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Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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ለኢየሩሳሌም ፡ ከመ ፡ ልገተ ፡ ዐቃቤ ፡ ቀምሕ ።
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I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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ለጻድቃኒከ ፡ ለአራዊተ ፡ ገዳም ።
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Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
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ዘይቀብሮሙ ።
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We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
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ወስላቀ ፡ ለአድያሚነ ።
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For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
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ከመ ፡ እሳት ፡ ቅንአትከ ።
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That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
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መንግሥት ፡ እንተ ፡ ኢጸውዐት ፡ ስመከ ።
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That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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እስመ ፡ በልዕዎ ፡ ለያዕቆብ ፤ ወአማሰኑ ፡ ብሔሮ ።
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And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
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ተመንደብነ ፡ ፈድፋደ ።
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The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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ባልሐነ ፡ ወስረይ ፡ ኀጢአተነ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ስምከ ።
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They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
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አሕዛብ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ አዕይንቲነ ፡
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And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
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ቅድሜከ ፡ ገዐሮሙ ፡ ለሙቁሓን ፤
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Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
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ወበከመ ፡ ዕበየ ፡ መዝራዕትከ ፡ ተሣሀሎሙ ፡ ለደቂቀ ፡ ቅቱላን ።
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He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
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ዘተዐየሩከ ፡ እግዚኦ ።
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In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
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ወንሕነሰ ፡ ሕዝብከ ፡ ወአባግዐ ፡ መርዔትከ ፡ ንገኒ ፡ ለከ ፡ ለዓለም ።
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He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
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ወንነግር ፡ ስብሐቲከ ፡ ለትውልደ ፡ ትውልድ ።
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