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James 3

Ge'ez original · 18 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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3:1

ወኢይኩኑ እምውስቴትክሙ ብዙኃን መምህራን አኀዊነ ተአምሩ ከመ እንተ ተዐቢ ደይነ ንነሥእ።

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

我的弟兄們，不要多人作師傅，因為曉得我們要受更重的判斷。

3:2

እስመ ብዙኀ ንስሕት ኵልነ ወዘሰ ኢይስሕት በቃሉ ፍጹም ውእቱ ወይክል ወድየ ልጓም ለኵሉ ሥጋሁ።

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

原來我們在許多事上都有過失；若有人在話語上沒有過失，他就是完全人，也能勒住自己的全身。

3:3

ወናሁ ለአፍራስኒ ንወዲ ሎቶን ልጓመ ውስተ አፉሆን ከመ ኦሆ ይበላነ ወንመይጦን ኵሎ ሥጋሆን።

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

我們若把嚼環放在馬嘴裏，叫牠順服，就能調動牠的全身。

3:4

ወናሁ ለአሕማርኒ ዘመጠነዝ አካሎን በኀይለ ነፋስ ሶበ ይትነድኣ ወይትመየጣ ይመይጦን ብእሲ በሐዳፍ እንዘ መጠነዝ ናእሱ ወያበውኦን ውስተ መርሶ ኀበ ፈቀደ።

Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.

看哪，船隻雖然甚大，又被大風催逼，只用小小的舵，就隨着掌舵的意思轉動。

3:5

ከማሁ ልሳንኒ ንስቲት አባል ይእቲ ወታመጽእ ዐቢያተ ወናሁ እሳትኒ ንስቲት ጥቀ ዘመጠነዝ ዖመ ታውዒ።

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

這樣，舌頭在百體裏也是最小的，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點着最大的樹林。

3:6

ወልሳንኒ እሳት ይእቲ ለዓለም ዘዐመፃ ወናሁ ልሳንኒ ንስቲት ተፈጥረት ውስተ ነፍስትነ ወታረምፆ ለሥጋነ ወትሎሉ ክቡተ ፍጥረተነ ወታውዒ ጥቀ እምገሃነም።

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

舌頭就是火，在我們百體中，舌頭是個罪惡的世界，能污穢全身，也能把生命的輪子點起來，並且是從地獄裏點着的。

3:7

እስመ ኵሉ ፍጥረተ አራዊትኒ ወአዕዋፍኒ ወዘይትሐወስኒ ውስተ ባሕር ወእንስሳኒ ይገርር ለፍጥረተ ዕጓለ እመሕያው።

For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;

各類的走獸、飛禽、昆蟲、水族，本來都可以制伏，也已經被人制伏了；

3:8

ወለልሳነ ዕጓለ እመሕያውሰ አልቦ ዘይክል አግርሮታ እኪት ይእቲ ወአልባ ዐቅም ወምልእት ይእቲ ሕምዘ ዘይቀትል።

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

惟獨舌頭沒有人能制伏，是不止息的惡物，滿了害死人的毒氣。

3:9

ባቲ ንባርኮ ለእግዚአብሔር አብ ወባቲ ንረግሞ ለዕጓለ እመሕያው ዘበአርኣያ እግዚአብሔር ተፈጥረ።

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.

我們用舌頭頌讚那為主、為父的，又用舌頭咒詛那照着上帝形像被造的人。