Ascension of Isaiah 3

1And Belchîrâ recognized and saw the place of Isaiah and the prophets who were with him; for he dwelt in the region of Bethlehem, and was an adherent of Manasseh. And he prophesied falsely in Jerusalem, and many belonging to Jerusalem were confederate with him, and he was a Samaritan.
ወበልኪራ፡ለበወ፡ወርእየ፡መካነ፡ኢሳይያስ፡ወዘነቢያት፡ዘእለ፡ምስሌሁ፡እስመ፡ውእቱ፡በብሔር፡ዘቤት፡ልሔም፡ወተዐምጾ፡ለምናሴ። ወውእቱ፡ይትኔቢይ፡ሐሰተ፡በኢየሩሳሌም፡ወብዙኃን፡እምኢየሩሳሌም፡እለ፡ገብሩ፡ምስሌሁ፡ወውእቱስ፡እምሰማርያ፡ውእቱ።
2And it came to pass when Alagar Zagâr, king of Assyria, had come and captured Samaria and taken the nine (and a half) tribes captive, and led them away to the mountains of the Medes and the rivers of Tâzôn;
ወከነ፡በዘ፡መጽአ፡አለጋር፡ዘጋር፡ንጉሥ፡አሶርያ፡ወፄወዋ፡ለሰማርያ፡ወነሥአ፡ተስዐቲሁ፡ነገደ፡ፄዋ፡ወወሰዶሙ፡ውስተ፡ሐውርተ፡ሜዶን፡ወአፍላገ፡ጠዘን።
3This (Belchîrâ), whilst still a youth, had escaped and come to Jerusalem in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, but he walked not in the ways of his father of Samaria; for he feared Hezekiah.
ዝውእቱ፡ወሬዛ፡ተኀብአ፡ወመጽአ፡ኢየሩሳሌም፡በመዋዕለ፡ሕዝቅያስ፡ንጉሥ፡ይሁዳ፡ወኢሐረ፡በፍኖተ፡አቡሁ፡ዘሰማርያ፡እስመ፡ሕዝቅያስሃ፡ይፈርሆ።
4And he was found in the days of Hezekiah speaking words of lawlessness in Jerusalem.
ወተረከበ፡በመዋዕለ፡ሕዝቅያስ፡እንዘ፡ይትናገር፡ነገረ፡ዐመፃ፡በኢየሩሳሌም።
5And the servants of Hezekiah accused him, and he made his escape to the region of Bethlehem. And they persuaded [him and] the region of Bethlehem.
ወአስተዋድይዎ፡ደቀ፡ሕዝቅያስ፡ወተኀጥአ፡ብሔረ፡ቤተ፡ልሔም፡ወአእመኑ።
6And Balchîrâ accused Isaiah and the prophets who were with him, saying: 'Isaiah and those who are with him prophesy against Jerusalem and against the cities of Judah that they shall be laid waste and (against the children of Judah and) Benjamin also that they shall go into captivity, and also against thee, O lord the king, that thou shalt go (bound) with hooks and iron chains':
ወአስተዋድዩ፡በልኪራ፡ለኢሳይያስ፡ወለነቢያት፡እለ፡ምስሌሁ፡እንዘ፡ይብል፡ኢሳይያስ፡ወእለ፡ምስሌሁ፡ይትነበዩ፡ላዕለ፡ኢየሩሳሌም፡ወላዕለ፡አህጉረ፡ይሁዳ፡ከመ፡ይማስና፡ወብንያምኒ፡ከመ፡የሐውር፡በፄዋ፡ወላዕለከኒ፡እግዚአ፡ንጉሥ፡ከመ፡በመልገብት፡ወበመዋቅሕተ፡ብርት፡ተሐውር።
7But they prophesy falsely against Israel and Judah.
ወእሙንቱሂ፡ሐሰት፡ይትነበዩ፡ለእስራኤል፡ወይሁዳ።
8And Isaiah himself hath said: 'I see more than Moses the prophet.'
ወለሊሁ፡ኢሳይያስ፡ይቤ፡እሬኢ፡ፈድፋደ፡እምሙሴ፡ነቢይ።
9But Moses said: 'No man can see God and live'; and Isaiah hath said: 'I have seen God and behold I live.'
ሙሴ፡ይቤ፡አልቦ፡ብእሲ፡ዘይሬእዩ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡ወየሐዩ፡ወኢሳይያስ፡ይቤ፡አነ፡ርኢክዎ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡ወነዋ፡ሕያው፡አነ።
10Know, therefore, O king, that he is lying. And Jerusalem also he hath called Sodom, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem he hath declared to be the people of Gomorrah. And he brought many accusations against Isaiah and the prophets before Manasseh.
ንጉሥ፡አእምርኬ፡ከመ፡ነቢያት፡ሐሰት፡እሙንቱ፡ወለኢየሩሳሌምኒ፡ሶዶም፡ሰመያ፡ወለመላእክተ፡ይሁዳኒ፡ወኢየሩሳሌም፡ሕዝበ፡ገሞራ፡ረሲዖሙ። ወብዙኀ፡አስተዋደዩ፡ለኢሳይያስ፡ወለነብያት፡በኀበ፡ምናሴ።
11But Beliar dwelt in the heart of Manasseh and in the heart of the princes of Judah and Benjamin and of the eunuchs and of the councillors of the king.
ወነበረ፡ብርያል፡ውስተ፡ልበ፡ምናሴ፡ወውስተ፡ልበ፡መላእክተ፡ይሁዳ፡ወብንያም፡ወዘኃጽዋን፡ወዘመምክራነ፡ንጉሥ።
12And the words of Belchira pleased him [exceedingly], and he sent and seized Isaiah.
ወአደዎ፡ፈድፋደ፡ነገረ፡በልኪራ፡ወፈንዎ፡ወአኀዘ፡ለኢሳይያስ።
13For Beliar was in great wrath against Isaiah by reason of the vision, and because of the exposure wherewith he had exposed Sammael, and because through him the going forth of the Beloved from the seventh heaven had been made known, and His transformation and His descent and the likeness into which He should be transformed (that is) the likeness of man, and the persecution wherewith He should be persecuted, and the tortures wherewith the children of Israel should torture Him, and the coming of His twelve disciples, and the teaching, and that He should before the Sabbath be crucified upon the tree, and should be crucified together with wicked men, and that He should be buried in the sepulchre,
እስመ፡ብርያል፡በመዓት፡ዐቢይ፡ሀሎ፡ላዕለ፡ኢሳይያስ፡እምራእይ፡ወእምከሢት፡ዘከሠተ፡ለሰማየል፡ወከመ፡በእንቲአሁ፡አስተርአየ፡ምጽአቱ፡ለፍቁር፡እምሳብዕ፡ሰማይ፡ወተወልጦቱ፡ወራደቱ፡ወራእይኒ፡በዘ፡ሀለወ፡ይትወለጥ፡በራእየ፡ሰብእ፡ወስደቱኒ፡ዘይሰደድ፡ወሥቃያትኒ፡ዘሀሎ፡ደቂቀ፡እስራኤል፡ይሣቅይዎ፡ወምጽአተ፡፲ወ፪፡አርዳኢሁ፡ወትምህርት፡ወከመኒ፡ኀለፎ፡ቅድመ፡ሰንበት፡በዕፀ፡ይሰቀል፡ወምስለ፡ዐደው፡ገቢርተ፡ዕመፃ፡ይሰቀል፡ወከመ፡በመቃብርኒ፡ይትቀበር።
14And the twelve who were with Him should be offended because of Him: and the watch of those who watched the sepulchre:
ወ፲ወ፪፡እለ፡ምስሌሁ፡ይትዐቀፉ፡በቱ፡ወወቀብትኒ፡እለ፡የዐቅቡ፡መቃብረ።
15And the descent of the angel of the Christian Church, which is in the heavens, whom He will summon in the last days.
ወርደተ፡መልአክ፡ዘቤተ፡ክርስቲያን፡እንተ፡በሰማያት፡ሀለወት፡ዘውእቱ፡በደኃሪ፡መዋዕል፡ይጼውዖ።
16And that (Gabriel) the angel of the Holy Spirit, and Michael, the chief of the holy angels, on the third day will open the sepulchre:
ወመልአክ፡ዘመንፈስ፡ቅዱስ፡ወሚካኤል፡መልአክ፡መላእክት፡ቅዱሳን፡ወከመ፡በሣልስት፡ዕለት፡የርኁ፡መቃብሮ።
17And the Beloved sitting on their shoulders will come forth and send out His twelve disciples:
ወውእቱ፡ፍቁር፡ነቢሮ፡ዲበ፡መታክፈሆሙ፡ለሱራፌል፡ይወጽእ፡ወይፌኑ፡፲ወ፪፡አርዳኢሁ።
18And they will teach all the nations and every tongue of the resurrection of the Beloved, and those who believe in His cross will be saved, and in His ascension into the seventh heaven whence He came:
ወይሜህሩ፡ኵሎ፡አሕዛብ፡ወኵሎ፡ልሳነ፡ለትንሣኤ፡ፍቁር፡ወእለ፡ተአምኑ፡በመስቀሉ፡ይድኅኑ፡ወትንሣኤሁ፡በሳብዕ፡ሰማይ፡እምኀበ፡መጽአ።
19And that many who believe in Him will speak through the Holy Spirit:
ወከመ፡ሀለዉ፡ብዙኃን፡እለ፡ይትአመኑ፡ቦቱ፡በመንፈስ፡ቅዱስ፡ይትናገሩ።
20And many signs and wonders will be wrought in those days.
ወብዙኃ፡ተአምር፡ወመንክር፡ይኩውን፡በውእቱ፡መዋዕል።
21And afterwards, on the eve of His approach, His disciples will forsake the teaching of the Twelve Apostles, and their faith, and their love and their purity.
ወእምድኅረዝ፡ለቀርበቱ፡የዐድጉ፡አርዳኢሁ፡ትምህርተ፡ዘ፲ወ፪፡ሐዋርያት፡ወሃይማኖቶሙ፡ወፍቅሮሙ፡ወንጽሐሙ።
22And there will be much contention on the eve of [His advent and] His approach.
ወይከውን፡ወከሕ፡ብዙኀ፡ለምጽአቱ፡ወለቀሪበቱ።
23And in those days many will love office, though devoid of wisdom.
ወበውእቱ፡መዋዕል፡ብዙኃን፡እለ፡ያፈቅሩ፡ሲመተ፡እንዘ፡ዕሩቃን፡ጥበብ።
24And there will be many lawless elders, and shepherds dealing wrongly by their own sheep, and they will ravage (them) owing to their not having holy shepherds.
ወይከውኑ፡ብዙኃን፡ሊቃናት፡መዐምፃን፡ወኖሎት፡ገፉዐተ፡አባግዑሙ፡ወይከውኑ፡መሠጠበ፡እኅቢሆሙ፡ኖሎት፡ቅዱሳን።
25And many will change the honour of the garments of the saints for the garments of the covetous, and there will be much respect of persons in those days and lovers of the honour of this world.
ወይጼልጡ፡ብዙኃን፡ክብረ፡ልብሶሙ፡ለቅዱሳን፡በልብሰ፡መፍቅረ፡ወርቅ፡ወይኩውን፡ነኪአ፡ገጽ፡ብዙኀ፡በውእቱ፡መዋዕል፡ወመፍቅራነ፡ክብር፡ዘዝ፡ዓለም።
26And there will be much slander and vainglory at the approach of the Lord, and the Holy Spirit will withdraw from many.
ወይከውኑ፡ሐመይተ፡ወሐማይያን፡ብዙኃ፡ወዕራቂ፡ክብር፡ለቀሪበት፡እግዚእ፡ወይትገሐሥ፡መንፈስ፡ቅዱስ፡እምብዙኃን።
27And there will not be in those days many prophets, nor those who speak trustworthy words, save one here and there in divers places,
ወኢይሄልዉ፡በውእቱ፡መዋዕል፡ነቢያት፡ብዙኃን፡ወእለ፡ይትናገሩ፡ጽንዐተ፡እንበለ፡አሐቲ፡በመካናት።
28On account of the spirit of error and fornication and of vainglory, and of covetousness, which shall be in those, who will be called servants of that One and in those who will receive that One.
በእንተ፡መንፈስ፡ሓሰት፡ወዝሙት፡ወዘኀሪቃ፡ክብር፡ወዘፍቅረ፡ወርቅ፡ዘሀለወት፡ተኵን፡በእለ፡ይትበሀሉ፡አግብርቱ፡ለዝኩ፡ወለእለ፡ይትወከፉ፡ዝኩተ።
29And there will be great hatred in the shepherds and elders towards each other.
ወይከውን፡በምንኵስቶሙ፡ጽልኤ፡ዐቢይ፡በኖሎት፡ወበሊቃውንት፡በበይናቲሆሙ።
30For there will be great jealousy in the last days; for every one will say what is pleasing in his own eyes.
እስመ፡ቅንአት፡ዐቢይ፡ይከውን፡በደኃሪ፡መዋዕል፡እስመ፡ኵሉ፡ዘአፍቀደ፡በቅድመ፡አዕይንቲሁ፡ይትናገር።
31And they will make of none effect the prophecy of the prophets which were before me, and these my visions also will they make of none effect, in order to speak after the impulse of their own heart.
ወያፀርው፡ትንቢተ፡ነቢያት፡ዘእለ፡እምቅድሜየ፡ወራእያትየኒ፡እለ፡ያፀርው፡ከመ፡ጕሥዖተ፡ልቦሙ፡ይትናገሩ።