📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Hebrew Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate)
18:1
አሌላ፡ ለምድረ፡ አሕማር፡ እለ፡ ቦን፡ ክንፈ፡ ውስተ፡ አፍላገ፡ ኢትዮጵያ።
Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
唉！古實河外翅膀刷刷響聲之地，
18:2
ወይፌኑ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕር፡ ሐመረ፡ ወመጻሕፍተ፡ መልዕልተ፡ ማይ።
that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!”
For Yahweh said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
耶和華對我這樣說： 我要安靜，在我的居所觀看， 如同日光中的清熱， 又如露水的雲霧在收割的熱天。
18:5
ዘእምቅድመ፡ ማእረር፣፡ ኀሊቆ፡ ጽጌ፡ ወቆዕ፡ ይፈሪ፡ ፍሬ፡ መፂፀ።
For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.
收割之先，花開已謝， 花也成了將熟的葡萄； 他必用鐮刀削去嫩枝， 又砍掉蔓延的枝條，
18:6
ወይትበውሑ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ አዕዋፈ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወአርዌ፡ ገዳም።
They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will eat them in the summer, and all the animals of the earth will eat them in the winter.
In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion.