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Leviticus 21

Ge'ez original · 23 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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21:1

ወይቤሎ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለሙሴ ፡ በሎሙ ፡ ለካህናት ፡ ለደቂቀ ፡ አሮን ፡ ወንግሮሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይርኰሱ ፡ በነፍስ ፡ እንተ ፡ እምውስተ ፡ ሕዝቦሙ ።

Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people,

耶和華對摩西說：「你告訴亞倫子孫作祭司的說：祭司不可為民中的死人沾染自己，

21:2

[አላ] ፡ በዘ ፡ እምውስተ ፡ ቤት ፡ ዘቅሩቦሙ ፡ እ[መኒ] ፡ ዘእምአቡሆሙ ፡ አው ፡ ዘእምነ ፡ እሞሙ ፡ አው ፡ ዘእምደቂቆሙ ፡ አው ፡ ዘእምአዋልዲሆሙ ፡ አው ፡ ዘእምእኁሁ ፤

except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,

除非為他骨肉之親的父母、兒女、弟兄，

21:3

አው ፡ ዘእምእኅቱ ፡ አው ፡ በድንግል ፡ እንተ ፡ ቅርብት ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ እንተ ፡ ኢፀንሐተ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ በእሉ ፡ ይረኵሱ ።

and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

和未曾出嫁、作處女的姊妹，才可以沾染自己。

21:4

ኢይረኵስ ፡ በጊዜሁ ፡ በዘ ፡ እምውስተ ፡ ሕዝቡ ፡ ወኢይኩኖ ፡ ፅእለተ ።

He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

祭司既在民中為首，就不可從俗沾染自己。

21:5

ወኢትትላጸዩ ፡ ርእሰክሙ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ዘሞተ ፡ ወኢትላጽዩ ፡ ጽሕመ ፡ ገጽክሙ ፡ ወኢትብጥኁ ፡ ሥጋክሙ ።

“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.

不可使頭光禿；不可剃除鬍鬚的周圍，也不可用刀劃身。

21:6

ወይኩኑ ፡ ቅዱሳነ ፡ ለአምላኮሙ ፡ ወኢያርኵሱ ፡ ስመ ፡ አምላኮሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ ይቄርቡ ፡ መሥዋዕቶ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ቍርባነ ፡ አምላኮሙ ፡ ወይኩኑ ፡ ቅዱሳነ ።

They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.

要歸上帝為聖，不可褻瀆上帝的名；因為耶和華的火祭，就是上帝的食物，是他們獻的，所以他們要成為聖。

21:7

ብእሲተ ፡ ዘማ ፡ ወፅእልተ ፡ ኢያውስቡ ፡ ወብእሲተኒ ፡ እንተ ፡ አውፅኣ ፡ ምታ ፡ እስመ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላኩ ።

“‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

不可娶妓女或被污的女人為妻，也不可娶被休的婦人為妻，因為祭司是歸上帝為聖。

21:8

ወትቄድ[ሶ] ፡ እስመ ፡ ቍርባኖ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላክክሙ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ይቄርብ ፡ ወይኩን ፡ ቅዱሰ ፡ እስመ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ አነ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘይቄድሶሙ ።

Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.

所以你要使他成聖，因為他奉獻你上帝的食物；你要以他為聖，因為我－使你們成聖的耶和華－是聖的。

21:9

ወለተ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ካህን ፡ ለእመ ፡ አፅአለት ፡ በዝሙት ፡ ስመ ፡ አቡሃ ፡ ያኅስርዋ ፡ ላቲ ፡ ወበእሳት ፡ ያውዕይዋ ።

“‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.

祭司的女兒若行淫辱沒自己，就辱沒了父親，必用火將她焚燒。