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1 Peter 3

Ge'ez original · 22 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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3:1

ወከማሁ አንትንሂ አንስት ተኰነና ለአምታቲክን ከመ እመ ቦ ዘኢየአምን በዝንቱ ነገር እምሥነ ምግባሪሆን ለአንስት ይርአዩ ወዘእንበለ ካሕድ ይርብሕዋ ለነፍሶሙ።

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,

你們作妻子的要順服自己的丈夫；這樣，若有不信從道理的丈夫，他們雖然不聽道，也可以因妻子的品行被感化過來；

3:2

ወእንዘ ትፈርሃ አሠንያ ግዕዘክን በንጽሕ።

seeing your pure behavior in fear.

這正是因看見你們有貞潔的品行和敬畏的心。

3:3

አኮ ከመ ታድልዋ ለዐይነ ሰብእ በተጸፍሮ ሥዕርትክን ወአኮ በተሰርግዎ ወርቅ ወብሩር ወአኮ በተላብሶ አልባስ ዘብዙኅ ሤጡ።

Let your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing,

你們不要以外面的辮頭髮，戴金飾，穿美衣為妝飾，

3:4

አላ በኅቡእ ልቡ ለሰብእ ለዘኢይጠፍእ ወለዘኢይደምፅ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ዘህልው ቅድመ እግዚአብሔር ዘብዙኅ ሐሳቡ።

but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.

只要以裏面存着長久溫柔、安靜的心為妝飾；這在上帝面前是極寶貴的。

3:5

ወከማሁ ትካትኒ ቅዱሳት አንስት እለ ይትዌከላ ላዕለ እግዚአብሔር ይሰረገዋ ርእሶን በተኰንኖ ለአምታቲሆን።

For this is how in the past the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands.

因為古時仰賴上帝的聖潔婦人正是以此為妝飾，順服自己的丈夫，

3:6

ከመ ሣራ እስመ ይእቲ ትትኤዘዞ ለአብርሃም ወእግዚእየ ትብሎ ወአንትንሂ አዋልዲሃ ኩና በምግባረ ሠናይ እንዘ ኢትፈርሃ እምነ ድንጋፄ ወኢምንተኒ።

So Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are if you do well and are not put in fear by any terror.

就如撒拉聽從亞伯拉罕，稱他為主。你們若行善，不因恐嚇而害怕，便是撒拉的女兒了。

3:7

ወከማሁ አንትሙሂ ዕደው እንዘ ትነብሩ ምስለ አንስቲያክሙ ኢታስተሐቅሩ አንስቲያክሙ እስመ ይደክም ፍጥረተ ዚኣሆን ለአንስት አክብሩ አንስቲያክሙ እስመ ይወርሳ እማንቱኒ ክብረ ወሕይወተ ምስሌክሙ ከመ ኢትትዐቀፍ ጸሎትክሙ።

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

你們作丈夫的也要按情理和妻子同住；因她比你軟弱，與你一同承受生命之恩的，所以要敬重她。這樣，便叫你們的禱告沒有阻礙。

3:8

ወማኅለቅቱሰ ለኵሉ ከመ ተዐርዩ ልበ በአሐዱ ኅሊና እንዘ ተሐምሙ ሕማመ ቢጽክሙ።

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

總而言之，你們都要同心，彼此體恤，相愛如弟兄，存慈憐謙卑的心。

3:9

ወእንዘ ኢታዐብዩ ልበክሙ ወእንዘ ኢትፈድይዎ እኪተ ለዘገብረ ለክሙ እኪተ ወእንዘ ኢትጼእልዎ ለዘጸለአክሙ ወለጸላኢክሙኒ ባርክዎ እስመ ለዝንቱ ተጸዋዕክሙ ከመ በረከተ ትረሱ።

not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

不以惡報惡，以辱罵還辱罵，倒要祝福；因你們是為此蒙召，好叫你們承受福氣。