Prayers

Praying is one way to speak with God, here are the daily ge'ez prayers or "Tselot Ze’zewitir."

አዐትብ ገጽየ - I cross my Face

አአትብ ገጽየ ወኲለንታየ

በኣርኣያ በትእምርተ መስቀል፣ አሜን።

I cross my face and all of myself in the symbol of the Cross; Amen.

በስመ አብ - In the Name of the Father

በስመ አብ፣ ወወልድ፣ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ፣ አሐዱ አምላክ፣

በቅድስት ሥላሴ፣ እንዘ ኣአምን ወእትመኃጸን፣ እክህደከ ሰይጣን፣ በቅድመ ዛቲ እምየቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያን፣ እንተይእቲ ስምእየ ማርያም ጽዮን፣ ለዓለመ ዓለም፣አሜን።

In the name of the Father; and the Son; and the Holy Spirit; One God;


In the Name of the Holy Trinity; that I believe and entrust myself; I rebuke you Satan before my Mother the Holy Church; and my witness

St. Maryam Zion; forever and ever; Amen.

ነአኵተከ – We Thank You

ነአኩተከ እግዚኦ ወንሴብሓከ፣

ንባርከከ እግዚኦ ወንትአመነከ፣

ንስእለከ እግዚኦ ወናስተብቁዓከ፣

ንገኒ ለከ እግዚኦ፣ ወንትቀነይ ለስምከ ቅዱስ።

ንሰግድ ለከ፣ ኦ ዘለከ፣ ይሰግድ ኩሉ ብርክ፣ ወለከ ይትቀነይ ኩሉ ልሳን። አንተ ውእቱ ኣምላከ ኣማልክት፣

ወእግዚኣ ኣጋእዝት፣ ወንጉሰ ነገስት፣ኣምላክ አንተ ለኩሉ ዘሥጋ ፣ወለኩላ ዘነፍስ፣

ወንጼውኣከ ንሕነ፣ በከመ መሃረነ ቅዱስ ወልድከ፣

እንዘ ይብል አንትሙሰ ሶበ ትጸልዩ ከመዝ በሉ።

We thank You Lord

And we praise You;

We Bless You Lord

And we believe in You;

We plead You Lord

And we beseech You;

We come to You

And serve Your Holy Name.

We bow to You; to whom all knees bow; and all tongues worship.

You are Lord of lords; God of gods; King of kings;

You are God of All flesh; and Spirit;

We call out, Your name as Your Holy Son, taught us saying:

“When you pray say…”

አቡነ ዘበሰማያት - The LORD’s Prayer

አቡነ ዘበሰማያት ይትቀደስ ስምከ፣ትምጻእ መንግሥትከ፣ ወይኩን ፈቃድከ፣ በከመ በሰማይ፣ ከማሁ በምድር፣ ሲሳየነ፣ ዘለለ ዕለትነ፣ሃበነ ዮም። ኅድግ ለነ፣አበሳነ ወጌጋየነ፣ ከመ ንሕነኒ ንኅድግ ለዘአበሰ ለነ። ኢታብአነ እግዚኦ ውስተ መንሱት፣ ኣላ አድኅነነ ወባልሐነ፣ እምኩሉ እኩይ፣ እስመ ዚኣከ፣ይእቲ መንግሥት፣ኃይል ወስብሐት፣ ለዓለመ ዓለም፣ አሜን።

Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day; our daily bread. And forgive us; our trespasses; as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil, For Thine; is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory, forever and ever, Amen.

በሰላመ ቅዱስ ገብርኤል መልአክ - By the Salutation of St. Gabriel the ArchAngel

በሰላመ፣ ቅዱስ ገብርኤል መልአክ፣ ኦ እግዝእትየ ማርያም ሰላም ለኪ፣ድንግል ብኅሊናኪ ፣ወድንግል በሥጋኪ። እመ እግዚአብሔር ጸባዖት ሰላም ለኪ። ቡርክት አንቲ እምአንስት፣ ወቡሩክ ፍሬ ከርሥኪ። ተፈሥሒ ፍሥሕት ኦ ምልእተ ጸጋ እግዚአብሔር ምስሌኪ። ሰአሊ ወጸልዪ ምሕረት በእንቲኣነ፣ኀበ ፍቁር ወልድኪ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ፣ ከመ ይሥረይ ለነ ኃጣውኢነ፣ አሜን።

By the Salutation, of Saint Gabriel the angel, O our Lady Mary we salute you,

You are Virgin in conscience, and Virgin in body the Mother of God Lord of Hosts, Salutation to you. Blessed are you amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of your womb. Rejoice you who is full of grace, the Lord is with you. Plead and pray for our mercy to your Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, that He may forgive us our sins. Amen.

ጸሎተ ሃይማኖት - Orthodox Creed

አምን በአሐዱ አምላክ እግዚአብሔር አብ፣ አኃዜ ኩሉ ገባሬ ሰማያት ወምድር ፣ ዘያስተርኢ ወዘኢያስተርኢ። ወነአምን በአሐዱ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ፣ ወልደ አብ ዋሕድ ዘህልው ምስሌሁ፣ እምቅድመ ይትፈጠር ዓለም። ብርሃን ዘእምብርሃን አምላክ ዘእምአምላክ ዘበአማን ዘተወልደ ወአኮ ዘተገብረ ዘዕሩይ ምስለ አብ በመለኮቱ። ዘቦቱ ኩሉ ኮነ ወዘእንበሌሁሰ አልቦ ዘኮነ ወኢምንትኒ ዘበሰማይኒ ወዘበምድርኒ። ዘበእንቲአነ ለሰብእ ወበእንተ መድኃኒትነ ወረደ እምሰማያት ተሰብአ ወተሰገወ እምመንፈስ ቅዱስ ወእም ማርያም እምቅድስት ድንግል ኮነ ብእሴ ወተሰቅለ በእንቲአነ በመዋዕለ ጲላጦስ ጰንጤናዊ። ሐመ ወሞተ ወተቀበረ ወተንሥአ እሙታን አመ ሣልስት ዕለት በከመ ጽሑፍ ውስተ ቅዱሳት መጻህፍት ዓርገ በስብሓት ውስተ ሰማያት ወነበረ በየማነ አቡሁ ዳግመ ይመጽእ በስብሐት ይኮንን ሕያዋነ ወሙታነ ወአልቦ ማኅለቅት ለመንግሥቱ። ወነአምን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ እግዚእ ማኅየዊ ዘሠረጸ እም አብ ንስግድ ሎቱ ወንሰብሖ ምስለ አብ ወወልድ ዘነበበ በነብያት። ወነአምን በአሐቲ ቅድስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን እንተ ላእለ ኩሉ ጉባኤ ዘሓዋሪያት። ወነአምን በአሐቲ ጥምቀት ለሥርየት ሓጢኣት ወንሴፎ ትንሣኤ ሙታን ወሕይወተ ዘይመጽእ ለዓለመ ዓለም፣ አሜን።

We believe in one God, Lord the Father, Almighty creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And we believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only- Begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father, who was with Him before all ages. Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, being of one essence with the Father, by Whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation, came down from Heaven; and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Virgin Mary, and became Man. And was crucified For us under Pontius Pilate He suffered, died, and was buried. And arose from the dead on the third day, according to the Scripture, ascended into the Heavens and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, And His kingdom shall have no end. And, we believe in the Holy Spirit the Lord the Giver of Life who proceeds from the Father Who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified Who spoke through the Prophets. And we believe in one Holy Universal and Apostolic Church. And we confess one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come, Amen.

ቅዱስ ቅዱስ ቅዱስ - Holy Holy Holy

ቅዱስ ቅዱስ ቅዱስ

እግዚአብሔር ጸባዖት

ፍጹም ምሉዕ ሰማያተ ወምድረ ቅድሳተ ስብሐቲከ።ንሰግድ ለከ ክርስቶስ ምስለ ኣቡከ ኄር ሰማያዊ ወመንፈስከ ቅዱስ ማኅየዊ እስመ መጻእከ ወአድኃንከነ።

Holy, Holy, Holy

Lord of Hosts. The Heavens and the Earth are completely filled with your Glory. We bow to you Lord Christ with Your Merciful and Heavenly Father and with Your Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life

because You came and saved us.

እሰግድ ለአብ – I bow to the Father

እሰግድ ለአብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐተ ሰግደተ። (፫ ጊዜ በል)

እንዘ አሐዱ ሠለስቱ ወእንዘ ሠለስቱ አሐዱ ይሤለሱ በአካላት ወይትዋሐዱ በመለኮት

እሰግድ ለእግዝእትነ ማርያም ድንግል ወላዲተ አምላክ። እሰግድ ለመስቀለ እግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ዘተቀደሰ በደሙ ክቡር።

መስቀል ኃይልነ፡

መስቀል ጽንዕነ፡

መስቀል ቤዛነ፡

መስቀል መድኃኒተ ነፍስነ አይሁድ ክሕዱ ንሕነሰ ኣመነ ወእለ አመነ በኃይለ መስቀሉ ድኅነ።

I bow to the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit in one prostration.

(3 times)


Being One He is Three and in Three He is One, They are Three in persons and One in Godhead,


I bow to our Lady Maryam Virgin Mother of God. I bow to the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ which was consecrated with His Holy Blood.


The Cross is our strength, the Cross is our might, the Cross is our ransom, the Cross is the healing of our souls the Jews denied but we believe, and those who believe, are saved by the strength of His Cross.

ሰላም ለኪ- Salutation [Peace] to you

ሰላም ለኪ እንዘ ንሰግድ ንብለኪ። ማርያም እምነ ናስተበቊዐኪ። እምአርዌ ነዓዊ ተማህፀነ ብኪ። በእንተሐና እምኪ ወኢያቄም አቡኪ።ማኅበረነ ዮም ድንግል ባርኪ።

“Salutation [Peace] to you,” we say as we bow to you, Maryam our Mother. We ask that you [save us] from the predatory animal we entrust ourselves to you. For the Sake of Hanna your Mother, and Joachim your Father Our congregation today O Virgin, bless.

ጸሎተ እግዝእትነ ማርያም ድንግል ወላዲተ አምልክ - Prayer of Our Holy Lady Maryam Virgin Mother of God

ጸሎት እግዝእትነ ማርያም ድንግል ወላዲተ ኣምላክ ታዐብዮ ነብስየ ለእግዚኣብሔር።

ወትትኃሠይ መንፈስየ በኣምላኪየ ወመድኃንየ፤

እስመርእየ ሕማማ ለኣመቱ ናሁ እምይእዜሰ ያስተበፅዑኒ ኩሉ ትዉልድ እስመ ገብረ ሊተ ኃይለ ዐቢያተ ወቅዱስ ስሙ። ወሣህሉኒ ለትውልድ ትዉልድ ለእለ ይፈርህዎ። ወገብረ ኃይለ በመዝራዕቱ፡ ወዘረዎሙ ለእለ የዐብዩ ሕሊና ልቦሙ፡ ወነሠቶሙ ለኃያላን እመናብርቲሆሙ ኣዕበዮሙ ለትሑታን፡ ወኣጽገቦሙ እምበረከቱ ለርኁባን፡ ወፈነዎሙ ዕራቆሙ ለብዑላን ወተወክፎ ለእስራኤል ቍልዔሁ፡ ወተዘከረ ሣህሎ ዘይቤሎም ለኣበዊነ ለኣብርሃም ወለዘርኡ እስከ ለዓለም ስብሐት ለአብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ፡ ለዓለም ወለዓለመ ዓለም ኣሜን።

Prayer of Our Holy Lady Maryam Virgin Mother of God

My soul magnifies the Lord. And my spirit has rejoiced in my God and my Savior; For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant

For behold henceforth all generations will call me blessed. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy from generation to generation is on those who fear Him. He has shown strength with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts, He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly, He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever, Amen.

ስብሐት ለአብ - Glory to the Father

ስብሐት ለአብ ስብሐት ለወልድ ስብሐት ለመንፈስ ቅዱስ (፫ ጊዜ በል)


ይደልዎሙ ለኣብ ለወልድ ወለመንፈስ ቅዱስ


ስብሐት ለእግዘትነ ማርያም ድንግል ወላዲተ አምላክ፡


ይደልዋ እግዚእትነ ማርያም ድንግል ወላዲተ ኣምላኽ


ስብሐት ለመስቀለ እግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ


ይደልዎ ለመስቀለ እግዚነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ


ክርስቶስ በምሕረቱ ይዘከረነ።


ኣሜን


አመ ዳግም ምጽአቱ ኢያስተኅፍረነ።


ኣሜን


ለሰብሖተ ስሙ ያንቅሀነ


ኣሜን


ወበአምልኮቱ ያጽንአነ


ኣሜን


እግዝእትነ ማርያም ድንግል ወላዲተ አምላክ አዕርጊ ጸሎተነ፣


ኣሜን


ወአስተሥርዪ ኩሎ ኃጢአተነ


ኣሜን


ቅድመ መንበሩ ለእግዚእነ


ኣሜን


ለዘአብልዐነ ዘንተ ኅብስተ


እስመ ለዓለም ምሕረቱ

ወለዘአስተየነዘንተ ጽዋዓ


እስመ ለዓለም ምሕረቱ


ወለዘሠርዐ ለነ ሲሳየነ ወአራዘነ


እስመ ለዓለም ምሕረቱ


ወለዘተዐገሠ ለነ ኵሎ ኃጢአተነ


እስመ ለዓለም ምሕረቱ


ወለዘወሀበነ ሥጋሁ ቅዱሰ ወደሞ ክቡረ


እስመ ለዓለም ምሕረቱ


ወለዘአብጽሐነእስከ ዛቲ ሰዓት።


ነሀብ ሎቱ ስብሐተ ወአኰቴተ ለእግዚአብሔር ልዑል ወለወላዲቱ ድንግል። ወለመስቀሉ ክቡር ይትአኰት ወይሰባሕ ስሙ ለእግዚአብሔር አምላክነ ወትረ ብኵሉ ጊዜ ወበኵሉ ሰዓት።

Glory to the Father, glory to the Son and glory to the Holy Spirit (3 times)


Glory is due to the Father, to the Son and to the Holy Spirit

Glory to our Lady Maryam Virgin Mother of God,

Glory is due to our Lady Maryam Virgin Mother of God

Glory to the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ

Glory is due to the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ

May our Lord Christ remember us with His Mercy,

Amen

May we not be ashamed in His second coming.

Amen

To glorify His Name, May He awaken us

Amen

And may He keep us firm in His worship

Amen

Our Holy Lady Maryam Virgin Mother of God, lift up our prayers;

Amen.

And ask for the forgiveness of all our sins

Amen

Before the throne of our Lord

Amen

To Him who has given us this bread

For His mercy endureth forever

And to Him who gave us this to drink,

For His mercy endureth forever.

And to Him who prepared our food and our clothes

For His mercy endureth forever.

And to Him who endures all our sins

For His mercy endureth forever

And to Him who gave us His Holy Flesh and His Precious Blood

For His mercy endureth forever.

And to Him who brought us to this hour

Let us give glory and appreciation to the Lord above and to His Holy Virgin Mother and to the precious Cross. May the name of the Lord, our God, be thanked and glorified, always at all moments and times.