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Jonah 2

Ge'ez original · 11 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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2:1

ወአዘዘ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዓንበሬ፡ ዓቢየ፡ የሐቶ፡ ለዮናስ፡ ወነበረ፡ ዮናስ፡ ውስተ፡ ከርሠ፡ ዐንበሪ፡ ሠሉሰ፡ ዕለተ፡ ወሠሉሰ፡ ሌሊተ።

Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

耶和華安排一條大魚吞了約拿，他在魚腹中三日三夜。

2:2

ወጸለየ፡ ዮናስ፡ በውስተ፡ ከርሰ፡ ዐንበሪ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላኩ።

Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.

約拿在魚腹中禱告耶和華－他的上帝，

2:3

ወይቤ፡ አውየውኩ፡ በምንዳቤየ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላኪየ፡ ወሰምዐኒ፡ በውስተ፡ ከርሠ፡ ለሲኦል፡ ጽራኀየ፡ ወሰምዐኒ፡ ቃልየ።

He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

說：我遭遇患難求告耶和華，你就應允我；從陰間的深處呼求，你就俯聽我的聲音。

2:4

ወወሮከኒ፡ ውስተ፡ ልበ፡ ቀላየ፡ ባሕር፡ ወዐጉኒ፡ አፍላግ፡ ወመጽአ፡ ኲሎ፡ ማዕበልከ፡ ወሞገድከ፡ እንተ፡ ላዕሌየ፡ ኀለፈ።

For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.

你將我投下深淵，就是海的深處；大水環繞我，你的波浪洪濤都漫過我身。

2:5

አንሰ፡ እቤ፡ ገደፍከኒኑ፡ እንጋ፡ እምቅድመ፡ አዕይንቲከ፡ እደግምኑ፡ ርእየ፡ ቤተ፡ መቅደስከ።

I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

我說：我從你眼前雖被驅逐，我仍要仰望你的聖殿。

2:6

ውኀዘ፡ ማይ፡ እስከ፡ ነፍስየ፡ ወዐገተኒ፡ ቀላይ፡ በታሕቱ፡ ወተሠጥመ፡ ርአስየ።

The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

諸水環繞我，幾乎淹沒我；深淵圍住我；海草纏繞我的頭。

2:7

ውስተ፡ ንቅዓታተ፡ ደብር፡ ዋዋራድ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ እንተ፡ ዕጽው፡ መናስግቲሃ፡ እምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም፡ ትዕርግ፡ ሕይወትየ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ሙስና፡ ኀቤከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ አምላኪየ።

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, Yahweh my God.

我下到山根，地的門將我永遠關住。耶和華－我的上帝啊，你卻將我的性命從坑中救出來。

2:8

ሶበ፡ ኀልቀት፡ ነፍስየ፡ ትዝክርክዎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ትብጻሕ፡ ጸሎትየ፡ ቅድሜከ፡ ጽርሐ፡ መቅደስከ።

“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

我心在我裏面發昏的時候，我就想念耶和華。我的禱告進入你的聖殿，達到你的面前。

2:9

እለሰ፡ ዐቀቡ፡ ከንቶ፡ ወሐሰተ፡ ገደፋ፡ ሣህሎሙ።

Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.

那信奉虛無之神的人，離棄憐愛他們的主；

2:10

አንሰ፡ ምስለ፡ ቃለ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወተጋኝ፡ እሠውዕ፡ ለከ፡ መጠነ፡ ጸለይኩ፡ በሕይወትየ፡ አዐስዮ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር።

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

但我必用感謝的聲音獻祭與你。我所許的願，我必償還。救恩出於耶和華。

2:11

ወአዘዞ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለውእቱ፡ ዓንበሪ፡ ወአውፅኦ፡ ሌናስ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር።

Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.

耶和華吩咐魚，魚就把約拿吐在旱地上。

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