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Amos 5

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

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5:1

ስምዑ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አወፅእ፡ ላዕሌክመሙአነ፡ ሰቆቃወ፡ ቤተ፡ እስራኤል፡ ወድቀት፡ ወኢተንስአት፡ እንከ።

Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:

以色列家啊，要聽我為你們所作的哀歌：

5:2

ድንግለ፡ እስራኤል፡ ድኀፀት፡ ውስተ፡ ምድራ፡ ወኀጥአት፡ ዘያነሥኦ።

“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”

以色列民跌倒，不得再起；躺在地上，無人攙扶。

5:3

እስመ፡ ከመዝ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሀገር፡ እንተ፡ እምውስቴታ፡ ይወፅኡ

For the Lord Yahweh says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

主耶和華如此說：以色列家的城發出一千兵的，只剩一百；發出一百的，只剩十個。

5:4

እስመ፡ ከመዝ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለቤተ፡ እስራኤል፡ ኀሡኒአ፡ ወተሐይው።

For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;

耶和華向以色列家如此說：你們要尋求我，就必存活。

5:5

ወኢትኀሥሡ፡ ቤቴል፡ ወኢትሖሩ፡ ገልገላ፡ ወኢትዕርጉ፡ ኀበ፡ ዐዘቅተ፡ ማሐላ፡ እስመ፡ ገልገላኒ፡ ተፄውዎ፡ ተፄወወት፡ ወቤቴልኒ፡ ኮነት፡ ከመ፡ ዘኢሀለወት።

but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

不要往伯特利尋求，不要進入吉甲，不要過到別是巴；因為吉甲必被擄掠，伯特利也必歸於無有。

5:6

ኀስዎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወተሐይው፡ ከመ፡ ኢትንድድ፡ እሳተ፡ ቤተ፡ ዩሳፍ፡ ወትበልኦሙ፡ ወየኀጥኡ፡ ዘያጠፍአ፡ ሎሙ፡ እሳሙ፡ ለቤተ፡ እስራኤል።

Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

要尋求耶和華，就必存活，免得他在約瑟家像火發出，在伯特利焚燒，無人撲滅。

5:7

እግዚአብሔር፡ ዜገብር፡ ፍትሐ፡ በሰማይ፡ ወይሠይም፡ ጽድቀ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር።

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

你們這使公平變為茵蔯、將公義丟棄於地的，

5:8

ዘይገብር፡ ኲሎ፡ ወያስተራትዕ፡ ወይመይጦ፡ ለብርሃን፡ መንገለ፡ መስዕ፡ ወያጸልም፡ መዓልተ፡ ከመ፡ ሌሊት፡ ዘይጼውኦ፡ ለማየ፡ ባሕር፡ ወይክዕዎ፡ ውስተ፡ ገጸ፡ ምድር፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዝኲሎ፡ ይመልክ፡ ስሙ።

Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

要尋求那造昴星和參星，使死蔭變為晨光，使白日變為黑夜，命海水來澆在地上的－耶和華是他的名；

5:9

ዘያነሥእ፡ ቅጥቃጤ፡ ላለ፡ ኃያላን፡ ወኃሣረ፡ ያመጽእ፡ ላለ፡ አጽዋን።

who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

他使力強的忽遭滅亡，以致保障遭遇毀壞。