ethiopian orthodox church bible in amharic pdf books

The preface by Emperor Haile Selassie I is dated '1955' ( E.C.), and the 31st year of his reign (i.e. In 1962, a new Amharic translation from Ge'ez was printed, again with the patronage of the Emperor. This translation, 'with some changes and amendments, held sway until the Emperor Haile Selassie I ordered a new translation', which was published in 1960/61. William Jowett purchased de Cherville's manuscript, consisting of 9,539 pages written in 'the fine hand' of Abu Rumi for £1,250, which he then presented for review to Professor Samuel Lee, and the final manuscript was printed by Thomas Pell Platt in increasing portions: the four Gospels in 1824, the entire New Testament in 1829, and the complete Bible in 1840. In the opinion of Edward Ullendorff, 'The hisouis Asselin de Cherville, possessed a manuscript containing a complete translation of the Bible into Amharic, created by the mutual efforts of the Consul and Abu Rumi.' As Ullendorff relates, for ten years 'every Tuesday and Saturday his de Cherville's door was shut to all visitors when he read with 'my Abyssinian, slowly and with the utmost attention, every verse of the Sacred Volume, in the Arabic Version which we were able to translate.' But we are not told from which Arabic version the rendering was made.' Where the Arabic words were 'abstruse, difficult, or foreign', de Cherville then consulted 'the Hebrew Original, the Syriac Version, or the Septuagint' for clarification.

The first translation of the Bible into Amharic was by Abu Rumi in the early 19th century.

Ethiopian orthodox church bible in amharic pdf books