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Job 12 Ge'ez original · 23 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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ወእደ ፡ ተናገረ ፡ ኢዮብ ፡ ተሠጥወ ፡ ወይቤ ።
Then Job answered,
約伯回答說：
12:2▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
አንትሙኒ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ አንትሙ ፡ ወበኀቤክሙኑ ፡ ዳዕሙ ፡ ጠሠልጠት ፡ ጥበብ ።
“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
你們真是子民哪， 你們死亡，智慧也就滅沒了。
12:3▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወአነሂ ፡ ብየ ፡ ልብ ፡ ከማክሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ አልቦ ፡ ከመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ሰሐቀ ፡ ለቢጹ ፡ ይከውን ፡ ወሰሐቀ ፡ ጻድቅ ፡ ንጹሕ ።
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
但我也有聰明，與你們一樣， 並非不及你們。 你們所說的，誰不知道呢？
12:4▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወብእሲ ፡ ጻድቅ ፡ ወንጹሕ ፡ ስላቀ ፡ ኮነ ፡ በዕድሜ ፡ መዋዕሊሁ ።
I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
我這求告上帝、蒙他應允的人 竟成了朋友所譏笑的； 公義完全人竟受了人的譏笑。
12:5▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወአጽንሕዎ ፡ ያርስሕዎ ፡ ባዕዳን ፡ ወከመ ፡ ያውድቁ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ኃጥአን ።
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
安逸的人心裏藐視災禍； 這災禍常常等待滑腳的人。
12:6▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወባሕቱ ፡ እኩያን ፡ እለ ፡ ያምፅዕዎ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ይብሉ ፡ ኄራን ፡ ንሕነ ፡ አኮኑ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዘየሐትቶሙ ።
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
強盜的帳棚興旺， 惹上帝的人穩固， 上帝多將財物送到他們手中。
12:7▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ተሰአሎሙ ፡ ለእንስሳሂ ፡ ለእመ ፡ ይነግሩከ ፡ ወለዕዋፈ ፡ ሰማይኒ ፡ ለእመ ፡ ያየድሁከ ።
“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
你且問走獸，走獸必指教你； 又問空中的飛鳥，飛鳥必告訴你；
12:8▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወተናገራ ፡ ለምድር ፡ ለአመ ፡ ትፌክር ፡ ለከ ፡ ወለእመ ፡ ይነግሩከ ፡ ዓሣተ ፡ ባሕር ።
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
或與地說話，地必指教你； 海中的魚也必向你說明。
12:9▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
መኑ ፡ የአምር ፡ ዘንተ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ እደ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ገብረ ።
Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this,
看這一切， 誰不知道是耶和華的手做成的呢？
12:10▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እስመ ፡ ውስተ ፡ እዴሁ ፡ ነፍሰ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ሕያው ፡ ወመንፈሰ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ሰብእ ።
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
凡活物的生命和人類的氣息都在他手中。
12:11▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እኮኑ ፡ ዕዝን ፡ ይፈልጥ ፡ ነገረ ፡ ወጕርዔሂ ፡ ይጥዕም ፡ እክለ ።
Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
耳朵豈不試驗言語， 正如上膛嘗食物嗎？
12:12▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
በብዝኀ ፡ ዓመታትኑ ፡ ትትረከብ ፡ ጥበብ ፡ ወበብዝኀ ፡ ንብ ፡ ረትኑ ፡ ትምህርት ።
With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
年老的有智慧； 壽高的有知識。
12:13▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወባሕቱ ፡ እምኀበ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ጥበብ ፡ ወኃይል ፡ ወሎቱ ፡ ምክር ፡ ወአእምሮ ።
“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
在上帝有智慧和能力； 他有謀略和知識。
12:14▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወለእመ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ነሠተ ፡ መኑ ፡ የሐንጽ ፡ ወለእመ ፡ ዓፀወ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ መኑ ፡ ያርኁ ፡፡ 15፡ እመ ፡ ከልአ ፡ እምሰማይ ፡ ዝናመ ፡ ያየብሳ ፡ ለምድር ፡ ወለእመ ፡ ኃደጋ ፡ ትማስን ፡ ወትትገፈታዕ ።
Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
他拆毀的，就不能再建造； 他捆住人，便不得開釋。
12:16▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እስመ ፡ እማኀቤ ፡ ኃይል ፡ ወጽንዕ ፡ ወዘዚአሁ ፡ ጥበብ ፡ ወምክር ።
With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
在他有能力和智慧， 被誘惑的與誘惑人的都是屬他。
12:17▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወይሬስዮሙ ፡ ለመካርያን ፡ ወይፄወዉ ፡ ወይወስድዎሙ ፡ ለመኳንንተ ፡ ምድር ።
He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
他把謀士剝衣擄去， 又使審判官變成愚人。
12:18▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወያነብሮሙ ፡ ለነገሥት ፡ ዲበ ፡ መናብርት ፡ ወያቀንቶሙ ፡ ቅናተ ፡ ዘኃይል ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሐቌሆሙ ።
He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
他放鬆君王的綁， 又用帶子捆他們的腰。
12:19▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወይፌንዎሙ ፡ ለማርያን ፡ ይሄወዉ ፡ ወይገፈትዖሙ ፡ ለኃያላነ ፡ ምድር ።
He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
他把祭司剝衣擄去， 又使有能的人傾敗。
12:20▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወይመይጥ ፡ ከናፍሪሆሙ ፡ ለመሃይምናን ፡ ወየአምር ፡ ምክሮሙ ፡ ለሊቃውንት ።
He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
他廢去忠信人的講論， 又奪去老人的聰明。
12:21▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወያመጽአ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ ኃሣረ ፡ ለመላእክት ፡ ወይሣሃሎሙ ፡ ለትሑታን ።
He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
他使君王蒙羞被辱， 放鬆有力之人的腰帶。
12:22▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወይከሥት ፡ ዕሙቃተ ፡ እምጽልመት ፡ ወያወዕኦሙ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ብርሃነ ፡ እምጽልመት ፡ ወጽላሎተ ፡ ሞት ።
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
他將深奧的事從黑暗中彰顯， 使死蔭顯為光明。
12:23▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወየሀውኮሙ ፡ ለአሕዛብ ፡ ወይትኀጐሉ ፡ ወይሠርዖሙ ፡ ለአሕዛብ ፡ ወይመርሖሙ ።
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
他使邦國興旺而又毀滅； 他使邦國開廣而又擄去。
12:24▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወይመይጥ ፡ ምክሮሙ ፡ ለመላእክተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወያዔይ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ ፍኖተ ፡ እንተ ፡ ኢያእመሩ ።
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
他將地上民中首領的聰明奪去， 使他們在荒廢無路之地漂流；
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