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Kebra Nagast

Kebra Nagast 38:1

And then Solomon the King went back into his house, and he caused to be gathered together his councillors, and his officers, and the elders of his kingdom, and he said unto them, "I am not able to make this young man consent [to dwell here].

Kebra Nagast 38:3

Come, let us make him king of the country of Ethiopia, together with your children; ye sit on my right hand and on my left hand, and in like manner the eldest of your children shall sit on his right hand and on his left hand.

Kebra Nagast 38:6

Now Baltasor, the King of Rom, wisheth that I would give my son to his daughter, and to make him with his daughter king over the whole country of Rom.

Kebra Nagast 38:7

For besides her he hath no other child, and he hath sworn that he will only make king a man who is of the seed of David my father.

Kebra Nagast 38:15

And the nations who serve idols shall look upon us, and they shall fear us, and make us kings over them, and they shall praise God and fear Him.

Kebra Nagast 38:16

And now, come ye, let us make this young man king, and let us send him away with your children, ye who possess wealth and position.

Kebra Nagast 39:9

And his father also said unto Zadok the priest, "Make him to know and tell him concerning the judgment and decree of God which he shall observe there" [in Ethiopia].

Kebra Nagast 40:9

And the heavens which are above thee shall become brass, and the earth which is beneath thee shall become iron; and God shall make the rain [which should fall upon] thy land to be darkness only, and dust shall descend from heaven upon thee until it shall cover thee up and destroy thee.

Kebra Nagast 41:43

Be patient in respect of wrath, and at the end He will make thee to rejoice; love righteousness and He will make life to blossom for thee.

Kebra Nagast 41:43

Be patient in respect of wrath, and at the end He will make thee to rejoice; love righteousness and He will make life to blossom for thee.

Kebra Nagast 42:2

There shall be no other gods besides Me, and thou shalt not make any god that is graven, and no god that is like what is in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water which is under the earth.

Kebra Nagast 42:33

"And thou shalt not take to wife a maiden and her sister so as to make them jealous each of the other, and thou shalt not uncover their shame, nor the shame of the one or the other as long as the first sister is alive.

Kebra Nagast 42:38

"And thou shalt not go to a beast and thou shalt not lie with it so as to make thy seed go out upon it, that thou mayest not be polluted thereby.

Kebra Nagast 44:4

SECONDLY, God shall make him reign with Him and with His righteousness, and shall make him to sit on His right hand.

Kebra Nagast 44:4

SECONDLY, God shall make him reign with Him and with His righteousness, and shall make him to sit on His right hand.

Kebra Nagast 44:5

THIRDLY, God shall make him to reign upon earth with glory and joy, and shall direct his kingdom for him, and shall bring down the nations under his feet.

Kebra Nagast 44:6

And if he treateth God lightly, and doth not do that which is good, and doth not himself walk in the path of uprightness, God shall work as He pleaseth against him; on earth He will make his days to be few, and in heaven his place of abode shall be the habitation of Sheol with the Devil.

Kebra Nagast 44:13

And thou, O priest, if thou seest sin in a well-known man, shalt not hesitate to rebuke him; let neither sword nor exile make thee afraid.

Kebra Nagast 45:17

But make a covenant with me to the end of your lives; and swear to me that ye will not repeat it whether we live or whether we die, or whether we be taken captive or whether we go forth [unhindered]."

Kebra Nagast 45:33

Give ye to me each of you ten didrachmas, and I will give them to a carpenter so that he will make haste to prepare for me good planks of wood--now because of his love of money he will fasten them together very quickly--of the height, and breadth, and length and size of our Lady [Zion].

Kebra Nagast 45:34

And I will give him the dimensions of myself, and I will say unto him, "Prepare for me pieces of wood for a framework so that I may make a raft therefrom; for we are going to travel over the sea, and in the event of the ship sinking I shall be able to get up on the raft, and we shall be saved from the sea.

Kebra Nagast 46:7

For Israel hath provoked God to wrath, and for this reason He will make the Tabernacle of the Law of God to depart from him."

Kebra Nagast 46:15

But now there is one petition which I would make unto thee, if peradventure I have found grace with thee, and turn not away thy face from me.

Kebra Nagast 47:1

And Yoas (Benaiah), the son of Yodae, went and told King Solomon, and the King rejoiced over it and commanded them to make ready the altar of offering so that his son might sacrifice.

Kebra Nagast 51:12

And when thou takest an oath and makest another to take an oath, swear thou and make him to swear by it, so that thou dost not make mention of the names of other gods of the heathen.

Kebra Nagast 51:12

And when thou takest an oath and makest another to take an oath, swear thou and make him to swear by it, so that thou dost not make mention of the names of other gods of the heathen.

Kebra Nagast 52:5

And he said unto the king, "Make now a covenant with me that thou wilt give to this my son this possession for his Lady and his sponsor and his protection, that he may guard it all the days of his life, for himself and for his seed after him; and that thou wilt give him tithe, and that thou wilt give him a city of refuge in thy kingdom, and also the tenth of the cities in all thy kingdom; and that he shall be unto thee priest, and seer, and prophet, and teacher to thee and to thy seed after thee, and the anointer with oil of thy kingdom for thy children and thy children's children."

Kebra Nagast 54:14

And from this time forward guide us, and teach us, and make us to have understanding, and make us to have wisdom that we may learn Thy praise.

Kebra Nagast 54:14

And from this time forward guide us, and teach us, and make us to have understanding, and make us to have wisdom that we may learn Thy praise.

Kebra Nagast 54:17

Rise up, Zion, and put on thy strength, and conquer thine enemies, and give us strength, our queen, and put thou to shame those who hate thee, and make to rejoice those who love thee."

Kebra Nagast 56:11

But tell me: yesterday when thou didst take off the splendid covering that was lying upon Zion, didst thou not make certain that Zion was [there]?"

Kebra Nagast 60:3

For Thou canst not make Thy word to be a lie, and Thou canst not break Thy Covenant which Thou didst make with our fathers, with Noah Thy servant who kept righteousness, and with Abraham who did not transgress Thy commandment, and with Isaac Thy servant who kept his body pure from the pollution of sin, and with Israel, Thy holy one, whom Thou didst make many by the Holy Spirit, and didst call `Thy trace' [sic], Israel, and with Moses and Aaron Thy priests, in whose days Thou didst make the Tabernacle of the Law to come down from heaven upon earth, to the children of Jacob Thine inheritance, with Thy Law and Thy Commandment, in the form of the constitution of the angels.

Kebra Nagast 60:3

For Thou canst not make Thy word to be a lie, and Thou canst not break Thy Covenant which Thou didst make with our fathers, with Noah Thy servant who kept righteousness, and with Abraham who did not transgress Thy commandment, and with Isaac Thy servant who kept his body pure from the pollution of sin, and with Israel, Thy holy one, whom Thou didst make many by the Holy Spirit, and didst call `Thy trace' [sic], Israel, and with Moses and Aaron Thy priests, in whose days Thou didst make the Tabernacle of the Law to come down from heaven upon earth, to the children of Jacob Thine inheritance, with Thy Law and Thy Commandment, in the form of the constitution of the angels.

Kebra Nagast 60:3

For Thou canst not make Thy word to be a lie, and Thou canst not break Thy Covenant which Thou didst make with our fathers, with Noah Thy servant who kept righteousness, and with Abraham who did not transgress Thy commandment, and with Isaac Thy servant who kept his body pure from the pollution of sin, and with Israel, Thy holy one, whom Thou didst make many by the Holy Spirit, and didst call `Thy trace' [sic], Israel, and with Moses and Aaron Thy priests, in whose days Thou didst make the Tabernacle of the Law to come down from heaven upon earth, to the children of Jacob Thine inheritance, with Thy Law and Thy Commandment, in the form of the constitution of the angels.

Kebra Nagast 60:3

For Thou canst not make Thy word to be a lie, and Thou canst not break Thy Covenant which Thou didst make with our fathers, with Noah Thy servant who kept righteousness, and with Abraham who did not transgress Thy commandment, and with Isaac Thy servant who kept his body pure from the pollution of sin, and with Israel, Thy holy one, whom Thou didst make many by the Holy Spirit, and didst call `Thy trace' [sic], Israel, and with Moses and Aaron Thy priests, in whose days Thou didst make the Tabernacle of the Law to come down from heaven upon earth, to the children of Jacob Thine inheritance, with Thy Law and Thy Commandment, in the form of the constitution of the angels.

Kebra Nagast 60:5

And again Thou didst give it to Moses that he might serve it nobly upon the earth, and might make it to dwell in the `Tent of Witness,' so that Thou Thyself mightest come there from the mountain of Thy sanctuary, and mightest make the people to hear Thy voice, so that they might walk in Thy Commandments."

Kebra Nagast 60:5

And again Thou didst give it to Moses that he might serve it nobly upon the earth, and might make it to dwell in the `Tent of Witness,' so that Thou Thyself mightest come there from the mountain of Thy sanctuary, and mightest make the people to hear Thy voice, so that they might walk in Thy Commandments."

Kebra Nagast 60:16

Thou hast removed our honour that Thou mayest honour those who are unworthy; Thou hast blotted out our majesty that Thou mayest make majestic him that is not majestic; Thou hast taken away our life that Thou mayest build up him whose life is far from Thee.

Kebra Nagast 60:61

God hateth, and there is none who shall make Him to love.

Kebra Nagast 60:67

And the prophets rebuked us, but we would not accept rebuke, and they [wished to] make us hear, but we would not hear.

Kebra Nagast 60:107

For God swore unto David in truth, and He repenteth not, that of the fruit of his body He would make to sit upon his throne for ever, in the Tabernacle of His Covenant, the Holy Zion.

Kebra Nagast 61:16

And the priests of the Philistines took counsel together again, and they said unto their kings and governors, `Make for her according to the heads of your houses, sixty figures of mice in gold, since mice have destroyed your land, and sixty figures of the member of a man, since your own persons have suffered from sores and boils on your members.'

Kebra Nagast 62:4

And supposing He were to make them to inherit our city, and destroy us--what is impossible to God?

Kebra Nagast 62:17

He will not make His word to be a lie, and will not break His covenant so that our fathers' seed shall be destroyed."

Kebra Nagast 64:14

Ask me, and I will give thee whatsoever thou wishest, and I will perform it for thee, so that thou mayest make thy face (or, attitude) gracious towards me as formerly"; but she held her peace and answered him never a word.

Kebra Nagast 64:21

Now God had commanded the children of Israel, saying, "Ye shall not marry strange women that ye may not be corrupted by them through their gods, and through the wickedness of their works and the sweetness of their voices; for they make soft the hearts of simple young men by the sweetness of their gentle voices, and by the beauty of their forms they destroy the wisdom of the foolish man."

Kebra Nagast 66:18

And concerning this prophecy and others like there unto, which David prophesied concerning Christ, the foolish Jews, who are blind of heart, say that what David said in the beginning of his book was spoken concerning his son Solomon; this do the Jews say, and they make Christ to be Solomon because of the similarity of name, and the wisdom, and because He was the Son of David in the flesh.

Kebra Nagast 67:35

For from thy seed shall come forth a Saviour Who shall deliver thee, thee and those who were before thee, and those who shall [come] after thee, from Adam to His coming in the kin of your kin, and He shall make thee to go forth from Sheol as Joseph brought out his kinsfolk from the famine, that is to say the first Sheol in the land of famine, so also shall the Saviour bring out of Sheol you who are His kinsfolk.

Kebra Nagast 67:42

And as Moses made them to dwell in the desert for forty years, without their apparel becoming worn out, or the soles of their feet becoming torn, so the Saviour shall make you to dwell without toil after the Resurrection.

Kebra Nagast 68:33

This have I told thee, andthou shalt not make thy heart to be sad because of thine own salvation and that of thy son."

Kebra Nagast 68:35

Henceforward [the thought of] dying shall not make me sorrowful, and I will love death as I love life.

Kebra Nagast 68:39

And if He crush me to powder in His hand and scatter me to the ends of the earth and to the winds because of my sins, it will not make me sorrowful, because I have heard the word that hath made me to rejoice, and God hath not cut my soul off from the inheritance of my fathers.

Kebra Nagast 69:8

And the Angel said unto him, "Speak, ask me thy question, and I will make thee to know what I have heard and seen."

Kebra Nagast 69:31

And he said unto Zadok the priest, "Anoint my son and make him king.

Kebra Nagast 69:32

As my father David, my lord, made me king whilst he was alive, even so do I make my son Rehoboam king.

Kebra Nagast 70:20

O our lord, show not a timid face to those men, lest they think that thou art weak and art not able to make war against them and against thine enemies.

Kebra Nagast 70:22

But address them with bold words, and speak unto them haughtily, saying, `In respect of my father ye say in wood and in stone, but I will make you to serve me with chains of iron and with scorpion-whips.

Kebra Nagast 70:25

And if ye will not do my command, I will make your cattle my plunder, and your children shall be captives, and my knife of slaughter shall consume you.

Kebra Nagast 70:27

And I will not alter this my decision, and will not diminish it, and I will neither make it to be a lie nor to have no effect; and I will carry it out quickly, and will write it down for ever.

Kebra Nagast 70:29

And [God] hath given it to me after my fathers as to them, and I will make you to serve me as ye served them; and now take counsel and obey me!'" And thus also did Rehoboam speak unto the elders of Israel.

Kebra Nagast 70:31

Have we none else whom we can make king save in the house of Judah and in the house of Benjamin?

Kebra Nagast 70:32

We will reject their houses and the men of both of them, and we will make as our king and governor the man whom we wish for and in whom our soul delighteth."

Kebra Nagast 70:34

And the house of Israel cast lots among themselves so that they might make king the man whom they chose from the house of the father of the man wherein the lot fell.

Kebra Nagast 70:37

And the word which God spake unto David His servant was not made a lie, "Of the fruit of thy body I will make to sit upon thy throne"; and again He said, "Ordained like the moon for ever"; and again He said, "God sware unto David truly and will not repent."

Kebra Nagast 72:12

And now, give me thy son, whom I will make king over the city of Rome.

Kebra Nagast 72:22

And he said unto them, "Make me hear what ye would say."

Kebra Nagast 72:30

Take my son `Adrami, and give him thy daughter, and make him king in the city of Rome.

Kebra Nagast 74:14

And as for those who believe in Me, ye shall magnify them and shall make them to rejoice with you in My kingdom."

Kebra Nagast 76:53

And lie was so very rich that he set up a pillar of gold on the plain of Babylon sixty cubits high, and he was very arrogant, and he used to say, "I make the sun to shine in the heavens"; and he worshipped idols.

Kebra Nagast 79:1

And it came to pass that when the older daughter of Lot had brought forth her son, she said unto the younger daughter, "Come now, let us make our father drink wine, so that thou also mayest company with him that, peradventure, thou mayest get offspring."

Kebra Nagast 80:20

And if it be a daughter we will make her to reign over us, so that thy name and the name of kwolason our lord shall be your memorial over us."

Kebra Nagast 82:20

Therefore did the people make a report to Pharaoh that a pair of goodly form had arrived, one a woman and the other a young man, and that there was no one like unto them in all the land.

Kebra Nagast 82:22

And Abraham pondered in his mind, saying, "If I keep her back he will kill me and take her"; and he said, "Do so, provided that thou dost make me well content."

Kebra Nagast 82:23

And Pharaoh gave him one thousand, silver taflahet, and took Sarah to make her his wife.

Kebra Nagast 82:46

Let Ishmael live before Me, and I will make him a great nation, and he shall beget twelve nations and shall reign over them.

Kebra Nagast 82:47

And I will establish My covenant with Isaac My servant, the son of Sarah, and in him I will bless all the nations of the earth, and I will make for him a great kingdom over all the nations of the earth, and in the heavens also I will make him king."

Kebra Nagast 82:47

And I will establish My covenant with Isaac My servant, the son of Sarah, and in him I will bless all the nations of the earth, and I will make for him a great kingdom over all the nations of the earth, and in the heavens also I will make him king."

Kebra Nagast 87:1

And the Queen said unto her nobles: "Speak ye now, and swear ye by the heavenly Zion that ye will not make women queens or set them upon the throne of the kingdom of Ethiopia, and that no one except the male seed of David, the son of Solomon the King, shall ever reign over Ethiopia, and that ye will never make women queens."

Kebra Nagast 87:1

And the Queen said unto her nobles: "Speak ye now, and swear ye by the heavenly Zion that ye will not make women queens or set them upon the throne of the kingdom of Ethiopia, and that no one except the male seed of David, the son of Solomon the King, shall ever reign over Ethiopia, and that ye will never make women queens."

Kebra Nagast 87:8

They forsook augury by means of birds and the use of omens, and they returned to hearken unto God and to make sacrifice unto Him.

Kebra Nagast 87:19

I am well pleased with him whom God hath beep Pleased to make the envoy of the Tabernacle of His Covenant and His Law.

Kebra Nagast 87:25

For He will be wroth--according to what they tell us--if we do not make our hearts right to do His Will, and if we do not readily observe all His commands in respect to Zion, the habitation of the glory of God.

Kebra Nagast 88:18

And let not drink make thee foolish, nor women, nor pride of apparel, nor the bridles and trappings of horses, nor the sight of the weapons of war of those who are at the head or at the rear.

Kebra Nagast 88:24

And now, reject us not and treat us not as strange people, but make us like unto thy slaves who wash thy feet, for whether we die or whether we live we are with thee; we have no longer any hope in the country of our birth, but only in thee and in our Lady the heavenly Zion, the habitation of the glory of God."

Kebra Nagast 89:10

I pray Thee, O Lord God of Israel, Thou Holiest of the Holy, grant unto me that I may follow wisdom, and may not become a castaway; grant unto me that I may make her a wall unto myself, and may never fall down; grant that I may make her a foundation for me, and may never be overthrown; grant that I may stand upon her as [firmly as] a pillar, and may never shake; grant that I may hide in her, and never have her stripped from me; grant that I may build myself upon her, and may not topple over; grant that I may become vigorous through her, and not suffer from exhaustion; grant that I may stand through her, and may not fall; grant that I may lay hold upon her, and may not slip away; grant that I may grasp her firmly, and may not slide; grant that I may dwell in her in her peace; [grant that] I may be satisfied at her table, and may not vomit, and drink her and not get drunk upon her, and may be satisfied with her and not spit her out."

Kebra Nagast 89:10

I pray Thee, O Lord God of Israel, Thou Holiest of the Holy, grant unto me that I may follow wisdom, and may not become a castaway; grant unto me that I may make her a wall unto myself, and may never fall down; grant that I may make her a foundation for me, and may never be overthrown; grant that I may stand upon her as [firmly as] a pillar, and may never shake; grant that I may hide in her, and never have her stripped from me; grant that I may build myself upon her, and may not topple over; grant that I may become vigorous through her, and not suffer from exhaustion; grant that I may stand through her, and may not fall; grant that I may lay hold upon her, and may not slip away; grant that I may grasp her firmly, and may not slide; grant that I may dwell in her in her peace; [grant that] I may be satisfied at her table, and may not vomit, and drink her and not get drunk upon her, and may be satisfied with her and not spit her out."

Kebra Nagast 90:16

And if by chance an animal belonging to your neighbour come among your property, be not blind to the fact but make it go back to him.

Kebra Nagast 92:1

And Azariah said, "Bring hither the jubilee trumpets, and let us go to Zion, and there we will make new the kingdom of our lord David."

Kebra Nagast 95:24

We will begin then with the beginning of the Book, and we will make [You] to understand in the Spirit, as David saith, through the Holy Spirit, `In the beginning the Book was written because of me.'" And one answered and said, "What is the beginning of the Book?"

Kebra Nagast 96:4

And God said unto him, Make an image of brass of a serpent and suspend it in a place where it can be known as a sign, and let every one whom a serpent hath bitten look upon that image of brass, and he shall live.

Kebra Nagast 96:7

And now we will make known unto you how they paid no heed to Christ, the Word of God.

Kebra Nagast 96:28

And thereupon he saw that they did not desire to look upon the Face of God, for they said unto him, "Make unto us a veil so that we may not see thy face."

Kebra Nagast 97:17

Cool Thy wrath in respect of us, and make haste to hear us, destroy us not, and remove Thy punishment from upon Thy people."

Kebra Nagast 97:20

Now of your houses let Aaron write upon his rod, but upon thine own rod make no mark, for it shall be a perfect miracle for the children of thy people, a vindication for the wicked, and a sign of life for all those who believe.

Kebra Nagast 98:11

And that He saith "I have chosen, I will make manifest a miracle, and he shall be priest to Me," meaneth that God chose Mary out of all the congregation of Israel, even as David her father prophesied, saying, "The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob," and he further said, "Marvellous is His speech concerning thee, O city of God."

Kebra Nagast 98:16

And God spake unto Moses [saying], "Make a Tabernacle of wood which is indestructible [by worms and rot], and cover it over with plates of fine gold, every part thereof."

Kebra Nagast 98:42

When God said unto Moses, "Smite with thy rod," He meant, "Make the Sign of the Cross of Christ," and when God said unto Moses, "Stretch out thy hand," He meant that by the spreading out of His hand Christ hath redeemed us from the servitude of the enemy, and hath given us life by the stretching out of His hand upon the wood of the Cross.

Kebra Nagast 100:12

I brought him forth out of non-existence, and I will not make My handiwork a laughingstock for his enemies."

Kebra Nagast 100:19

And these things we say and make known unto Thee, and we have revealed unto Thee how he hath transgressed Thy commandment."

Kebra Nagast 100:34

Now Satan hath no power whatsoever, for he hath only what he maketh to germinate in the mind; and he cannot grasp firmly, and he cannot perform anything, and he cannot beat, and he cannot drag, and he cannot seize, and he cannot fight; he can only make thoughts to germinate silently in the mind.