E (cid:375)(cid:3)(cid:459)(cid:430)(cid:232)(cid:3)(cid:323)(cid:240)(cid:327)(cid:256)(cid:3)(cid:344)(cid:244)(cid:344)(cid:3)(cid:371)(cid:384)(cid:374)(cid:584) (cid:254)(cid:343)(cid:433)(cid:280)(cid:3)(cid:427)(cid:376)(cid:495)(cid:240)(cid:597)(cid:588)(cid:3)(cid:584)(cid:598)(cid:596) 2 A (cid:235) (cid:326)(cid:342)(cid:352)(cid:376)(cid:374) (cid:235)(cid:376)(cid:492)(cid:259) (cid:371)(cid:491)(cid:264)(cid:342)(cid:352)(cid:376) (cid:235)(cid:291)(cid:470)(cid:254)(cid:429) (cid:358)(cid:464)(cid:235) (cid:264)(cid:238)(cid:279) (cid:443)(cid:251)(cid:371) (cid:251)(cid:376)(cid:496)(cid:264)(cid:344)(cid:584) I (cid:323)(cid:251)(cid:472)(cid:358)(cid:373)(cid:342)(cid:352)(cid:376) (cid:323) (cid:459)(cid:276)(cid:280) (cid:400)(cid:272)(cid:280)(cid:345)(cid:280) (cid:323)(cid:495)(cid:345)(cid:352) (cid:495)(cid:342)(cid:352)(cid:376) (cid:400)(cid:324)(cid:272) (cid:280)(cid:256) (cid:342)(cid:238)(cid:296) (cid:256)(cid:280)(cid:494)(cid:374)(cid:352)(cid:376)(cid:376) E (cid:374)(cid:291)(cid:272)(cid:326)(cid:235)(cid:376)(cid:581) 3 We present our many thanks to Our God-Father and to Our King of Kings, to His Imperial Majesty, HAILE SELLASSIEI’s Kingdome in the Glorious name of Iyesus Kristos, Our Saviour – Our Lord of Lords. AMEN AND AMEN. 4 T B S O HE IBLE OCIETY F H I M (BSHIM) IS MPERIAL AJESTY PUBLISHEDBY:H.H.RASIADONISTAFARI, &H.H.WOIZEROTEHETENAGIRMA-ASFAW OFTHELION OF JUDAHSOCIETY(LOJS) IMPERIAL PUBLISHERS TO THE H.I.M.UNIVERSITIES,COLLEGES & CHRISTIAN [TEWAHEDO]CHURCHES (cid:148)1991-2011BSHIM-LOJ 5 ©2011 by LION OF JUDAHSOCIETY PUBLISHERS & IYOBELYU [JUBILEE]PRINTING PRESS ISBN All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes, except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without written permission of the publishers’. Churches and other noncommercial interests may reproduce portions of this book without the express written permission of the LOJS PUBLISHERS, provided that the text does not exceed 500 words and that the text is not material quoted from another publisher. When reproducing text from this book, include the following credit line: “From Shemot Hebrew Book of the Exodus: Torah Portion, introduction & compilation by Ras Iadonis Tafari,’ re-published and new printing by the Lion of Judah Society. Used by permission.” All English-language scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are taken from the King James Version of the 1611 A.D. Holy Bible [KJV]. All Amharic-language scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are taken the Emperor’s Bible, the 1961/2 A.D. Authorized H.I.M. HAILE SELLASSIE I Revised Amharic Bible [RAB]. Published by THE LION OF JUDAH SOCIETY, www.lojsociety.org Our mission is to bring good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that saith to Zion, Thy God reigneth. – Isaiah 52:7 Printed in the United States of America. 6 NAM ET IPSA SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST1 E « (cid:432)(cid:291)(cid:344)(cid:256)(cid:3)(cid:467)(cid:496)(cid:257)(cid:3)(cid:323)(cid:270)(cid:276)(cid:3)(cid:264)(cid:240)(cid:518)(cid:376)(cid:3)(cid:233)(cid:377)»2 1 Often, translated as “Knowledge is power,” an aphorism borrowed and much repeated, based upon Francis Bacon’s original, “for Knowledge too is itself power.” 2 Ras Iadonis Tafari’s accurate rendering, and translation into the AMHARIC, of the LATIN phrase favoured and quoted above by Sir Bacon. 7 8 (cid:698)(cid:739)(cid:686)(cid:669)(cid:697)(cid:653) S HEMOT H B EBREW OOK OF THE E XODUS : T P V .2, ORAH ORTION OL Introduction & compilation by Ras Iadonis Tafari 9 10