[English title page]
The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Translated into the [Oromo] Language by Onesimos Nesib /
[Oromo title page]
Kakuu haaraa. Qulqulluu Wangeela Gooftaa keenyaa fi fayisaa keenyaa Yasuus Kristoos Macaafota Ergamoota isaa Afaan Oromootti. Kan hiike Onesimoos nama biyya Oromoo.
- ከኩ ሃራ። ቁልቁሉ ወንጌላ ጎፍታኬኛቲፍ ፈዪሳኬኛ የሱስ ክሪስቶስ መጫፎታ ኤርገሞተሳስ። አፋን ኦሮሞት። ከኒኬ ኦኔሲሞስ ነማ ብያ ኦሮሞቲ።
The New Testament. The Holy Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the books of His apostles in Oromo. Translated by Onesimus, a native of the Oromo country.
[English title page]
Printed at the Swedish Mission Press at Moncullo near Massowah 1898
[Oromo title page]
ቶልፈሜ ብያ ምንኩሉት ኤርገ ክሪስቶስ ጰለቴ ቦዴ ወጋ ፲፰፻፺፫
Copy hosted and digitized by Marburg University Library
Ref. number: 085 8 2014/02389
License: PDM 1.0
Notes
1) Year of publication
There is a typographical error on the English title page:
- The year of publication should be 1893 (instead of 1898),
as shown on the Oromo title page: ፲፰፻፺፫.
2) Other copies
Next to the Marburg University Library, only the following libraries with an online catalog appear to own a copy of the first edition of Onesimos’s [and Aster Ganno’s] translation of the New Testament:
- Stockholm Royal Library
[Ref. number: 73 Bq Nya Testamentet. Nesib, Onesimus] - Gothenburg Univ. Library: Humanities Library
[Ref. number: G Teol Bib – Galla. N.T.] - Cambridge Univ. Library
[Ref. number: BSS.321.1.E93.1] - Strasbourg Nat’l & Univ. Library
[Ref. number: Mag. République E.103.702] - Rome, La Sapienza, Ist. Studi orientali
[Ref. number: B. GUIDI II 11 E 17] - New York Public Library
[Ref. number: OEK (Bible. N.T. Galla. 1893 […])]
Cross-references
» Origin of the scanned Oromo NT (1893)
» Background information on the Oromo NT published in 1893
» Onesimos Nesib, On earlier Oromo Bible texts (edited by Krapf and others)
» Oromo Bible, translated by Onesimos Nesib (St. Chrischona 1899): Part 5: New Testament