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John 12

Ge'ez original · 50 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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12:1

ወእምዝ ሖረ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ እምቅድመ ሰዱስ መዋዕል ዘፋሲካ ወበጽሐ ቢታንያ ኀበ ሀሎ አልዓዛር ዘአንሥኦ እምነ ምዉታን።

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

逾越節前六日，耶穌來到伯大尼，就是他叫拉撒路從死裏復活之處。

12:2

ወገብሩ ሎቱ ምሳሐ በህየ ወማርታ ትሜጥዎሙ ወአልዓዛር አሐዱ ውእቱ እምእለ ይረፍቁ ምስሌሁ።

So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

有人在那裏給耶穌預備筵席；馬大伺候，拉撒路也在那同耶穌坐席的人中。

12:3

ወማርያሰ ነሥአት ዕፍረተ ልጥረ ዘናርዱ ጵስጥቂስ ዘዕፁብ ሤጡ ወቀብዐቶ እገሪሁ ለእግዚእ ኢየሱስ ወመዝመዘቶ በሥዕርታ ወመልአ ቤተ መዐዛሁ ለውእቱ ዕፍረት።

Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

馬利亞就拿着一斤極貴的真哪噠香膏，抹耶穌的腳，又用自己頭髮去擦，屋裏就滿了膏的香氣。

12:4

ወይቤ ይሁዳ ስምዖን አስቆሮታዊ አሐዱ እምአርዳኢሁ ዘሀለዎ ያግብኦ።

Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

有一個門徒，就是那將要賣耶穌的加略人猶大，

12:5

ለምንት ኢሤጥዎ ለዝንቱ ዕፍረት ለሠለስቱ ምእት ዲናር ይትወሀብ ለነዳያን።

“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

說：「這香膏為甚麼不賣三十兩銀子賙濟窮人呢？」

12:6

ወዘንተ ዘይቤ አኮ ዘያጽሕቅዎ ነዳያን አላ እስመ ሰራቂ ውእቱ ወየዐቅብ አስከሬነ። ወይነሥእ እምዘይትወደይ ውስቴቱ።

Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

他說這話，並不是掛念窮人，乃因他是個賊，又帶着錢囊，常取其中所存的。

12:7

ወይቤሎ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ኅድጋ እስመ ተዐቅቦ ለዕለተ ቀበርየ።

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

耶穌說：「由她吧！她是為我安葬之日存留的。

12:8

ወነዳያንሰ በኵሉ ጊዜ ሀለዉ ምስሌክሙ ወዘልፈ ትረክብዎሙ ወጊዜ ፈቀድክሙ ታሤንዩ ሎሙ ወኪያየሰ አኮ በኵሉ ጊዜ ዘትረክቡኒ።

For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”

因為常有窮人和你們同在，只是你們不常有我。」

12:9

ወብዙኃን እምነ አይሁድ እለ አእመሩ ከመ ሀሎ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ህየ ወሖሩ ኀቤሁ ወአኮ በእንተ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ባሕቲቱ ዘሖሩ ዳእሙ ከመ ይርአይዎ ለአልዓዛርሂ ዘአንሥኦ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ እምዉታን።

A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

有許多猶太人知道耶穌在那裏，就來了，不但是為耶穌的緣故，也是要看他從死裏所復活的拉撒路。