መዝሙር ፶፩

1. Verse 1.፩

   ፍጻሜ ፡ ዘበአእምሮ ፡ ዘዳዊት ።

   To the end. A psalm of instruction, of David,

2. Verse 2.፪

   ዘአመ ፡ መጽአ ፡ ዶይቅ ፡ ኤዶማዊ ፡ ወነገሮ ፡ ለሳኦል ፤ ወይቤሎ ፡ መጽአ ፡ ዳዊት ፡ ቤቶ ፡ ለአቤሜሌክ ።

   when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.

3. Verse 3.፫

   ለምንት ፡ ይዜሀር ፡ ኀያል ፡ በእከዩ ፤ ወይዔምፅ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ አሚረ ።

   Why does the mighty man boast in his wickedness, and act lawlessly all the day?

4. Verse 4.፬

   ኀጢአተ ፡ ሐለየ ፡ ልብከ ፤ ከመ ፡ መላፄ ፡ በሊኅ ፡ ገበርከ ፡ ሕብለ ።

   Your heart has devised iniquity; like a sharpened razor you have wrought deceit.

5. Verse 5.፭

   አብደርከ ፡ እኪተ ፡ እምሠናይት ፤ ወትዔምፅ ፡ እምትንብብ ፡ ጽድቀ ።

   You have loved evil more than goodness, and you act lawlessly rather than speak righteousness.

6. Verse 6.፮

   ወአፍቀርከ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ነገረ ፡ ልሳን ፡ መስጥም ።

   And you have loved all the words of a devouring tongue.

7. Verse 7.፯

   በእንተዝ ፡ ይነሥተከ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለዝሉፉ ፤ ይመልሐከ ፡ ወያፈልሰከ ፡ እምቤትከ ፡ ወሥርወከኒ ፡ እምድረ ፡ ሕያዋን ።

   Therefore Yahweh shall break you down forever; he shall pluck you up and uproot you from your dwelling, and root you out from the land of the living.

8. Verse 8.፰

   ይርአዩ ፡ ጻድቃን ፡ ወይፍርሁ ፡ ወይስሐቁ ፡ ላዕሌሁ ፡ ወይበሉ ። ነዋ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ዘኢረሰዮ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ረዳኢሁ ፤

   The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and shall say: Behold the man who did not make Yahweh his helper;

9. Verse 9.፱

   ወተአመነ ፡ በብዝኀ ፡ ብዑሉ ፤ ወተኀየለ ፡ በከንቱ ።

   and he trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and was strong in his vanity.

10. Verse 10.፲

    ወአንሰ ፡ ከመ ፡ ዕፀ ፡ ዘይት ፡ ስሙር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፤ ወተወከልኩ ፡ በምሕረቱ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ለዓለም ፡ ወለዓለመ ፡ ዓለም ።

    But I am like a fruitful olive tree in the house of Yahweh; and I have trusted in the mercy of Yahweh forever and ever and ever.

11. Verse 11.፲፩

    እገኒ ፡ ለከ ፡ ለዓለም ፡ እስመ ፡ ገበርከ ፡ ሊተ ፤ ወእሴፈዋ ፡ ለምሕረትከ ፡ እስመ ፡ ሠናያቲከ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ጻድቃኒከ ።

    I will give thanks to you forever, for you have done it; and I will hope in your mercy, for it is good before your righteous ones.

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.