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Wisdom of Solomon 14

Ge'ez original · 31 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

← ch. 13ch. 15 →
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14:1
ወካዕበ፡ ሶበ፡ ይፌኑ፡ ሰብአ፡ ይዕርግ፡ ሀመረ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕር፡ እንዘ፡ ይፈቅድ፡ ይንግድ፡ ውስተ፡ ፀዋጋት፡ ሞገዳት፡ ይስእል፡ ወይጸርህ፡ ኀበ፡ ዕፅ፡ ዘየኃሥር፡ ወይደክም፡ እምሐመር፡ እንተ፡ ትፀውሮ።
Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves, Calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carries him;
又如一個豫備航行、要渡過洶湧波濤的人，向那比載他之船更為朽壞的木頭呼求；
14:2
እስመ፡ ለዝኩ፡ ጣዖት፡ በፍትወተ፡ ረባኅ፡ ተኬንዎ፡ ወኬንያ፡ በጥበብ፡ ገብሮ።
For that vessel the hunger for gains devised, And a craftsman, even wisdom, built it;
因為那船是貪圖利益的人所設計的，又是匠人靠智慧所造成的；
14:3
ወእንቲአከሰ፡ ኃዳፍ፡ ኦ፡ አብ፡ ትሠርዕ፡ ኵሎ፡ እስመ፡ ወሀብከ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕር፡ ፍኖተ፡ ወውስተ፡ ሞገድ፡ አሠረ፡ ጽኑዐ፡ ታርኢ፡ ከመ፡ ትክል፡ ኵሎ፡ አድኅኖ፡ በጽድቅ።
And your providence, O Father, guideth it along, Because even in the sea you gave a way, And in the waves a sure path,
但是父啊，是禰的眷顧引導著它，因為禰連在海中也開了道路，在波浪中也設了穩妥的路徑，
14:4
ወበአዕርጎሂ፡ ውስተ፡ ሐመር፡ ወዘእንበለ፡ ኪንሂ፡ ዓዲ፡ አሕለፍከ፡ እስመ፡ ትፈቅድ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይኩን፡ ጽሩዐ፡ ምግባሪሃ፡ ለጥበብከ።
Shewing that you can save out of every danger, That so even without are a man may put to sea;
顯明禰能從各樣危難中施行拯救，叫人縱然不懂技藝也能出海。
14:5
በእንተ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ይትአመኑ፡ ሰብእ፡ ነፍሶሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ዕፅ፡ ምኑን፡ ወኅሡር፡ ወይትዓደዉ፡ ማእከለ፡ መዋግድ፡ በሐመር፡ ንኡስ፡ ወበአርማስ፡ ወይድኅኑ።
And it is your will that the works of your wisdom should be not idle; Therefore also do men intrust their lives to a little piece of wood,, And passing through the surge on a raft are brought safe to land.
禰的旨意是不願禰智慧的作為閒置；所以人雖把性命交託給一塊微小的木頭，也能乘著木筏渡過波濤，平安到岸。
14:6
ወቀዲሙኒ፡ እመ፡ ተኀጒሉ፡ ዕቡያን፡ ረዓይት፡ ውስተ፡ ዕፅ፡ ተስፋ፡ ዓለም፡ ተፀዊሮ፡ ወተፀዊኖ፡ ድኅነ፡ ወኀደገ፡ ለዓለም፡ ዘርአ፡ ትውልድ፡ ተኀዲፎ፡ በእደ፡ ዚአከ።
For in the old time also, when proud giants were perishing, The hope of the world, taking refuge on a raft, Left to the race of men a seed of generations to come, Your hand guiding the helm.
因為在古時，當驕傲的巨人正在滅亡之際，世界的盼望逃避在木筏上，在禰手的掌舵下，給世代留下了傳宗接代的種子。
14:7
እስመ፡ ተባረክ፡ ዕፅ፡ በዘቦቱ፡ ይትገበር፡ ጽድቅ።
For blessed has been wood through which comes righteousness:
因為藉以成就公義的木頭是蒙福的；
14:8
ወዘበዕበድሰ፡ ተገብረ፡ ርጉም፡ ውእቱ፡ ወዘገብሮኒ፡ እስመ፡ ውእቱ፡ ግብር፡ በላዪ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወዘይማስን፡ አምላከ፡ ተሰምየ።
But the idol made with hands is accursed, itself and he that made it; Because his was the working, and the corruptible thing was named a god:
但人手所造的偶像是受咒詛的，連同造它的人也是如此；因為那人做了工，那必朽之物卻被稱為神。
14:9
እስመ፡ ዕሩየ፡ ተጸልኡ፡ በኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ረሲዕኒ፡ ወርስዓት።
For both the ungodly doer and his ungodliness are alike hateful to God;
因為不敬虔的人和他的不敬虔，在神看來同樣可憎；
14:10
እስመ፡ ግብር፡ ዘተገብረ፡ ምስለ፡ ገባሪሁ፡ ይትኴነን።
For verily the deed will be punished together with him that committed it.
因為所做的，必連同那做它的人一同受罰。
14:11
ወበእንተዝ፡ ሐተታ፡ ይከውን፡ በኀበ፡ ጣዖቶሙ፡ ለአሕዛብ።
Therefore also among the idols of the nations will there be a visitation, Because, though formed of things which God created, they were made an abomination, And stumbling blocks to the souls of men, And a snare to the feet of the foolish.
所以連列國的偶像也必受眷察，因為它們雖是神所造之物，卻成了可憎之物，成了世人心靈的絆腳石，成了愚昧人腳前的網羅。
14:12
እስመ፡ ተገብረ፡ ፍጥረት፡ ለአኅጒሎ፡ ወማዕቅፈ፡ ለነፍሳተ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወመሥገርተ፡ ለአእጋረ፡ ሰብእ፡ ዓብዳን፡ እስመ፡ ቀዳሚሃ፡ ለዝሙት፡ ሐል፡ ውስተ፡ ፈጣሪሁ፡ ለጣዖት።
For the devising of idols was the beginning of fornication, And the invention of them the corruption of life:
因為偶像的設想是淫亂的開端，發明偶像就是生命的敗壞；
14:13
ወረኪቦቱ፡ ሙስናሃ፡ ለሕይወት፡ እስመ፡ ኢሀሎ፡ እምፍጥረት፡ ወኢይሄሉ፡ ለዓለም።
For neither were they from the beginning, neither will they be forever;
因為它們起初並不存在，將來也必不長存；
14:14
ወበምክንያተ፡ ሰብእ፡ ከንቱ፡ ቦአ፡ ውስተ፡ ዓለም፡ ከመዝ፡ በእንተ፡ ዘያፈጥን፡ ፍጻሜ፡ ኅልፈተ፡ ምስጠቶሙ።
For by the vaingloriousness of men they entered into the world, And therefore was a speedy end devised for them.
因為它們是藉著人的虛榮進入世界的，因此它們的結局也豫定迅速臨到。
14:15
ወእምዝ፡ ሐለዩ፡ በጊረ፡ ጣዖት፡ እስመ፡ አብ፡ ይፄዓር፡ ወይላሁ፡ ላዕለ፡ ዘአሐዱ፡ ሎቱ፡ እስመ፡ እንዘ፡ ቆዑ፡ ተመሥጠ፡ ሕፃኑ፡ ፍጡነ።
For a father worn with untimely grief, Making an image of the child quickly taken away, Now honored him as a god which was then a dead man, And delivered to those that were under him mysteries and solemn rites.
因為有一位父親被早逝之痛所折磨，為那忽然被奪去的孩子造了像，把這從前的死人如今當作神來尊崇，又把奧祕和祭儀交付給屬下的人。
14:16
አምሳለ፡ ዘገብሩ፡ ሎቱ፡ ቀዲሙ፡ ለዘሞተ፡ ሰብእ፡ ይእዜሰ፡ ከመ፡ አምላክ፡ አክበርዎ፡ ወወሀብዎ፡ ቅኑያን፡ ለኃጢአት፡ በዓላተ፡ በጉሃን፡ ወመሥዋዕተ፡ ምሥጢር።
Afterward the ungodly custom, in process of time grown strong, was kept as a law, And by the commandments of princes the graven images received worship.
後來這不敬虔的風俗日漸增強，竟被當作律法遵守，雕刻的偶像也照著君王的命令受人敬拜。
14:17
ወእምዝ፡ በርኅቀተ፡ መዋዕል፡ ተእኅዘ፡ ልማደ፡ እብሰት፡ ወርስዐት፡ ወከመ፡ ዘሕግ፡ ዓቀብዎ፡ ወበትእዛዘ፡ መኳንንት፡ እኩያን፡ አምለክዎሙ፡ ለግልፎዋት፡ ወለእለ፡ ይትከሀሎሙ፡ ለሰብእ፡ ያክብርዎሙ፡ በቅድመ፡ ገጾሙ።
And when men could not honor them in presence because they lived far off, Imagining the likeness from afar, They made a visible image of the king whom they honored, That by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.
當人因相距遙遠，不能在君王面前尊崇他時，就憑想像描摹那遠處的容貌，造出所尊之王清晰可見的像，要藉著熱心諂媚那不在的，如同他在場一樣。
14:18
እስመ፡ ርኁቀ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ወመሰሉ፡ ገጾሙ፡ ዘርኁቅ፡ መልክዑ፡ ወገብሩ፡ ለንጉሥ፡ ዘክቡር፡ በኀቤሆሙ፡ አምሳለ፡ ክሡተ፡ ለዘኢሀሎ፡ ከመ፡ ዘሀሎ።
But to a yet higher pitch was worship raised even by those who knew him not, Urged forward by the ambition of the architect:
那匠人的野心又驅使連那些不認識君王的人，把這敬拜推向更高的地步。
14:19
ያስተበቊዕ፡ በጻሕቅ፡ ወለእለሂ፡ ኢአምሩ፡ ስሕተቶሙ፡ ፀንዑ፡ በአምልኮቶሙ፡ ወሜጡ፡ ክብረ፡ ኬንያ፡ ውስተ፡ ኪነ፡ እደ፡ ሰብእ።
For he, wishing perhaps to please one in authority, Used his are to force the likeness toward a greater beauty;
因為他或許想要討好那有權勢的，就盡力用技藝使那像更加美麗；
14:20
ወቦ፡ ካዕበ፡ ዘይፈቅደ፡ ያድሉ፡ ወያሥምሮ፡ ለነጋሢ፡ አኃዚ፡ ተጠናቀቀ፡ ለገቢረ፡ አምሳሉ፡ በዘይሤኒ፡ ወበዘይኄይስ።
And the multitude, allured by reason of the grace of his handywork, Now accounted as an object of devotion him that a little before was honored as a man.
眾人被精巧的工藝所吸引，便把那不久前還被尊為人的，如今當作敬拜的對象。
14:21
ወበውእቱ፡ ተስሕበ፡ ሰብእ፡ ብዙኅ፡ በእንተ፡ ፍሥሐሆሙ፡ በሥነ፡ ላህየ፡ ምግባር፡ ወለብእሲ፡ ዘሀሎ፡ እምቅድመ፡ መዋዕል፡ በንስቲት፡ ክብር፡ ይእዜሰ፡ ከመ፡ አምላክ፡ ረሰይዎ።
And this became a hidden danger to life, Because men, in bondage either to calamity or to tyranny, Invested stones and stocks with the incommunicable Name.
這就成了世人的陷阱，因為人或服在災禍之下，或服在暴政之下，竟把那不可傳與他物的名加在石頭木頭之上。
14:22
ወዝንቱ፡ ኮነ፡ መሥገርተ፡ ዓለም፡ እስመ፡ ሰብእ፡ ተቀንየ፡ ሎቱ፡ በምንዳቤ፡ አው፡ በአገብሮ።
Afterward it was not enough for them to go astray as touching the knowledge of God; But also, while they live in sore conflict through ignorance of him. That multitude of evils they call peace.
後來，他們在認識神的事上走迷了路還不夠，又因不認識祂而活在極大的爭鬥中，竟把這許多的惡稱為平安。
14:23
ወረሰዩ፡ ስሞ፡ ለአምላክ፡ ዘአልቦቱ፡ ሱታፌ፡ ለዕፅ፡ ወለእብን፡ ዘይረብኅዎሙ።
For either slaughtering children in solemn rites, or celebrating secret mysteries, Or holding frantic revels of strange ordinances,
因為他們或在祭儀中屠殺兒女，或舉行祕密的邪教，或縱情於奇異律例的瘋狂狂歡，
14:24
ዓዲ፡ ኢእከሎሙ፡ ስሕተቶሙ፡ እምኢያእምሮ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አላ፡ እንዘሂ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ውስተ፡ ፀብዕ፡ ዓቢይ፡ ዘመጠነዝ፡ ሕያዋን፡ በፅበዶሙሰ፡ ለዘመጠነዝ፡ እኩይ፡ ረሰይዎ፡ ወሰመይዎ፡ ሰላመ።
No longer do they guard either life or purity of marriage, But one brings upon another either death by treachery, or anguish by adulterate offspring.
不再持守潔淨的生活或婚姻，彼此或設詭計殺害，或以姦生之子使人痛苦。
14:25
እስመ፡ እለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ይቀትሉ፡ ደቂቆሙ፡ ወይገብሩ፡ ኅቡእ፡ ምሥጢረ፡ አው፡ የሐልዩ፡ ወጺኦሙ፡ እንዘ፡ ያንጎግዉ፡ በካልእ፡ ሥርዓት፡ ኢ፡ ፍናዊሆሙ።
And all things confusedly are filled with blood and murder, theft and deceit, Corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury,
於是各樣的事都混雜了流血與兇殺、偷竊與詭詐、敗壞、不忠、紛亂、假誓、
14:26
ወኢ፡ ሰብሳቦሙ፡ ዓቀቡ፡ እንከ፡ ዳዕሙ፡ ካልእ፡ ይቀትሎ፡ ለካልኡ፡ ወእመ፡ አኮ፡ ይየውሆ፡ ወያስተሴፍዎ፡ በዘያደውዮ።
turmoil, Ingratitude for benefits received, Defiling of souls, confusion of sex, Disorder in marriage, adultery and wantonness.
騷動、忘恩負義、玷污心靈、性別錯亂、婚姻紊亂、姦淫與放蕩。
14:27
ወኵሉ፡ ምግባራቲሆሙ፡ ድሙር፡ ውስተ፡ ደም፡ ወቀትል፡ ወስርቅ፡ ወሕብል፡ ወሙስና፡ ወሕፀተ፡ አኰቴት፡ ወኢ፡ አሚን፡ ወመሐላ።
For the worship of those nameless idols Is a beginning and cause and end of every evil.
因為敬拜那些無名的偶像，乃是一切邪惡的開端、原由與結局。
14:28
ወሀዊከ፡ ሠናይ፡ ወኢተዘክሮ፡ ዕሤት፡ ግማኔ፡ ነፍስ፡ ወሙያጤ፡ ልደት፡ ንስተተ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ሰብሳብ፡ ዝሙት፡ ወርኵስ።
For their worshippers either make merry to madness, or prophesy lies, Or live unrighteously, or lightly forswear themselves.
因為他們或縱樂至於瘋狂，或說假預言，或不義度日，或輕率起假誓。
14:29
እስመ፡ አምልኮ፡ ጣዖት፡ እለ፡ አልቦሙ፡ ስም፡ ውእቱ፡ ጥንተ፡ ኵሉ፡ እከይ፡ ወምክንያተ፡ ፍጻሜሁ፡ እስመ፡ እለ፡ ያመልክዎሙ፡ ለእለ፡ ተፈሥሑ፡ ወየዓብዱ፡ ወይቀትሉ፡ ውሉዶሙ።
For putting their trust in lifeless idols, When they have sworn a wicked oath, they expect not to suffer harm.
因為他們倚靠無生命的偶像，發了惡誓，卻不料想會受害。
14:30
ወእመ፡ አኮ፡ ይትኔበዩ፡ ወይሔስዉ፡ ሐሰተ፡ ወእመ፡ አኮ፡ የሐይዉ፡ ኅርቱመ፡ ወእመ፡ አኮ፡ ይምሕሉ፡ ፍጡነ።
But for both sins will the just doom pursue them, Because they had evil thoughts of God by giving heed to idols, And swore unrighteously in deceit through contempt for holiness.
但公義的報應必為這兩件事追討他們，因為他們留意偶像，對神存著惡念，又因藐視聖潔，詭詐地起了不義之誓。
14:31
እስመ፡ እለ፡ እንበለ፡ ነፍስ፡ ይትአመኑ፡ ጣዖተ፡ ሕስወ፡ ወበሀመ፡ እለ፡ አልቦሙ፡ ንባብ፡ ወአእምሮ፡ አምሳለ፡ ፈጣሪ፡ ዘየአምር፡ ኵሎ፡ እስመ፡ አመ፡ መሐሉ፡ ይትኰነኑ፡ ኢይሴፈዉ።
For it is not the power of them by whom men swear, But it is that Justice which has regard to those who sin, That visiteth always the transgression of the unrighteous.
因為追討不義之人過犯的，並非他們所指著起誓之物的能力，乃是那察看罪人的公義。
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