On March 6, 1947, the Emperor convened a specialized Bible Committee at his palace. This "better work"—a phrase often used to describe the meticulous five-year scholarly effort—focused on three primary improvements: Wikisource.org Source Fidelity
: Initiated by Emperor Haile Selassie I to modernize the 1840 Abu Rumi translation. amharic bible 1954 pdf better work
The project began between 1947 and 1952, when the Emperor convened a committee of scholars to revise existing Amharic translations. He recognized that older versions, specifically the 19th-century On March 6, 1947, the Emperor convened a
(often associated with the year 1954/55 in the Ethiopian Calendar) commissioned by . On March 6
The 1954/1962 version is widely available in digital formats and is considered to be in the Public Domain The Revision of the Amharic New Testament | Translation