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1 Meqabyan (Ethiopian) 2

Ge'ez original · 28 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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2:1

ወሀሎ፡ ብእሲ፡ እምሕዝበ፡ ብንያም፡ ዘስሙ፡ መቃብዮስ።

And there was a man of the tribe of Benjamin whose name was Maccabeus.

有一個便雅憫支派的人，名叫馬加比。

2:2

ወቦቱ

And he had sons, handsome and mighty warriors, who were beloved by all the people.

他有幾個兒子，都俊美健壯，是大能的勇士，深得眾民喜愛。

2:3

ወረከብዎሙ፡ ወይቤሎሙ፡ ኢትስግድኑ፡ ወኢትሠውዑኑ፡ ለአማልክተ፡ ጺሩጻይዳን፡ ንጉሥ፡ በከመ፡ አዘዞ።

And the king's men found them and said to them, Will you not bow down and will you not sacrifice to the gods of King Tseerutsaydan, as he has commanded?

王的人尋見他們，對他們說：「你們豈不向策魯查丹王的眾神叩拜獻祭嗎？這是照王所吩咐的。

2:4

ወእመሰ፡ ዓበይክሙ፡ ንእኅዘክሙ፡ ወንወሰደክሙ፡ ኀበ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወናጠፍዕ፡ ኵሉ፡ ንዋየክሙ፡ በከመ፡ አዘዘ፡ ንጉሥ።

But if you refuse, we will seize you and take you to the king, and we will destroy all your goods, as the king has commanded.

你們若不肯，我們就要拿住你們，把你們帶到王那裡，並照王所吩咐的毀滅你們一切的財物。」

2:5

ወአውሥኡ፡ ወይቤልዎ፡ እሉ፡ ሠናያን፡ ወራዙተ፡ ንሕነሰ፡ ሀሎ፡ ዘንሰግድ፡ ሎቱ፡ አምላከ፡ አበዊነ፡ ፈጣሬ፡ ሰማያት፡ ወምድር፡ ወባሕር፡ ወኵሎ፡ ዘውስቴታ፡ ፈጣራ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ወወርህ፡ ወከዋክብት፡ ወደመናት፡ ውእቲኪ፡ አምላክ፡ ዘበአማን፡ ዘንሕነ፡ ናመልኮ፡ ወነአምን፡ ቦቱ።

And they answered and said to him, these good young men: As for us, there is One to whom we bow, the God of our fathers, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, the Maker of the sun and the moon and the stars and the clouds. He is the true God whom we worship and in whom we believe.

這些善良的少年人回答說：「至於我們，我們所叩拜的乃是我們列祖的神，就是創造諸天、大地、海洋與其中萬物的主，他造了日、月、星辰與雲霧。他是真神，是我們所敬拜、所信靠的。」

2:6

ወእሉሰ፡ ወዓልያኒሁ፡ ለንጉሥ፡ አርባዕቱ፡ መሳፍንት፡ ወበበ%፡ ሐራሆሙ፡ እለ፡ ይፀውሩ፡ ንዋየ፡ ሐቅሎሙ።

And these were the king's servants, four princes, and with each of them were their troops who carried their weapons of war.

那些奉王差遣的，是四位首領，各帶著為他們扛抬兵器的軍兵。

2:7

ወሶበ፡ ፈቃዱ፡ የአኀዝዎሙ፡ ለእሉ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ አምሠጡ፡ እምእዴሆሙ፡ ወአልቦ፡ ዘነከዮሙ፡ ወሖሩ፡ እንዘ፡ ይፀውሩ፡ ንዋየ፡ ሐቅሎሙ፡ እስመ፡ እሙንቱ፡ ወራዙተ፡ ጽኑዓን፡ ወኀያላን፡ ፈድፋደ።

And when they wished to seize these holy ones, they escaped out of their hands, and none could harm them; and they went away carrying their weapons of war, for they were young men exceedingly strong and mighty.

他們想拿住這些聖徒，他們卻從他們手中逃脫，無人能傷害他們；他們便帶著自己的兵器離去，因為他們是極其堅強有力的少年。

2:8

ወቦ፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ ዘይቀትል፡ እንዘ፡ የሐንቅ፡ ድበ፡ ወየሐነቆ፡ ከመ፡ እንተ፡ ዶርሆ፡ ሶቤሂ።

And there was among them one who could kill while strangling a leopard, and he would throttle it as one throttles a chicken in that moment.

他們中間有一個人，能掐死豹子，把牠掐死如同人掐死一隻雞一般。

2:9

ወቦ፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ ዘይቀትል፡ አንበሳ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ዝብጠተ፡ ዕብነ፡ አው፡ በውግረተ፡ ዕፅ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ጊዜ።

And there was among them one who could kill a lion with a single cast of a stone, or with one stroke of a staff, at one time.

他們中間又有一個人，能用一塊石頭一擲、或用一根木棍一擊，便殺死一頭獅子。