Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church of St Mary in Chicago

 "Ane men'ye?" elna ri'sina nemermer --Saying "Who am I?" lets examine our minds
Ab qidmi Amlakna hatyatna nzekir -- In front of our Lord lets remember our sins

Bedelna amina, ri'sina athitna -- Believing our wrongs, putting our heads down
Bedelna amina, nelemin Amlak na(2) --Believing our wrongs, lets call on God

Nay Amlak tiezazat biana teTahisu -- Gods laws were abandoned by us
Bzemut bhamiete akalna rekisu -- With adultery and gossip our bodies have been ruined

Bedelna amina... -- Believing our wrongs...

Nai siga tqmi rayu, libena tseniU - We've kept our hearts with fleshly things
Mot kesab zewesdena nimintai zenagiU -- Why are we waiting for our death?

Bedelna amina... -- Believing our wrongs..

Ninisiha zekowin kab habena edmi- With the years that are for repentance
Nmelese nab Amlakna berhan-na kaytsilmit -- Lets return to our God so our Light won't become dark

Bedelna amina... -- Believing our wrongs..

Amots ab tenbitu kem zetenebeyo -- Amos, in his chapter, prophesied:
"Nefsna kayte-Temi Qalu ni-Smaiyo "- "So our spirit won't be hungry, lets listen to His Word"

Bedelna amina... -- Believing our wrongs..

Nay tsedeqan sematat nay Dingel tselota, -- May the righteous and martyrs and prayers of the Virgin,
Aye-feleyena ab qidmi li'ul Goita -- never leave in front of the Lord

Bedelna amina, ri'sina athitna -- Believing our wrongs, putting our heads down
Bedelna amina, nelemin Amlak na(2) --Believing our wrongs, lets call on God

         ኣነ መን’የ ኢልና ርእስና ንመርምር

        ኣብ ቅድሚ ኣምላኽና ሓጢኣትና ንዘክር

በደልና ኣሚንና ርእስና ኣትሒትና

በደልና ኣሚንና ንለምን ኣምላኽና

        ናይ ኣምላኽ ትእዛዛት ብኣና ተጣሒሱ

        ብኽፍኣት ብሕሜት ኣካልና ረኺሱ

በደልና ኣሚንና ...

        ናይ ሥጋ ጥቕሚ ርእዩ ልብና ጸኒዑ

        ሞት ክሳብ ዝወስደና ንምንታይ ዘንጊዑ

በደልና ኣሚንና ...

        ንንስሓ ዝኸውን ካብ ሃበና ዕድመ

        ንመለስ ናብ ኣምላኽና ብርሃንና ኸይጸለመ

በደልና ኣሚንና ...

        ኣሞጽ ኣብ ትንቢቱ ከም እተነበዮ

        ነፍስና ኸይትጠሚ ቃሉ ንስማዓዮ

በደልና ኣሚንና ...

        ናይ ጻድቃን ሰማዕታት ናይ ድንግል ጸሎታ

        ኣይፈለየና ኣብ ቅድሚ ልዑል ጐይታ

በደልና ኣሚንና ርእስና ኣትሒትና

ካብ ሰማይ ሰማያት ናብ ምድሪ ወሪዱ
ንደቂ ሰባት ኢሉ ተዋሪዱ
ሓጢኣት ዘይባህርዩ ብኣምላኽነቱ
ምእንታይ ተሰቒሉ ኣብ ማእከል ሸፋቱ

ናትና ፍቕሪ ስሒብዎ ተሰቒሉ ኣብ ቀራንዮ ጎቦ /2/

ናትና ፍቕሪ ስሒብዎ ተሰቒሉ ኣብ ቀራንዮ ጎቦ /2/

ቀላያት ኩሎም ዝግዝኡሉ
ንደቂ ሰባት ማይ ጸሚኡኒ ኢሉ
ደምን ርሃጽን ብገጹ እናወረደ
ክትበኪ ረኣያ እታ ርህርህቲ ኣደ

ናትና ፍቕሪ ስሒብዎ ተሰቒሉ ኣብ ቀራንዮ ጎቦ /2/

መከራ ከይፈርሐ ዝተኸተለ
ዮሓንስ በኸየ ወይለይ እናበለ
ክሳዕ መወዳእታ ብትብዓት ዝሰዓቦ
እነሃ ኣዴኻ ኢሉ ንዮሃንስ ሃቦ

ናትና ፍቕሪ ስሒብዎ ተሰቒሉ ኣብ ቀራንዮ ጎቦ /2/