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Esther 9

Ge'ez original · 12 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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9:1

ወበይእቲ፡ ዕለት፡ ጸገዋ፡ ንጉሥ፡ አርጤክስስ፡ ለአስቴር፡ ኵሎ፡ ንዋዮ፡ ለሐማ፡ መስተዋድይ፡ ወፀውዖ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ለመርዶክዮስ፡ ወአይድዓቶ፡ አስቴር፡ ለንጉሥ፡ ከመ፡ በቤቱ፡ ልህቀት።

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree came near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it turned out that the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),

十二月，乃亞達月十三日，王的諭旨將要舉行，就是猶大人的仇敵盼望轄制他們的日子，猶大人反倒轄制恨他們的人。

9:2

ወነሥአ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ህልቀቶ፡ እንተ፡ ነሥአ፡ እምእደ፡ ሐማ፡ ወወሀቦ፡ ለመርዶክዮስ፡ ወሤመቶ፡ አስቴር፡ ለመርዶክዮስ፡ ላዕለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዘሐማ።

the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.

猶大人在亞哈隨魯王各省的城裏聚集，下手擊殺那要害他們的人。無人能敵擋他們，因為各族都懼怕他們。

9:3

ወእምዝ፡ ዳግመ፡ ነበበቶ፡ ለንጉሥ፡ ወአስተብቊዓቶ፡ ወሰገደት፡ ታሕተ፡ እገሪሁ፡ ከመ፡ ይኅድግ፡ ኵሎ፡ እኪተ፡ ዘገብረ፡ ሐማ፡ ላዕለ፡ አይሁድ።

All the princes of the provinces, the local governors, the governors, and those who did the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.

各省的首領、總督、省長，和辦理王事的人，因懼怕末底改，就都幫助猶大人。

9:4

ወአንሥአ፡ ንጉሥ፡ በትሮ፡ ዘወርቅ፡ ወአንበረ፡ ዲበ፡ ርእሳ፡ ለአስቴር፡ ወተንሥአት፡ ወቆመት፡ ቅድመ፡ ንጉሥ።

For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

末底改在朝中為大，名聲傳遍各省，日漸昌盛。

9:5

ወትቤሎ፡ አስቴር፡ ለእመ፡ ትፈቅደኒ፡ ወረከብኩ፡ ሞገሰ፡ በቅድሜሁ፡ ለአክ፡ ያምጽኡ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ሐማ፡ ከመይቅትልዎሙ፡ ለአይሁድ፡ ውስተ፡ መንግሥትከ።

The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.

猶大人用刀擊殺一切仇敵，任意殺滅恨他們的人。

9:6

ወእፎ፡ እክል፡ ርእዮተ፡ እኪቶሙ፡ ለሕዝብየ፡ ወእፎ፡ እክል፡ ሐይወ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ሞቶሙ፡ ለሕዝብየ።

In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

在書珊城，猶大人殺滅了五百人；

9:7

ወይቤላ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ለአስቴር፡ ናሁ፡ ኵሎ፡ ንዋዮ፡ ለሐማ፡ ወሀብኩኪ፡ ወጸገውኩኪ፡ ወኪያሁ፡ ሰቀልኩ፡ ዲበ፡ ዕፅ፡ እስመ፡ አንሥአ፡ እዴሁ፡ ላዕለ፡ አይሁድ፡ ምንተ፡ ትፈቅዲ፡ ይጽሐፉ።

They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

又殺巴珊大他、達分、亞斯帕他、

9:8

ንሥኢ፡ ህልቀትየ፡ ወይኅትሙ፡ እንከሰ፡ በማኅተምየ፡ ዘከመ፡ ትፈቅዲ፡ እስመ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዘተጽሕፈ፡ በትእዛዘ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ተኀትመ፡ በማኅተመ፡ ንጉሥ፡ አልቦ፡ ዘየአቢ።

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

破拉他、亞大利雅、亞利大他、

9:9

ወጸውዑ፡ ጸሐፍተ፡ በቀዳሚ፡ ወርኀ፡ ኔሳን፡ አመ፡ ዓሠርቱ፡ ወሠለስቱ፡ ዓመት፡ ወጸሐፉ፡ ለአይሁድ፡ ዘከመ፡ አዘዞሙ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ለመንግሥቱ፡ ወለመኳንንቱ፡ ወለመሳፍንቱ፡ እምነ፡ ህንደኬ፡ እስከ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ በበበሐውርቲሁ፡ ወበበነገረ፡ ብሔሮሙ።

Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

帕瑪斯他、亞利賽、亞利代、瓦耶撒他；

9:10

ወጸሐፉ፡ በቃለ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወኀተሙ፡ በማኅተሙ፡ ወፈነዉ፡ መጻሕፍቲሁ፡ ምስለ፡ ሐዋርያት።

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

這十人都是哈米大他的孫子、猶大人仇敵哈曼的兒子。猶大人卻沒有下手奪取財物。

9:11

ወከመዝ፡ አዘዞሙ፡ ይግበሩ፡ በስሙ፡ ለኵሉ፡ አህጉር፡ ወይርድእዎሙ፡ ወይዕቀብዎሙ፡ እምእደ፡ ፀሮሙ፡ ወእምእለ፡ ይቀውሙ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ በከመ፡ ይፈቅዱ፡ እሙንቱ።

On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.

當日，將書珊城被殺的人數呈在王前。

9:12

በይእቲ፡ ዕለት፡ በኵሉ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለአከ፡ አርጤክስስ፡ አመ፡ ዓሡሩ፡ ወሠሉሱ፡ ለወርኀ፡ አዳር፡ ዘዓሠርቱ፡ ወክልኤቱ፡ አውራኅ።

The king said to Esther the queen, “The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your further request? It shall be done.”

王對王后以斯帖說：「猶大人在書珊城殺滅了五百人，又殺了哈曼的十個兒子，在王的各省不知如何呢？現在你要甚麼，我必賜給你；你還求甚麼，也必為你成就。」

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