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Job 8

Ge'ez original · 21 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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8:1

ወእደ፡ ተናገረ፡ በልዳዶስ፡ አውኬናዊ፡ ተሰጥወ፡ ወይቤ።

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

書亞人比勒達回答說：

8:2

እስከ፡ ማእዜኑ፡ ትነብብ፡ ከመዝ፡ መንፈሰ፡ ነቢብኑ፡ ውስተ፡ አፉከ።

“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

這些話你要說到幾時？口中的言語如狂風要到幾時呢？

8:3

ቦኑ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይኴንን፡ በዓመፃ፡ ወፈጣሬ፡ ኵሉ፡ የሀውኮኑ፡ ለጻድቅ።

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

上帝豈能偏離公平？全能者豈能偏離公義？

8:4

እመሰኬ፡ አበሱ፡ ደቂቅከ፡ ቅድሜሁ፡ ፈነወ፡ በእንተ፡ ኃጢእቶሙ::

If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.

或者你的兒女得罪了他；他使他們受報應。

8:5

ወአንተሰ፡ ጊሥ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወጸሊ።

If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

你若殷勤地尋求上帝，向全能者懇求；

8:6

ለእመ፡ ጻድቅ፡ አንተ፡ ወንጹሕ፡ ይሰምዓከ፡ ፍጡነ፡ ስእለ፡ ተከ፡ ወየዓሥየከ፡ ፍዳ፡ ጽድቅከ።

If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

你若清潔正直，他必定為你起來，使你公義的居所興旺。

8:7

ወእመ፡ ውኁድ፡ ቀዳሚትከ፡ አልቦ፡ ኊልቊ፡ ለደኃሪትከ።

Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.

你起初雖然微小，終久必甚發達。

8:8

ከመዝ፡ ይብል፡ ኢዮብ፡ ይትከሃለኒኑ፡ እዕርግ፡ ሰማየ፡ ወእስርቅ፡ መዛግብቲሁ፡ ወእመቀ፡ ምድር፡ ከማሁ፡ ተሰአሎሙ፡ ለቀደምተ፡ ዓለም፡ ወሕትቶሙ፡ ለአበው፡ በበሕዘዚቢሆሙ።

“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

請你考問前代，追念他們的列祖所查究的。

8:9

ሣሬት፡ ንሕነ፡ ወኢነአምር፡ ወጽላሎት፡ ውእቱ፡ ሕይወትነ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር።

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

我們不過從昨日才有，一無所知；我們在世的日子好像影兒。