መልክአ፡ ፊልጶስ፡ Malkəʾa Filəṗṗos

Image of Philip

    • ፊልጶስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ለኅጽው፡ ዘአጥመቆ፨
    • በእንተ፡ በግዕ፡ የሃው፡ ለቃለ፡ ኢሳይያስ፡ ጽድቆ፨
    • ይቤ፡ ኅጽው፡ ኀበ፡ ነቅዐ፡ ማይ፡ አልጸቆ፨
    • ነቅዐ፡ ማይ፡ ወመኑ፡ ይክወአኒ፡ ተጠምቆ፨
    • እስመ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ኮነ፡ ዘይፌጽም፡ ጻህቆ፨
    • ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘትርጓሜሁ፡ በዮናኒ፨
    • ነሣኤ፡ አፍራስ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወአኮ፡ በእብራኒ፨
    • ፊልጶስ፡ ላእክ፡ አሠረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዴጋኒ፨
    • መሐረነ፡ ለውሉድከ፡ በቃለ፡ አምላክ፡ አዶኒ፨
    • ከመ፡ ቀዲሙ፡ መሀርኮ፡ ለኅጽው፡ አማኒ፨
    • ሰላም፡ ለሕፅንከ፡ ዘበጥቃሁ፡ ረፈቀ፨
    • ሕጽወ፡ ሕንደኬ፡ ብስራተ፡ አመ፡ ከመ፡ ይስማዕ፡ ጽህቀ፨
    • ፊልጶስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ እስመ፡ እንዘ፡ ዲያቆን፡ አጥመቀ፨
    • እምሐዋርያት፡ ኢናሐጽጽከ፡ ሕቀ፨
    • እስመ፡ ከመ፡ እሉ፡ አምላክ፡ ኪያከ፡ አልሀቀ፨
    • ሰላም፡ ለሰኰናከ፡ ወለመከየድከ፡ ዕጉሥ፨
    • ሥዖከ፡ አሜከላ፡ በሊኅ፡ በፍኖተ፡ ሣምር፡ መብእስ፨
    • ለኢትዮጵያ፡ ፊልጶስ፡ ተራዳኢሃ፡ ቅዱስ፨
    • አስተምሕር፡ በእንተ፡ ሕዝባ፡ ምሕረተ፡ ሥጋ፡ ወነፍስ፨
    • ኀበ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፨
    • ሰላም፡ ለቆምከ፡ ወለመልክእከ፡ አዳም፨
    • አምሳለ፡ መልክኡ፡ ለሙሴ፡ ትሩፈ፡ ጸሎት፡ ወጾም፨
    • ፊልጶስ፡ ዘውገ፡ ሙሴ፡ ወአረጋዊ፡ ፍጹም፨
    • ነዓ፡ ነዓ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘሮም፨
    • ለመቅደስከ፡ ትቀድስ፡ ወትባርክ፡ ዮም፨
    • ሰላም፡ ለመቃብሪከ፡ በሀገረ፡ ዐባይ፡ ቂሳርያ፨
    • ውስተ፡ አሐቲ፡ መካን፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኀረያ፨
    • ሰባኬ፡ ወንጌል፡ ሐዲስ፡ ፊልጶስ፡ ሐዋርያ፨
    • ይገንዩ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ለወልደ፡ ድንግል፡ ማርያ፨
    • ሰሚዖሙ፡ ትምህርተከ፡ እምኅጽው፡ ኬንያ፨
    • ፊልጶስ፡ አስጢፋኖስ፡ ጳርኮሮን፡ ወኒቃሮና፨
    • ሕጽወ፡ ሕንደኬ፡ ንግሥት፡ ጳርሜና፡ ወጢሞና፨
    • ንዑ፡ ንዑ፡ ምስለ፡ ማርያም፡ ሶልያና፨
    • ለኢትዮጵያ፡ ፈጻሚተ፡ ሕግ፡ ዘሲና፨
    • ከመ፡ ትዕቀብዋ፡ እምኵሉ፡ ሙስና፨
    • ድኅረ፡ ብዙኃን፡ ፈተዉ፡ ወተመነዩ፡ ተዝካረ፨
    • ፊልጶስ፡ ይገብሩ፨
    • ዜና፡ ዕበዩ፡ እምሉቃስ፡ እንዘ፡ ይዜምሩ፨
    • በሳድስ፡ ወርኅ፡ ለበዓለ፡ ድንግል፡ ጊዜ፡ ድራሩ፨
    • በኢትዮጵያ፡ ተሐንጸት፡ ለፊልጶስ፡ ደብሩ፨

Remarks

Habtemichael Kidane (2024, p. 336, n. 336) is clearly mistaken in assuming that the malkəʾ is for Philip the Apostle, when the repeated references to the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26–40) indicate that it must be for Philip the Deacon, one of the Seven Deacons and one of the Seventy-Two Disciples. This is confirmed in 23.3–4, which mentions Philip alongside Moses (i.e., the “Man of God”), ʾAragāwi, and Gabra Krəstos (Alexius), all commemorated together on 14 Ṭəqəmt. The final stanza (also 23.5) tells us that its use was intended for the consecration of a church to Philip in Ethiopia on “the feast of the Virgin [Mary] in the sixth month [i.e. Yakkātit]”, suggesting either 16 or 21 Yakkātit.