Greiner (ed.), 2 Oromo hymns

As an appendix to the Oromo translation of Barth’s Bible Stories (1881), Johann Jacob Greiner published 2 hymns:

These hymns were probably sung during Greiner’s school lessons in Ankober (1874‒79). Joseph Gallu might have translated the lyrics. The melodies are taken from well-known German hymns:


Manuscript submitted to the printer:

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Adapted from Lüthi, Aethiopisch in der Schweiz (Bern 1936), p. 28