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1 Timothy 4

Ge'ez original · 16 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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4:1

ወመንፈስ ገሃደ ይነግር ከመ በደኃሪ መዋዕል የዐልዉ ሃይማኖቶሙ ብዙኃን ወይተልውዎሙ ለአጋንንት እኩያን ወመስሕታን ወትምህርተ ሰይጣን ዘያናፍቅ።

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

聖靈明說，在後來的時候，必有人離棄真道，聽從那引誘人的邪靈和鬼魔的道理。

4:2

ነባብያነ ሐሰት እለ ንዱዳን በኅሊናሆሙ።

through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,

這是因為說謊之人的假冒；這等人的良心如同被熱鐵烙慣了一般。

4:3

እለ የሐርሙ አውስቦ ወይከልኡ መባልዕተ ዘእግዚአብሔር ፈጠረ ለምእመናን ከመ ይሴሰዩ ወያእኵቱ እለ የአምርዋ ለጽድቅ።

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

他們禁止嫁娶，又禁戒食物，就是上帝所造、叫那信而明白真道的人感謝着領受的。

4:4

እስመ ኵሉ ተግባረ እግዚአብሔር ሠናይ ወአልቦ ግዱፍ ወኢምንትኒ ለእመ ተወከፍዎ እንዘ የአኵቱ።

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

凡上帝所造的物都是好的，若感謝着領受，就沒有一樣可棄的，

4:5

እስመ ይትቄደስ በቃለ እግዚአብሔር፥ ወበጸሎት።

For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

都因上帝的道和人的祈求成為聖潔了。

4:6

ወዘንተ መሀሮሙ ለአኀዊከ ወትከውን ኅሩየ ላእከ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እንዘ ትሴስዮሙ ቃለ ሃይማኖት ወሠናየ ትምህርተ ዘተምህርከ።

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

你若將這些事提醒弟兄們，便是基督耶穌的好執事，在真道的話語和你向來所服從的善道上得了教育。

4:7

ወለመሐደምተ ዕቤራትሰ ርኩስ እበዮ ወአግርር ርእሰከ ለጽድቅ።

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

只是要棄絕那世俗的言語和老婦荒渺的話，在敬虔上操練自己。

4:8

እስመ ግረትሰ በሥጋ ለኅዳጥ ዘመን ትበቍዕ ወጽድቅሰ ታሰልጥ በኵሉ ወባቲ ተስፋ ሕይወት በዝ ዓለም ወበዘይመጽእ።

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come.

「操練身體，益處還少；惟獨敬虔，凡事都有益處，因有今生和來生的應許。」

4:9

እሙን ነገሩ ወርቱዕ ይትወከፍዎ በኵሉ።

This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

這話是可信的，是十分可佩服的。