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James 5

Ge'ez original · 20 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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5:1

ንዑ ይእዜኒ አብዕልት ወብክዩ እንዘ ትግዕሩ ላዕለ ሕርትምናክሙ እንተ ሀለዋ ትምጻእክሙ።

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

嗐！你們這些富足人哪，應當哭泣、號咷，因為將有苦難臨到你們身上。

5:2

ብዕልክሙኒ ነቅዘ ወአልባሲክሙኒ ቈንቈነ።

Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

你們的財物壞了，衣服也被蟲子咬了。

5:3

ወርቅክሙኒ፥ ወብሩርክሙኒ ዝሕለ ወዛሕሉኒ ስምዐ ይከውን ላዕሌክሙ ወይበልዖ ለሥጋክሙ ከመ እሳት በእንተ ዘገበርክሙ ለደኃሪ መዋዕል።

Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

你們的金銀都長了銹；那銹要證明你們的不是，又要吃你們的肉，如同火燒。你們在這末世只知積攢錢財。

5:4

ናሁ ዐስቦሙ ለገባር ለእለ ሐረስዋ ለምድርክሙ ሄድክምዎሙ ወዐመፅክምዎሙ ዐስቦሙ ወእለኒ ሄድክምዎሙ የዐወይዉ ወገዐሮሙኒ ለዐጸድ ቦአ ውስተ እዘኒሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ጸባኦት ወበጽሐ።

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

工人給你們收割莊稼，你們虧欠他們的工錢，這工錢有聲音呼叫，並且那收割之人的冤聲已經入了萬軍之主的耳了。

5:5

ወፈጋዕክሙ ላዕለ ምድር ወአስተትክሙ ወተደለውክሙ ወአስባሕክሙ ልበክሙ ከመ ዘያሰብሕ ላሕመ ለዕለተ ጥብሐት።

You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

你們在世上享美福，好宴樂，當宰殺的日子竟嬌養你們的心。

5:6

ወተዐደውክሙ ወቀተልክምዎ ለጻድቅ ዘእንበለ ይትቃወመክሙ ወኦሆ ይብለክሙ።

You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.

你們定了義人的罪，把他殺害，他也不抵擋你們。

5:7

ተዐገሡ እንከ አኀዊነ እስከ ደኃሪት ዕለት አመ ይመጽእ እግዚእክሙ ከመ ሐረሳዊ ዘይጸንሕ ፍሬሃ ለምድር ክብርት እንዘ ይትዔገሣ ሠርከ ወነግሀ እስከ ትሰዊ ወትፈሪ ሎቱ ወትትዐጸድ።

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

弟兄們哪，你們要忍耐，直到主來。看哪，農夫忍耐等候地裏寶貴的出產，直到得了秋雨春雨。

5:8

ተዐገሡኬ አንትሙ ወአጽንዑ ልበክሙ እስመ ቀርበ ምጽአቱ ለእግዚእክሙ።

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

你們也當忍耐，堅固你們的心，因為主來的日子近了。

5:9

ወኢትግዐሩ አኀዊነ ላዕለ ቢጽክሙ ከመ ኢትትኰነኑ እስመ ናሁ መኰንን ኀበ መድረከ ኆኅትክሙ ይቀውም ወይጸንሕ።

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

弟兄們，你們不要彼此埋怨，免得受審判。看哪，審判的主站在門前了。