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1 Enoch 15

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15:1

ወአውሥአኒ፡ ወይቤለኒ፡ በቃሉ፡ ስማዕ፡ ወኢትፍራህ፡ ሄኖክ፡ ብእሲ፡ ጻድቅ፡ ወጸሓፌ፡ ጽድቅ፡ ቅረብ፡ ዝየ፡ ወስማዕ፡ ቃልየ።

And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: ‘Fear not, Enoch, thou righteous man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice.

他就回答我，對我說，我也聽見他的聲音：「以諾，你這義人、公義的文士哪，不要懼怕，你過來這裡，聽我的聲音。

15:2

ወሑር፡ በሎሙ፡ ለትጉሃነ፡ ሰማይ፡ እለ፡ ተፈኖከ፡ ትስአል፡ በእንቲኣሆሙ፡ አንትሙኒ፡ መፍትው፡ ትስአሉ፡ በእንተ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወአኮ፡ ሰብእ፡ በእንቲኣክሙ።

And go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to intercede for them: "You should intercede for men, and not men for you:

你去對那些差你為他們代求的天上守望者說：『本該是你們為世人代求，而非世人為你們代求。

15:3

በእንተ፡ ምንት፡ ኀደግሙ፡ ሰማየ፡ ልዑለ፡ ወምቅዋመ፡ ቅዱሰ፡ ዘለዓለም፡ ወምስለ፡ አንስት፡ ሰከብክሙ፡ ወምስለ፡ አዋልደ፡ ሰብእ፡ ረኰስክሙ፡ ወነሣእክሙ፡ ለክሙ፡ አንስተ፡ ወከመ፡ ውሉደ፡ ምድር፡ ገበርክሙ፡ ወወለድክሙ፡ ውሉደ፡ ረዓይተ።

Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children of earth, and begotten giants (as your) sons?

你們為何離棄那高處、聖潔、永遠的天，與婦女同寢，藉著世人的女子玷污自己，為自己娶妻，像地上的人一樣行事，又生養巨人為自己的兒子呢？

15:4

ወአንትሙሰ፡ መንፈሳውያን፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ሕያዋነ፡ ሕይወት፡ ዘለዓለም፡ በዲበ፡ አንስት፡ ረኰስክሙ፡ ወበደመ፡ ሥጋ፡ አውለድክሙ፡ ወበደመ፡ ሰብእ፡ ፈተውክሙ፡ ወገበርክሙ፡ ከመ፡ እሙንቱ፡ ይገብሩ፡ ሥጋ፡ ወደመ፡ እለ፡ እሙንቱ፡ ይመውቱ፡ ወይትሀጐሉ።

And though ye were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten (children) with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood as those also do who die and perish.

你們本是聖潔的、屬靈的、活在永遠生命中的，如今卻因婦女而玷污了自己，藉著肉身之血生養兒女，貪戀人血，行事如同那些必死必亡、生於血肉的世人一樣。

15:5

ወበእንተ፡ ዝ፡ ወሀብክዎሙ፡ አንስትያ፡ ከመ፡ ይዝርዑ፡ ላዕሌሆን፡ ወይትወለዱ፡ ውሉደ፡ በላዕሌሆን፡ ከመ፡ ይትገበር፡ ግብር፡ በዲበ፡ ምድር።

Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth.

故此，我把妻子賜給世人，叫他們得以與她們同寢、生養兒女，使地上的生養之工不致缺乏。

15:6

ወአንትሙሰ፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ኮንክሙ፡ መንፈሳውያነ፡ ሕያዋነ፡ ሕይወት፡ ዘለዓለም፡ ዘኢይመውት፡ በኵሉ፡ ትውልደ፡ ዓለም።

But you were formerly spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world.

至於你們，起初本是屬靈的，活在永遠的生命中，世世代代不死不滅。

15:7

ወበእንተ፡ ዝ፡ ኢረሰይኩ፡ ለክሙ፡ አንስቲያ፡ እስመ፡ መንፈሳውያንሰ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ማኅደሪሆሙ።

And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling.

因此我未曾為你們設立妻子，因為屬靈者的居所原在天上，他們的住處乃在諸天。

15:8

ወይእዜኒ፡ ረዓይት፡ እለ፡ ተወልዱ፡ እምነፍስት፡ ወሥጋ፡ መናፍስተ፡ እኩያነ፡ ይሰመዩ፡ በዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ይከውን፡ ማኅደሪሆሙ።

And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling.

如今那從靈與肉身所生的巨人們，要在地上被稱為惡靈，他們的住處要在地上。

15:9

ወነፍሳት፡ እኩያን፡ ወፅኡ፡ እምሥጋሆሙ፡ እስመ፡ እመልዕልት፡ ተፈጥሩ፡ እምቅዱሳን፡ ትጉሃን፡ ኮኑ፡ ቀዳሚቶሙ፡ ወቀዳሚ፡ መሠረት፡ መንፈሰ፡ እኩየ፡ ይከውኑ፡ በዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወመንፈሰ፡ እኩያን፡ ይሰመዩ።

Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called.

惡靈從他們的身體出來，因為他們是從人所生的，其根源出自聖潔的守望者；他們的起初與本源在此，他們要在地上作惡靈，並被稱為惡靈。

15:10

ወመናፍስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ይከውን፡ ማኅደሪሆሙ፡ ወመናፍስተ፡ ምድር፡ እለ፡ ተወልዱ፡ በዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ማኅደሪሆሙ።

[As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.]

天上的靈，他們的住處要在天上；地上的靈，就是那在地上所生的，他們的住處要在地上。

15:11

ወመንፈሰ፡ ረዓይትኒ፡ ደመናተ፡ እለ፡ ይገፍዑ፡ ይማስኑ፡ ወይወድቁ፡ ወይትበአሱ፡ ወያደቅቁ፡ በዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወሐዘነ፡ ይገብሩ፡ ወኢምንተኒ፡ ኢይረክቡ፡ ዘይበልዑ፡ እክለ፡ ወኢይጸምኡ፡ ወኢይትዐወቁ።

And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences.

巨人的靈如同雲霧，要施行壓制、毀壞、傾覆、爭鬥，在地上行毀滅之事，使人愁苦；他們不得食物，卻仍飢渴，又不被人察覺。

15:12

ወኢይትነሥኡ፡ እሎንቱ፡ ነፍሳት፡ ዲበ፡ ውሉደ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወዲበ፡ አንስት፡ እስመ፡ ወፅኡ።

And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.

這些靈要起來攻擊世人的兒女和婦女，因為他們原是從他們所出。

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