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Genesis 1 Ge'ez original · 31 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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1:1
በቀዳሚ ፡ ገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ሰማየ ፡ ወምድረ ።
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
起初，上帝創造天地。
1:2
ወምድርሰ ፡ ኢታስተርኢ ፡ ወኢኮነት ፡ ድሉተ ፡ ወጽልመት ፡ መልዕልተ ፡ ቀላይ ፡ ወመንፈሰ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይጼልል ፡ መልዕልተ ፡ ማይ ።
The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
地是空虛混沌，淵面黑暗；上帝的靈運行在水面上。
1:3
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለይኩን ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ብርሃን ።
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
上帝說：「要有光」，就有了光。
1:4
ወርእዮ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለብርሃን ፡ ከመ ፡ ሠናይ ፡ ወፈለጠ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ወማእከለ ፡ ጽልመት ።
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
上帝看光是好的，就把光暗分開了。
1:5
ወሰመዮ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለብርሃን ፡ ዕለተ ፡ ወለጽልመት ፡ ሌሊተ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ሌሊተ ፡ ወጸብሐ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ መዓልተ ፡ ፩ ።
God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
上帝稱光為「晝」，稱暗為「夜」。有晚上，有早晨，這是頭一日。
1:6
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለይኩን ፡ ጠፈር ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ማይ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይፍልጥ ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ማይ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ከማሁ ።
God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
上帝說：「諸水之間要有空氣，將水分為上下。」
1:7
ወገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ጠፈረ ፡ ወፈለጠ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ማእብለ ፡ ማይ ፡ ዘታሕተ ፡ ጠፈር ፡ ወማእከለ ፡ ማይ ፡ ዘመልዕልተ ፡ ጠፈር ።
God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
上帝就造出空氣，將空氣以下的水、空氣以上的水分開了。事就這樣成了。
1:8
ወሰመዮ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለውእቱ ፡ ጠፈር ፡ ሰማየ ፡ ወርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ሠናይ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ሌሊተ ፡ ወጸብሐ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ካልእተ ፡ ዕለተ ።
God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
上帝稱空氣為「天」。有晚上，有早晨，是第二日。
1:9
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለይትጋባእ ፡ ማይ ፡ ዘመትሕተ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ውስተ ፡ አሐዱ ፡ መካን ፡ ወያስተርኢ ፡ የብስ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ውተጋብአ ፡ ማይ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምእላዲሁ ፡ ወአስተርአየ ፡ የብስ ።
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
上帝說：「天下的水要聚在一處，使旱地露出來。」事就這樣成了。
1:10
ወሰመዮ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለየብስ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ወለምእላዲሁ ፡ ለማይ ፡ ሰመዮ ፡ ባሕረ ፡ ወርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ሠናይ ።
God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
上帝稱旱地為「地」，稱水的聚處為「海」。上帝看着是好的。
1:11
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለታብቍል ፡ ምድር ፡ ሐመልማለ ፡ ሣዕር ፡ ዘይዘራእ ፡ በበዘርኡ ፡ ወበበዘመዱ ፡ ወዘበበ ፡ አምሳሊሁ ፡ ወዕፀወ ፡ ዘይፈሪ ፡ ወይገብር ፡ ፋሬሁ ፡ ዘእምውስቴቱ ፡ ዘርኡ ፡ ዘይወጽእ ፡ ዘይከውን ፡ በበዘመዱ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ከማሁ ።
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
上帝說：「地要發生青草和結種子的菜蔬，並結果子的樹木，各從其類，果子都包着核。」事就這樣成了。
1:12
ወአውጽአት ፡ ምድር ፡ ሐመልማለ ፡ [ሣዕር ፡] ዘይዘራእ ፡ ዘርኡ ፡ ዘበበዘመዱ ፡ ወበበአርአያሁ ፡ ወዕፀወ ፡ ዘይፈሪ ፡ ወይገብር ፡ ፍሬሁ ፡ ዘእምውስቴቱ ፡ ዘርእ ፡ ዘይከውን ፡ በበዘመዱ ፡ መልዕልተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ሠናይ ።
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
於是地發生了青草和結種子的菜蔬，各從其類；並結果子的樹木，各從其類；果子都包着核。上帝看着是好的。
1:13
ወኮነ ፡ ሌሊተ ፡ ወጸብሐ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ሣልስተ ፡ ዕለት ።
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
有晚上，有早晨，是第三日。
1:14
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይኩኑ ፡ ብርሃናት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ጠፈረ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያብርሁ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወይፍልጡ ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ዕለት ፡ ወማእከለ ፡ ሌሊት ፡ ወይኩኑ ፡ ለተአምር ፡ ወለዘመን ፡ ወለመዋዕል ፡ ወለዓመታት ።
God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
上帝說：「天上要有光體，可以分晝夜，作記號，定節令、日子、年歲，
1:15
ወይኩኑ ፡ ለአብርሆ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ጠፈረ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያብርሁ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ከማሁ ።
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
並要發光在天空，普照在地上。」事就這樣成了。
1:16
ወገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ብርሃናተ ፡ ክልኤተ ፡ ዐበይተ ፡ ዘየዐቢ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ከመ ፡ ይምልክ ፡ መዐልተ ፡ ወዘይንእስ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ከመ ፡ ይምልክ ፡ ሌሊተ ፡ ምስለ ፡ ከዋክብቲሁ ።
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
於是上帝造了兩個大光，大的管晝，小的管夜，又造眾星，
1:17
ወሤሞሙ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ጠፈረ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያብርሁ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡
God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
就把這些光擺列在天空，普照在地上，
1:18
ወይኰንንዋ ፡ ለዕለት ፡ ወለሌሊትኒ ፡ ወይፍልጡ ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ሌሊት ፡ ወማእከለ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ወርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ሠናይ ።
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
管理晝夜，分別明暗。上帝看着是好的。
1:19
ወኮነ ፡ ሌሊተ ፡ ወጸብሐ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ራብዕተ ፡ ዕለተ ።
There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
有晚上，有早晨，是第四日。
1:20
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለታውጽእ ፡ ማይ ፡ ዘይትሐወስ ፡ ዘቦ ፡ መንፈሰ ፡ ሕይወት ፡ ወአዕዋፈ ፡ ዘይሠርር ፡ መልዕልተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወመትሕት ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ከማሁ ።
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
上帝說：「水要多多滋生有生命的物；要有雀鳥飛在地面以上，天空之中。」
1:21
ወገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዐናብርተ ፡ ዐበይተ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ነፍሰ ፡ ሕይወት ፡ ዘይትሐወስ ፡ ዘአውጽአ ፡ ማይ ፡ በበዘመዱ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ዖፈ ፡ ዘይሠርር ፡ በበዘመዱ ፡ ወርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ሠናይ ።
God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
上帝就造出大魚和水中所滋生各樣有生命的動物，各從其類；又造出各樣飛鳥，各從其類。上帝看着是好的。
1:22
ወባረኮሙ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወይቤ ፡ ብዝኁ ፡ ወተባዝኁ ፡ ወምልእዋ ፡ ለምድር ፡ ወአዕዋፍኒ ፡ ይብዝኁ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ።
God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
上帝就賜福給這一切，說：「滋生繁多，充滿海中的水；雀鳥也要多生在地上。」
1:23
ወኮነ ፡ ሌሊተ ፡ ወጸብሐ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ኃምስተ ፡ ዕለተ ።
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
有晚上，有早晨，是第五日。
1:24
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለታውጽእ ፡ ምድር ፡ ዘመደ ፡ እንስሳ ፡ ወዘይትሐወስ ፡ ወአራዊተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ዘበበ ፡ ዘመዱ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ከማሁ ።
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.
上帝說：「地要生出活物來，各從其類；牲畜、昆蟲、野獸，各從其類。」事就這樣成了。
1:25
ወገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ እንስሳ ፡ ዘበበ ፡ ዘመዱ ፡ [ወኵሎ ፡ ዘይትሐወስ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ በበዘመዱ ፡ ወአራዊተ ፡ ምድር ፡ በበዘመዱ ፡] ወርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ሠናይ ።
God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
於是上帝造出野獸，各從其類；牲畜，各從其類；地上一切昆蟲，各從其類。上帝看着是好的。
1:26
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ንግበር ፡ ሰብአ ፡ በአርአያነ ፡ ወበአምሳሊነ ፡ ወይኰንን ፡ ዐሣተ ፡ ባሕር ፡ ወአራዊተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወአዕዋፈ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወእንስሳሂ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ወአራዊተ ፡ ዘይትሐወስ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ።
God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
上帝說：「我們要照着我們的形像、按着我們的樣式造人，使他們管理海裏的魚、空中的鳥、地上的牲畜，和全地，並地上所爬的一切昆蟲。」
1:27
ወገብሮ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለእጓለ ፡ እመሕያው ፡ በአምሳለ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ተባዕተ ፡ ወአንስተ ፡ ገብሮሙ ።
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
上帝就照着自己的形像造人，乃是照着他的形像造男造女。
1:28
ወባረኮሙ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ብዝኁ ፡ ወተባዝኁ ፡ ወምልእዋ ፡ ለምድር ፡ ወቅንይዋ ፡ ወኰንንዎሙ ፡ ለዓሣተ ፡ ባሕር ፡ ወለአዕዋፈ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ እንስሳ ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ ዘይትሐወስ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ።
God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
上帝就賜福給他們，又對他們說：「要生養眾多，遍滿地面，治理這地，也要管理海裏的魚、空中的鳥，和地上各樣行動的活物。」
1:29
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ናሁ ፡ ወሀብኩክሙ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ሣዕረ ፡ ዘይዘራእ ፡ ወይበቍል ፡ በዘርኡ ፡ ተዘሪኦ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ዕፀው ፡ ዘሀሎ ፡ ውስቴቱ ፡ ዘርኡ ፡ ዘይዘራእ ፡ በፍሬሁ ፡ ለክሙ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ መብልዕ ፤
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
上帝說：「看哪，我將遍地上一切結種子的菜蔬和一切樹上所結有核的果子全賜給你們作食物。
1:30
ወለኵሉ ፡ አራዊተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ አዕዋፈ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወለኵሉ ፡ ዘይትሐወስ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ዘቦ ፡ መንፈሰ ፡ ሕይወት ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ሐመልማለ ፡ ሣዕር ፡ ይኩንክሙ ፡ መብልዐ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ከማሁ ።
To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.
至於地上的走獸和空中的飛鳥，並各樣爬在地上有生命的物，我將青草賜給牠們作食物。」事就這樣成了。
1:31
ወርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘገብረ ፡ ከመ ፡ ጥቀ ፡ ሠናይ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ሌሊተ ፡ ወጸብሐ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ሳድስተ ፡ ዕለተ ።
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
上帝看着一切所造的都甚好。有晚上，有早晨，是第六日。
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