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Proverbs 4 Ge'ez original · 24 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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ስምዑ ፡ ውሉድየ ፡ ተግሣፀ ፡ አብ ፡ ይኩን ፡ ብዙኀ ፡ መዋዕለ ፡ ሕይወትክሙ ።
Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
眾子啊，要聽父親的教訓， 留心得知聰明。
4:2▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወአምጽኡ ፡ በአእምሮ ፡ ሕሊና ፡ እስመ ፡ ሠናየ ፡ ጸጋ ፡ እጼግወክሙ ፡ ወሕገገ ፡ ዚአየ ፡ ኢትኅድጉ ።
for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
因我所給你們的是好教訓； 不可離棄我的法則 。
4:3▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እስመ ፡ ኮንኩ ፡ አነሂ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ሰማዔ ፡ አብ ፡ ወእትፈቀር ፡ በገጸ ፡ እምየ ።
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
我在父親面前為孝子， 在母親眼中為獨一的嬌兒。
4:4▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እንዘ ፡ ይሜህሩኒ ፡ ወይብሉኒ ፡ ይባእ ፡ ቃለ ፡ ዚአነ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ልብከ ፡ ዕቀብ ፡ ትእዛዛቲነ ።
He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
父親教訓我說：你心要存記我的言語， 遵守我的命令，便得存活。
4:5▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወኢትርሳዕ ፡ ወኢትትሀየይ ፡ ንባበ ፡ አፉነ ፡ ወኢትኅድጋ ።
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
要得智慧，要得聰明，不可忘記， 也不可偏離我口中的言語。
4:6▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወአጥሪ ፡ አእምሮ ፡ ወትትዌከፈከ ፡ አፍቅራ ።
Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
不可離棄智慧，智慧就護衛你； 要愛她，她就保守你。
4:7▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወተዓቅበከ ፡ ዑዳ ፡ ወታሌዕለከ ።
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
智慧為首； 所以，要得智慧。 在你一切所得之內必得聰明 。
4:8▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ስማዕ ፡ ወልድየ ፡ ወተወከፍ ፡ ንባበ ፡ ዚአየ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይብዝኀ ፡ ዓመታተ ፡ ሕይወትከ ፡ ወከመ ፡ ይኩን ፡ ፍናወ ፡ ሕይወትከ ፡ ብዙኀ ።
Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
高舉智慧，她就使你高升； 懷抱智慧，她就使你尊榮。
4:9▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እስመ ፡ ፍኖተ ፡ ጥበብ ፡ አሜህረከ ፡ ወአፀንዓከ ፡ ዲበ ፡ መንኰራኵ ፡ ርቱዕ ።
She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
她必將華冠加在你頭上， 把榮冕交給你。
4:10▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እመሂ ፡ ተሐውር ፡ ኢይትዐፀው ፡ አሠርከ ፡ ወእመሂ ፡ ሮፅከ ፡ ኢትደክም ፡ ወተወክፎ ፡ ቃለ ፡ ዚአየ ፡ ኢትኅድግ ።
Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
我兒，你要聽受我的言語， 就必延年益壽。
4:11▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዕቀባ ፡ ለርእስከ ፡ ወኢትኀድጋ ፡ ለሕይወትከ ።
I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
我已指教你走智慧的道， 引導你行正直的路。
4:12▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ፍኖተ ፡ ረሲዓን ፡ ኢትኪድ ፡ ወኢትቅናእ ፡ በፍናወ ፡ ኃጥአን ፡ ወመካነ ፡ እንተ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ግእዙ ፡ ኢትሑር ፡ ህየ ፡ ተገኀሥ ፡ እምኔሆሙ ፡ ወተመየጥ ።
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
你行走，腳步必不致狹窄； 你奔跑，也不致跌倒。
4:13▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እስመ ፡ ኢይነውሙ ፡ እመ ፡ ኢገብሩ ፡ አኩየ ፡ ተመሥጠ ፡ ንዋም ፡ እምአዕይንቲሆሙ ።
Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
要持定訓誨，不可放鬆； 必當謹守，因為它是你的生命。
4:14▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወኢይነውሙ ፡ እመ ፡ ኢደወዩ ፡ እለ ፡ ይበልዑ ፡ ወብልዐ ፡ ኃጢአት ፡ ወበወይነ ፡ ዓመፃ ፡ ይሰክሩ ።
Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
不可行惡人的路； 不要走壞人的道。
4:15▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወፍኖተ ፡ ጻድቃንሰ ፡ ከመ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ይበርህ ፡ የሐውሩ ፡ ወያበርሁ ፡ እስከ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ታረትዕ ፡ ዕለት ።
Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
要躲避，不可經過； 要轉身而去。
4:16▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወፍኖተ ፡ ኃጥንሰ ፡ ጽልመት ፡ ወኢየአምሩ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይትዓቀፉ ።
For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
這等人若不行惡，不得睡覺； 不使人跌倒，睡臥不安；
4:17▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወልድየ ፡ ንባበ ፡ ዚአየ ፡ ነፅር ፡ ወቃለ ፡ ዚአየ ፡ ያጽምእ ፡ ዕዝንከ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይንጽፋ ፡ ዓዘቃቲከ ።
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
因為他們以奸惡吃餅， 以強暴喝酒。
4:18▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዕቀቦን ፡ ውስተ ፡ ልበከ ፡ እስመ ፡ ሕይወት ፡ ውእቶን ፡ ለእለ ፡ ይረክብዎን ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ ዘሥጋ ።
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
但義人的路好像黎明的光， 越照越明，直到日午。
4:19▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወበኵሉ ፡ ተዓቅቦ ፡ ዕቀብ ፡ ልበከ ፡ እምዝንቱ ፡ ፍኖት ፡ እስመ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ነቅዐ ፡ ሕይወት ።
The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
惡人的道好像幽暗， 自己不知因甚麼跌倒。
4:20▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወእርኅቅ ፡ እምኔከ ፡ አፈ ፡ እኩየ ፡ ወከናፍረ ፡ ዓመፃ ፡ አንኅአርኅቆ ፡ እምኔከ ።
My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
我兒，要留心聽我的言詞， 側耳聽我的話語，
4:21▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወዕይንቲከኒ ፡ ርቱዐ ፡ ይርአያ ፡ ወቀራንብቲከ ፡ ይቅጽባ ፡ ጽድቀ ።
Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
都不可離你的眼目， 要存記在你心中。
4:22▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ርቱዐ ፡ መንኰራኵረ ፡ ግበር ፡ ለእገሪከ ፡ ወፍናዊከ ፡ አርትዕ ።
For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
因為得着它的，就得了生命， 又得了醫全體的良藥。
4:23▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወኢትትገኀሥ ፡ ኢ ፡ ለየማን ፡ ወኢ ፡ ለጸጋም ፡ አግኅሥ ፡ እገሪከ ፡ እምፎኖት ፡ እኪት ፡ እስመ ፡ ፍናወ ፡ ዘየማን ፡ ያፈቅር ፡ እግዚአብሔር ።
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
你要保守你心，勝過保守一切 ， 因為一生的果效是由心發出。
4:24▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ጣዋያት ፡ እማንቱ ፡ እለ ፡ በጸጋም ፡ ወውእቱ ፡ ርቱዐ ፡ መንኰራኵረ ፡ ይገብር ፡ ለእገሪከ ፡ ወሑረትከኒ ፡ በሰላም ፡ ያሤኒ ።
Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
你要除掉邪僻的口， 棄絕乖謬的嘴。
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