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Lamentations 2

Ge'ez original · 22 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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2:1
አሌፍ። እፎኬ፡ አደመና፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በመቅሠፍተ፡ መዐቱ፡ ለወለተ፡ ጜዮን፡ ወነፅኆ፡ እምሰማይ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ለክብሚ፡ እስራኀል፡ ወኢተዘኚሚ፡ መኚዚደ፡ እገሪሁ፡ በዕለተ፡ መዐቱ።
How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth, and hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
䞻䜕竟癌怒䜿黑雲遮蔜錫安城 他將以色列的華矎埞倩扔圚地䞊 圚他癌怒的日子䞊䞍蚘念自己的腳凳。
2:2
ቀት። አሥጠመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወኢመሐኚ፡ ኵሎ፡ መሠንዮ፡ ለያዕቆብ፡ ወአንኀለ፡ በመዐቱ፡ አጜዋኒሃ፡ ለወለተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ወአጥበቃ፡ በምድር፡ ወአርኰሰ፡ መንግሥታ፡ ወምኵናኒሃ።
The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
䞻吞滅雅各䞀切的䜏處䞊䞍顧惜。 他癌怒傟芆猶倧民的保障 䜿這保障坍倒圚地 他蟱沒這國和其䞭的銖領。
2:3
ጋሜል። ቀጥቀጠ፡ በመዐቱ፡ ኵሎ፡ ቀርነ፡ እስራኀል፡ ወሜጠ፡ ድኅሚ፡ ዚማኖ፡ እምገጞ፡ ፀር። ወአንደደ፡ ላዕለ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ነበልባለ፡ እሳት፡ ወበልዐ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘዐውዱ።
He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
他癌烈怒把以色列的角党然砍斷 圚仇敵面前收回右手。 他像火焰四圍吞滅將雅各燒毀。
2:4
ዳሌጥ። ወሰቀ፡ ቀስቶ፡ ኚመ፡ ፀር፡ ወኚመ፡ ጞላኢ፡ አጜንዐ፡ ዚማኖ፡ ኚመ፡ እድው። ወቀተለ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘያፈትዋ፡ ለዐይንዚ፡ በተዐይኒሃ፡ ለወለተ፡ ጜዮን። ኚዐወ፡ መዐቶ፡ ኚመ፡ እሳት።
He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has stood with his right hand as an adversary. He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire.
他匵匓奜像仇敵 他站着舉起右手 劂同敵人將悅人県目的盡行殺戮。 圚錫安癟姓的垳棚䞊 倒出他的忿怒像火䞀暣。
2:5
ሄ። ኮነኒ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኚመ፡ ፀር፡ ወአሥጠሞ፡ ለእስራኀል፡ ወአሥጠመ፡ ኵሎ፡ ክበዲሃ፡ ወአማሰነ፡ አጜዋኒሃ። ወአብዝኀ፡ ኀሣራ፡ ለወለተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ኅሥርት።
The Lord has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.
䞻劂仇敵吞滅以色列和錫安的䞀切宮殿 拆毀癟姓的保障 圚猶倧民䞭加增悲傷哭號。
2:6
ዋው። ወጞለለ፡ ኚመ፡ ወይን፡ ማኅደሮ፡ ወአማሰነ፡ በዓሎ። ሚስዐ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘገብሚ፡ በጜዮን፡ በዓለ፡ ወሰንበተ። ወአኅለቀ፡ በመቅሠፍተ፡ መዐቱ፡ ነገሥተ፡ ወመላእክተ፡ ወካህናተ።
He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were a garden. He has destroyed his place of assembly. Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest.
他匷取自己的垳幕奜像是園䞭的窩棚 毀壞他的聚會之處。 耶和華䜿聖節和安息日圚錫安郜被忘蚘 又圚怒氣的憀恚䞭藐芖君王和祭叞。
2:7
ዛይ። ኀደገ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ምሥዋዖ፡ ወሚስዐ፡ መቅደሶ፡ ወዐጞወ፡ በእደ፡ ፀር፡ አሚፍተ፡ ኀይላ። ወቃለ፡ ወሀቡ፡ ውስተ፡ ቀተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወዚበቡ፡ ኚመ፡ ዕለተ፡ በዓል።
The Lord has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
耶和華䞟棄自己的祭壇 憎惡自己的聖所 將宮殿的牆垣亀付仇敵。 他們圚耶和華的殿䞭喧嚷 像圚聖會之日䞀暣。
2:8
ሔት። ወተመይጠ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኚመ፡ ያማስን፡ አሚፍታ፡ ለወለተ፡ ጜዮን፡ ወሰሐበ፡ አምጣነ፡ ወኢመጠወ፡ እዎሁ፡ እምአሥጥሞ፡ ወለሐወ፡ ጥቅማ፡ ወአሚፍታ፡ ኅቡሚ፡ ደክመ።
Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together.
耶和華定意拆毀錫安的城牆 他拉了準繩 䞍將手收回定芁毀滅。 他䜿倖郭和城牆郜悲哀 䞀同衰敗。
2:9
ጀት። ተደፍኑ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ዎዎያቲሃ። ተገድፈ፡ ወተቀጥቀጠ፡ መናስግቲሃ። ንጉሣሂ፡ ወመልአካሂ፡ ውስተ፡ አሕዛብ፡ አልባቲ፡ ሕግ። ወነቢያቲሃ፡ ኢርእዩ፡ ራእዚ፡ በኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር።
Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not. Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.
錫安的門郜陷入地內 䞻將她的門閂毀壞折斷。 她的君王和銖領萜圚沒有埋法的列國䞭 她的先知䞍埗芋耶和華的異象。
2:10
ዮድ። ነበሩ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ወአርመሙ፡ ሚበናቲሃ፡ ለወለተ፡ ጜዮን። ወወደዩ፡ መሬተ፡ ውስተ፡ ርእሶሙ፡ ወቀነቱ፡ ሠቀ። ወአውሚድዎሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ለመሳፍንት፡ ወለደናግል፡ በኢዚሩሳሌም።
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
錫安城的長老坐圚地䞊默默無聲 他們揚起塵土萜圚頭䞊腰束麻垃 耶路撒冷的處女垂頭至地。
2:11
ካፍ። ደክማ፡ አዕይንትዚ፡ በአንብዕ፡ ደንገፀ፡ ልብዚ። ወተክዕወ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ክብርዚ፡ በእንተ፡ ቅጥቃጀሃ፡ ለወለተ፡ ሕዝብዚ። ሶበ፡ ኀልቁ፡ ሕፃናት፡ ወጠባዊት፡ በመርሕበ፡ ሀገር።
My eyes fail with tears. My heart is troubled. My bile is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.
我県䞭流淚以臎倱明 我的心腞擟亂肝膜塗地 郜因我真民遭毀滅 又因孩童和吃奶的圚城內街䞊癌昏。
2:12
ላሜድ። ይቀልዎን፡ ለእማቲሆሙ፡ አይ቎፡ እክል፡ ወወይን፡ ሶበ፡ ርኅቡ፡ ኚመ፡ ቅቱላን፡ ውስተ፡ መርሕበ፡ ሀገር። ሶበ፡ ወፅአት፡ ነፍሶሙ፡ በውስተ፡ ሕፅነ፡ እሞሙ።
They ask their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
那時他們圚城內街䞊癌昏奜像受傷的 圚母芪的懷裏將芁喪呜 對母芪說穀、酒圚哪裏呢
2:13
ሜም። በምንት፡ አስተማስለኪ፡ ወበምንት፡ አስተዔርዚኪ፡ ወለተ፡ ኢዚሩሳሌም። መኑ፡ ያድኅነኪ፡ ወመኑ፡ ያስተፌሥሐኪ፡ ወለተ፡ ጜዮን፡ ድንግል። እስመ፡ ሀብዚ፡ ኚመ፡ ባሕር፡ ቅጥቃጀኪ፡ መኑ፡ ይፌውሰኪ።
What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?
耶路撒冷的民哪我可甚甚麌向䜠證明呢 我可甚甚麌與䜠盞比呢 錫安的民哪我可拿甚麌和䜠比范奜安慰䜠呢 因為䜠的裂口倧劂海 誰胜醫治䜠呢
2:14
ኖን። ነቢያትኪ፡ ርእዩ፡ ለኪ፡ ኚንቶ፡ ወእበደ። ወኢኚሠቱ፡ ጌጋዚኪ፡ ኚመ፡ ይሚጡ፡ ፄዋኪ። ወርእዩ፡ ለኪ፡ ተሚፈ፡ ኚንቶ።
Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you. They have not uncovered your iniquity, to reverse your captivity, but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment.
䜠的先知為䜠芋虛假和愚昧的異象 䞊沒有顯露䜠的眪孜 䜿䜠被擄的歞回 卻為䜠芋虛假的默瀺 和䜿䜠被趕出本境的緣故。
2:15
ሳምኬት። ጠፍሑ፡ እደዊሆሙ፡ ላዕሌኪ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ኀለፍተ፡ ፍኖት። ተፋጞዩ፡ ወአሖሱ፡ ርእሶሙ፡ ላዕለ፡ ወለተ፡ ኢዚሩሳሌም። ወይቀሉ፡ ዛቲኑ፡ ሀገር፡ አክሊሉ፡ ወክብሩ፡ ወፍሥሓሁ፡ ለኵሉ፡ ምድር።
All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?”
凡過路的郜向䜠拍掌。 他們向耶路撒冷城嗀笑搖頭說 難道人所皱為党矎的 皱為党地所喜悅的就是這城嗎
2:16
ዔ። አብቀዉ፡ አፉሆሙ፡ ላዕሌኪ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ፀርኪ። ተፋጞዩ፡ ወሐቀዩ፡ ስነኒሆሙ፡ ወይቀሉ። ውሕጥናሃ፡ ወባሕቱ፡ ዛቲ፡ ዕለት፡ ዘተሰፈውናሃ፡ ሚኚብናሃ፡ ወርኢናሃ።
All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”
䜠的仇敵郜向䜠倧倧匵口 他們嗀笑又切霒說 我們吞滅她。 這真是我們所盌望的日子臚到了 我們芪県看芋了
2:17
ፌ። ገብሚ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘሐለዚ፡ ወፈጞመ፡ ዘነበበ፡ ዘአዘዘ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ትካት፡ ወነሠታ፡ ወኢምሕካ፡ ወአስተፍሥሐ፡ ጞላእተኪ፡ ወአልዐለ፡ ቀርነ፡ ፀርኪ፡ ላዕሌኪ።
Yahweh has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
耶和華成就了他所定的 應驗了他叀時所呜定的。 他傟芆了䞊䞍顧惜 䜿䜠的仇敵向䜠誇耀 䜿䜠敵人的角也被高舉。
2:18
ጻዎ። አውዚወ፡ ልቊሙ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለአሚፋተ፡ ወለተ፡ ጜዮን። ይወርዳ፡ አንብዕ፡ ኚመ፡ ውሒዝ፡ መዓልተ፡ ወሌሊተ። ኢተሀቢ፡ ዕሚፍተ፡ ለኪ፡ ወኢታርምም፡ ብንተ፡ ዐይንኪ።
Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief. Don’t let your eyes rest.
錫安民的心哀求䞻。 錫安的城牆啊願䜠流淚劂河 晝倜䞍息 願䜠県䞭的瞳人淚流䞍止。
2:19
ቆፍ። ተንሥኢ፡ ወተፈሥሒ፡ በሌሊት፡ በቀዳሚት፡ ሰዓትኪ። ኚዐዊዮ፡ ኚመ፡ ማይ፡ ለልብኪ፡ ቅድመ፡ ገጹ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር። አንሥኢ፡ እደወኪ፡ ኀቀሁ፡ በእንተ፡ ነፍሰ፡ ሕፃናትኪ፡ እለ፡ ኀልቁ፡ በሚኀብ፡ በርእሰ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍናዋት።
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
倜間每逢亀曎的時候芁起䟆呌喊 圚䞻面前傟心劂氎。 䜠的孩童圚各垂口䞊受逓癌昏 䜠芁為他們的性呜向䞻舉手犱告。
2:20
ሬስ። ርኢ፡ እግዚኊ፡ ወነጜር፡ መነ፡ ተቀሚምኚ፡ ኚመዝ። ይበልዓኑ፡ አንስት፡ ፍሬ፡ ኚርሊን፡ ወሐፃንያት፡ እለ፡ ያጠብዋ፡ አው፡ ይቀትሉኑ፡ ካህነ፡ ወነቢዚ፡ በመቅደሰ፡ እግዚአብሔር።
“Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their knees? Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
耶和華啊求䜠觀看 芋䜠向誰這暣行 婊人豈可吃自己所生育手裏所搖匄的嬰孩嗎 祭叞和先知豈可圚䞻的聖所䞭被殺戮嗎
2:21
ሳን። አስኚብዎሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ፍናው፡ ለአእሩግ፡ ወለሕፃናት። ወለደናግልዚ፡ ወለወራዙትዚ፡ ፄወውዎሙ፡ ወወድቁ፡ በኵናት። ወቀተልኮሙ፡ በሚኀብ፡ በዕለተ፡ መዐትኚ፡ ቀተልኚ፡ ወኢመሐኚ።
“The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have slaughtered, and not pitied.
少幎人和老幎人郜圚街䞊躺臥 我的處女和壯䞁郜倒圚刀䞋 䜠癌怒的日子殺死他們。 䜠殺了䞊䞍顧惜。
2:22
ታው። ጞውዐ፡ ዕለተ፡ በዓል፡ በኀበ፡ ፈለስኩ፡ እምዐውድ። ወኢኮነ፡ በዕለተ፡ መዐቱ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ዘይድኅን፡ ወዘይተርፍ፡ በኚመ፡ ዘአልሀቁ፡ ወዘሐፀንኩ፡ ፀርዚ፡ አኅለቅዎሙ።
“You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger. My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.
䜠招聚四圍驚嚇我的 像圚倧會的日子招聚人䞀暣。 耶和華癌怒的日子 無人逃脫無人存留。 我所搖匄所逊育的嬰孩 仇敵郜殺淚了。
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