yuē 1000
nián zuǒ yòu，
yī gè fēi jī dū jiào de gōng zhù Judith，
tú shā liǎo dà bù fèn de huáng zú hé guì zú。
zhǐ yòu yī gè yīng '
ér guó wáng bèi yī xiē zhōng chéng de yōng hù zhě yùn dào Shewa，
yī gè qí tǒng zhì quán réng rán bèi chéng rèn de dì fāng；
ér Judith
jí qí hòu yì zé tǒng zhì dà bù fèn de dì fāng。
bù guò Judith
de hòu jì zhě zài xià shì jì de mǒu gè shí jiān bèi '
ā gāo zú rén suǒ tuī fān，
bìng jiàn lì liǎo zhá gé wéi wáng cháo，
lā lì bèi lā de shí záo jiào táng dà yuē zài zhè gè shí hòu bèi jiàn zào。
1270
nián zuǒ yòu，
yuán lái de huáng zú fù wèi，
jiàn lì liǎo suǒ luó mén wáng cháo，
zhú chū liǎo zuì hòu yī wèi zhá gé wéi guó wáng。
About 1000 (presumably c 960), a non-Christian princess, Yodit ("Gudit", a play on Yodit meaning evil), conspired to murder all the members of the royal family and establish herself as monarch. According to legends, during the execution of the royals, an infant heir of the Axumite monarch was carted off by some faithful adherents, and conveyed to Shewa, where his authority was acknowledged, while Yodit reigned for forty years over the rest of the kingdom, and transmitted the crown to her descendants. At one point during the next century, the last of Yodit's successors were overthrown by an Agaw lord named Mara Takla Haymanot, who founded the Zagwe dynasty and married a female descendant of the Axumite monarchs ("son-in-law") or previous ruler. One of the highlights of this dynasty was the reign of Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, in whose reign the stone churches of Lalibela were carved.
