መዝሙር ፶

1. Verse 1.፩

   ፍጻሜ ፡ መዝሙር ፡ ዘዳዊት ።

   To the end. A psalm of David,

2. Verse 2.፪

   አመ ፡ መጽአ ፡ ኀቤሁ ፡ ናታን ፡ ነቢይ ፤ ዘአመ ፡ ቦአ ፡ ኀቤሃ ፡ ለአበሳቢ ።

   when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to her, to [Bathsheba].

3. Verse 3.፫

   ተሣሀለኒ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ በከመ ፡ ዕበየ ፡ ሣህልከ ፤ ወበከመ ፡ ብዙኀ ፡ መሕረትከ ፡ ደምስስ ፡ ኃጢአትየ ።

   Have mercy on me, O Yahweh, according to the greatness of your mercy; and according to the abundance of your compassion, blot out my sin.

4. Verse 4.፬

   ኅፅበኒ ፡ ወአንጽሐኒ ፡ እምኀጢአትየ ፤ ወእምአበሳየኒ ፡ አንጽሐኒ ።

   Wash me and cleanse me from my sin, and from my iniquity cleanse me.

5. Verse 5.፭

   እስመ ፡ ለልየ ፡ ኣአምር ፡ ጌጋይየ ፤ ወኀጢአትየኒ ፡ ቅድሜከ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ በኵሉ ፡ ጊዜ ።

   For I myself know my transgression, and my sin is before me at all times.

6. Verse 6.፮

   ለከ ፡ ለባሕቲትከ ፡ አበስኩ ፡ ወእኩየኒ ፡ በቅድሜከ ፡ ገበርኩ ፤ ከመ ፡ ትጽደቅ ፡ በነቢብከ ፡ ወትማእ ፡ በኵነኔከ ።

   Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and what is evil before you I have done; that you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you judge.

7. Verse 7.፯

   እስመ ፡ ናሁ ፡ በኀጢአት ፡ ተፀነስኩ ፤ ወበዐመፃ ፡ ወለደተኒ ፡ እምየ ።

   For behold, in sin I was conceived, and in iniquity my mother bore me.

8. Verse 8.፰

   እስመ ፡ ናሁ ፡ ጽድቀ ፡ አፍቀርከ ፤ ዘኢይትነበብ ፡ ኅቡአ ፡ ጥበብከ ፡ አይዳዕከኒ ።

   For behold, you have loved truth; the hidden and unspeakable things of your wisdom you have made known to me.

9. Verse 9.፱

   ትነዝኀኒ ፡ በአዛብ ፡ ወእነጽሕ ፤ ተኀፅበኒ ፡ እምበረድ ፡ እጸዐዱ ።

   You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; you shall wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

10. Verse 10.፲

    ታሰምዐኒ ፡ ትፍሥሕተ ፡ ወሐሤተ ፤ ወይትፌሥሑ ፡ አዕጽምተ ፡ ጻድቃን ።

    You shall make me hear joy and gladness; and the bones of the righteous shall rejoice.

11. Verse 11.፲፩

    ሚጥ ፡ ገጸከ ፡ እምኀጢአትየ ፤ ወደምስስ ፡ ሊተ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ አበሳየ ።

    Turn your face from my sin, and blot out all my iniquities for me.

12. Verse 12.፲፪

    ልበ ፡ ንጹሐ ፡ ፍጥር ፡ ሊተ ፡ እግዚኦ ፤ ወመንፈሰ ፡ ርቱዐ ፡ ሐድስ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ከርሥየ ።

    Create in me a clean heart, O Yahweh, and renew an upright spirit within my belly.

13. Verse 13.፲፫

    ኢትግድፈኒ ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ገጽከ ፤ ወመንፈሰከ ፡ ቅዱሰ ፡ ኢታውፅእ ፡ እምላዕሌየ ።

    Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

14. Verse 14.፲፬

    ዕስየኒ ፡ ፍሥሓ ፡ በአድኅኖትከ ፤ ወበመንፈስ ፡ ዐዚዝ ፡ አጽንዐኒ ።

    Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and strengthen me with a mighty spirit.

15. Verse 15.፲፭

    ከመ ፡ እምሀሮሙ ፡ ለኃጥኣን ፡ ፈኖተከ ፤ ወረሲዓን ፡ ይትመየጡ ፡ ኀቤከ ።

    That I may teach the wicked your ways; and the ungodly shall turn back to you.

16. Verse 16.፲፮

    አድኅነኒ ፡ እምደም ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላከ ፡ መድኀኒትየ ፤ ይትፌሣሕ ፡ ልሳንየ ፡ በጽድቀ ፡ ዚአከ ።

    Deliver me from bloodshed, O Yahweh, God of my salvation; my tongue shall rejoice in your righteousness.

17. Verse 17.፲፯

    እግዚኦ ፡ ትከሥት ፡ ከናፍርየ ፤ ወአፉየ ፡ ያየድዕ ፡ ስብሐቲከ ።

    O Yahweh, you shall open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.

18. Verse 18.፲፰

    ሶበሰ ፡ ፈቀድከ ፡ መሥዋዕተኒ ፡ እምወሀብኩ ፤ ወጽንሓሕኒ ፡ ኢትሠምር ።

    For if you had desired sacrifice, I would have given it; but you do not delight in whole burnt offerings.

19. Verse 19.፲፱

    መሥዋዕቱ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ መንፈስ ፡ የዋህ ፤ ልበ ፡ ትሑተ ፡ ወየዋሀ ፡ ኢይሜንን ፡ እግዚአብሔር ።

    The sacrifice for Yahweh is a humble spirit; a lowly and humble heart Yahweh will not despise.

20. Verse 20.፳

    አሠንያ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ በሥምረትከ ፡ ለጽዮን ፤ ወይትሐንጻ ፡ አረፋቲሃ ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም ።

    Do good, O Yahweh, in your good pleasure to Zion; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.

21. Verse 21.፳፩

    አመ ፡ ትሠምር ፡ መሥዋዕተ ፡ ጽድቅ ፡ መባአኒ ፡ ወቍርባነኒ ፤ አሜሃ ፡ ያዐርጉ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምሥዋዒከ ፡ አልህምተ ።

    Then you shall delight in the sacrifice of righteousness, in oblation and offering; then they shall offer up bulls upon your altar.

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.