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Deuteronomy 20

Ge'ez original · 20 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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20:1

ወለእመ ፡ ወፃእከ ፡ ፀብአ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ፀርከ ፡ ወርኢከ ፡ አፍራሰ ፡ ወመጻዕናነ ፡ ወሕዝበ ፡ ዘይበዝኀከ ፡ ኢትፍራህ ፡ እምኔሆሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላክከ ፡ ምስሌከ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዘአውፅአከ ፡ እምነ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ።

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

「你出去與仇敵爭戰的時候，看見馬匹、車輛，並有比你多的人民，不要怕他們，因為領你出埃及地的耶和華－你上帝與你同在。

20:2

ወሶበ ፡ አኀዝከ ፡ ትትቃተል ፡ ይምጻእ ፡ ካህን ፡ ወይንግር ፡ ለሕዝብ ፡ ወይበሎሙ ፤

It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

你們將要上陣的時候，祭司要到百姓面前宣告

20:3

ስማዕ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ናሁ ፡ ተሐውሩ ፡ አንትሙ ፡ ዮም ፡ ከመ ፡ ትትቃተሉ ፡ ፀረክሙ ፡ ኢይደንግፅክሙ ፡ ልብክሙ ፡ ወኢትፍርሁ ፡ ወኢትመምዑ ፡ ወኢትትገሐሡ ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ገጾሙ ።

and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

說：『以色列人哪，你們當聽，你們今日將要與仇敵爭戰，不要膽怯，不要懼怕戰兢，也不要因他們驚恐；

20:4

እስመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላክ[ክሙ] ፡ የሐውር ፡ ፍጽመ ፡ ለክሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይቅትል ፡ ለክሙ ፡ ፀረክሙ ፡ ወለክሙሰ ፡ ያድኅነክሙ ።

for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

因為耶和華－你們的上帝與你們同去，要為你們與仇敵爭戰，拯救你們。』

20:5

ወይብልዎሙ ፡ ጸሐፍትኒ ፡ ለሕዝብ ፡ ለእመቦ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ዘነደቀ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ሐዲሰ ፡ ወኢገብረ ፡ መድቅሐ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ ለይሑር ፡ ወለይግባእ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይሙት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቀትል ፡ ወካልእ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ይግበር ፡ መድቅሐ ፡ ቤቱ ።

The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

官長也要對百姓宣告說：『誰建造房屋，尚未奉獻，他可以回家去，恐怕他陣亡，別人去奉獻。

20:6

ወለእመቦ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ዘተከለ ፡ ዐጸደ ፡ ወይን ፡ ወኢተፈሥሐ ፡ እምውስቴቱ ፡ ለይሑር ፡ ወለይግባእ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይሙት ፡ በውስተ ፡ ቀትል ፡ ወካልእ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ይትፌሣሕ ፡ ቦቱ ።

What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

誰種葡萄園，尚未用所結的果子，他可以回家去，恐怕他陣亡，別人去用。

20:7

ወለእመቦ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ዘፈኀረ ፡ ብእሲተ ፡ ወኢነሥኣ ፡ ለይሑር ፡ ወለይግባእ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይሙት ፡ በውስተ ፡ ቀትል ፡ ወካልእ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ይንሥኣ ።

What man is there who has pledged to be married to a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”

誰聘定了妻，尚未迎娶，他可以回家去，恐怕他陣亡，別人去娶。』

20:8

ወይድግሙ ፡ ብሂሎቶሙ ፡ ጸሐፍት ፡ ለሕዝብ ፡ ለእመቦ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ፈራህ ፡ ዘይፈርሆ ፡ ልቡ ፡ ለይሑር ፡ ወለይግባእ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢያፍርህ ፡ ልበ ፡ ቢጹ ፡ በከመ ፡ ዚአሁ ።

The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”

官長又要對百姓宣告說：『誰懼怕膽怯，他可以回家去，恐怕他弟兄的心消化，和他一樣。』

20:9

ወሶበ ፡ አኅለቁ ፡ ነጊሮቶሙ ፡ ጸሐፍት ፡ ለሕዝብ ፡ ይሠይሙ ፡ መላእክተ ፡ ሰራዊት ፡ እምውስተ ፡ ዐበይተ ፡ ሕዝብ ።

It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

官長對百姓宣告完了，就當派軍長率領他們。