And as for the firstfruits and the libations also which the Jews offer, so he would offer, and give to the Levite whom he appointed; and everything which the Jews do, likewise he would do, and the offering of incense.
2 Meqabyan (also known as 2 Ethiopian Maccabees and 2 Ethiopic Maccabees) is canonical scripture for the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. While «Meqabyan» is the Ge’ez equivalent of «Maccabees,» the content is completely different from 2 Maccabees. The only complete copies of 2 Meqabyan are available in Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic), here used with permission by the Bible Society of Ethiopia.
The translation into English was provided by Haileyesus Woldemariam (UBS).
The Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Ge’ez, and Latin that is transliterated «Levites» in English (only the Contemporary English Version translates it as «temple helpers») is translated in Ojitlán Chinantec as «temple caretakers,» Yatzachi Zapotec as «people born in the family line of Levi, people whose responsibility it was to do the work in the important church of the Israelites,» in Alekano as «servants in the sacrifice house from Jerusalem place,» in Tenango Otomi as «helpers of priests» (source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.), in Chuj as «family of Levi,» and in Desano as «grandchild of Levi» (source for this and one above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
In American Sign Language with a sign that combines «temple» + «servant.» (Source: Ruth Anna Spooner, Ron Lawer)
«Levite» in American Sign Language, source: Deaf Harbor
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