መዝሙር ፹

1. Verse 1.፩

   ፍጻሜ ፡ ዘበእንተ ፡ ማኅበብት ፡ ዘአሳፍ ፡ መዝሙር ፡ ዘኃምስቱ ፡ ሰንበት ።

   To the end, concerning the winepresses [maḥbabt]; a psalm of Asaph, for the fifth sabbath.

2. Verse 2.፪

   ተፈሥሑ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘረድአነ ፤ ወየብቡ ፡ ለአምላከ ፡ ያዕቆብ ።

   Rejoice in Yahweh who helps us; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.

3. Verse 3.፫

   ንሥኡ ፡ መዝሙር ፡ ወሀቡ ፡ ከበሮ ፤ መዝሙር፡ ሐዋዝ ፡ ምስለ ፡ መሰንቆ ።

   Take up a psalm and bring the timbrel, a sweet psalm with the harp.

4. Verse 4.፬

   ንፍኁ ፡ ቀርነ ፡ በዕለተ ፡ ሠርቅ ፤ በእምርት ፡ ዕለት ፡ በዓልነ ።

   Blow the trumpet at the new moon, on the appointed day of our feast.

5. Verse 5.፭

   እስመ ፡ ሥርዐቱ ፡ ለእስራኤል ፡ ውእቱ ፤ ወፍትሑ ፡ ለአምላከ ፡ ያዕቆብ ።

   For it is a statute for Israel, and an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

6. Verse 6.፮

   ወአቀመ ፡ ስምዐ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ አመ ፡ የሐውር ፡ ብሔረ ፡ ግብጽ ፤ ወሰምዐ ፡ ልሳነ ፡ ዘኢያአምር ።

   He appointed it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out through the land of Egypt; he heard a language that he did not know.

7. Verse 7.፯

   ወሜጠ ፡ ዘባኖ ፡ እምሕራማቲሆሙ ፤ ወተቀንያ ፡ እደዊሁ ፡ ውስተ ፡ አክፋር ።

   He removed his back from their burdens; his hands had served at the basket.

8. Verse 8.፰

   ወምንዳቤከ ፡ ጸዋዕከኒ ፡ ወአድኀንኩከ ፤ ወተሰጠውኩከ ፡ በዐውሎ ፡ ኅቡእ ፡ ወአመከርኩከ ፡ በኀበ ፡ ማየ ፡ ቅሥት ።

   In your distress you called upon me, and I delivered you; and I answered you in the secret of the storm, and I tested you at the waters of strife.

9. Verse 9.፱

   ስምዐኒ ፡ ሕዝብየ ፡ ወእንግርከ ፤ እስራኤል ፡ ወኣስምዕ ፡ ለከ ።

   Hear, O my people, and I will speak to you; O Israel, and I will testify to you.

10. Verse 10.፲

    እመሰ ፡ ሰማዕከኒ ፡ ኢይከውነከ ፡ አምላከ ፡ ግብት ፤ ወኢትስግድ ፡ ለአምላክ ፡ ነኪር ።

    If you will hear me, there shall be no foreign god in you, and you shall not bow down to a strange god.

11. Verse 11.፲፩

    እስመ ፡ አነ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላክከ ፡ ዘአውፃእኩከ ፡ እምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፤ አርሕብ ፡ አፉከ ፡ ወእነልኦ ፡ ለከ ።

    For I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

12. Verse 12.፲፪

    ወኢሰምዑኒ ፡ ሕዝብየ ፡ ቃልየ ፤ ወእስራኤልኒ ፡ ኢያፅምኡኒ ።

    But my people did not hear my voice, and Israel gave no heed to me.

13. Verse 13.፲፫

    ወፈነውኩ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ በከመ ፡ ምግባሮሙ ፤ ወሖሩ ፡ በሕሊና ፡ ልቦመ ።

    So I sent them away according to their deeds, and they walked in the imaginations of their heart.

14. Verse 14.፲፬

    ሶበሰ ፡ ሰምዑኒ ፡ ሕዝብየ ፡ ቃልየ ፤ ወእስራኤልኒ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ሖሩ ፡ በፍኖትየ ።

    If my people had heard my voice, and if Israel had walked in my ways,

15. Verse 15.፲፭

    እምአኅሰርክዎሙ ፡ በኵሉ ፡ ለጸላእቶሙ ፤ ወእምወደይኩ ፡ እዴየ ፡ ዲበ ፡ እለ ፡ ይሣቅይዎሙ ።

    I would have humbled their enemies utterly, and laid my hand upon those who afflict them.

16. Verse 16.፲፮

    ጸላእቱሰ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ሐሰውዎ ፤ ወይከውን ፡ ጊዜሆሙ ፡ እስከ ፡ ለዓለም ።

    The enemies of Yahweh lied to him, and their time shall be forever.

17. Verse 17.፲፯

    ወሴሰዮሙ ፡ ሥብሐ ፡ ስርናይ ፤ ወአጽገቦሙ ፡ መዓረ ፡ እምኰኵሕ ።

    And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.

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.