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Genesis 8

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

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8:1

ወተዘከሮ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለኖኅ ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ አራዊት ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ እንስሳ ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ ዘሀሎ ፡ ምስሌሁ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ታቦት ፡ ወአምጽአ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ መንፈሰ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወተነትገ ፡ ማይ ።

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.

上帝記念挪亞和挪亞方舟裏的一切走獸牲畜。上帝叫風吹地，水勢漸落。

8:2

ወተዐጽወ ፡ አንቅዕተ ፡ ቀላይ ፡ ወአስራበ ፡ ሰማይኒ ፡ ተእኅዘ ፡ ወቆመ ፡ ዝናም ፡ እምነ ፡ ሰማይ ።

The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

淵源和天上的窗戶都閉塞了，天上的大雨也止住了。

8:3

ወአኀዘ ፡ ይኅልቅ ፡ ማይ ፡ ወይሑር ፡ እምነ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወእምድኅረ ፡ ፻ወ፶ዕለት ፡ ሐጸ ፡ ማይ ።

The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.

水從地上漸退。過了一百五十天，水就漸消。

8:4

ወነበረት ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ታቦት ፡ በሳብዕ ፡ ወርኅ ፡ አመ ፡ ዐሡሩ ፡ ወሰኑዩ ፡ ለጽልመት ፡ ውስተ ፡ አድባረ ፡ አራራት ።

The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

七月十七日，方舟停在亞拉臘山上。

8:5

ወማይሰ ፡ የሐጽጽ ፡ ወይትነተግ ፡ እስከ ፡ ፲ወርኅ ፡ ወአመ ፡ ኮነ ፡ ፲ወ፩አውራኅ ፡ አመ ፡ ርእሰ ፡ ሠርቀ ፡ ወርኅ ፡ አስተርአየ ፡ አርእስቲሆሙ ፡ ለአድበር ።

The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

水又漸消，到十月初一日，山頂都現出來了。

8:6

ወኮነ ፡ እምድኅረ ፡ አርብዓ ፡ ዕለት ፡ አርኀወ ፡ መስኮታ ፡ ለታቦት ፡ ኖኅ ፡ እንተ ፡ ገብረ ።

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

過了四十天，挪亞開了方舟的窗戶，

8:7

ወፈነዎ ፡ ለቋዕ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይርአይ ፡ እመ ፡ ተነትገ ፡ ማይ ፡ እምነ ፡ ገጸ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወሖረ ፡ ወኢገብአ ፡ እስከ ፡ ኀልቀ ፡ ማይ ፡ እምነ ፡ ምድር ።

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

放出一隻烏鴉去；那烏鴉飛來飛去，直到地上的水都乾了。

8:8

ወፈነዋ ፡ ለርግብ ፡ እምድኅሬሁ ፡ ከመ ፡ ትርአይ ፡ እመ ፡ ነትገ ፡ ማይ ፡ እምገጸ ፡ ምድር ።

He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

他又放出一隻鴿子去，要看看水從地上退了沒有。

8:9

ወኢረከበት ፡ ኀበ ፡ ታዐርፍ ፡ እግራ ፡ ወገብአት ፡ ኀቤሁ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ታቦት ፡ እስመ ፡ ማይ ፡ ሀሉ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ገጸ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወሰፍሐ ፡ እዴሁ ፡ ወነሥኣ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ታቦት ፡ ኀቤሁ ።

but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

但遍地上都是水，鴿子找不着落腳之地，就回到方舟挪亞那裏，挪亞伸手把鴿子接進方舟來。