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Judith 4

Ge'ez original · 15 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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4:1

ወሰምዑ፡ ደቂቀ፡ እሥራኤል፡ ወእለ፡ ይነብሩ፡ ውስተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘገብረ፡ ሆሎፎርኒስ፡ ላዕለ፡ አሕዛብ፡ መልአከ፡ ኃይሉ፡ ለናቡከደነፆር፡ ንጉሠ፡ ፋርስ፡ ዘከመ፡ አማሰነ፡ ኵሎ፡ ደወሎሙ፡ ወዘከመ፡ አጥፍኦሙ።

The children of Israel that lived in Judea heard all that Holofernes the chief captain of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians had done to the nations, and how he had plundered all their temples and destroyed them utterly.

住在猶大的以色列人聽見亞述王尼布甲尼撒的元帥何樂弗尼向列國所行的一切，就是他怎樣擄掠他們一切的廟宇，使之盡都荒廢，

4:2

ወፈርሁ፡ ጥቀ፡ ፈድፋደ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ገጹ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወበእንተ፡ ቤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላኮሙ።

They were exceedingly afraid before him, and were troubled for Jerusalem, and for the temple of the Lord their God;

他們在他面前極其懼怕，又為耶路撒冷和耶和華他們神的殿憂愁驚惶；

4:3

እስመ፡ ግብተ፡ ሀለዉ፡ እምኀበ፡ ዐርጉ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ተፄወዉ፡ ኵሉ፡ ኅሩያን፡ ሕዝብ፡ ዘእምነገደ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ንዋየ፡ ቅድሳት፡ ወምሥዋዕ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ቤተ፡ መቅደስ፡ እስመ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ተገመነ፡ ቀደስዎ።

because they had newly come up from the captivity, and all the people of Judea were recently gathered together; and the vessels, the altar, and the house were sanctified after being profaned.

因為他們剛從被擄之地歸回，猶大全地的百姓新近聚集，那些器皿、祭壇和殿宇也才從污穢中分別為聖。

4:4

ወለአከ፡ ውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ደወለ፡ ሶርያ፡ ወቆናስ፡ ወቤቶሮ፡ ወቤልሞን፡ ወኢያሪኮ፡ ወአስኮባን፡ ወኦሥራ፡ ወአውሌናሴሌም።

And they sent into every coast of Samaria, to Konae, to Beth-horon, Belmaim, Jericho, to Choba, Aesora, and to the valley of Salem;

他們就打發人到撒瑪利亞全境，到哥拿、伯和崙、伯邁、耶利哥、何巴、亞瑣拉和撒冷的山谷，

4:5

ወበጽሐ፡ ውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ አርእስተ፡ አድባሪሆሙ፡ ልዑላን፡ ወኀደረ፡ ላዕለ፡ አህጉር፡ እለ፡ ውስቴቶሙ፡ ወነሥኡ፡ ሎሙ፡ ስንቀ፡ ለፀብእ፡ እስመ፡ ግብተ፡ ኮኖሙ፡ ማዕረሮሙ።

and they occupied beforehand all the tops of the high mountains, fortified the villages that were in them, stored supplies for the provision of war; for their fields were newly reaped.

預先佔據了一切高山的頂端，又在其上的村莊築起防禦，儲備糧食以備戰爭，因為他們的田地剛收割完。

4:6

ወጸሐፈ፡ ኢዮአቄም፡ ካህን፡ ዓቢይ፡ ዘሀለወ፡ በኪያሆን፡ መዋዕል፡ ውስተ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ ለእለ፡ ይነብሩ፡ ውስተ፡ ቤጤልዋ፡ ወቤጦሜስታም፡ እንተ፡ ቅድመ፡ ኢያሪኮ፡ ውስተ፡ ገጸ፡ ገዳም፡ ዘገቦ፡ ዶታይም።

Joakim the high priest, who was in those days at Jerusalem, wrote to those who lived in Bethulia, and Betomesthaim, which is opposite Esdraelon toward the plain that is near to Dothaim,

當那些日子在耶路撒冷作大祭司的約雅金，寫信給住在伯夙利亞和伯多米斯田的人，那地在以斯德倫對面，臨近多坍的平原前；

4:7

እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ አጽንዑ፡ ፍትሐታተ፡ አድባር፡ እስመ፡ እንተ፡ ህየ፡ ቦቱ፡ ሙባዕ፡ ላዕለ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ከመ፡ ትክልእዎሙ፡ ኃሊፈ፡ እስመ፡ ጸባብ፡ ሙባዒሁ፡ ወፍናዊሁ፡ ዳዕሙ፡ ምኅላፈ፡ ክልኤቱ፡ ዕደው፡ ኵለንታሁ።

charging them to seize upon the ascents of the hill country; because by them was the entrance into Judea, and it was easy to stop them from approaching, inasmuch as the approach was narrow, with space for two men at the most.

吩咐他們扼守山地的隘口，因為由此可以進入猶大；那道路狹窄，至多隻容兩人並行，容易阻擋上來的人。

4:8

ወገብሩ፡ ደቂቀ፡ እሥራኤል፡ በከመ፡ አዘዞሙ፡ ኢዮአቄም፡ ካህን፡ ዓቢይ፡ ወኵሉ፡ ሊቃውንተ፡ እሥራኤል፡ እለ፡ ይነብሩ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም።

And the children of Israel did as Joakim the high priest had commanded them, as did the senate of all the people of Israel, which lived at Jerusalem.

以色列人就照大祭司約雅金，並住在耶路撒冷以色列全民的長老議會所吩咐他們的去行。

4:9

ወጸርሑ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ደቂቀ፡ እስራኤል፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በዓቢይ፡ ቃል፡ ወአሕመሙ፡ ነፍሶሙ፡ በዓቢይ፡ ሕማም።

And every man of Israel cried to God with great earnestness, and with great earnestness they humbled their souls.

以色列眾人就極其懇切地向神呼求，極其懇切地刻苦己心。