The Book of 1 Meqabyan

1 Meqabyan (also known as 1 Ethiopian Maccabees and 1 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 1 Maccabees. The only complete copies of 1 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 water of life

The Greek in Revelation 2:21 that is translated as “the water of life” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as frisches Wasser or “fresh (or: “refreshing”) water.”

See also 1 Meqabyan 6:8 (Ethiopian Maccabees).