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Judges 13

Ge'ez original · 25 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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13:1

ወደገሙ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ገቢረ ፡ እኩይ ፡ ቅድመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወአግብኦሙ ፡ ውስተ ፡ እደ ፡ አሎፍል ፡ ፵ዓመ ።

The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

以色列人又行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，耶和華將他們交在非利士人手中四十年。

13:2

ወሀለወ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ዘእምነ ፡ ሰራሕ ፡ ዘእምነ ፡ ነገደ ፡ ዳን ፡ ወስሙ ፡ መኖሔ ፡ ወብእሲቱሰ ፡ መካን ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ወኢትወልድ ።

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.

那時，有一個瑣拉人，是屬但族的，名叫瑪挪亞。他的妻不懷孕，不生育。

13:3

ወአስተርአያ ፡ መልአከ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለብእሲቱ ፡ ወይቤላ ፡ ናሁ ፡ መካን ፡ አንቲ ፡ ወኢወለድኪ ፡ ወትፀንሲ ፡ ወትወልዲ ፡ ወልደ ።

Yahweh’s angel appeared to the woman, and said to her, “See now, you are barren and childless; but you shall conceive and bear a son.

耶和華的使者向那婦人顯現，對她說：「向來你不懷孕，不生育，如今你必懷孕生一個兒子。

13:4

ወይእዜኒ ፡ ተዓቀቢ ፡ ወኢትስተዪ ፡ ወይነ ፡ ወሜሰ ፡ ወኢትብልዒ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘርኩስ ።

Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing;

所以你當謹慎，清酒濃酒都不可喝，一切不潔之物也不可吃。

13:5

እስመ ፡ ናሁ ፡ ትፀንሲ ፡ ወትወልዲ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ወኢይለክፎ ፡ ርእሶ ፡ ኀፂን ፡ እስመ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ናዝራዊ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ሕፃን ፡ እምነ ፡ ከርሠ ፡ እሙ ፡ ወውእቱ ፡ ይእኅዝ ፡ ያድኅኖሙ ፡ ለእስራኤል ፡ እምነ ፡ እደ ፡ አሎፍል ።

for, behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

你必懷孕生一個兒子，不可用剃頭刀剃他的頭，因為這孩子一出胎就歸上帝作拿細耳人。他必起首拯救以色列人脫離非利士人的手。」

13:6

ወሖረት ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ብእሲት ፡ ወነገረቶ ፡ ለምታ ፡ ወትቤሎ ፡ ብእሴ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ መጽአ ፡ ኀቤየ ፡ ወርእየቱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ርእየተ ፡ መልአከ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወግሩም ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ጥቀ ፡ ወተስእልክዎ ፡ እምአይቴ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ወኢያይድዐኒ ፡ ስሞ ።

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name;

婦人就回去對丈夫說：「有一個神人到我面前來，他的相貌如上帝使者的相貌，甚是可畏。我沒有問他從哪裏來，他也沒有將他的名告訴我，

13:7

ወይቤለኒ ፡ ናሁ ፡ ትፀንሲ ፡ ወትወልዲ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ወይእዜኒ ፡ ኢትስተዪ ፡ ወይነ ፡ ወሜሰ ፡ ወኢትብልዒ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘርኩስ ፡ እስመ ፡ ናዝራዊ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ሕፃን ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ እምነ ፡ ከርሠ ፡ እሙ ፡ እስከ ፡ አመ ፡ ይመውት ።

but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink. Don’t eat any unclean thing, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

卻對我說：『你要懷孕生一個兒子，所以清酒濃酒都不可喝，一切不潔之物也不可吃；因為這孩子從出胎一直到死，必歸上帝作拿細耳人。』」

13:8

ወሰአለ ፡ መኖሔ ፡ ኀበ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወይቤ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ብእሴ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘፈኖከ ፡ ኀቤነ ፡ ለይምጻእ ፡ ኀቤነ ፡ ወያለብወነ ፡ ምንተ ፡ ንገብር ፡ ለውእቱ ፡ ሕፃን ፡ ዘይትወለድ ።

Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we should do to the child who shall be born.”

瑪挪亞就祈求耶和華說：「主啊，求你再差遣那神人到我們這裏來，好指教我們怎樣待這將要生的孩子。」

13:9

ወሰምዖ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ቃሎ ፡ ለመኖሔ ፡ ወመጽአ ፡ መልአከ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኀበ ፡ ብእሲቱ ፡ ዓዲ ፡ ደግመ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ትነብር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ገዳም ፡ ወኢሀለወ ፡ መኖሔ ፡ ምታ ፡ ምስሌሃ ።

God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah, her husband, wasn’t with her.

上帝應允瑪挪亞的話；婦人正坐在田間的時候，上帝的使者又到她那裏，她丈夫瑪挪亞卻沒有同她在一處。