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Sirach 27 Ge'ez original · 29 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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ብዙኃን ፡ እለ ፡ በአድልዎ ፡ ይገብርዋ ፡ ለኀጢአት ፡ ወዘሰ ፡ ይፈቅድ ፡ ይትባዛኅ ፡ ይመይጥ ፡ ዐይኖ ።
Many have sinned for a thing indifferent; And he that seeks to multiply gain will turn his eye away.
許多人為財利犯罪，貪圖多得的人必轉眼不顧公義。
27:2▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ማእከለ ፡ ንድቀ ፡ አእባን ፡ ይተክሉ ፡ መትከለ ፡ ወማእከለ ፡ ሤጥ ፡ ወተግባር ፡ ትመጽእ ፡ ኀጢአት ።
A nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones; And sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling.
釘子緊插在石頭的縫隙之間，照樣，罪也夾在買賣之間。
27:3▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ለእመ ፡ ኢያፍጠነ ፡ ተዐቅቦ ፡ በፍርሀተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኢይጐነዲ ፡ ተገፍትኦ ፡ ቤቱ ።
Unless a man hold on diligently in the fear of the Lord, His house will soon be overthrown.
人若不殷勤持守敬畏主的心，他的家必迅速傾覆。
27:4▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ውስተ ፡ መንጠፍት ፡ ይጥሕል ፡ ሐሠረ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ሰብእኒ ፡ እምኅሊናሁ ፡ ተረክበ ፡ ርስሐቱ ።
In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains; So the filth of man in his reasoning.
篩子搖動時，糠秕便留下；照樣，人的污穢也在他的言談中顯露。
27:5▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ለንዋየ ፡ ለብሓኒ ፡ እሳት ፡ ይፈትኖ ፡ ወለሰብእኒ ፡ ኅሊና ፡ ልቡ ፡ ያሜክሮ ።
The furnace will prove the potter’s vessels; And the trial of a man is in his reasoning.
窯爐試驗陶匠的器皿，言談也試驗人。
27:6▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዐቃቢሁ ፡ ለቀምሕ ፡ ይሬኢ ፡ ፍሬሁ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ቃሉ ፡ ለሰብእ ፡ ይከሥቶ ፡ ፍትወተ ፡ ልቡ ።
The fruit of a tree declares the husbandry thereof; So is the utterance of the thought of the heart of a man.
樹上的果子顯明栽種的工夫，人心中所思想的也藉言語顯露。
27:7▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እንበለ ፡ ትጠይቆ ፡ ለሰብእ ፡ ኢትንአዶ ፡ እስመ ፡ ግዕዙ ፡ ያሜክርዎ ፡ ለሰብእ ።
Praise no man before you hear him reason; For this is the trial of men.
未聽人言談之前，不要稱讚他，因為這正是試驗人的方法。
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ለእመ ፡ ዴገንካ ፡ ለጽድቅ ፡ ትረክባ ፡ ወትለብሳ ፡ ከመ ፡ ልብሰ ፡ ጶዴር ፡ ዘክቡር ።
If you follow righteousness, you will obtain her, And put her on, as a long robe of glory.
你若追求公義，必能得著她，並將她如榮耀的長袍穿上。
27:9▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
አዕዋፍኒ ፡ ምስለ ፡ ዘመዱ ፡ የኀድር ፡ ወጽድቅኒ ፡ ኀበ ፡ እለ ፡ ይገብርዋ ፡ ተሐውር ።
Birds will resort to their like; And truth will return to those who practise her.
飛鳥棲於同類之中，真理也歸向實行它的人。
27:10▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዐንበሳ ፡ ይንዑ ፡ ዘይበልዕ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ኀጢአትኒ ፡ ትንዕዎሙ ፡ ለእለ ፡ ይገብርዋ ።
The lion lies in wait for prey; So does sin for those who work iniquity.
獅子埋伏等候獵物，照樣，罪也埋伏等候作惡的人。
27:11▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ጻድቅሰ ፡ ይሜህር ፡ ዘልፈ ፡ ጥበበ ፡ ወአብድሰ ፡ ባሕቱ ፡ እንተ ፡ ጸብሐት ፡ የሐጽጽ ፡ ልቡ ፡ ከመ ፡ ወርኅ ።
The discourse of a godly man is always wisdom: But the foolish man changes as the moon.
敬虔人的言談常是智慧，愚人卻如月亮般變幻不定。
27:12▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
በኀበ ፡ አብዳን ፡ ተዐቀብ ፡ ጊዜሁ ፡ ወበኀበ ፡ ጠቢባን ፡ ተጠየቅ ፡ በኵሉ ፡ ጊዜ ።
Among men void of understanding observe the opportunity; But stay continually among the thoughtful.
在無見識的人中間，要留心把握時機；在思慮周詳的人中間，卻要常常逗留。
27:13▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ነገሮሙ ፡ ለአብዳን ፡ ያስተቋጥዕ ፡ ወሠሐቆሙኒ ፡ ፍግዐ ፡ ኀጢአት ።
The discourse of fools is an offence; And their laughter is in the wantonness of sin.
愚人的言談令人生厭，他們的嬉笑出於放縱的罪。
27:14▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ነገሩ ፡ ለዘ ፡ ብዙኀ ፡ ይምሕል ፡ ያንሦጥጥ ፡ ሥዕርተ ፡ ወላኳሆሙኒ ፡ ያጸምም ፡ እዝነ ።
The talk of a man of many oaths will make the hair stand upright; And their strife makes one stop his ears.
好起誓之人的言語使人毛髮直豎，他們的爭鬧使人塞耳不聽。
27:15▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ያክዑ ፡ ደመ ፡ ላኳሆሙ ፡ ለዕቡያን ፡ ወጋእዞሙ ፡ ስራሕ ፡ ለዘይሰምዖሙ ።
The strife of the proud is a shedding of blood; And their reviling of each other is a grievous thing to hear.
驕傲人的爭鬥導致流血，他們彼此的辱罵令人不堪入耳。
27:16▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘከሠተ ፡ ምክረ ፡ ቢጹ ፡ ሀጕለ ፡ ሃይማኖቶሙ ፡ ወኢይረክብ ፡ እንከ ፡ ዐርከ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ልቡ ።
He that reveals secrets destroys credit, And will not find a friend to his mind.
洩露祕密的人毀了信任，必尋不著合他心意的朋友。
27:17▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዕቀብ ፡ ዐርከከ ፡ ወተአመን ፡ ምስሌሁ ፡ ወለእመሰ ፡ ከሠትከ ፡ ምክሮ ፡ ኢትዴግኖ ፡(እንከ ፡ወኢትትልዎ ፡)ድኅሬሁ ።
Love a friend, and keep faith with him: But if you reveal his secrets, You shall not pursue after him;
要愛護朋友，向他守信；你若洩露了他的祕密，就不要再追隨他。
27:18▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ከመ ፡ ሀጕለ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ ጸላኢሁ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ሀጐልካሁ ፡ አንተኒ ፡ ታእኃሁ ፡ ለዐርክከ ።
For as a man has destroyed his enemy, So have you destroyed the friendship of your neighbor.
正如人喪失了死去的親人，你也照樣喪失了與鄰舍的友誼。
27:19▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ከመ ፡ ዖፍ ፡ እንተ ፡ ታመሥጠከ ፡ እምእዴከ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ሰረረ ፡ እምኔከ ፡ ዐርክከ ።
And as a bird which you have loosed out of your hand, So have you let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again:
又如你放走了手中的飛鳥，你也照樣放走了鄰舍，再也捉不回他。
27:20▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወኢትዴግኖ ፡ እንከ ፡ እስመ ፡ ነዋኅ ፡ ኀበ ፡ አምሠጠከ ፡ ከመ ፡ አምሠጠት ፡ ምዳቊ ፡ እምነ ፡ ማዕገት ።
Pursue him not, for he is gone far away, And has escaped as a gazelle out of the snare.
不要追趕他，因為他已遠去，如同羚羊脫離了網羅。
27:21▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ሶበሰ ፡ ቊስል ፡ ውእቱ ፡ እምፈወስዎ ፡ ወለዘኒ ፡ ተጽዕለ ፡ ያስተማውጽዎ ፡ ወለዘሰ ፡ ከሠተ ፡ ምክረተ ፡ ቢጹ ፡ ይቀብጽዎ ።
For a wound may be bound up, and after reviling there may be a reconcilement; But he that reveals secrets has lost hope.
因為傷口可以包紮，辱罵之後仍有復和；惟有洩露祕密的人，已經斷絕了指望。
27:22▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘይቀጽብ ፡ በዐይኑ ፡ ኢይሤኒ ፡ ኅሊናሁ ፡ አልቦ ፡ ዘይክል ፡ አኅደጎተ ፡ እከዩ ።
One that winks with the eye contriveth evil things; And no man will remove him from it.
以眼示意的人謀劃惡事，無人能使他停止。
27:23▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ለዐይንከሰ ፡ ያጥዕም ፡ ለከ ፡ አፉሁ ፡ ወበኵሉ ፡ ዘነበብከ ፡ ይንእደከ ፡ ወድኅረ ፡ የዐልወከ ፡ ቃሎ ፡ ወያስሕተከ ፡ በቃልከ ፡ እንተ ፡ ነበብከ ።
When you are present, he will speak sweetly, And will admire your words; But afterward he will writhe his mouth, And set a trap for you in your words.
當你在場時，他口出甜言，並讚賞你的話語；後來卻扭曲他的口，並在你的言語上設下絆腳石。
27:24▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ብዙኃን ፡ እለ ፡ ጸላእኩ ፡ ወአኮሰ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ወእግዚአብሔርኒ ፡ ጸልአ ፡ ኪያሁ ።
I have hated many things, but nothing like him; And the Lord will hate him.
我憎惡許多事，卻沒有一樣像憎惡他；主也必憎惡他。
27:25▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘይወግር ፡ እብነ ፡ ላዕሌሁ ፡ ትወርድ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ርእሱ ፡ መቅሠፍተ ፡ ዐመፃሰ ፡ ይትዐወቅ ፡ ቊስሉ ።
One that casts a stone on high casts it on his own head; And a deceitful stroke will open wounds.
向高處扔石頭的，是扔在自己頭上；詭詐的擊打必裂開傷口。
27:26▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘከረየ ፡ ግበ ፡(ለቢጹ ፡)ለሊሁ ፡ ይወድቅ ፡ ውስቴቱ ፡ ወዘኒ ፡ ወርዐ ፡ መሥገርተ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ይሠግር ፡ ቦቱ ።
He that digs a pit will fall into it; And he that sets a snare will be taken therein.
挖坑的，自己必掉在其中；設網羅的，自己必被纏住。
27:28▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ኀጢአት ፡ ጸዐሎሙ ፡ ወሠሐቆሙ ፡ ለዕቡያን ፡ ከመ ፡ ዐንበሳ ፡ ትንፅዎሙ ፡ ወትትቤቀሎሙ ።
Mockery and reproach are from the haughty; And vengeance, as a lion, will lie in wait for him.
譏誚與辱罵出自狂傲的人，報應卻如獅子埋伏等候他。
27:29▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
በመሥገርት ፡ ይሠግሩ ፡ እለ ፡ ይትፌሥሑ ፡ በድቀቱ ፡ ለጻድቅ ፡ መቅሠፍት ፡ ይመስዎሙ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ይብጽሖሙ ፡ ጊዜ ፡ ሞቶሙ ።
They that rejoice at the fall of the godly will be taken in a snare; And anguish will consume them before they die.
那因敬虔人傾倒而歡喜的人必落在網羅中，痛苦必在他們死前吞滅他們。
27:30▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
መዐትኒ ፡ ወቊጥዓ ፡ ርኵሳን ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ ወበኀበ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ኃጥእ ፡ ይሄልዉ ።
Wrath and anger, these also are abominations; And a sinful man will possess them.
惱恨與忿怒也都是可憎的，罪人卻被它們所轄制。
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