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The Kebra Nagast, Verse 21: The queen of the South will rise

The chapter opens with the Gospel. Jesus, rebuking his own generation, points to a foreign queen who travelled far to hear wisdom (Matthew 12:42).

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ንግሥተ፡nǝgǝśta“The queen ofአዜብ፡ʾAzebthe Southትትነሣእ፡tǝtnaśśāʾwill rise upአመ፡ʾamaonዕለተ፡ʿǝlatathe day ofኰነኔ፡kʷǝnnanejudgment,ወትትዋቀሦሙ፡wa-tǝtwāqaśomuand argue against them,ወትትፋትሖሙ፡wa-tǝtfātaḥomuand go to law with them,ወትመውኦሙ፡wa-tǝmawwǝʾomuand defeatለዛቲ፡la-zātithisትውልድ፡tǝwlǝdgeneration,እለ፡ʾǝllawhoኢሰምዑ፡ʾi-samʿudid not hearስብከተ፡sǝbkatathe preaching of

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