልሂ ፡ ወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ኃምስ ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ልሳን ፡ እንተ ፡ ትቀርብ ፡ መንገለ ፡ እደ ፡ መክፈልተ ፡ ሉድ ፡ እስከ ፡ ልሳን ፡ ካልእት ፡ ወማዕዶታ ፡ ለልሳን ፡ ካልእት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ልሳን ፡ ሣልስት ።
9:12And for Meshech came forth the sixth portion, all the region beyond the third tongue till it approaches the east of Gadir.
9:12Y para Méshej salió la sexta porción, toda la región de más allá de la tercera lengua hasta acercarse al oriente de Gadir.
፲፪ወለስምክ ፡ ወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ሳድስ ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ማዕዶተ ፡ ልሳን ፡ ዘሣልስት ፡ እስከ ፡ ይቀርብ ፡ ጽባሒሁ ፡ ለጋዲር ።
9:13And for Tiras there came forth the seventh portion, four great islands in the midst of the sea, which reach to the portion of Ḥam; and the islands of Kamaturi came out by lot for the sons of Arpachshad as his inheritance.
9:13Y para Tiras salió la séptima porción, cuatro grandes islas en medio del mar, que llegan hasta la porción de Jam; y las islas de Kamaturi salieron por suerte para los hijos de Arpajshad como su heredad.
፲፫ወለቲራስ ፡ ወፅአ ፡ መክፈልት ፡ ሳብዕ ፡ አርባዕቱ ፡ ደሰያት ፡ ዐበይት ፡ በማእከለ ፡ ባሕር ፡ እለ ፡ ይቀርባ ፡ ለመክፈልተ ፡ ካም ። ወደሰያት ፡ ዘከማቱሪ ፡ ለውሉደ ፡ አርፋክስድ ፡ ወፅአ ፡ በዑፃዌ ፡ ርስት ፡ ሎቱ ።
9:14And thus the sons of Noaḥ (Noah) divided unto their sons in the presence of Noaḥ their father, and he bound them all by an oath, imprecating a curse on every one that sought to seize the portion which had not fallen to him by his lot.
9:14Y así repartieron los hijos de Nóaj (Noé) a sus hijos en presencia de Nóaj su padre, y él los obligó a todos con juramento, invocando maldición sobre todo aquel que procurase apoderarse de la porción que no le hubiese caído por su suerte.
፲፬ወከመዝ ፡ ከፈሉ ፡ ውሉደ ፡ ኖኅ ፡ ለደቂቆሙ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ ኖኅ ፡ አቡሆሙ ። ወአምሐለ ፡ በመርገም ፡ ረጊሞ ፡ ለኵሉ ፡ በበ ፡ አሐዱ ፡ አሐዱ ፡ ዘፈቀደ ፡ የአኀዝ ፡ መክፈልተ ፡ ዘኢወፅአ ፡ በዑፃዌሁ ።
9:15And they all said, “So be it; so be it,” for themselves and their sons forever throughout their generations till the day of judgment, on which Hashem God shall judge them with a sword and with fire for all the unclean wickedness of their errors, wherewith they have filled the earth with transgression and uncleanness and fornication and sin.
9:15Y todos dijeron: «Así sea; así sea», por sí mismos y por sus hijos para siempre, por todas sus generaciones, hasta el día del juicio, en el cual Hashem Elohim los juzgará con espada y con fuego por toda la inmunda maldad de sus errores, con que han llenado la tierra de transgresión, e inmundicia, y fornicación, y pecado.
፲፭ወይቤሉ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ለይኩን ፡ ወለይኩን ፡ ሎሙ ፡ ወለውሉዶሙ ፡ እስከ ፡ ለዓለም ፡ በትዝምዶሙ ፡ እስከ ፡ አመ ፡ ዕለተ ፡ ደይን ፡ በዘ ፡ ይኴንኖሙ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላክ ፡ በሰይፍ ፡ ወበእሳት ፡ በእንተ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ እከይ ፡ ዘርኵስ ፡ ዘጌጋዮሙ ፡ ዘመልእዋ ፡ ለምድር ፡ አበሳ ፡ ወርኵሰ ፡ ወዝሙተ ፡ ወኃጢአተ ።
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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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