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Sirach 12

Ge'ez original · 18 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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12:1
አመትገብርሠናየአእምርለዘትገብርበዘትረክብዕሴተሠናይትከ
If you do good, know to whom you do it; And your good deeds will have thanks.
你若行善,就當知道是向誰行的,你的善行才會得人感謝。
12:2
ግበርለጻድቅወትረክብዕሴተከወእመኢረከብከበኀቤሁትረክብበኀበፈጣሪሁ
Do good to a godly man, and you will find a recompense; And if not from him, yet from the Most High.
你向敬虔的人行善,必得回報;縱然不從他得著,也必從至高者得著。
12:3
አልቦቱሠናይበኀበዘይገብራለእኪትወበኀበዘኢይገብርምጽዋተ
There will no good come to him that continueth to do evil, Nor to him that gives no alms.
恆常行惡的人沒有福分,不肯施捨的人也是如此。
12:4
ሀብለጻድቅከመኢይንሣእከኃጥእ
Give to the godly man, And help not the sinner.
要施與敬虔的人,不要幫助罪人。
12:5
አሠኒለነዳይወኢተሀብለእኩይአፅርዕእክለከከመኢይንሣእከውእቱከመኢይማእከበንዋይከእስመካዕበተትረክባለእኪትበኀቤሁዕሴተኵሉሠናይትከእንተገበርከሎቱ
Do good to one that is lowly, And give not to an ungodly man: Keep back his bread, and give it not to him, Lest he overmaster you thereby: For you will receive twice as much evil For all the good you will have done to him.
要善待卑微的人,不要施與不敬虔的人;要扣住給他的食物,不要給他,免得他藉此轄制你;因為你向他所行的一切善事,必招來加倍的禍患。
12:6
እስመእግዚአብሔርይጸልኦሙለኃጥኣንወይትቤቀሎሙለእኩያን
For the Most High also hates sinners, And will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
因為至高者也憎惡罪人,必向不敬虔的人施行報應。
12:7
ሀብለጻድቅእምተሀብለኃጥእ
Give to the good man, And help not the sinner.
要施與善人,不要幫助罪人。
12:8
ኢያምሥጥከዐርክከአመትፍሥሕትከወኢይትኅባእከጸላኢከአመምንዳቤከ
A man’s friend will not be fully tried in prosperity; And his enemy will not be hidden in adversity.
順境時朋友難以分辨,患難時仇敵也無從隱藏。
12:9
ትፍሥሕትከያቈስሎሙለጸላእትከወተጽናስከይሰድዶሙለአዕርክቲከ
In a man’s prosperity his enemies are grieved; And in his adversity even his friend will be separated from him.
人在順境時,他的仇敵憂愁;人在患難時,連他的朋友也與他分離。
12:10
ኢትትአመኖለጸላኢከለዝሉፉእስመከመዛሕለብርትእከየልቡ
Never trust your enemy: For like as the brass rusts, so is his wickedness.
永不要信任你的仇敵,因為他的邪惡如同生鏽的銅。
12:11
ወእመኒተጸነስከይፀመደከእንዘኢይንእደከአጽንዓለነፍስከወተዐቀቦወትከውኖከመመጽሔትዝሕልተወኢይክለከለዝሉፉ
Though he humble himself, and go crouching, Yet take good heed, and beware of him, And you will be to him as one that has wiped a mirror, And you will know that he has not utterly rusted it.
他即便自卑屈身而行,你也要留心防備他;你待他要像擦亮鏡子的人,便曉得他的鏽蝕並未盡除。
12:12
ወኢታቅሞመንገሌከከመኢይጕዳዕከወኢይቁምውስተመካንከወኢታንብሮመንገለየማንከከመኢይንሣእከሢመተከወበደኃሪትከሀለወከታእምሮለቃልየወትዜከሮለተግሣጽየ
Set him not by you, Lest he overthrow you and stand in your place; Let him not sit on your right hand, Lest he seek to take your seat, And at the last you acknowledge my words, And be pricked with my sayings.
不要使他站在你身旁,免得他推倒你而取代你的位置;不要使他坐在你的右邊,免得他圖謀你的座位;到末了你才會明白我的話,因我的言語而扎心。
12:13
መኑያስተምህሮለአርዌምድርወለኵሉአርዌእኩይ
Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, Or any that come near wild beasts?
被蛇咬的弄蛇人,誰會憐憫他呢?凡親近野獸的人,又有誰憐憫呢?
12:14
ከማሁዘየሐውርኒምስለብእሲኃጥእወይዴመርምስለኀጢአቱ
Even so who will pity him that goes to a sinner, And is mingled with him in his sins?
親近罪人、與他在罪中同流合污的人,也是如此。
12:15
ለእንተምዕርይቀውምምስሌከጸላኢከወእስከትትመየጥኢትሬእዮእንከወኢይትዔገሥምስሌከ
For a while he will abide with you, And if you give way, he will not hold out.
他暫時與你同在,你若退讓,他便不能持守。
12:16
በከናፍሪሁሰያስተጥዕምለከቃሎጸላኢከወበልቡይመክርውስተግብያውድቀወበዐይኑሂያነብዕለከጸላኢከወእምከመአስሐተከኢይጸግብእምደምከ
And the enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, And in his heart take counsel how to overthrow you into a pit: The enemy will weep with his eyes, And if he find opportunity, he will not be satiated with blood.
仇敵口中說甜言蜜語,心裡卻謀算要把你推入坑中;仇敵眼中流淚,一旦得了機會,必不滿足,直到飽飲你的血。
12:17
ወእመኒተመንደብከቅድመኵሉትረክቦቅድመገጽከወቅድመዘይረድአከያቴሕትርእሶታሕተሰኰናከ
If adversity meet you, you will find him there before you; And as though he would help you, he will trip up your heel.
災禍臨到你時,你必發現他早已在那裡等你,假裝要幫助你,卻絆倒你的腳跟。
12:18
ወይጠፍሕበእደዊሁወየሐውስርእሶወእምዝይመይጥገጾወይትቃጸበከ
He will shake his head, and clap his hands, And whisper much, and change his countenance.
他必搖頭、拍手、竊竊私語,並變了臉色。
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