Complete 81-book Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Bible in Ge'ez with transliteration. Open source. For Dad.
ስማዕ፡እስራኤል፡እግዚአብሔር፡አምላክነ፡እግዚአብሔር፡አሐዱ፡ውእቱ።
Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is ONE. — Deuteronomy 6:4
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# Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Bible
**The complete 81-book canon restored in Ge'ez with word-by-word transliteration.**
No KJV. No Western imperial overlay. The Word as the Ethiopian church preserved it for 1,700 years.
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## Covenant
This repository exists for one reason: to make the complete, uncut Word of God freely available to anyone who seeks it.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church preserved what the Western church buried — 1 Enoch, Jubilees, the Meqabyan, Psalm 151, and dozens of texts removed by post-Nicaea councils. The Dead Sea Scrolls have since confirmed that these "removed" books were mainstream Jewish scripture before Christ.
**This project restores them.** No gatekeepers. No paywalls. No copyright locks. Free forever.
**For Dad.**
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## What's Inside
| Layer | Coverage | Description |
|-------|----------|-------------|
| **Ge'ez text** | 100% | Original manuscript text in Ethiopic script |
| **Transliteration** | 100% | Word-by-word Latin transliteration (538,363 words) |
| **English (compare)** | 3.3% | Comparison layer only — NOT primary text |
| **Word glosses** | In progress | Per-word meaning annotations |
### Canon Structure
| Section | Books | Examples |
|---------|-------|---------|
| **Torah (Orit)** | 5 | Genesis (ኦሪት፡ዘልደት), Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy |
| **Historical** | 16 | Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther |
| **Wisdom** | 7 | Job, Psalms (151 chapters), Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Sirach, Wisdom |
| **Prophets** | 18 | Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, the Twelve, Lamentations |
| **Deuterocanonical** | 5 | Tobit, Judith, 1-2 Meqabyan, Baruch |
| **Unique to Ethiopia** | 13 | **1 Enoch**, **Jubilees**, 3 Meqabyan, Kebra Nagast, Sinodos, Clement, and more |
| **New Testament** | 27 | Matthew through Revelation, all with Ge'ez manuscript …