Restoration of gʷǝlt by ‘Amda Ṣǝyon/Garba Masqal

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, I have written. I, ʿAmda Ṣǝyon, king, by the grace of God, in the year of mercy, I, ʿAmda Ṣǝyon, king, restored the gʷǝlt which had been seized, as it was in the time of the ancestors, and I also gave it for the love of Maṭāʿ, so that he may intercede for me in the kingdom of heaven and prolong my days upon earth. I restored this gʷǝlt in ʾAwegerna, ʿAd, Ḥǝnḫo, and these qāḥat, and ʾƎnqarʿo, Qarnʿam, Mǝḥbāʿa Mändälät, and Mǝgʷǝlbǝtta, Gäläba, and Sēsēt, in Dǝʿdǝʿ Giyʿad, in Märengǝnyāga, seven ʿAd, Tadärär, in Gämar, together with their lands, where there is gold and garments, Bāda, and Šē, noble ones, and for the saints, I have given them. I have written the boundaries: three sarāwīlyā, I brought out from my belt, and I brought out from my foot, and I gave to Maṭāʿ a cross of gold, and a ṣāḥǝl of gold, and a ṣǝwāʿ of gold, a ṣǝwāʿ of crystal, and a ṣāḥǝl of crystal, and two ṣāḥǝl of brass, lamps, and incense without limit. And for the other churches which are in his city, noble garments.

and all this that I have given, I, ʿAmda Ṣǝyon, king, have decreed, as all the property of this world passes away, and I have heard the word of the Preacher, which says, "Vanity, all is vanity," except that which one has done before his death. In his lifetime, I, Christos, his father, have given to the lord of the land of Maṭaʿ, who commanded me, my lord ʿAmda Ṣǝyon Garba Masqal, while I was appointed as Antarta, and while I was in the midst of the sea, in the midst of our inheritance, and while I was in the fortress and the port of the sea, Asagad, son of ʿAmda Ṣǝyon Garba Masqal, king, and under him Christos, his father, the governor, while he was fleeing from the good, seeking, while he was a companion of the king, his brother, the son of Nolāwe, and while he was a guardian of the hour of Maṭaʿ, Gabra Krǝstos, son of Barnabas, who wrote them, they were gathered together in the sorrow of Mǝśyām. When the Lord God gives to ʿAmda Ṣǝyon the land in its fullness, and all this gʷǝlt which I have restored to the father of Maṭaʿ, which is appointed and not to be broken, not to be governed, not to be altered, and not to be a matter of a herald, not to be a lion, and not to be a horse, in the midst of the sea, and not to be...

given for God, and for the sake of one's soul. And I have confirmed this, and I have made it firm, and I have established it, and I have set it, and I have decreed it, and I have given it as a gʷǝlt to the church of Dabra Maʿǝdo, and as a gift I have given it, and as a fida I have given it, and as a gʷǝlt of Ḥamāsen and ʿĀqānzen Ḥamāsen. And let no one enter into it for the purpose of inheritance, or for division, or for any of its gʷǝlt, for the sake of the māṭāʿ that I have granted, which I, ʿAmda Ṣǝyon, king, have given. And if anyone should transgress or violate this, let him be excommunicated by the mouth of the prophets, and by the mouth of the twelve apostles, and by the mouth of the twenty-four priests of heaven, and by the mouth of the seventy-two orthodox of our faith, and by the mouth of Peter, the head of the bishops, and by the prayer of the blessed one, and by the mouth of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Let him be accursed in this world and in the world to come, and may he not be absolved by prayer or by supplication, by the name of God or by prostration, forever and ever. Amen. And may God grant to our king, ʿAmda Ṣǝyon, the kingdom of heaven, a long life, many years. Amen. May God grant him steadfastness, great victory. Amen. May God grant him what is on earth and what is in heaven. Amen. And may he grant him that which is and that which is not. Amen. Steadfastness that is strong and unshakable. Amen. And may his days be prolonged upon the earth. Amen. And may he destroy his enemy and his adversaries. Amen. And may he forgive his sins and blot out the book of his debt. Amen. May God grant him wisdom like Solomon. Amen. May God grant him glory like David. Amen. May God grant him patience like Job. Amen. May God grant him strength like Joshua. Amen.