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Proverbs 20 Ge'ez original · 25 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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እኩይ ፡ ወይን ፡ ለጸአሊ ፡ ወለሰካሪ ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ዘያስተፋንዎ ፡ ለጽዋዕ ፡ ኢኮነ ፡ ጠቢበ ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ዐብድ ፡ ዘከመዝ ፡ ይዴመር ።
Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
酒能使人褻慢，濃酒使人喧嚷； 凡因酒錯誤的，就無智慧。
20:2▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ኢየሐፅፅ ፡ መዓተ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ እመዓተ ፡ አንበሳ ፡ ወዘየሀውኮሰ ፡ ይኤብስ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ነፍሱ ።
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
王的威嚇如同獅子吼叫； 惹動他怒的，是自害己命。
20:3▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ክብሩ ፡ ለብእሲ ፡ ተከልኦ ፡ እምጽእለት ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ዐብድ ፡ ዘከመዝ ፡ ይጸመር ።
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
遠離紛爭是人的尊榮； 愚妄人都愛爭鬧。
20:4▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እንዘ ፡ ይዘነጒግዎ ፡ ሀካይ ፡ ኢየኃፍር ፡ ይስእል ፡ በማእረር ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ዘይሁቦ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ዘይትሌቃሕ ፡ ሥርናየ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ቦውስተ ፡ ክምሩ ።
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
懶惰人因冬寒不肯耕種， 到收割的時候，他必討飯而無所得。
20:5▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ማይ ፡ ዕሙቅ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ልበ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ መምክር ፡ ወብእሲ ፡ ጠቢብ ፡ ይዘልሖ ።
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
人心懷藏謀略，好像深水， 惟明哲人才能汲引出來。
20:6▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዓቢይ ፡ ወክቡር ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ወሐሪ ፡ ወለብእሲ ፡ ምእመን ፡ በሥራሕ ፡ ተረክቦቱ ።
Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
人多述說自己的仁慈， 但忠信人誰能遇着呢？
20:7▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘየሐውር ፡ ንጹሐ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሕገ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ብፁዓነ ፡ ይሬስዮሙ ፡ ለውሉዱ ።
A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
行為純正的義人， 他的子孫是有福的！
20:8▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ወሶበ ፡ ጻድቅ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ይነብር ፡ ዲበ ፡ መንበሩ ፡ ቅድመ ፡ አዕይንቲሁ ፡ ኢይትቃወሞ ፡ ምንትኒ ፡ እኩይ ።
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
王坐在審判的位上， 以眼目驅散諸惡。
20:9▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
መኑ ፡ ዘይትሜካሕ ፡ ልብ ፡ ንጹሕ ፡ ዘቦ ፡ ወመኑ ፡ ያስተርኢ ፡ ንጹሐ ፡ ከዊኖ ፡ እምኃጢአት ።
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
誰能說，我潔淨了我的心， 我脫淨了我的罪？
20:10▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘየሐሚ ፡ አባሁ ፡ ወእሞ ፡ ይጠፍእ ፡ ብርሃኑ ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ አዕይንቲሁ ፡ ይኔጽር ፡ ጽልመተ ።
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
兩樣的法碼，兩樣的升斗， 都為耶和華所憎惡。
20:11▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
መክፈልተ ፡ ዘይጔጒእ ፡ አቅዲሞ ፡ በደኃሪቱ ፡ ኢይትባረክ ።
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
孩童的動作是清潔，是正直， 都顯明他的本性。
20:12▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ኢትበል ፡ እትቤቀሎሙ ፡ ለጸላእትየ ፡ አላ ፡ ተሰፈዎ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ይርዳእከ ።
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
能聽的耳，能看的眼， 都是耶和華所造的。
20:13▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
መዳልው ፡ ዓቢይ ፡ ወንኡስ ፡ ወመሣፍርት ፡ ክልኤቱ ፡ ርኩሳን ፡ በኀበ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ወዘይገብሮሙ ፡ በምግባሪሁ ፡ ይትዓቀፍ ።
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
不要貪睡，免致貧窮； 眼要睜開，你就吃飽。
20:14▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ለወሬዛ ፡ ጻድቅ ፡ ርቱዕ ፡ ፍኖቱ ።
“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
買物的說：不好，不好； 及至買去，他便自誇。
20:15▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዕዝን ፡ ዘይሰምዕ ፡ ወዓይን ፡ ዘይሬኢ ፡ ግብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኵሎሙ ።
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
有金子和許多珍珠 ， 惟有知識的嘴乃為貴重的珍寶。
20:16▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ኢታፍቅር ፡ ሐምየ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢትትአተት ፡ ወኢትኑም ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢትንዲ ፡ ክሥት ፡ አዕይንቲከ ፡ ወጽግብ ፡ ኅብስተ ።
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
誰為生人作保，就拿誰的衣服； 誰為外人作保，誰就要承當。
20:17▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ምኑናን ፡ በኀበ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ክልኤቱ ፡ መዳልው ፡ መዳልው ፡ ሰራቂ ፡ አኮ ፡ ሠናይ ፡ በቅድሜሁ ።
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
以虛謊而得的食物，人覺甘甜； 但後來，他的口必充滿塵沙。
20:18▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
እምኀበ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይረትዕ ፡ አሠሩ ፡ ለብእሲ ፡ ወመዋቲሰ ፡ እፎ ፡ የአምር ፡ ፍናዊሁ ።
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
計謀都憑籌算立定； 打仗要憑智謀。
20:19▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
መሥገርቱ ፡ ለብእሲ ፡ ጒጉዕ ፡ ዘእምዚአሁ ፡ ይቄድሶ ፡ እስመ ፡ እምድኅረ ፡ በፅዐ ፡ ንስሐ ፡ ይከውኖ ።
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
往來傳舌的，洩漏密事； 大張嘴的，不可與他結交。
20:20▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
መሥኤሆሙ ፡ ለረሲዓን ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ጠቢብ ፡ ወይወዲ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ መንኰራኵረ ።
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
咒罵父母的，他的燈必滅， 變為漆黑的黑暗。
20:21▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ብርሃነ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ እስትንፋሰ ፡ ብእሲ ።
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
起初速得的產業， 終久卻不為福。
20:22▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ዘከመ ፡ ማኅቶት ፡ ይፈትን ፡ መዛግብተ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ጠቢብ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ይፈትን ፡ መዛግብተ ፡ ከርሥ ።
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
你不要說，我要以惡報惡； 要等候耶和華，他必拯救你。
20:23▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ምጽዋተ ፡ ወጽድቀ ፡ ይዕቀብ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ወይሜግቡ ፡ በጽድቅ ፡ መንበሮ ።
Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
兩樣的法碼為耶和華所憎惡； 詭詐的天平也為不善。
20:24▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ሠርጐሆሙ ፡ ለወራዙት ፡ ጥበብ ፡ ወክብሮሙ ፡ ለልሂቃን ፡ ሲበት ።
A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
人的腳步為耶和華所定； 人豈能明白自己的路呢？
20:25▷ ⧉ ⤴︎
ምማቴ ፡ ወግኅሠት ፡ ይዳደቆሙ ፡ ለእኩያን ፡ ወዝብጠት ፡ ውስተ ፡ መዛግብተ ፡ ከርሥ ።
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
人冒失說，這是聖物， 許願之後才查問，就是自陷網羅。
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