This is the second book of the Meqabyan (also known as Ethiopian Maccabees), distinct from the Maccabees books found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. It is canonical only in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The text presents a unique language and theology, combining elements from the Old Testament with local Ethiopian traditions.
Maqabyan II
Chapter 4
An him returned toward him house doin also like unto JAH commanded him.
An that Meqabees returned him body toward worshipping JAH - an him downstroyed from him house the idols an also the sorcery - persons who worship idols an pessimists an magicians.
An mornin an evenin like unto them faadas do - him would examine the children him captured an brought from 'Iyerusaliem ina all JAH Commands an Him Order an Him LAW.
An from the children him captured - him appointed known ones pon him house.
An again from the infants him appointed known children who keep levelled children who were small - who enter toward the beddin that them might teach them JAH LAW that 'Isra'iel children do ~ him would hear from captured 'Isra'iel children the Order an the LAW an the Nine Laws - that Mo'ab persons order an them mosques that them mek were vain.
Him downstroyed them mosques - them idols an them sorcery - an the sacrifice an the grapes sacrificed fe the idols mornin an evenin from the goat kids an fattened sheeps flocks.
An him downstroyed him idols whom him worship an beg an believe ina all him Work while him sacrificed sacrifice afternoon an at noon - an fe all priests told him - an him idols fe whom him do them accord.
As it would seem fe him that them save him ina all that them told - him wouldn't scorn all the thing them told him.
But that Meqabees quit them Work.
After him heard the Ra'ay thing - whom them call a prophet - him accomplished him Work ina repentance ~ as 'Isra'iel children would sadden Him at one time - an pon the time Him chastised them ina the tribulation - as them know an also cry toward JAH - all Him kindreds worked goodly Work more than 'Isra'iel children ina that season.
Pon the time Him heard that them were seized an abused by peoples hand who firm up tribulation pon them an that them cried toward Him - Him thought of them faadas oath an at that time Him would forgive them becau them faadas Yis'haq - 'Abriham - an Ya'iqob.
An pon the time Him saved them - them would forget JAH Who saved them from tribulation - an them would return toward worshipping the idols.
An at that time Him would arouse pon them peoples who firm up tribulation pon them - an pon the time them firmed up tribulation pon them
an saddened them - them would cry toward JAH ~ as Him love them becau them were Him Itority Iration - at that time Him would be nice an forgiv them.
An pon the time Him kept them - them again returned toward sin that them might sadden Him by them hands Work that were firm an by worshipping idols ina them councils.
But Him would arouse pon them Mo'ab an 'lloflee - Sorya - Midyam an Gibbs persons; an pon the time them enemies defeated them - them would cry an weep ~ pon the time them firmed up pon them an taxed them an ruled them - JAH would arouse princes fe them that Him might save them pon the time Him loved.
An ina 'Iyasu time are a day when Him saved them.
An ina Giediewon time are a day when Him saved them.
An ina Somson time an ina Deebora an Bariq an Yodeet time are a day when Him saved them - an lodgin whether pon male or pon dawta - Him would arouse princes fe them that them might save them from them enemies hands who firm up tribulation pon them.
An like unto JAH loved - Him would save them from persons who firm up tribulation pon them.
An them would be totally Irie ina all the Work that Him accomplished fe them ~ them would be Irie ina them land seed an ina multiplyin all them flocks ina wilderness an them livestock.
An Him would bless them plants an them livestock fe them - fe Him sight them up ina Eye of Mercy - an fe Him wouldn't diminish them livestock pon them - fe them are kind persons children an Him would totally love them.
But pon the time them were evil ina them Work - Him would cast them ina them enemies hands.
An pon the time Him downstroyed them - them would seek Him ina worship - an them would return from sin an march toward JAH ina repentance.
An pon the time them returned ina them complete reasonin - Him would atone them sin fe them ~ Him wouldn't think of them former sin pon them -
fe Him know them that them were flesh an blood - fe them have this world misleadin thoughts pon them - an fe them have demons ina them.
But pon the time that Meqabees heard this Order that JAH worked ina Him worshippin place the Temple - him were slain ina repentance.
After him sight up an heard this - him didn't scorn workin goodly Work; him didn't scorn workin all the goodly Work that 'Isra'iel children work pon the time JAH forgave them - an after them trespassed from Him LAW - them weep an would cry pon the time JAH whipped them - an again Him would forgive them - an them would keep Him LAW.
An Meqabees likewise would straighten up him Work - an him would keep Him LAW - an him would live firmed up ina 'Isra'iel Irator JAH Command.
At that time after him heard all the Work whereby 'Isra'iel children boast - Him would boast like unto them ina keepin JAH LAW.
Him would urge him kindred an children that them might live firmed up ina JAH Command an all Him LAW.
An him would forbid the order that 'Isra'iel forbid - an him would hear an keep the Law that 'Isra'iel keep - an when him kindred are another Mo'ab man - him would forbid the food that 'Isra'iel forbid.
An him would send forth tithes ~ him would give all that were first birthed an that him owned from him cows an him sheeps an him donkeys - an returnin him face toward 'Iyerusaliem him would sacrifice the sacrifice that 'Isra'iel sacrifice.
Him would sacrifice sin an vow sacrifices - a sacrifice whereby welfare are done an a accord sacrifice - an the Itinual sacrifice.
An him would give him first crops - an him would gush an pour the grapes that 'Isra'iel pour - an him would give this fe him priest whom him I- pointed - an likewise him would do all that 'Isra'iel do - an him would sweeten him ishence.
Him built a candlestick an a bowl an a seat an a tent an the four links of rings - an diluted oil fe the Hola of Holas lamps - an the curtain that 'Isra'iel mek ina the Hola of Holas pon the time them served JAH.
An like unto them worked goodly Work pon the time them lived firmed up ina Him Order an Him LAW an pon the time JAH didn't neglect an cast them ina them enemies hands - Meqabees also would work goodly Work like unto them.
Him would beg toward 'Isra'iel Irator JAH everytime that Him might be him Teacher an lest Him separate him from 'Isra'iel children whom Him chose an who did Him Accord.
An again him would beg Him that Him might give him children ina Tsiyon an a house ina 'Iyerusaliem - that Him might give them Heavenly Seed of Virtue ina Tsiyon an a Heavenly House of Soul ina 'Iyerusaliem - an that Him might save him from the downstream spoken by the prophet tongue - that Him might accept him repentance ina all the mournin him wept before JAH bein sad an enterin repentance...
an lest Him downstroy children ina this world pon him - an that Him might keep him ina him proceedin an enterin.
Kindreds from Mo'ab peoples beneath Meqabees Itority were Irie that them might believe - fe them chief live firmed up ina straight Work - an them would check up him judgment an fulfill him accord - an them would scorn them country language an them country justice ~ them would overstand that Meqabees Work surpassed an were straight.
An them would come an hear Meqabees charity an Truth judgments.
Him had much money ~ him had dawta slaves an male slaves an camels an donkeys - an him had five hundred horses that wear breastplates ~ him would totally defeat the 'Amalieqans an 'lloflans an Sorya persons - but formerly when him worshipped idols him lived when them defeated him.
Him prevailed - yet but from him worshippin JAH onward - when him went toward battle there are none who defeated him.
But them would come ina them idols Power that them might fight him - an them would call them idols names an curse him - however there were none who defeat him - fe him have made him faith pon him Irator JAH.
An when him did thus an when him defeated him enemies - him lived when him ruled peoples ina him Itority.
Him would revenge an downstroy wronged persons enemy fe them ~ him would judge Truth fe a child whose mother an faada dead pon him.
An him would raceive widows ina them trouble time - an him would give from him food an satta them who hungered - an him would clothe the naked from him clothes.
An him would be Irie ina him hands Work - an him would give from the money him had without begrudgin - an him would give tithes fe the Temple ~ Meqabees dead havin lived ina Irie Ites when him did this.