Book of Jubilees (Ethiopic)

Choose them, so that they may be my children, and I will be their father in truth and in righteousness. And I will love them¹. And you, write² for yourself all this matter that I reveal to you today³ on this mountain: that which was from the beginning and that which is to come, which exists in all the divisions of the times—in the law and in the testimony—and in their weeks of the Jubilees The Jubilee is a period of 49 years (seven weeks of years), a central concept in this text for organizing sacred history, until eternity, until the time when I descend and dwell with them throughout all eternity⁴ of eternity.

And he said to the Angel of the Presence original: "መልአከ፡ ገጽ" (Mel’aka Gats) - a high-ranking angel who stands in the immediate presence of God and acts as His intermediary: "Write for Moses from the beginning of creation until my sanctuary⁵ is built in their midst for all eternity. And the Lord will appear to the eyes of everyone, and everyone will know that⁶ I⁷ am the God of Israel and the Father of all the children of Jacob, and King on Mount Zion for all eternity. And Zion and⁸ Jerusalem shall be holy."

And the Angel of the Presence, who went before the camp of Israel, took the tablets of the division of years from the time of the creation⁹ of the law and the testimony, for their weeks and for the Jubilees¹⁰, year by year in all their number, and the Jubilees¹¹ year by year¹² from the day of the new creation, ¹³ when the heavens and the earth and all their creatures shall be renewed according to the powers of heaven and according to all the creation of the earth, until the sanctuary of the Lord is created in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, and all the luminaries The sun, moon, and stars, which the text views as part of a fixed, divine calendar are renewed for healing and for peace and for blessing for all...

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