The preface by Emperor Haile Selassie I is dated '1955' (E.C.), and the 31st year of his reign (i.e.
In 1962, a new Amharic translation from Ge'ez was printed, again with the patronage of the Emperor. Although Christianity became the state religion of Ethiopia in the 4th century, and the Bible was first translated into Ge'ez at about that time, only in the last two centuries have there appeared translations of the Bible into Amharic.
