መዝሙር ፸፫

1. Verse 1.፩

   ዘበኣእምሮ ፡ ዘአሳፍ ። ለምንት ፡ ገደፍከኒ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ለዝሉፉ ፤ ወተመዓዕከ ፡ መዐተከ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ አባግዐ ፡ መርዔትከ ።

   Of understanding, of Asaph. Why have you cast me off forever, O Yahweh, and your wrath is kindled against the sheep of your flock?

2. Verse 2.፪

   ተዘከር ፡ ማኅበረከ ፡ ዘአቅደምከ ፡ ፈጢረ ፡ ወአድኀንከ ፡ በትረ ፡ ርስትከ ፤ ደብረ ፡ ጽዮን ፡ ዘኀደርከ ፡ ውስቴታ ።

   Remember your congregation, which you acquired of old, which you fashioned and redeemed as the rod of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have dwelt.

3. Verse 3.፫

   አንሥእ ፡ እዴከ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ትዕቢቶሙ ፡ ለዝሉፉ ፤ መጠነከ ፡ አሕሠመ ፡ ፀራዊ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ቅዱሳኒከ ።

   Lift up your hand against their pride forever; how greatly the enemy has done evil against your holy ones.

4. Verse 4.፬

   ወተዘሀሩ ፡ ጸላእትከ ፡ በማእከለ ፡ በዓልከ ፤ ወረሰዩ ፡ ትእምርቶሙ ፡ ትእምርተ ፡ ዘኢያአምሩ ።

   And your foes have boasted in the midst of your feast, and they have set up their signs as signs that are not known.

5. Verse 5.፭

   ከመ ፡ ዘውስተ ፡ ላዕላይ ፡ ፍኖት ፤

   As of one in the upper path;

6. Verse 6.፮

   ወከመ ፡ ዕፀወ ፡ ገዳም ፡ በጕድብ ፡ ሰበሩ ፡ ኆኃቲሃ ። ከማሁ ፡ በማሕፄ ፡ ወበመፍጽሕ ፡ ሰበርዋ ።

   And as the trees of the forest with an axe they have broken her gates. Likewise with hatchet and with crowbar they have broken her down.

7. Verse 7.፯

   ወአውዐዩ ፡ በእሳት ፡ መቅደሰከ ፤ ወአርኰሱ ፡ ማኅደረ ፡ ስምከ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ።

   And they have burned your sanctuary with fire, and they have defiled the dwelling place of your name unto the ground.

8. Verse 8.፰

   ወይቤሉ ፡ በልቦሙ ፡ ኀቢሮሙ ፡ በበሕዘቢሆሙ ፤ ንዑ ፡ ንስዐር ፡ ኵሎ ፡ በዓላቲሁ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ እምድር ።

   And they said in their heart, conspiring together by their tribes, Come, let us abolish all the feasts of Yahweh from the land.

9. Verse 9.፱

   ወትእምርቶሂ ፡ ኢናአምር ፤ ወአልቦ ፡ እንከ ፡ ነቢየ ፤ ወንሕነሂ ፡ ኢናአምር ፡ እንከ ።

   We do not see our own signs; there is no longer a prophet; and we no longer have any knowledge.

10. Verse 10.፲

    እስከ ፡ ማእዜኑ ፡ እንከ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ይጼእል ፡ ፀራዊ ፤ ወዘልፈ ፡ ያምዕዖ ፡ ለስምከ ፡ ጸላኢ ።

    How long yet, O Yahweh, shall the enemy revile, and the foe forever provoke your name?

11. Verse 11.፲፩

    ለምንት ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ትመይጥ ፡ እዴከ ፤ ወየማንከ ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ሕፅንከ ፡ ለግሙራ ።

    Why, O Yahweh, do you turn back your hand, and your right hand from the midst of your bosom utterly?

12. Verse 12.፲፪

    ወእግዚአብሔር ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ዓለም ፤ ወገብረ ፡ መድኀኒተ ፡ በማእከለ ፡ ምድር ።

    But Yahweh is king from before the world, and he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

13. Verse 13.፲፫

    አንተ ፡ አጽናዕካ ፡ ለባሕር ፡ በኀይልከ ፤ አንተ ፡ ሰበርከ ፡ ርእሰ ፡ ከይሲ ፡ በውስተ ፡ ማይ ።

    You strengthened the sea by your power; you broke the head of the dragon upon the waters.

14. Verse 14.፲፬

    ወአንተ ፡ ቀጥቀጥከ ፡ አርእስቲሁ ፡ ለከይሲ ፤ ወወሀብኮሙ ፡ ሲሳዮሙ ፡ ለሕዝበ ፡ ኢትዮጵያ ።

    And you crushed the heads of the dragon, and you gave them as food to the people of Ethiopia.

15. Verse 15.፲፭

    አንተ ፡ ሰጠቀ ፡ አፍላገ ፡ ወአንቅዕት ፤ [አንተ ፡ ኢይበስኮሙ ፡ ለአፍላገ ፡ ኤታም ።]

    You cleft open the rivers and the springs; [you it was who dried up the rivers of Etham.]

16. Verse 16.፲፮

    ለከ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ መዐልት ፡ ወዚአከ ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ሌሊት ፤ አንተ ፡ ፈጠርከ ፡ ፀሐየ ፡ ወወርኀ ።

    Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you made the sun and the moon.

17. Verse 17.፲፯

    ወአንተ ፡ ገበርከ ፡ አድባረ ፡ ወምድረ ፡ ኵሎ ፤ ክረምተ ፡ ወሐጋየ ፡ አንተ ፡ ፈጠርከ ።

    And you made the mountains and all the earth; the winter and the summer you fashioned.

18. Verse 18.፲፰

    ወተዘከር ፡ ዘንተ ፡ ተግባረከ ፤ ፀራዊ ፡ ተዐየሮ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፤ ወሕዝብ ፡ አብድ ፡ አምዕዖ ፡ ለስሙ ።

    And remember this your work; the enemy has reproached Yahweh, and a foolish people has provoked his name.

19. Verse 19.፲፱

    ኢትመጥዋ ፡ ለአራዊት ፡ ነፍሰ ፡ እንተ ፡ ትገኒ ፡ ለከ ፤ ወኢትርሳዕ ፡ ነፍሰ ፡ ነዳያኒከ ፡ ለዝሉፉ ።

    Do not deliver up to the wild beasts the soul that confesses you; and do not forget the soul of your poor ones forever.

20. Verse 20.፳

    ወነጽር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሥርዐትከ ፤ እስመ ፡ በዝኁ ፡ ጽሉማነ ፡ ምድር ፡ አብያተ ፡ ኃጥኣን ።

    And look upon your covenant; for the darkened of the earth are filled with the houses of the wicked.

21. Verse 21.፳፩

    ወኢይግባእ ፡ ነዳይ ፡ ተኀፊሮ ፤ ንዳይ ፡ ወምስኪን ፡ ይሴብሑ ፡ ለስምከ ።

    Let not the poor man return in shame; the poor and the needy shall praise your name.

22. Verse 22.፳፪

    ተንሥእ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ወተበቀል ፡ በቀልየ ፤ ወተዘከር ፡ ዘተዐየሩከ ፡ አብዳን ፡ ኵሎ ፡ አሚረ ።

    Arise, O Yahweh, and avenge my cause; and remember the fools who reproach you all the day long.

23. Verse 23.፳፫

    ወኢትርሳዕ ፡ ቃለ ፡ አግብርቲከ ፤ ትዝህርቶሙ ፡ ለጸላእትከ ፡ ይዕረግ ፡ ኀቤከ ፡ በኵሉ ፡ ጊዜ ።

    And do not forget the voice of your servants; the boasting of your foes ascends to you at all times.

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.