መዝሙር ፳
The Psalms 20 · Geʽez & English
- Verse 1.
ፍጻሜ ፡ መዝሙር ፡ ዘዳዊት ።
To the end. A psalm of David.
- Verse 2.
እግዚኦ ፡ በኀይልከ ፡ ይትፌሣሕ ፡ ንጉሥ ፤ ወብዙኀ ፡ ይትሐሠይ ፡ በአድኅኖትከ ።
O Yahweh, the king rejoices in your power, and in your salvation he greatly exults.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Verse 6.
ዐቢይ ፡ ክብሩ ፡ በአድኅኖትከ ፤ ክብረ ፡ ወስብሐተ ፡ ወሰኮ ።
Great is his glory in your salvation; glory and majesty you have laid upon him.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.