መዝሙር ፵፰

1. Verse 1.፩

   ፍጻሜ ፡ ዘደቂቀ ፡ ቆሬ ፡ መዝሙር ፡ ዘዳዊት ።

   To the end. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm of David.

2. Verse 2.፪

   ስምዑ ፡ ዝንተ ፡ ኵልክሙ ፡ አሕዛብ ፤ ወአፅምኡ ፡ ኵልክሙ ፡ እለ ፡ ትነብሩ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ዓለም ።

   Hear this, all you peoples; and give ear, all you who dwell in the world,

3. Verse 3.፫

   በበ ፡ በሐውርቲክሙ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ እጓለ ፡ እመሕያው ፤ አብዕልትኒ ፡ ወነዳይኒ ።

   each in your own lands, you sons of mortal men, both the rich and the poor.

4. Verse 4.፬

   አፉየ ፡ ይነግር ፡ ጥበበ ፤ ወሕሊና ፡ ልብየ ፡ ምክረ ።

   My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart, understanding.

5. Verse 5.፭

   ኣፀምእ ፡ ምሳሌ ፡ በእዘንየ ፤ ወእከሥት ፡ በመዝሙር ፡ ነገርየ ።

   I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my saying with a psalm.

6. Verse 6.፮

   ለምንት ፡ እፈርህ ፡ እምዕለት ፡ እኪት ፤ ኃጢአተ ፡ ሰኰናየ ፡ ዐገተኒ ።

   Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity of my heels has surrounded me.

7. Verse 7.፯

   እለ ፡ ይትአመኑ ፡ በኀይሎሙ ፤ ወይዜሀሩ ፡ በብዝኀ ፡ ብዕሎሙ ።

   Those who trust in their own strength, and boast in the abundance of their wealth—

8. Verse 8.፰

   እኍኒ ፡ ኢያድኅን ፡ እኅዋሁ ፡ ወኢያድኅን ፡ ሰብእ ፤ ወኢይሁብ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ቤዛሁ ።

   a brother does not save, he does not save a man, and he does not give to Yahweh his ransom,

9. Verse 9.፱

   ወኢተውላጠ ፡ ሤጠ ፡ ነፍሱ ፡ ዘጻመወ ፡ ለዓለም ፡

   nor the price of the exchange of his soul, though he labored forever,

10. Verse 10.፲

    የሐዩ ፡ ለዝሉፉ ፤ እስመ ፡ ኢይሬኢ ፡ መስና ። ሶበ ፡ ትሬእዮሙ ፡ ለጠቢባን ፡ ይመውቱ ፡

    that he should live perpetually; for he does not see destruction. When you see the wise, they die,

11. Verse 11.፲፩

    መከማሁ ፡ ይትሐጐሉ ፡ አብዳን ፡ እለ ፡ አልቦሙ ፡ ልበ ፤ ወየኀድጉ ፡ ለባዕድ ፡ ብዕሎሙ ።

    likewise the foolish perish, those who have no heart, and they leave their wealth to strangers.

12. Verse 12.፲፪

    ወመቃብሪሆሙ ፡ አብያቲሆሙ ፡ ለዓለም ፡ ወማኅደሪሆሙ ፡ ለትውልደ ፡ ትውልድ ፤ ወይሰምዩ ፡ አስማቲሆሙ ፡ በበ ፡ በሐውርቲሆሙ ።

    And their graves are their houses forever, and their dwellings from generation to generation; and they call their names by their own lands.

13. Verse 13.፲፫

    ወሰብእሰ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ክቡር ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ኢያእመረ ፤ ወኮነ ፡ ከመ ፡ እንስሳ ፡ ዘአልቦ ፡ ልበ ፡ ወተመሰሎሙ ።

    But man, while he was held in honor, did not understand; and he became like the beasts that have no heart, and was made like them.

14. Verse 14.፲፬

    ለሊሃ ፡ ፍኖቶሙ ፡ ዕቅፍቶሙ ፡ ወእንዘ ፡ ይሠምሩ ፡ በአፉሆሙ ።TABULAA

    This very way of theirs is their stumbling, and yet they take pleasure with their mouths. [unintelligible source marker]

15. Verse 15.፲፭

    ከመ ፡ አባግዕ ፡ ሞት ፡ ይሬዕዮሙ ፡ በሲኦል ፤ ወይቀንይዎሙ ፡ ራትዓን ፡ በጽባሕ ፡ ወትበሊ ፡ ረድኤቶሙ ፡ በሲኦል ፡ እምክብሮሙ ።

    Like sheep death shepherds them in Sheol; and the upright shall rule over them in the morning, and their help shall waste away in Sheol, away from their glory.

16. Verse 16.፲፮

    ወባሕቱ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ያድኅና ፡ ለነፍስየ ፡ እምእደ ፡ ሲኦል ፤ ሶበ ይነሥኡኒ ።

    But Yahweh shall save my soul from the hand of Sheol, when he takes hold of me.

17. Verse 17.፲፯

    ኢትፍርሆ ፡ ለሰብእ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ይብዕል ፤ ወሶበ ፡ ይበዝኅ ፡ ክብረ ፡ ቤቱ ።

    Do not fear a man when he grows rich, and when the glory of his house increases;

18. Verse 18.፲፰

    እስመ ፡ ኢይነሥእ ፡ መስሌሁ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ እመ ፡ ይመውት ፤ ወኢይወርድ ፡ መስሌሁ ፡ ክብረ ፡ ቤቱ ።

    for when he dies he takes nothing of it with him, nor does the glory of his house go down with him.

19. Verse 19.፲፱

    እስመ ፡ ፈግዐት ፡ ነፍሱ ፡ በሕይወቱ ፤ የአምነከ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ታሤኒ ፡ ሎቱ ።

    For his soul was at ease in his lifetime; a man praises you when you do well for him.

20. Verse 20.፳

    ወይወርድ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ዓለመ ፡ አበዊሁ ፤ ወኢይሬኢ ፡ እንከ ፡ ብርሃነ ፡ እስከ ፡ ለዓለም ።

    And he goes down to the world of his fathers, and he shall never again see the light.

21. Verse 21.፳፩

    ወእጓለ ፡ እመሕያውሰ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ክቡር ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ኢያእምረ ፤ ወኮነ ፡ ከመ ፡ እንስሳ ፡ ዘአልቦ ፡ ልበ ፡ ወተመሰሎሙ ።

    But the son of mortal man, while he was held in honor, did not understand; and he became like the beasts that have no heart, and was made like them.

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.