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Proverbs 9 Ge'ez original · 22 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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ጥበብ ፡ ሐነፀት ፡ ላቲ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ወአቀመት ፡ ሰብዓተ ፡ አዕማደ ።
Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
智慧建造房屋， 鑿成七根柱子，
9:2▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘብሐት ፡ ዘዚአሃ ፡ ጥብሐ ፡ ወቶስሐት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ስያሓ ፡ ዘዚአሃ ፡ ወይነ ።
She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
宰殺牲畜， 調和旨酒， 設擺筵席；
9:3▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወፈነወት ፡ ዘዚአሃ ፡ አግብርተ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ትጼውዕ ፡ በነዋኅ ፡ ስብከት ።
She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
打發使女出去， 自己在城中至高處呼叫，
9:4▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እንዘ ፡ ትብል ፡ ዘዓብድ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ይግኀሥ ፡ ኀቤየ ፡ ወለእለሂ ፡ የሐዖሙ ፡ አእምሮ ።
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
說：誰是愚蒙人，可以轉到這裏來！ 又對那無知的人說：
9:5▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ትቤ ፡ ንዑ ፡ ብልዑ ፡ ኅብስትየ ፡ ወስትዩ ፡ ወይንየ ፡ ዘቀዳሕኩ ፡ ለክሙ ።
“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
你們來，吃我的餅， 喝我調和的酒。
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ወኀድግዋ ፡ ለዕበድ ፡ ወኅሡ ፡ አእምሮ ፡ ከመ ፡ ትሕየዉ ።
Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
你們愚蒙人，要捨棄愚蒙， 就得存活，並要走光明的道。
9:7▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
አርትዑ ፡ አእምሮ ፡ በጠይቆ ፡ ወዘይሜህሮሙ ፡ ለእኩያን ፡ ይነሥእ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ኃሣረ ።
One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
指斥褻慢人的，必受辱罵； 責備惡人的，必被玷污。
9:8▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወዘይጌሥፆ ፡ ለረሲዕ ፡ የሐይስ ፡ ርእሶ ።
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
不要責備褻慢人，恐怕他恨你； 要責備智慧人，他必愛你。
9:9▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ኢትዝልፎሙ ፡ ለዓብዳን ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይጽልኡከ ።
Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
教導智慧人，他就越發有智慧； 指示義人，他就增長學問。
9:10▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዝልፎ ፡ ለጠቢብ ፡ ወያፈቅረከ ፡ ዓብድሰ ፡ ይጸልአከ ፡ ሀቦ ፡ ለጠቢብ ፡ ምክንያተ ፡ ወያፈደፍድ ፡ ጥበበ ፡ አምሮ ፡ ለጠቢብ ፡ ወይዌስክ ፡ ተወክፎ ።
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端； 認識至聖者便是聰明。
9:11▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ቀዳሚሃ ፡ ለጥበብ ፡ ፈሪሀ ፡ እግዚአብሄር ፡ ወምክረ ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ አእምሮ ፡ ወአእምሮ ፡ ሕግሰ ፡ ለልብ ፡ ኄር ፡ ውእቱ ።
For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
你藉着我，日子必增多， 年歲也必加添。
9:12▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
በዝ ፡ ሥርዓት ፡ ብዙኀመዋዕለ ፡ ተሐዩ ፡ ወይትዌስካከ ፡ ዓመታተ ፡ ሕይወት ።
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
你若有智慧，是與自己有益； 你若褻慢，就必獨自擔當。
9:13▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወልድየ ፡ እመ ፡ ጠቢበ ፡ ኮንከ ፡ ለርእስከ ፡ ጠቢበ ፡ ትከውን ፡ ለቢጽከ ፡ ወእመሰ ፡ እኩየ ፡ ኮንከ ፡ ለባሕቲትከ ፡ ትቀድሕ ፡ እኪቶ ።
The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.
愚昧的婦人喧嚷； 她是愚蒙，一無所知。
9:14▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘያስተዳሉ ፡ ሐሰተ ፡ ይመስል ፡ ከመ ፡ ዘያስተዳሉ ፡ ነፋሳተ ፡ ወውእቱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ዘይዴግን ፡ ዖፈ ፡ ዘይሠርር ።
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
她坐在自己的家門口， 坐在城中高處的座位上，
9:15▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወኀደገ ፡ ፍናወ ፡ ዓፀደ ፡ ወይኑ ፡ ወመንኰራኵረ ፡ ወፍሬ ፡ ዚአሁ ፡ ረስዐ ፡ ወየሐውር ፡ ውስተ ፡ በድው ፡ ገዳመ ፡ ወውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ እንተ ፡ ተሠርዓት ፡ ለጽምእ ፡ ወያስተጋብእ ፡ በእዴሁ ፡ ዘኢይፈሪ ፡ ወኢይበቊል ።
to call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
呼叫過路的， 就是直行其道的人，
9:16▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ብእሲት ፡ ዓብድ ፡ ወመግዝእት ፡ ጽንስተ ፡ ኅብስት ፡ ትከውን ፡ እንተ ፡ ኢተአምር ፡ ኀፊረ ፡ ምንተኒ ፡ ወነበረት ፡ ውስተ ፡ አንቀጸ ፡ ቤታ ።
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
說：誰是愚蒙人，可以轉到這裏來！ 又對那無知的人說：
9:17▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወውስተ ፡ መንበራ ፡ ገሃደ ፡ ወውስተ ፡ መርኅብ ፡ ትጼውዕ ፡ ኃላፍያነ ፡ ፍኖት ፡ እለ ፡ ያረትዑ ፡ ፍኖቶሙ ።
“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
偷來的水是甜的， 暗吃的餅是好的。
9:18▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እለ ፡ እምውስቴቶሙ ፡ ዓብድ ፡ ይቀርብ ፡ ሐቤሃ ፡ ወለዘሂ ፡ የሐፅዖ ፡ አእምሮ ፡ ትኤዝዞ ።
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
人卻不知有陰魂在她那裏； 她的客在陰間的深處。
9:19▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወትቤሎ ፡ ኅብስተ ፡ ኅቡአ ፡ አስተሐዊዘከ ፡ ግሥሥ ፡ ወማየ ፡ ስርቅ ፡ መዓርዒረ ፡ ስተይ ።
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
人卻不知有陰魂在她那裏； 她的客在陰間的深處。
9:20▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወውእቱሰ ፡ ኢየአምር ፡ ከመ ፡ እምኃያላን ፡ በኀቤሃ ፡ ይትኀጐሉ ፡ ወመጽፈርተ ፡ ሲኦል ፡ ይትረከብ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤታ ።
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
人卻不知有陰魂在她那裏； 她的客在陰間的深處。
9:21▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወባሕቱ ፡ ቅንጽ ፡ ወኢትጐንዲ ፡ ውስተ ፡ መካና ፡ ወኢታውትር ፡ ዓይነከ ፡ ኀቤሃ ፡ ከመ ፡ ትትዓደው ፡ ፈለገ ፡ ነኪር ።
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
人卻不知有陰魂在她那裏； 她的客在陰間的深處。
9:22▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወእማየ ፡ ነኪር ፡ ረኀቅ ፡ ወእምዓዘቅተ ፡ ነኪር ፡ ኢትስተይ ፡ ከመ ፡ ብዙኀ ፡ መዋዕለ ፡ ትሕየው ፡ ወይትወሰካከ ፡ ዓመታተ ፡ ሕይወት ።
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
人卻不知有陰魂在她那裏； 她的客在陰間的深處。
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