Jubilees 7
1And in the seventh week in the first year thereof, in this jubilee, Noah planted vines on the mountain on which the ark had rested, named Lubar, one of the Ararat Mountains, and they produced fruit in the fourth year, and he guarded their fruit, and gathered it in this year in the
ወበሱባዔ፡ ሳብዖ፡ በቀዳሚ፡ ዓመቱ፡ በዘ፡ ኢዮቤሌዉ፡ ተከሉ፡ ኖኅ፡ ወይን፡ ዲበ፡ ደብር፡ እንተ፡ ዲቤ*ሁ፡ እዐረፈት፡ ታቦት፡ ዘስሙ፡ ሉባር፡ እምአድባረ፡ አራራት፡ ወገበረ፡ ፍሬ፡ በራብዐ፡
3year, until the first day, on the new moon of the first month. And he celebrated with joy the day of this feast, and he made a burnt sacrifice unto the Lord, one young ox and one ram, and seven sheep, each a year old, and a kid of the goats, that he might make atonement thereby for himself
በ¹⁸ ሠርቀ፡ ወርኃ፡ ቀዳሚት።¹⁹ ወ²⁰ገብረ፡ *ዕለተ፡ ዘቲ፡ በዓል፡²¹ በፍሥሓ፡ ወገብረ፡ ቁርሐን፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ጣዖዋ፡²² እምአልህምት፡ አሐደ፡ ወበሐኵ፡ አሐደ፡ ወ*አባዖ፡²³ ዘዘ፡ ዓመት፡ ስብዐተ፡ ወ*መሐስእ፡²⁴ ጠሊ፡ አሐደ፡ ከመ፡ ያስተንስዒ፡ *ቦቱ፡ ለ²⁵ርእሱ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ውሉዱ።
4and his sons. And he prepared the kid first, and placed some of its blood on the flesh that was on the altar which he had made, and all the fat he laid on the altar where he made the burnt sacrifice,
ወገብረ፡ ማሕስእ፡ ቅድመ፡ ወእንበረ፡ እምነ፡ ደሙ፡ ደበ፡ ሠጋ፡ ዘምሥዋዖ፡ ዘገብረ፡ *ወኵሎ፡ ስብሐ፡ አዕረገ፡ ውስተ፡ ምሥዋዖ፡ ዘኀነ፡ ገብረ፡ ጽንሓሐ፡ ወሳህመ፡ ወ*በሐኵ፡ ወ*አባግዖ፡
5and the ox and the ram and the sheep, and he laid all their flesh upon the altar. And he placed all their offerings mingled with oil upon it, and afterwards he sprinkled wine on the fire which he had previously made on the altar, and he placed incense on the altar and caused a sweet savour to
ወአዕረገ፡ *ኵሎ፡ ሥጋሆሙ፡²⁹ ደበ፡ ምሥዋዖ። ወአንበረ፡³⁰ ኵሎ፡ መሥዋዖተሙ፡ ልነስ፡ በቅብዐ፡ ላዐሌሁ፡³¹ ወ*እግምዘ፡³² ነዘነ፡ ወይነ፡ ውስተ፡ እሳት፡ ዘደበ፡ ምሠዋዖ፡ *እንበረ፡ ወአቅይደመ፡³³ ስኂ፡ ደበ፡ ምሥዋዖ፡ ወአዕረገ፡³⁴ መዐዘ፡ ሠናየ፡³⁵ ዘ*ያሠምር፡³⁶ ቅድመ፡³⁷ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላከ።
6ascend acceptable before the Lord his God. And he rejoiced and drank of this wine, he and his
ወተፈሥሐ፡ ወሰትዩ፡ እም*ዝ፡³⁸ ወይን፡ ውእቱ፡ ወውሉዱ፡ በፍሥሓ። ወከነ፡ ምሤት፡ ወቦእ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰቀላሁ፡ ወሰከበ፡ ስኩሩ፡³⁹ ወኖመ፡ *ወተከሠተ፡ በውስተ፡ ሰቀላሁ፡ እንዘ፡ ይነውም።⁴⁰
9went forth and told his two brethren without. And Shem took his garment and arose, he and Japheth, and they placed the garment on their shoulders and went backward and covered the shame
ወርእየ፡ ካም፡ ለኖኅ፡ አቡሁ፡ ዕራቆ፡ ወወፅአ፡ ወነገረ፡ ለክልኤ፡ እኅዊሁ፡ በአፍኣ። ወ*ነሥአ፡⁴² ሴም፡ ልብሶ፡⁴³ ወተንሥአ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወ*ያፌት፡⁴⁴ ወእንበሩ፡ ልብሰ፡ ደበ፡ መታክፍቲሆሙ፡⁴⁵
10of their father, and their faces were backward. And Noah awoke from his sleep and knew all that his younger son had done unto him, and he cursed his son and said: 'Cursed be Canaan; an
ወ*ገቢአሙ፡⁴⁶ ድኅሪት፡ ከደኑ፡⁴⁷ *ኅፍረት፡ አቡሆሙ፡³⁷ *ወገጾሙ፡ ድኅሪት።⁴⁸ ወነቅሁ፡⁴⁹ ኖሓ፡ እምወይኑ፡ ወአእመረ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘገብረ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ ወልዱ፡ ዘይንእስ፡ ወረገሞ፡ ለወልዱ፡
11enslaved servant shall he be unto his brethren.' And he blessed Shem, and said: 'Blessed be the
ወይቤ፡ ርጉም፡ ከናእን፡ *ቅኑየ፡ ገብረ፡ ይኩን፡ ለአኀዊሁ። ወባረከ፡ ለሴም፡ ወይቤ፡
12Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, and God shall
ይትባረክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላከ፡ ለሴም፡ ወይኩን፡ ከናእን፡ ገብሮ። ያስፍሕ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለያፌት፡ ወይኃድር፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ውስተ፡ ማኃደረ፡ ሴም፡ ወይኩን፡ ከናእን፡ ገብሮ።
13dwell in the dwelling of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.' And Ham knew that his father had cursed his younger son, and he was displeased that he had cursed his son. and he parted from
ወአእመረ፡ ካም፡ ከመ፡ ረገሞ፡ አቡሁ፡ ለወልዱ፡ ዘይንእስ፡ *ወሕሱመ፡ ከነ፡ ሎቱ፡ እስመ፡ ረገሞ፡
16the name of his wife 'Adataneses. And Shem dwelt with his father Noah, and he built a city close to his father on the mountain, and he too called its name after the name of his wife Sedeqetelebab.
ወሴምስ፡ ነበረ፡ ምስለ፡ አቡሁ፡ ኖሓ፡ ወሐነጸ፡ ሀገረ፡ በእደ፡ አቡሁ፡ ኀበ፡ ደብር፡ ወጸወዖ፡ ስማ፡ ውእቱኂ፡ በስመ፡ ብእሲቱ፡ ኤዴቀተልባብ።
17And behold these three cities are near Mount Lubar; Sedeqetelebab fronting the mountain on its
ወናሁ፡ አህጉር፡ እላንቱ፡ *ሦሳስ ቅሩብ ሱባር ደብር፡ ኤዴቃተልባብ፡ ቅድመ፡ ገጸ፡ ደብር፡ በጽባሑ፡ ወ*ነኤልተማኁክ ገጸ፡ ስመን አደተኔሴስ፡ መንገሌ፡ ባሕር።
20Meshech and Tiras: these are the sons of Noah. And in the twenty-eighth jubilee Noah began to enjoin upon his sons' sons the ordinances and commandments, and all the judgments that he knew, and he exhorted his sons to observe righteousness, and to cover the shame of their flesh, and to bless their Creator, and honour father and mother, and love their neighbour, and guard their souls
እሉ፡ ውሉድ፡ ኖሓ፡ ወ¹በ*ዕሥራ፡ ወስማኒቱ፡² ኢዮቤልውሳት፡³ አኀዘ፡⁴ ኖሓ፡ የአዝዝ፡⁵ ሥርዐተ፡ ወ*ትእዛዘ፡⁶ ለ*ውሉድ፡ ውሉዱ፡⁷ ወዙሉ፡⁸ ዘያእምር፡ ፍትሐ፡⁹ ወአስምዖ፡ ላዐለ፡ ውሉዱ፡ ከመ፡ ይግበሩ፡ ጽድቀ፡ ወከመ፡ ይክድኑ፡ ኃፍረቶሙ፡ ሦጋሆሙ፡ ወከመ፡ ይባርኩ፡ ለዘፈጠሮሙ፡ ወያክብሩ፡ አበ፡ ወእመ፡ ወያፍቅሩ፡¹⁰ አሕዱ፡ አሕዱ፡ ቢጹ፡¹¹ ወይዕቀቡ፡ ነፍሶሙ፡ እምዝሙት፡
21from fornication and uncleanness and all iniquity. For owing to these three things came the flood upon the earth, namely, owing to the fornication wherein the Watchers against the law of their ordinances went a whoring after the daughters of men, and took themselves wives of all which they
ወርኵስ፡ ወእምኵሉ፡ ዐመፃ። እስመ፡ በእንተ፡ *ዝንቱ፡ ሠለስቱ፡¹³ ከነ፡ አይኀ፡ ላዕለ፡ ምድር፡ እስመ፡ በእንተ፡ ዝሙት፡ ዘዘመዉ፡ ትጉሃን፡¹⁵ እምትእዛዘ፡ ሥርዐቶሙ *ድኅረ፡ አዋልደ፡ ስብእ፡¹⁶ ወነሥኡ፡ ሎሙ፡ አንስተ፡¹ እም*ኵሉ፡ እለ፡ ኀርዩ፡ ወ¹⁷ገብሩ፡ መቅድመ፡ ርኵስ።
22chose: and they made the beginning of uncleanness. And they begat sons the Naphidim, and they were all unlike, and they devoured one another: and the Giants slew the Naphil, and the
ወወለዱ፡ ውሉደ፡ ናፌዲም፡¹⁸ ወዂሎሙ፡ ኢይትማሰሉ፡ ወይበልዑ፡ አሕዱ፡ አሕዱ፡ ካልእ፡¹⁹ ወቀተሎ፡ ይርባሕ፡²⁰ ለናፌል፡ ወናፌል፡ ቀተሎ፡ ለ*ኤልዮ፡²¹ ወኤልዮ፡²¹ ለ¹⁷እጓለ፡ እመሕያው፡
23Naphil slew the Eljo, and the Eljo mankind, and one man another. And every one sold himself
ወስብእሂ፡ ቢጿ። ወዙሉ፡ ተሲይጡ፡²² ይግበር፡²³ ዐመዛ፡ ወከመ፡ ይክዐው፡²⁴ ደመ፡ ብዙኀ፡²⁵
24to work iniquity and to shed much blood, and the earth was filled with iniquity. And after this they sinned against the beasts and birds, and all that moves and walks on the earth: and much blood was shed on the earth, and every imagination and desire of men imagined vanity and evil
ወመልእክት፡ ምድር፡ ዐመዛ። ወእምድኀሪ፡ *አበሱ፡ ሎሙ፡ አራዊት፡²⁶ ወአዕዋፍ፡ ወ*ዙሉ፡²⁷ ዘይትሐወስ፡²⁸ ወዘያንሶሱ፡²⁹ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወተከዐወ፡ ደም፡ ብዙኅ፡ *ዲበ፡ ምድር፡¹⁶ ወዙሉ፡
25continually. And the Lord destroyed everything from off the face of the earth; because of the wickedness of their deeds, and because of the blood which they had shed in the midst of the earth
ሕሲናሁ፡ ወፈቃዱ፡ ለስብእ፡ ይኃሊ፡³⁰ ክንት፡ ወ*እኩዩ፡³¹ በዙሉ፡ መዋዕል። ወ*ደምስሶ፡³² እግዚአብሔር፡ ዙሎ፡³³ እምነ፡ ገጽ፡ ምድር፡ በእንተ፡ እከየ፡³⁵ ምግባሮሙ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ደም፡
26He destroyed everything. 'And we were left, I and you, my sons, and everything that entered with us into the ark, and behold I see your works before me that ye do not walk in righteousness: for in the path of destruction ye have begun to walk, and ye are parting one from another, and are envious one of another, and (so it comes) that ye are not in harmony, my sons, each with his brother.
ዘከዐዉ፡ ማእከለ፡³⁶ ምድር፡ *ደምስሶ፡ ዙሎ፡፡³⁷ ወተረፍኩ፡ አነ፡ ወእንትሙ፡ ደቂቅየ፡ ወ*ዙሉ፡³⁸ ዘቦእ፡ ምስሌነ፡ ውስተ፡ ታቦት፡ ወናሁ፡ አነ፡ እሬኤ፡ ቅድሜየ፡³⁹ ምግባረክሙ፡ ከመ፡ ዘኢክንክሙ፡¹ ዘተሐወሩ፡⁴⁰ በ⁴¹ጽድቅ፡ እስመ፡ በ¹⁶ፍኖተ፡ ሙስና፡ ወጠንክሙ፡ ትሉፉ፡ ወ*ትትፋለጡ፡ አሕዱ፡ አሕዱ፡⁴² እምነ፡ ቢጹ፡ ወትትቃንኡ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ምስለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ወከመ፡ ኢትሄልዉ፡ ሓቡረ፡¹⁶
27For I see, and behold the demons have begun (their) seductions against you and against your children and now I fear on your behalf, that after my death ye will shed the blood of men upon the earth,
*አውሉድየ፡ አሕዱ፡⁴⁴ ምስለ፡ እኁሁ፡፡ እስመ፡ እሬኤ፡ አነ፡ ወናሁ፡ አጋንንት፡ አስሕት፡ *ወጠኑ፡ ላዕሌክሙ፡¹ *ወላዐለ፡ ውሉድክሙ፡² ወይእዜኒ፡ *እፌርህ፡ አነ፡³ በእንተ፡ እከሙ ከመ፡ እምድኅሪ፡ ሞትኩ፡ ትከዐዉ፡⁴ ደመ፡ ስብእ፡ ውስተ፡⁵ ምድር፡ ወትደመስሱ፡ እንትሙኒ፡ እም*ገጸ፡ ምድር፡፡⁶
28and that ye, too, will be destroyed from the face of the earth. For whoso sheddeth man's blood, and whoso eateth the blood of any flesh, shall all be destroyed from the earth.
እስመ፡ ዙሉ፡ ዘይኤክው፡ ደመ፡ ስብእ፡ ወዙሉ፡ *ዘይበልዖ፡ ደመ፡ ዘዙሉ፡⁷ ሥጋ፡ ይደመስሱ፡ ዙሎሙ፡ እምድር።⁷
29And there shall not be left any man that eateth blood, or that sheddeth the blood of man on the earth, Nor shall there be left to him any seed or descendants living under heaven; For into Sheol shall they go, And into the place of condemnation shall they descend, And into the darkness of the deep shall they all be removed by a violent death.
ወኢየተርፍ፡ ዙሉ፡ ስብእ፡ ዘይበልዖ፡ ደመ፡ ዘዙሉ፡⁷ ወኢየኀድግ፡ ደመ፡ ስብእ፡⁸ ደቢ፡ ምድር፡ ወኢየተርፍ፡ ሎቱ፡ ዘርኡ፡⁹ ወደኀርተ፡ በታሕተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ሕያው፡ እስመ፡ ውስተ፡ ሲኦል፡ የሐውሩ፡ ወውስተ፡ *መካን፡ ዘ¹¹ደይን፡ ይወርዱ፡¹² ወ¹³ውስተ፡ ጽልመት፡¹⁴ *ማዐምቅ፡ የአትዉ፡ ዙሎሙ፡¹⁵ በዐፀ፡ ጻዋግ፡፡
30There shall be no blood seen upon you of all the blood there shall be all the days in which ye have killed any beasts or cattle or whatever flies upon the earth, and work ye a good work to your
*ዙሉ፡ ደም፡¹⁶ ኢያስተርኢ፡ እምዙሉ፡ ደም፡ ላዕሌክሙ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ በዙሉ፡ መዋዖል፡ ዘጠባሕክሙ፡ ዙሉ፡ አርዌ፡⁷ ወእንስሳ፡ ወዘይሰርር፡ ደቢ፡ ምድር፡
31souls by covering that which has been shed on the face of the earth. And ye shall not be like him who eats with blood, but guard yourselves that none may eat blood before you: cover the blood,
ወግበሩ፡ ምጽዋተ፡ ላዕለ፡ ነፍስክሙ፡ በደፈዮቴ፡ ዘ*ይትከወው፡¹⁷ ደቢ፡ ገጸ፡ ምድር፡፡ ወኢትኩኡ፡ ከመ፡¹⁸ ዘይበልዖ፡ ምስለ፡ ደም፡ ወአጽንዑ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይብልዑ፡ ደመ፡ በቅድሜክሙ፣ ድፍኑ፡ ደመ፡ እስመ፡ ከመዝ፡ ታአዝዙኩ፡ እስምዖ፡ በክሙሂ፡¹⁹ ወለውሉድክሙ*ሂ፡²⁰ ምስለ፡ ዙሉ፡ ዘሥጋ፡፡
32for thus have I been commanded to testify to you and your children, together with all flesh. And suffer not the soul to be eaten with the flesh, that your blood, which is your life, may not be required
ወእ⁷*ታብልዖ፡²¹ ሲነፍስ፡ ምስለ፡ ሥጋ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይኩን፡ ዝ²³ይትኀሠሥ፡²⁴ *ደምክሙ፡ ዝ፣ንፍስክሙ፡²⁵ እምእደ፡²⁶ ዙሉ፡ ሥጋ፡ ዘይክውዐ፡ ደቢ፡ ምድር፡፡
34purified throughout all its generations. And now, my children, harken: work judgment and righteousness that ye maybe planted in righteousness over the face of the whole earth, and your
ወ³¹ይእዜኒ፡³² ውሉድየ፡³³ ስምዑ፡ ግበሩ፡ ፍትሐ፡³⁴ ወጽድቀ፡ ከመ፡ ትተከሉ፡ በጽድቅ፡ ውስተ፡ ገጸ፡ ዙሉ፡ ምድር፡ ወይትሌዐል፡ ክብርክሙ፡ በቅድመ፡ አምላክየ፡³⁶ ዘደኀነክሙ፡³⁷ እምነ፡ ማየ፡ አይኅ፡፡
35glory lifted up before my God, who saved me from the waters of the flood. And behold, ye will go and build for yourselves cities, and plant in them all the plants that are upon the earth, and moreover
ወናሁ፡ አንትሙ፡ ትሐውሩ፡ ወ*ተሐንጹ፡ ለክሙ፡³⁸ አህጉረ፡ ወትተክሉ፡ ውስቴተን፡ ዙሉ፡³⁹ ተክለ፡³¹ ዘደቢ፡ ምድር፡ ወዙሉ፡ ዕፀ፡⁴⁰ ዘደፈሪ፡፡
36all fruit-bearing trees. For three years the fruit of everything that is eaten will not be gathered: and in the fourth year its fruit will be accounted holy [and they will offer the first-fruits], acceptable before the Most High God, who created heaven and earth and all things. Let them offer in abundance the first of the wine and oil (as) first-fruits on the altar of the Lord, who receives it, and
ሠለስት፡⁴¹ ዓመተ፡ ይከውን፡ ፍራሁ፡ ዘኢ*ይትቀሠም፡⁴² እምዙሉ፡ ዘይትበላዖ፡⁴³ ወበዓመት፡ ራብዕ፡⁴⁴ ይትቄስም፡⁴⁵ ፍራሁ፡ *ወየዐርግ፡ ቀዳሜ፡ ፍሬ፡⁴⁶ ዘይሠጠው፡ ቅድመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ልዑል፡ *ዘፈጠረ፡ ሰማየ፡⁴⁷ ወምድረ፡¹ ወዙሉ፡² ከመ፡ የዐርጉ፡ በጥሉል፡ ቀዳሜ፡³ ወይን፡ ወቅብእ፡ ቀዳሜ፡⁴ ፍሬ፡ ውስተ፡ *ምጹዋዖ፡⁵ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘይትወከፍ፡ ወዘተርፈ፡ ይብልዑ፡ ላእክ፡ ቤት፡⁶ እግዚአብሔር፡
37what is left let the servants of the house of the Lord eat before the altar which receives (it). And in the fifth year make ye the release so that ye release it in righteousness and uprightness, and ye shall bc righteous,
በቅድመ፡ ምጹዋዖ፡ ዘይትወከፍ፡፡ ወበ*ዓመት፡ ኃምስ፡ ግበሩ፡ ሓድጋት፡ ከመ፡ ታሕድግዎ፡⁸
38and all that you plant shall prosper. For thus did Enoch, the father of your father command Methuselah, his son, and Methuselah his son Lamech, and Lamech commanded me all the things
እንትሙ፡ በጽድቅ፡ ወበርትዖ፡⁹ ወትጼድቁ፡ ዙሉ፡ ተክልክሙ፡፡ እስመ፡ *ከመዝ፡ አዘዙ፡ ሄኖክ፡¹⁰ አቡሁ፡ ለአቡከሙ፡ ለማቱሳላ፡ ወልዱ፡ ወማቱሳላ፡ ለላሜክ፡ ወልዱ፡ ወላሜክ፡
39which his fathers commanded him. And I also will give you commandment, my sons, as Enoch commanded his son in the first jubilees: whilst still living, the seventh in his generation, he commanded and testified to his son and to his son's sons until the day of his death.'
አዘዙኒ፡ ዙሉ፡ ዘ*አዘዞ፡⁶ አቡሁ፡፡ ወአንሂ፡ እኤዝዝክሙ፡ ውሉድየ፡¹² በከመ፡ አዘዙ፡¹³ ሄኖክ፡¹⁴ ለወልዱ፡ *በቀዳሚ፡ ኢዮቤልውሳት፡¹⁵ እንዘ፡ ሕያው፡ ወእቱ፡⁹ ውስተ፡ ትዝምዱ፡¹⁶ ሳብዐ፡¹⁷ አዘዘ፡ ወአስምዖ፡¹⁸ ለ*ወልዱ፡¹⁹ ወለወልደ፡ ውሉዱ፡ እስከ፡ አመ፡⁶ ዕለተ፡ ሞቱ።