The Prologue, Kauma, and Introductory Prayer
Eqbo
I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and I am not worthy to be called your son; take me as a hired servant and let me be a servant in your house because I have sinned.
Proemion and Sedro
Let us all pray and beg for mercy and compassion.
Merciful Lord, have mercy on us and help us.
Praise, thanksgiving, glory, honor and exaltation, continually and without ceasing at all times, may we be worthy to offer to him, who has magnified the memory of his mother and his saints and has pity on the faithful departed in his mercy to whom belongs glory and honour and worship at this time of Evening and at all times and seasons and hours and moments of the days of our life for ever, Amin.
Lord of hosts and God of spirits and of all flesh, in whose eyes the death of your chosen ones is precious and their memory acceptable: remember our weakness by reason of this incense, which we present to you in our frailty and sin; receive our prayers by the intercession of the holy and glorious and ever-virgin blessed Mary; and by the prayers of the holy patriarchs, the prophets, apostles, preachers, evangelists, martyrs, confessors, teachers of mysteries and just men; and of Mor Yohannan the messenger and baptist and forerunner and of Mor Stephanose the glorious head of the deacons and first born of martyrs, and of all the noble ones who fought for the true faith and enlightened the holy Church with your knowledge , and overthrew and brought to an end heresy; remember in your mercy the faithful departed; raise up their souls and their bodies and place them among the companies of your chosen ones, and we and they will offer you praise and thanksgiving now and always and for ever. Amen.
Qolo
In love and faith.
Accept Lord this incense from our hands like the incense of Aaron, which kept away death from the people.
Praise him, all you people.
May the incense, which your servants have offered you for the satisfaction of your mercy, be for our pardon and the forgiveness of our sins.
Barekmor.. Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Glory to you, Lord, whose praise is in heaven and on earth; those in heaven and those on earth praise your name.
From age to age and for ever. Amen.
As you accepted the incense and the supplication of Aaron, so accept the incense which your worshippers have offered you.
Of the Mother of God
The archangel brought a greeting of peace to the daughter of David and announced to her and said: the Lord is with you and shall come forth from you.
Holy virgin, mother who gave birth to God, beseech your only begotten Son, that he may have mercy upon us all.
Mary was a ship; she bore, she carried, she was heavy with the pilot who is the Lord of all creation.
The bush, which Moses the prophet saw on Sinai was an image of you, Mary mother of God.
Of the saints
Holy prophets and apostle, sons of the kingdom, pray that we may not be drowned in the troubled sea of sin.
The prophets sowed in suffering, the apostles reaped in joy, and th doctors gathered a harvest full of joy.
Holy martyrs, servants of the most High God, may your prayers be for us a high wall and a house of refuge.
The martyrs saw the Son, who extended his hands on the cross and surrendered their necks to every torture because of his love.
Of Penitence
The Lord is faithful in his words.
Your holy mouth has promised and said: call and I will answer ; knock and I will open,
Your praise does not fail.
We have called upon you, as you have said, answer us, as you have promised; accept our services, and in your mercy respond to our requests.
Let us beg without ceasing, let us pray and not grow weary, while there is time to beg for mercy from our Lord.
May our prayer be pleasing to you and may our petition enter into your presence, and like the smoke of incense may it be acceptable before your majesty.
Of the departed
In the Jerusalem which is above and in the Church of those upon earth, make memory, Lord, of your servants, who have slept in your hope.
May the faithful departed, who ate your holy body and drank your living blood, stand, Lord at your right hand.
Christ, full of mercy, let your sweet voice be heard by those who lie in the dust, who were clothed in you in baptism.
Give rest, O our Savior, to your servants, who have slept in your hope, in the world which does not pass away , on the great day of your coming.
Lord, have mercy upon us and help us.
Etro (common on all days of the week)
Accept, Lord in your compassion the incense of your servants and be appeased by the smoke offered by your priests and be pleased with the service of your worshipers make there by a good memory of your mother and your saints; give rest to all th faithful departed. Christ the Son, who are worshiped and glorified with your Father and your Holy Spirit, now and always and for ever. Amen.
Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Not for judgement, Lord, and not for condemnation be to us your body and your blood, which we have received, but for the pardon of sins and forgiveness and for resurrection at your right hand, halleluiah, and for an open face before you.
You shall give them to drink from your torrent of delight
May your body, Lord which we have received and your living blood, which we have drunk in faith, be a bridge and a passage for us, that we may be delivered by it from the fire and from Gehenna, halleluia and inherit life.
Shubho...
Glory to Christ the King, who has crowned and exalted his worshipers in the four quarters of the earth, and made David a harp, and behold the churches with the monasteries sing to it, halleluia , blessed is he who sings to it.
men o'lam...
Glory to that grace, which descended and dwelt in the den of lions and shut the mouth of the beasts, that they might not ravage the fair beauty of Daniel, halleluia, blessed is he who delivered him.
The virgin, who was able to bear the hidden power which bears heaven and earth, behold, she intercedes with Him by her prayer on behalf of sinners, who call on her in faith, halleluiah, may her prayer be with us.
At the victory of David the King, the Hebrew maidens beat upon their tambourines; and in memory of the blessed one angels and men sing praise and thanksgiving, halleluia, to the Lord who chose her.
Forever let there be memory made of the blessed virgin, mother of God, who brought forth for us in her virginity Christ the King, the Saviour of the whole creation, halleluia, may her prayer be with us.
Forever and ever the day of the memory of the holy virgin Mary shall not pass away; for ever and ever abides the child who came from her, and his kingdom shall not end, halleluia, for ever and ever.
Our Lord called his disciples and commanded them: do not go in the way of the Gentiles and do not enter into the house of the Samaritans and do not draw near to the teaching of the Pharisees, halleluiah, cursed be their teaching.
Simon the head of the apostles, and Paul the elect and John who baptized you Lord, be intercessors on behalf of the flock which you fed by the waters of faith, halleluia, and lead it to pastures.
The martyrs were spiritual clusters, whom their judges pressed like grapes, and their blood flowed on the earth and they were sacrifices to God who crowned them, halleluia, and magnified them.
You martyrs, who would not offer incense before vain and worthless idols. kings now lift the crowns from their heads and worship before your bones, halleluia, may your prayers be with us.
More fair and lovely than the sun or the moon is your memory, O Mar (X); the sun gives light by day and the moon by night, but your beauty at all times, halleluiah, may your prayer be with us.
Our father, Mor (X) , you are like a tree which grows by a stream of water and its head reaches to heaven and its fruits give help to the sons of men. halleluia , may your prayers be with us.
Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised.
Great is the day of Sunday and blessed is he who keeps it in faith; because on it our Lord rose from the grave and the nations confessed the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, halleluiah, one God.
Taste and see how good the Lord is.
On this passing Sunday you gave me your body and blood to eat, Son of God, on that Sunday, which does not pass, make us all worthy to exult at your right hand. halleluia and to behold your compassion.
David, the king and prophet, sang and said in the fifty first psalm, have mercy on me, O God, and wash me thoroughly from the iniquity which my hands have committed, halleluiah, and have mercy upon me.
David prophesied and said: the Lord will come and heal the broken-hearted; our heart was broken by sin and Christ healed it by the waters of baptism, halleluia, blessed is he who heals it.
Lord have mercy upon us. Lord, receive our service and our prayers; may your grace rest upon us, that grace which stood by the martyrs in their trials, halleluia, and gave them strength.
May the hidden Father keep us and the Son protect us and the Holy Spirit deliver us from the nets and snares of the enemy, who fights against us without ceasing, halleluia, keep him from us.
With the blessed martyrs, who loved you, and with the saints, who pleased you by their way of life, make memory of our departed; make them worthy to stand at your right hand, halleluiah, and give them rest.
Give rest and remembrance, Son of God, to the departed who received your body, and when your coming is revealed, let them fly to meet you with faces unveiled, halleluia, that they may praise you.
Grant that your fathers and brothers who slept and took their rest in your hope, Jesus our Lord, may be worthy of your kingdom with your saints, who did your will and were pleasing in your sight.
Our Saviour heard the voice of groaning of the dead on top of the tree on Golgotha, and was moved to descend and break the yoke of death from the necks of those who slept, hallelua and to comfort them.
Blessed is he whose iniquity is forgiven, halleluiah, and whose sins are hidden:
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not reckon, halleluia, and there is no deceit in his heart.
Because I was silent, my bones wasted away, halleluiah, while I cried out all the day.
Because night and day your hand was heavy upon me, halleluia, and my sickness turned within my breast to destroy me.
Eqbo
b-hawbay wa-htohay
mawde no qdomayk
bo'e no menok
more kul rahem'aly
I confess my offences and my sins before you, and I beg of you, have mercy upon me.
Staumen kalos, Kurieeleison
Proemion and Sedro (of Repentance)
Let us all pray and beg for mercy and compassion.
Merciful Lord, have mercy on us and help us.
Praise, thanksgiving, glory, honour and exaltation, continually and without ceasing at all times, may we be worthy to offer to him, the mighty and strong, who alone is good, who bestows his gifts freely ; who is angry with us that we may repent, though he himself is without passion; to whom belongs glory and honour and worship at this time of Evening and at all times and seasons and hours and moments of the days of our lives for ever. Amen.
Lord our God, sea of goodness and fountain of mercies, who are gentle and kind to those who repent and a lover of those who turn to you, and who draw near to those who take refuge in you; we then, who have departed from the truth and justice, lay before you the vehemence of our penitence alone, while we groan and beseech your long suffering spirit, that the grace of your mercy may quickly come to us and stand before your dread wrath which is upon us, and annul the writ of judgement which is against us. Do not turn your face from us in your mercy, do not punish us by infliction of the sword of wrath, do not cast us from your presence, O good one so that we become wretched and deprived of your compassion; do not turn away from us, O gentle one, because of our evil deeds, do not hold our wickedness against us for ever, do not disregard those who repent before you. And now, O Lord be reconciled, be converted, have pity, forgive and pardon us your servants, who in the sorrow of repentance pray before you; cleanse and purify us, hallow and keep us, make us true penitents, make us perfect guardians of your law. Deliver us from the evil one and number us among your elect, make us and all our faithful departed worthy of the Church which is on high, that we and they may offer praise and thanksgiving to you and to your Father and to your Holy Spirit, now and always and for ever. Amen.
Qolo
In the evening Abraham called upon you on the mountain-top and you answered him, O lover of men; and in the evening we call upon you, come to our help, O God, full of mercy, halleluiah, and have mercy upon us.
In the evening Hezekiah called upon you and you delivered him from the power of the Assyrian; and in the evening we call upon you, deliver us, Lord from the evil one and his powers, halleluia, who fights against us.
On you soul and body call, that you may have compassion on them, while they are in this world; when the one is separated from the other, they cannot make petition for their offences at the seat of judgment, halleluia , have compassion on them both.
Be to us, Lord, a day which this passing evening shall not overtake and may your cross be a wall to protect us against the evil one and his powers, halleluia , who fights against us.
Moriyo rahem melain oo aa darein.
Lord have mercy upon us and help up.
ܩܳܪܶܝܢܰܢ ܠܳܟ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܡܳܪܰܢ ܬܳܐ ܠܥܽܘܕܪܳܢܰܢ
qorenan lokh moryo moran to l'udronan
shma' bo'uthan wa'bedh raḥme 'al nafshotan
We call upon you, Lord our Lord, come to our help, hear our petition and have mercy on our souls.
moryo moran moro d'ire wadmalakhe
shma' bo'uthan wa'bedh raḥme 'al nafshotan
Lord our Lord, Lord of the watchers and the angels, hear our petition and have mercy on our souls.
b'ramsho d'oreb nuhre men fenyotho, bokh mor enhar lamshaboḥu lboruyuthokh
melthokh tehwe shrogo lreghlay bar aloho, waḥlof shemsho hi tanhar li wehalekh bo
In the evening when the light of the sun sets upon the earth, may I be enlightened, Lord, to praise your creation; may your word be a lamp to my feet, Son of God, and in place of the sun may it give light to me, and I will walk by it.
kohne yabeb lamshaboḥu b'edon ramsho, dakh qurbonaw d'mushe b'ramsho methqarbin waw
b'ramshe w'ṣafre fqadh nomuso dnasqin debḥe, wettzi' kohne b'ramsho wshabaḥ lalohutho
At the time of evening the priests sang in praise; and the sacrifices of Moses were offered in the evening; evening and morning the law prescribed that sacrifices should be offered, and the priests were moved to offer praise to your Godhead in the evening.
b'edon ramsho ḥlof kul debḥin hab tawditho, waḥlof yaqde ṣlutho dkhitho bḥubo qareb
wayno dith le fumo wmeltho of leshono ḥayob dnawde ḥlof beryotho shatiqotho
In the time of evening instead of all sacrifices give thanks, and instead of holocausts offer pure prayer in love; and he who has mouth and word and tongue ought to give thanks for the creatures which are silent.
lokh teshbuḥto b'edon ramsho men mar'itokh, dakh qurbono bramsho etedbaḥ meṭulotho
shubḥo zomro lokh dbazqifo d'mokh ashqitho, who methbasmo bfaghrokh wadmokh lokh teshbuḥto
Praise to you at the time of evening from your flock, for which you were sacrificed as an offering in the evening; she sings praise to you who gave her your blood to drink on the cross and she takes pleasure in your flesh and blood, glory be to you.
ḥaṭfan ramsho wabmaṭarthe d'lilyo soman
hwi li moran shemsho b'ramsho wehalekh bo
The evening has come upon me and has placed me in the watch of the night; be to me a sun, Lord, in the evening and I will walk by You.