ምኵራብ

ቦአ ኢየሱስ ምኵራበ አይሁድ ወመሀረ ቃለ ሃይማኖት ወይቤሎሙ ምጽዋተ አበድር እመሥዋዕተ አነ ውእቱ እግዚአ ለሰንበት ወአቡሃ ለምሕረት እግዚአ ውእቱ ለሰንበት ወልደ እጓለ እመሕያው ኢትግበሩ ቤተ አቡየ ቤተ ምሥያጥ ቤትየሰ ቤተ ጸሎት ይሠመይ ቦአ ምኵራቦሙ ወገሠፆሙ ያርምሙ አንከሩ ምህሮቶ ሞገሰ ቃሉ ወጣዕመ ነገሩ ወሣዕሣዓ አፉሁ

boa eeyesus mkwrabe ayhud wemehare qale haymanot weybelomu mitswate abedr imeswa3te ane wiitu igzeea lesenbet weabuha lemhret igzeea wiitu lesenbet welde igwale imehiyaw eetgberu bete abuye bete msyaT betiyese bete tselot ysemey boa mkwrabomu wegesetsomu yarmimu enkeru mhroto mogese qalu weTaimu negeru we sa3sa3a afuhu

Jesus went to the Synagogue of the Judahites and taught a word of faith. And he said to them, almsgiving (mitzvah) is to be chosen over (ritual/cultic) sacrifice*, I am the Lord of the Sabbath and the Father of Mercy, I am the Lord of the Sabbath, the Son of the Seed of the Mother of the Living (or the Son of the Groundling), do not make my father’s house into a marketplace, my house has been appointed a house of prayer, he went to their synagogue and admonished them so that they were silenced and in awe of his teaching and the majesty of his word and the savoriness of his matter and the speediness of his mouth.

-St. Jared the Aksumite, mezmur (hymn) of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) beginning the third week of the Great Fast

*In lieu of chosen over it could also read to be cherished more than (the Messenger of Lights Prof. Élyas Admasé taught me that አበድር means ወደደ መረጠ)