Yekebere – Mesay Birhanu Amharic Christian Lyrics

Yekebere ke hulu yeteshale
Yekebere ke hulu yeteshale
Sewinetē le’ante a’keribalehu
Inēneten le’ante a’keribalehu

Mesewiyan serahu l’sewalih
Be’fitih la’keribew
Yaleñin be’mulu tawikewalih
Yetun new mit’shaw
Eyalkugn s’däräder
Midr na molawa le’kas yä’ante new
Yemit’qat’el meswä’et
Des endayasenyih yihinen teredahu

Tadiya inem minen l’sitih
Min set’che des lasenyih
Eyalkugn sitäyik qalihn
Sit’aw sälaw aläñ
Irasihn

Silezih irasēn hiyaw na k’dus ädirgē
Fitihn des endasenyähu
Fäqädkugn l’sewa yihēw
Liyu ta’ēm ye’mä’aza shita
Honē l’qäräb be’fitih īta

Ke’mit’qat’el meswä’et gara
Wädä’fitih imet’alu
Yä’amlikoy mä’aza shita
Zufanihn yikibäbew
Be’mihirät yetämo’lah
Talak Amlak nenä
Ahunim abäzalu
Ke’nafsē misgana

O, be’misgana, be’zimare imet’alu
Ohoho wädä mä’däriyah igebalu

More honored and better than all others,
More glorious and exalted above all,
I offer my body to You,
I offer my whole being to You.

I built an altar to sacrifice to You,
To offer before You.
You know all I have —
Tell me, what do You desire?
While I was asking and struggling,
I realized — the earth and its fullness belong to You.
A burnt offering doesn’t please You on its own,
I have understood this now.

So now I offer myself —
What can I give that will truly please You?
While I was asking You and seeking Your Word,
I heard You say — “Give Me Yourself.”

So I make myself a living and holy offering,
Let me bring joy to Your heart,
Let me sacrifice in a way You desire.
Let me be like sweet incense,
Approaching You with a pleasing aroma.

I come before You with more than burnt offerings,
Let the aroma of my worship fill Your throne.
You are a great God, full of mercy,
So even now, I overflow with praise from my soul.

Oh, I come with thanksgiving and song.
Oh-oh-oh, I enter into Your dwelling place.