YHWH እግዚአብሔር

መዝሙር

The Psalms 20 · Geʽez & English

  1. Verse 1.

    ፍጻሜ ፡ መዝሙር ፡ ዘዳዊት ።

    To the end. A psalm of David.

  2. Verse 2.

    እግዚኦ ፡ በኀይልከ ፡ ይትፌሣሕ ፡ ንጉሥ ፤ ወብዙኀ ፡ ይትሐሠይ ፡ በአድኅኖትከ ።

    O Yahweh, the king rejoices in your power, and in your salvation he greatly exults.

  3. Verse 3.

    ፍትወተ ፡ ነፍሱ ፡ ወሀብኮ ፤ ወስእለተ ፡ ከናፍሪሁ ፡ ኢከላእኮ ።

    You have given him the desire of his soul, and you have not withheld from him the request of his lips.

  4. Verse 4.

    እስመ ፡ በጻሕኮ ፡ በበረከት ፡ ሠናይ ፤ ወአንበርከ ፡ አክሊለ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ርእሱ ፡ ዘእምዕንቍ ፡ ክቡር ።

    For you have come upon him with a good blessing, and you have set upon his head a crown of precious stone.

  5. Verse 5.

    ሐይወ ፡ ሰአለከ ፡ ወወሀብኮ ፤ ለነዋኅ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ለዓለመ ፡ ዓለም ።

    He asked you for life, and you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.

  6. Verse 6.

    ዐቢይ ፡ ክብሩ ፡ በአድኅኖትከ ፤ ክብረ ፡ ወስብሐተ ፡ ወሰኮ ።

    Great is his glory in your salvation; glory and majesty you have laid upon him.

  7. Verse 7.

    እስመ ፡ ወሀብኮ ፡ በረከተ ፡ ለዓለመ ፡ ዓለም ፤ ወታስተፌሥሖ ፡ በሐሤተ ፡ ገጽከ ።

    For you have given him blessing forever and ever, and you make him glad with the joy of your countenance.

  8. Verse 8.

    እስመ ፡ ተወከለ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ በእግዚአብሔር ፤ ወኢይትሀወክ ፡ በምሕረቱ ፡ ለልዑል ።

    For the king trusts in Yahweh, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be shaken.

  9. Verse 9.

    ትርከቦሙ ፡ እዴከ ፡ ለኵሎሙ ፡ ፀርከ ፤ ወትትራከቦሙ ፡ እዴከ ፡ ለኵሎሙ ፡ ጸላእትከ ።

    May your hand find out all your enemies, may your hand seize all those who hate you.

  10. Verse 10.

    ወትረስዮሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ እቶነ ፡ እሳት ፡ ለጊዜ ፡ ገጽከ ። እግዚኦ ፡ በመዐትከ ፡ ሁኮሙ ፤ ወትብልዖሙ ፡ እሳት ።

    And you shall make them like a furnace of fire at the time of your appearing. O Yahweh, in your wrath confound them, and fire shall devour them.

  11. Verse 11.

    ወፍሬሆሙኒ ፡ ሰዐር ፡ እምድር ፤ ወዘርዖሙኒ ፡ እምእጓለ ፡ እመሕያው ።

    And their fruit you shall root out from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

  12. Verse 12.

    እስመ ፡ ሜጥዋ ፡ ለዐመፃ ፡ ላዕሌከ ፤ ወሐለዩ ፡ ምክረ ፡ እንተ ፡ ኢይክሉ ፡ አቅሞ ።

    For they turned wickedness against you, and they devised a plan that they could not establish.

  13. Verse 13.

    ወታገብኦሙ ፡ ድኅሬሆሙ ፤ ወታስተደሉ ፡ ገጾሙ ፡ ለጊዜ ፡ መዐትከ ።

    And you shall turn them back, and you shall make ready their face at the time of your wrath.

  14. Verse 14.

    ተለዐልከ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ በኀይልከ ፤ ንሴብሕ ፡ ወንዜምር ፡ ለጽንዕከ ።

    Be exalted, O Yahweh, in your power; we will praise and sing to your might.

Geʽez transcribed from the manuscripts; the English is a literal back-translation — a reading aid, not a replacement for the Geʽez. Free to read, copy, and share.