መጽሐፈ፡ ግንዘት፡ Maṣḥafa gǝnzat (general record) Book of the Funeral Ritual Genz. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft Hamburg

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Work of the literatures of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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 EnglishGǝʿǝz

Collection of texts used for the funeral service and the preparation of the body for the burial. It is also supposed to grant forgiveness to the sins of the dead. The time of the composition of the work is unknown. The oldest extant manuscripts date to the 15th century. There is a number of versions of the work, apart from the standard text printed in the contemporary church editions and found in recent manuscripts.

Added witnesses Created file from google spreadsheet CREATED: text record Small change Added keywords Updated text structure Updated abstract and bibliography, upgraded to general record Added additional textparts The Dǝrsān baʾǝnta ʾǝlla nomu kāhǝnāt wa-diyāqonāt is contained in most manuscripts of the Maṣḥafa gǝnzat. The Ṣalot baʾǝnta ʾǝlla nomu circulates independently in . The Lǝfāfa ṣǝdǝq and the Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt circulate both as independent works and as parts of the Maṣḥafa gǝnzat The Lǝfāfa ṣǝdǝq and the Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt circulate both as independent works and as parts of the Maṣḥafa gǝnzat The Ṣalota burāke za-Bāsǝlyos is also part of and occurs at least once independently in . The record was supposed to be for a shorter version of the work which was poorly identified.
This division into textparts follows strictly neither specific manuscript nor church editions but gathers parts of the work that can appear in manuscripts in varying form and sequence.
The following incipit and explicit are taken from .
ንግበር፡ ተዝካሮሙ፡ ለሙታን። በዕጣን፡ ወበቍርባን፡ እስመ፡ ይበቍዖሙ፡ ወይከውን፡ ዕረፍተ፡ ለነፍሳቲሆሙ። በከመ፡ ትቤሎ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ለብፁዕ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወሶበ፡ ተስእለቶ። እንዘ፡ ይብላ፡ መሥዋዕተ፡ ወቍርባን፡ ዘይትገበር፡ በቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ምንተ፡ ይበቍዖሙ፡ ለሙታን፡ ወአውሥአት፡ ወትቤሎ፡ እምጼና፡ ገነት።
ሐየውነ፡ ላዕለ፡ ምድር፡ ከመ፡ ማቱሳላ፡ ዘሐይወ፡ ዘ፻ወ፰፡ ዓመት፡ አው፡ ከመ፡ ኖኃ፡ ዘሐየወ፡ ፺፡ ፻፡ ፶፡ ዓመት፡ አልብነ፡ ኀበ፡ ናመስጥ፡ እምኔሁ፡ ወንስአሎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ያድኅብ፡ እምኃጢአት፡ ዘሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወዕበይ፡ ወአኰቴት፡ ምስለ፡ ኄር፡ አቡሁ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ይእዜኒ፡ ወዘልፈኒ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The following incipit and explicit are taken from .
ተግሣጽ፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ ላዕለ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ምዉታን፡ በጊዜ፡ ግንዘት፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ፈጣሪ፡ ወመንሥኢ፡ ኃያል፡ መሐሪ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ዘውስተ፡ እዴሁ፡ ሥልጣነ፡ ሞት፡ ወሕይወት፡ ወትፍሥሕት፡ ወገሀናም። ዘይብል፡ ኀበ፡ ተጋብኡ፡ አው፡ በስምየ፡ እሄሉ፡ አነ፡ ውስተ፡ ማእከሎሙ፡ ወኵሎ፡ ዘሰአልክምዎ፡ በስምየ፡ በእንቲአሁ፡ እገብር፡ ለክሙ፡
እምድኅሬሁ፡ በአስተብቍዖተ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ድንግል፡ ንጽሕት፡ ወበረከታተ፡ እለ፡ ምግባራት፡ ወሥምረታት፡ ወአስተብቍዖታተ፡ ለዘተወክፈት። ወአስተብቍዖቶሙ፡ እምሰማዕት፡ ወቅዱሳን፡ ወዘአሥመሮ፡ ወዘያሠምሮ፡ አሜን። ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወላዕሌነ፡ ይኩን፡ ምሕረቱ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The following incipit and explicit are taken from .
ሥርዓት፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ ላዕለ፡ ምዉታን፡ እምድኅረ፡ ግንዘት፡ ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ስፉሐ፡ ሀብት፡ ውዱስ፡ አምላክ፡ በእንተ፡ ጸጋቲሁ፡ ዘአስማቲሁ። ስን፡ ዘአዘዘ፡ ወፈትሐ፡ ወፈጠረ፡ ወአስተዳለወ፡ ወሥሉሠ፡ በህላዌሁ፡ ማኅየዊት፡ ብሑት፡ ርእሱ፡ ባሕራዊት፡ ዘአጸገወ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዓለመ፡ በእንተ፡ አምልኮቱ፡ ወአገበሮሙ፡ በእንተ፡ ስብሐቱ፡ ወረሰዮሙ፡ ታቦተ፡ መንፈሳዊት፡
ይፈትዉ፡ ለተመይጦትከ፡ ወአኃዊከ፡ ወአግብርቲከ፡ ይጸንሕ፡ በጽሕትከ። ኮኑ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ እምድኅሬከ፡ እጓለ፡ ማውታ፡ ወረቦሙ፡ ሕማመ፡ ወምንዳቤ፡ ወኀሳር፡ አይቴ፡ ስንከ፡ መዓድም፡ ወልብከ፡ ብሩህ፡ ወራእይከ፡ መፍርህ።
The following incipit and explicit are taken from .
ጸሎተ፡ ንስሐ፡ ካልእ፡ እግዚእ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አኃዜ፡ ዓለም፡ ብሑተ፡ ሥልጣን፡ ወስም፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ጥንት፡ ወዳኅራዊ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ፍጽም፡ ዘትነብር፡ ውስተ፡ አርያም፡ መንበረ፡ ስብሐቲከ፡ ዘኢይተረጐም፡ ዘልብሰትከ፡ አፍሐም፡
ሀበነ፡ ንግበር፡ ሥምረትከ፡ በኵሉ፡ ጊዜ፡ ወጸሐፍ፡ አስማቲነ፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ምስለ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ወሰማዕት፡ በኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ለከ፡ ምስሌሁ፡ ወምስለ፡ ቅዱስ፡ መንፈስ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወእኂዝ፡ ይእዜኒ፡ ወዘልፈኒ፡ ወለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The following incipit and explicit are taken from .
ጸሎተ፡ ንስሐ፡ እግዚአ፡ አኃዜ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡ አንተ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዘትፌውስ፡ ቍስለ፡ ነፍስነ፡ ወሥጋነ፡ ወመንፈስነ፡ እስመ፡ አንተ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዘትቤ፡ በአፈ፡ ወልድከ፡ ዋሕድ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘይቤሎ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ አንተ፡ ኰኵሕ፡ ወዲበ፡ ዛቲ፡ ኵኵሕ፡ አሐንጻ፡ ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡
ወአናሕሲ፡ እስመ፡ ሰብእ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ኃጢአት፡ አልቦ፡ ዘሞተ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ አንተ፡ ባሕቲትከ፡ ልዑል፡ እምሰማያት፡ ወንጹሕ፡ እምኃጢአት፡ ወለከ፡ ይደሉ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወከብር፡ ኦሥሉስ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እስከ፡ ነፍስ፡ ደኃሪት፡ ወላዕሌነ፡ ይኩን፡ ሣህል፡ ወምሕረት፡ ይእዜኒ፡ ወዘልፈኒ፡ ወለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The following incipit and explicit are taken from .
ጸሎተ፡ ቡራኬ። ኦሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። አብርክ፡ ዲበ፡ ሕዝብከ፡ ፍቁራን፡ ክርስቶሳዊያን፡ በበረከት፡ መንፈሳዊት፡ ወፈኑ፡ ላዕሌነ፡ ጸጋ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ወረሲ፡ ኃዋኅወ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያንከ፡ ቅድስት፡ ርኅወ፡ ለነ፡ በአሚን፡ ወበምሕረት።
ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወለኵሎሙ፡ እለ፡ ዙነ፡ ከመ፡ ንዘክሮሙ፡ በምሕረትከ፡ በውስተ፡ ምንግሥትከ፡ ሰማያዊት፡ ወሊተኒ፡ ለእ፡ ገብርከ፡ ተዘ ኦእግዚኦ፡ አድኅዝበከ፡ ወባረክ፡ ርከ፡ ረአዮሙ፡ ወሎሙ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።