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2 Samuel 9

Ge'ez original · 13 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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9:1

ወይቤ፡ ዳዊት፡ ቦኑ፡ ዘተርፈ፡ ዓዲ፡ ለቤተ፡ ሳኦል፡ ወእገብር፡ ምሕረተ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ በእንተ፡ ዮናታን።

David said, “Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

大衛問說：「掃羅家還有剩下的人沒有？我要因約拿單的緣故向他施恩。」

9:2

ወሀሎ፡ ወልድ፡ እምነ፡ ቤተ፡ ሳኦል፡ ወስሙ፡ ሲባ፡ ወጸውዕዎ፡ ኀበ፡ ዳዊት፡ ወይቤሎ፡ ንጉሥ፡ አንተኑ፡ ውእቱ፡ ሲባ፡ ወይቤ፡ አነ፡ ውእቱ፡ ገብርከ።

There was of Saul’s house a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “I am your servant.”

掃羅家有一個僕人，名叫洗巴，有人叫他來見大衛，王問他說：「你是洗巴嗎？」回答說：「僕人是。」

9:3

ወይቤሎ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ቦኑ፡ ዘተርፈ፡ ዓዲ፡ እምነ፡ ቤተ፡ ሳኦል፡ ብእሲ፡ ወእገብር፡ ምሕረተ፡ ምስሌሁ፡ ዘእግዚአብሔር፡ ወይቤሎ፡ ሲባ፡ ለንጉሥ፡ ሀሎ፡ ፩ወልደ፡ ዮናታን፡ ወፅውስ፡ እገሪሁ።

The king said, “Is there not yet any of Saul’s house, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “Jonathan still has a son, who is lame in his feet.”

王說：「掃羅家還有人沒有？我要照上帝的慈愛恩待他。」洗巴對王說：「還有約拿單的一個兒子，是瘸腿的。」

9:4

ወይቤሎ፡ ንጉሥ፡ አይቴ፡ ሀሎ፡ ወይቤሎ፡ ሲባ፡ ለንጉሥ፡ ሀለወ፡ ቤተ፡ ማኪር፡ ወልደ፡ አቢያል፡ ዘእምነ፡ ለበደር።

The king said to him, “Where is he?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”

王說：「他在哪裏？」洗巴對王說：「他在羅‧底巴，亞米利的兒子瑪吉家裏。」

9:5

ወለአከ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወነሥኦ፡ እምነ፡ ቤተ፡ ማኪር፡ ወልደ፡ አቢያል፡ ዘእምነ፡ ለበደር።

Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.

於是大衛王打發人去，從羅‧底巴亞米利的兒子瑪吉家裏召了他來。

9:6

ወመጽአ፡ ሜንፌቦስቴ፡ ወልደ፡ ዮናታን፡ ወልደ፡ ሳኦል፡ ኀበ፡ ዳዊት፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወወድቀ፡ በገጹ፡ ወሰገደ፡ ሎቱ፡ ወይቤሎ፡ ዳዊት፡ ሜንፌቦስቴ፡ ወይቤ፡ ነየ፡ አነ፡ ገብርከ።

Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, fell on his face, and showed respect. David said, “Mephibosheth?” He answered, “Behold, your servant!”

掃羅的孫子、約拿單的兒子米非波設來見大衛，伏地叩拜。大衛說：「米非波設！」米非波設說：「僕人在此。」

9:7

ወይቤሎ፡ ዳዊት፡ ኢትፍራህ፡ እስመ፡ ገቢረ፡ እገብር፡ ምሕረተ፡ ምስሌከ፡ በእንተ፡ ዮናታን፡ አቡከ፡ ወኣገብእ፡ ለከ፡ ኵሎ፡ ሐቅሎ፡ ለሳኦል፡ አቡሁ፡ ለአቡከ፡ ወአንተ፡ ብላፅ፡ እከለ፡ በውስተ፡ ማእድየ፡ ዘልፈ።

David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You will eat bread at my table continually.”

大衛說：「你不要懼怕，我必因你父親約拿單的緣故施恩與你，將你祖父掃羅的一切田地都歸還你；你也可以常與我同席吃飯。」

9:8

ወሰገደ፡ ሜንፌቦስቴ፡ ወይቤ፡ ምንትኑ፡ ገብርከ፡ ከመ፡ ትነጽር፡ ላዕሌየ፡ ከልብ፡ ምውት፡ ዘከማየ።

He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”

米非波設又叩拜，說：「僕人算甚麼，不過如死狗一般，竟蒙王這樣眷顧！」

9:9

ወጸውዖ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ለሲባ፡ ለገብረ፡ ሳኦል፡ ወይቤሎ፡ ኵሎ፡ ንዋየ፡ ሳኦል፡ ወኵሎ፡ ቤቶ፡ ወሀብክዎ፡ ለወልደ፡ እግዚእከ።

Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s son.

王召了掃羅的僕人洗巴來，對他說：「我已將屬掃羅和他的一切家產都賜給你主人的兒子了。

9:10

ወተገበር፡ ሎቱ፡ ምድር፡ አንተ፡ ወደቂቅከ፡ ወነባሪከ፡ ወአእትዉ፡ ለወልደ፡ እግዚእክሙ፡ እክሎ፡ ወተሴሰይዎ፡ አንትሙ፡ ወሜንፎብስቴ፡ ወልደ፡ እግዚእከ፡ ይብላዕ፡ እክለ፡ ዘልፈ፡ በውስተ፡ ማእድየ ፤ ወቦ፡ ሲባ፡ ፲ወ፭ደቂቀ፡ ወ፳አግብርተ።

Till the land for him—you, your sons, and your servants. Bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth your master’s son will always eat bread at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

你和你的眾子、僕人要為你主人的兒子米非波設耕種田地，把所產的拿來供他食用；他卻要常與我同席吃飯。」洗巴有十五個兒子，二十個僕人。

9:11

ወይቤሎ፡ ሲባ፡ ለንጉሥ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘአዘዞ፡ እግዚእየ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ለገብሩ፡ ከማሁ፡ ይገብር፡ ገብርከ፡ ወሜንፎብስቴሰ፡ ይበልዕ፡ በውስተ፡ ማእደ፡ ዳዊት፡ በከመ፡ ፩እምደቂቀ፡ ንጉሥ።

Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at the king’s table like one of the king’s sons.

洗巴對王說：「凡我主我王吩咐僕人的，僕人都必遵行。」王又說：「米非波設必與我同席吃飯，如王的兒子一樣。」

9:12

ወቦ፡ ሜንፎብስቴ፡ ወልድ፡ ንኡስ፡ ወስሙ፡ ሚከ፡ ወኵሉ፡ ሰብአ፡ ሲባ፡ አግብርቲሁ፡ ለሜንፎብስቴ፡ እሙንቱ።

Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All who lived in Ziba’s house were servants to Mephibosheth.

米非波設有一個小兒子，名叫米迦。凡住在洗巴家裏的人都作了米非波設的僕人。

9:13

ወሜንፎብስቴሰ፡ ነበረ፡ ውስተ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ እስመ፡ ውስተ፡ ማእደ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ይበልዕ፡ ዘልፈ፡ ወፅውስ፡ እገሪሁ፡ ውእቱ፡ ክልኤሆን።

So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. He was lame in both his feet.

於是米非波設住在耶路撒冷，常與王同席吃飯。他兩腿都是瘸的。

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