Image of ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ of Degʷa

In the name of God the Father, and in the name of Christ the Savior, and in the name of the Holy Spirit, who is the delight of every sorrowful one. As for your righteousness, I shall recount, O faithful Lord ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ. Give me to drink, without fasting, the purity of your wisdom and wine. The law of the teachers, the word that was mixed from the fifth time.

Salām to the memory of your name, which is not consumed by decay. For the one who remembers it, it is sweeter than the taste of honey. ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ, Samuel, fruit of the womb of wisdom, Ḥannā. Grant me the taste of your gift, manna, for the thirst of your righteousness. And at the time of journey, guide me on the path that pleases you.

Salām to your teeth, which are like the work of a sculptor, manna. And salām to your tongue, the sweetness of the dew of the law of Sinai. ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ, Qerlos, for the sanctuary of Degʷa, light. May you be made manifest through abundant speech and news. For you raised the measure of the mountains above the heights.

Salām to your mother, who bore you in the sanctuary. And to your wide hand, which gives every gift. ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ, the Levite, the chosen one of the liturgy of the sanctuary. She says to you, Mount Degʷa, which is with the tribe of the faithful. Your ordination, my Lord, is given to the stranger.

Salām to the going out of your soul, when they were satisfied in Taḫśaś. And to the whiteness of your body, salām, the perfection of all that is of the soul. ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ, make me enter before the King of Righteousness, Christ. Do not cut me off before the time, for the sake of my life, in vain. For without strength, my grief and bitterness have increased.

Salām to the laying out of your body by the hands of chosen servants. And to your tomb, salām, within the precinct of Dägwä Mäkān. And heir to the mother of Abel, ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ, sovereign. Accept from me, O Lord, the utterance of the homily. For the sake of the feast of Gǝnay, I have presented your poor son.

The work of ʾArägawi and ʾEnṭonəs, which I have chosen as my portion. And the abode of the holy fathers, which is far from my humanity. ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ, speak, while you are being adorned with a garland. If you believe in your God, the morning light will dawn. To Solomon he said, "Bring me gold.

Salām, salām, while I say to you. The lights of the world, the pure ones, I implore you. The righteous of Degʷa, who have striven for the sake of his name. With Abel, the teacher of the law, whose seal is the seal of freedom. ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ, and Lebanon, put on the garment of light.