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ኧረ ኑ እናንተ ታማኞች ere nu inante tamañoch O Come All Ye Faithful ኧረ ኑ እናንተ ታማኞች ere nu inante tamañoch O Come All Ye Faithful ደስተኞችና አሸናፍዮች desteñoch ina ashenafyoch Joyful and triumphant, ኧረ ዘምሩ መዘምራነ መላእክት ere zemiru mezemirane melaikt O Sing, choirs of angels, እርሱ ከፍ ከፍ እንዲል ዘምሩ irsu kef kef indeel zemiru Sing in exultation, ዬ ጌታ እንቀብልሃለን በዚህ ሐሴት በሞላባት ጠዋት yay geyta iniqebilihalen bezeeh haseyt bemolabat ttewat Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning ኧረ ኑ ኧረ ኑ ወደ ቤተልሔም ere nu ere nu wede beyteliheym O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. ኧረ ዘምሩ እናንተ ብልጭ ብልጭ የምትሉ ሰራዊተ ሰማይ ከበላይ ere zemiru inante bilich* bilich* yemitilu seraweete semayih kebelayih O sing all ye bright hosts of heav’n above ኢየሱስ ሆይ ክብር ሁሉ ላንተ ብቻ ነው eeyesus hoy kibir hulu lante bicha new Jesus, to thee be all the glory giv’n ኑና ተመልከቱት nu ina temelketut Come and behold Him, የመላእክት ንጉስ ተወለደ yemelaikt nigus tewelede Born the King of Angels; ክብር ሁሉ ለእግዚአብሔር ልዑል kibir hulu le igzeeabheyr liul glory to God all glory in the highest ቃለ አብ በስጋ ተገለጠ qale ab besiga tegelette word of the father now in flesh appearing ኧረ ኑ እናመልከው ere nu inamelkew O come, let us adore Him, (x3) ክርስቶስ ጌታችን አሜን ። kristos geytachin AMEYN Christ the Lord. AMEN These are the lyrics how I translated them in November and December of 2015, when I acted as translator, transliterator, and Amharic speech coach to Ms. Lauryn Hill (baptized EOTC, amongst some luminaries as Bob Marley and Nina Simone). She wanted to render O Come All Ye Faithful from English into Amharic. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aksum.substack.com/subscribe