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1 Samuel 11

Ge'ez original · 15 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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11:1

ወእምዝ፡ እምድኅረ፡ አሐዱ፡ ወርኅ፡ ዐርገ፡ ናአስ፡ ዐሞናዊ፡ ወተዐየነ፡ ኀበ፡ ኢያቢስ፡ ዘገለዓድ፡ ወይቤልዎ፡ ኵሉ፡ ሰብአ፡ ገለዓድ፡ ለናአስ፡ ዐሞናዊ፡ ተማሐል፡ ምስሌነ፡ ወንትቀነይ፡ ለከ።

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”

亞捫人的王拿轄上來，對着基列‧雅比安營。雅比眾人對拿轄說：「你與我們立約，我們就服事你。」

11:2

ወይቤሎሙ፡ ናአስ፡ ዐሞናዊ፡ ለእመ፡ አውጻእክሙ፡ ዐይነክሙ፡ እንተ፡ የማን፡ እትማሐል፡ ምስሌክሙ፡ ከመ፡ እግበር፡ ጽእለተ፡ ላዕለ፡ እስራኤል።

Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this dishonor all Israel.”

亞捫人拿轄說：「你們若由我剜出你們各人的右眼，以此凌辱以色列眾人，我就與你們立約。」

11:3

ወይቤልዎ፡ ሰብአ፡ ኢያቢስ፡ ተዐገሠነ፡ ሰቡዐ፡ ዕለታት፡ ወንልእከ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ እስራኤል፡ ወውስተ፡ ደወሎሙ፡ ወለእመ፡ አልቦ፡ ዘያድኅነነ፡ ንገብእ፡ ኀቤክሙ።

The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”

雅比的長老對他說：「求你寬容我們七日，等我們打發人往以色列的全境去；若沒有人救我們，我們就出來歸順你。」

11:4

ወበጽሑ፡ እልክቱ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ውስተ፡ ገባኦን፡ ኀበ፡ ሳኦል፡ ወነገርዎሙ፡ ዘንተ፡ ነገረ፡ ለሕዝብ፡ ወጸርሑ፡ ኵሉ፡ ሕዝብ፡ በቃሉ፡ ወበከዩ።

Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice and wept.

使者到了掃羅住的基比亞，將這話說給百姓聽，百姓就都放聲而哭。

11:5

ወእምዝ፡ ነዋ፡ ሳኦል፡ የአቱ፡ እምነ፡ ሐቅል፡ በጽባሕ፡ ወይቤ፡ ሳኦል፡ ምንት፡ ያበክዮሙ፡ ለሕዝብ፡ ወአይድዕዎ፡ ነገሮሙ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ኢያቢስ።

Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

掃羅正從田間趕牛回來，問說：「百姓為甚麼哭呢？」眾人將雅比人的話告訴他。

11:6

ወመጽአ፡ መንፈሰ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ላዕለ፡ ሳኦል፡ ሶበ፡ ሰምዐ፡ ዘንተ፡ ነገረ፡ ወተምዐ፡ መዐተ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ ወተቈጥዐ፡ ጥቀ።

God’s Spirit came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger burned hot.

掃羅聽見這話，就被上帝的靈大大感動，甚是發怒。

11:7

ወነሥአ፡ ክልኤተ፡ አልህምተ፡ ወመተሮሙ፡ በበ፡ መለያልዪሆሙ፡ ወፈነወ፡ ምስለ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ደወለ፡ እስራኤል፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ዘኢወፅአአ፡ ወኢተለዎሙአ፡ ለሳኦልአ፡ ወለሳሙኤልአ፡ ከመዝአ፡ ይረስይዎአ፡ (ለመራዕዪሁአ፡ ወ)ለእልህምቲሁአ፡ ወመጽአ፡ ኀይለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ላዕለ፡ ሕዝበ፡ እስራኤል፡ ወወውዑ፡ ከመ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ ኅቡረ።

He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, then sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

他將一對牛切成塊子，託付使者傳送以色列的全境，說：「凡不出來跟隨掃羅和撒母耳的，也必這樣切開他的牛。」於是耶和華使百姓懼怕，他們就都出來，如同一人。

11:8

ወኈለቆሙ፡ በባማ፡ ለኵሉ፡ ሰብአ፡ እስራኤል፡ ወኮኑ፡ ፷፼፡ ወሰብአ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ፫፼።

He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

掃羅在比色數點他們：以色列人有三十萬，猶大人有三萬。

11:9

ወይቤሎሙ፡ ለሐዋርያት፡ ለእለ፡ መጽኡ፡ ከመዝ፡ በልዎሙ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ኢያቢስ፡ ጌሠመአ፡ ትከውንአ፡ መድኀኒትክሙአ፡ ሶበ፡ ሞቀአ፡ ፀሓይአ ፤ ወበጽሑ፡ እልክቱ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ውስተ፡ ሀገር፡ ወዜነውዎሙ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ኢያቢስ፡ ወተፈሥሑ።

They said to the messengers who came, “Tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will be rescued.’” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

眾人對那使者說：「你們要回覆基列‧雅比人說，明日太陽近午的時候，你們必得解救。」使者回去告訴雅比人，他們就歡喜了。