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Proverbs 7

Ge'ez original · 26 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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7:1

ወልድየ፡ ዕቀብ፡ ነገረ፡ ዚአየ፡ ወትእዛዘ፡ ዚአየ፡ ይባእ፡ ኀቤከ።

My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

我兒，你要遵守我的言語，將我的命令存記在心。

7:2

ወልድየ፡ አክብሮ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወትጸንዕ፡ እምኵሉ፡ ወዘእንበሌሁሰ፡ ኢትፍራህ፡ ባዕደ፡ እስመ፡ አልቦ፡ ዘይቀትለከ፡ ወአልቦ፡ ዘያሐይወከ።

Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

遵守我的命令就得存活；保守我的法則，好像保守眼中的瞳人，

7:3

ወልድየ፡ ትእዛዘ፡ ዚአየ፡ ዕቀብ፡ ወተሐዩ፡ ወንባበ፡ ዚአየ፡ ዕቀብ፡ ከመ፡ ብንተ፡ ዓይንከ።

Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

繫在你指頭上，刻在你心版上。

7:4

ደዮ፡ ውስተ፡ አፃብዒከ፡ ወጸሐፎ፡ ውስተ፡ ራኅበ፡ ልብከ።

Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

對智慧說：你是我的姊妹，稱呼聰明為你的親人，

7:5

በላ፡ ለጥበብ፡ እኅተ፡ ዚአየ፡ አንቲ፡ ወለአእምሮ፡ ሀገሪተከ፡ ረስያ።

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

她就保你遠離淫婦，遠離說諂媚話的外女。

7:6

ከመ፡ ትዕቀብከ፡ እምብእሲት፡ ነኪርት፡ ወእኪት፡ ወእም፡ ነገረ፡ ዘርቅ፡ አምጽአት፡ ብከ።

For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

我曾在我房屋的窗戶內，從我窗欞之間往外觀看：

7:7

እስመ፡ እመስኮተ፡ ቤታ፡ ውስተ፡ መራኅብት፡ ትሔውጽ።

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

見愚蒙人內，少年人中，分明有一個無知的少年人，

7:8

እመቦ፡ ዘርእየት፡ እምዓብዳን፡ ውሉድ፡ ወሬዛ፡ ነዳየ፡ አእምሮ፡ ዘየሐውር፡ ውስተ፡ ፍናወ፡ ማዕዘንተ፡ ቤታ፡ (ትጼውዖ፡ ወትብሎ)።

passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

從街上經過，走近淫婦的巷口，直往通她家的路去，

7:9

ወይትናገር፡ በጽልመት፡ ሠርከ፡ ሶበ፡ ይከውን፡ ጽማዌ፡ ወጽልመተ፡ ሌሊት።

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

在黃昏，或晚上，或半夜，或黑暗之中。