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Proverbs 5

Ge'ez original · 24 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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5:1

ወልድየ፡ ጥበበ፡ ዚአየ፡ ነጽር፡ ወንባበ፡ ዚአየ፡ ያጽምእ፡ ዕዝንከ፡ ከመ፡ ትዕቀብከ፡ በሕሊና፡ ሠናይት።

My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,

我兒，要留心我智慧的話語，側耳聽我聰明的言詞，

5:2

ወአእምር፡ እምከናፍርየ፡ ዘእኤዝዘከ።

that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

為要使你謹守謀略，嘴唇保存知識。

5:3

ኢትነፅር፡ ብእሲተ፡ እኪተ፡ እስመ፡ መዓር፡ ይውኅዝ፡ እምከናፍረ፡ ብእሲት፡ ዘማ፡ እንተ፡ ለጊዜሁ፡ ያመዓርዕሮ፡ ለጒርዔከ።

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

因為淫婦的嘴滴下蜂蜜；她的口比油更滑，

5:4

ወእምድኅሬሁሰ፡ ዘይመርር፡ እምሐሞት፡ ትረክብ፡ ወስሑል፡ ፈድፋደ፡ እመጥባሕት፡ ዘክልኤ፡ አፉሁ።

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

至終卻苦似茵蔯，快如兩刃的刀。

5:5

ወኀበ፡ ዕበድ፡ እገሪሃ፡ ያወርዱ፡ ወሑረታ፡ ያበውእ፡ ውስተ፡ ሞት፡ ወሲኦል።

Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

她的腳下入死地；她腳步踏住陰間，

5:6

ወአሠራ፡ ኢይትሐወስ፡ እመካነ፡ ኃጢአት፡ ወውስተ፡ ፍናወ፡ ሕይወት፡ ኢይቀርብ፡ ወእቡስ፡ መንኰራኵራ፡ ወአኮ፡ ዘይትዐወቅ።

She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

以致她找不着生命平坦的道。她的路變遷不定，自己還不知道。

5:7

ወይእዜኒ፡ ወልድየ፡ ስምዐኒ፡ ወምኑነ፡ ኢትረሲ፡ ንባበ፡ ዚአየ።

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

眾子啊，現在要聽從我；不可離棄我口中的話。

5:8

ርኁቀ፡ ረሲ፡ እምኔሃ፡ ፍኖተከ፡ ወኢትቅረብ፡ ኀበ፡ ኆኅተ፡ ቤታ።

Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

你所行的道要離她遠，不可就近她的房門，

5:9

ከመ፡ ኢትወስክ፡ ለባዕድ፡ ሕይወተከ፡ መንብረተከ፡ ለእለ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ምሕረት።

lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

恐怕將你的尊榮給別人，將你的歲月給殘忍的人；