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Wisdom of Solomon 14 Ge'ez original · 31 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
â ch. 13 ch. 1 ch. 2 ch. 3 ch. 4 ch. 5 ch. 6 ch. 7 ch. 8 ch. 9 ch. 10 ch. 11 ch. 12 ch. 13 ch. 14 ch. 15 ch. 16 ch. 17 ch. 18 ch. 19 ch. 15 â đ This chapter exists in 3 other originals â
side by side (Septuagint, Vulgate, Apocrypha)
14:1
áá«áá ᥠá¶á ᥠááá ᥠá°á„á ᥠáááá ᥠááᚠᥠáá”ᰠᥠáŁáá ᥠá„áá ᥠááá
ᔠᥠáááᔠᥠáá”ᰠᥠáááᔠᥠáááłá” ᥠáá”á„á ᥠááážáá
ᥠáá ᥠáá
ᥠáášáá„á ᥠááá°áá ᥠá„áááá ᥠá„áᰠᥠá”áááź áą
Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves, Calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carries him;
ććŠäžć豫ćèȘèĄăèŠæžĄé掶æč§æłąæż€çäșșïŒćéŁæŻèŒä»äčèčæŽçșæœćŁçæšé ćŒæ±ïŒ
14:2
á„á”á ᥠáá᩠ᥠáŁáᔠᥠá áá”áᰠᥠášáŁá
ᥠá°áŹáá ᥠááŹá᫠ᥠá á„á ᄠᥠáá„áź áą
For that vessel the hunger for gains devised, And a craftsman, even wisdom, built it;
ć çșéŁèčæŻèČȘćć©ççäșșæèšèšçïŒćæŻć äșșé æșæ
§æé æçïŒ
14:3
áá„ááČá ášá° ᥠááłá ᥠአᥠá ᄠᥠá”á áá ᥠá”á ᥠá„á”á ᥠááá„ᚠᥠáá”ᰠᥠáŁáá ᥠááᰠᥠááá”ᰠᥠááᔠᥠá á ᚠᥠáœáá ᥠáłáṠᥠášá ᥠá”áá ᥠá”á ᥠá á”á
á ᥠá áœá”á
áą
And your providence, O Father, guideth it along, Because even in the sea you gave a way, And in the waves a sure path,
äœæŻç¶ćïŒæŻçŠ°çç·éĄ§ćŒć°èćźïŒć çș犰éŁćšæ”·äžäčéäșéè·ŻïŒćšæłąæ”Șäžäčèšäș穩抄çè·ŻćŸïŒ
14:4
áá á áááá ᥠáá”ᰠᥠááá ᥠááá„áá á ᥠáȘáá ᥠááČ áĄ á áááᚠᥠá„á”á ᥠá”áá
ᔠᥠášá ᥠáąáá©á ᥠáœá©á ᥠáááŁáȘá ᥠáá„á á„áš áą
Shewing that you can save out of every danger, That so even without are a man may put to sea;
饯æ犰èœćŸćæšŁć±éŁäžæœèĄæŻæïŒć«äșșçž±ç¶äžææèäčèœćșæ”·ă
14:5
á á„áᰠᥠááᱠᥠáá”á áá ᥠá°á„ᄠᥠááá¶á ᥠáá”ᰠᥠáá
ᥠááá ᥠáá
áĄá ᥠááá”áá°á ᥠáá„ášá ᥠáááᔠᥠá ááá ᥠááĄá” ᥠáá á ááᔠᥠááá”á
á áą
And it is your will that the works of your wisdom should be not idle; Therefore also do men intrust their lives to a little piece of wood,, And passing through the surge on a raft are brought safe to land.
犰çæšææŻäžéĄçŠ°æșæ
§çäœçșéçœźïŒæ仄äșșéææ§ćœäș€èšç”ŠäžćĄćŸźć°çæšé ïŒäčèœäčèæšçæžĄéæłąæż€ïŒćčłćźć°ćČžă
14:6
áááČáá ᥠá„á ᥠá°ááá ᥠááĄá«á ᥠášááᔠᥠáá”ᰠᥠáá
ᥠá°á”á ᥠááá ᥠá°áá០ᥠáá°ááá ᥠá”á
á ᥠááá°á ᥠáááá ᥠááá ᥠá”ááᔠᥠá°ááČá ᥠá á„ᰠᥠáá áš áą
For in the old time also, when proud giants were perishing, The hope of the world, taking refuge on a raft, Left to the race of men a seed of generations to come, Your hand guiding the helm.
ć çșćšć€æïŒç¶é©ćČçć·šäșșæŁćšæ»
äșĄäčéïŒäžçççŒæééżćšæšçäžïŒćšçŠ°æçæè”äžïŒç”Šäžä»Łçäžäșćłćźæ„代ççšźćă
14:7
á„á”á ᥠá°áŁášá ᥠáá
ᥠá ááŠá± ᥠáá”áá á ᥠáœá”á
áą
For blessed has been wood through which comes righteousness:
ć çșè仄æć°±ć
ŹçŸ©çæšé æŻèçŠçïŒ
14:8
ááá áá á”ᰠᥠá°áá„ᚠᥠááá ᥠáá„ᱠᥠáááá„áźá ᥠá„á”á ᥠáá„ᱠᥠáá„á ᥠá ááȘ ᥠáá„ᱠᥠááááá”á ᥠá ááᚠᥠá°á°ááš áą
But the idol made with hands is accursed, itself and he that made it; Because his was the working, and the corruptible thing was named a god:
äœäșșææé çć¶ćæŻććè©çïŒéŁćé ćźçäșșäčæŻćŠæ€ïŒć çșéŁäșșćäșć·„ïŒéŁćż
æœäčç©ć»èą«çš±çșç„ă
14:9
á„á”á ᥠáá©áš ᥠá°ážáᥠᥠá áá ᥠá„ááá á„áá ᥠášáČáá ᥠááá”áá” áą
For both the ungodly doer and his ungodliness are alike hateful to God;
ć çșäžæŹèçäșșćä»çäžæŹèïŒćšç„çäŸćæšŁćŻæïŒ
14:10
á„á”á ᥠáá„á ᥠáá°áá„ᚠᥠáá”á ᥠááŁáȘá ᥠáá”áŽáá áą
For verily the deed will be punished together with him that committed it.
ć çșæćçïŒćż
éŁćéŁććźçäșșäžćć眰ă
14:11
áá á„áá°á ᥠáá°áł ᥠáášáá ᥠá áá ᥠáŁáá¶á ᥠáá ááá„ áą
Therefore also among the idols of the nations will there be a visitation, Because, though formed of things which God created, they were made an abomination, And stumbling blocks to the souls of men, And a snare to the feet of the foolish.
æ仄éŁććçć¶ćäčćż
ćç·ćŻïŒć çșćźćéæŻç„æé äčç©ïŒć»æäșćŻæäčç©ïŒæäșäžäșșćżéçç”è
łçłïŒæäșææ§äșșè
łćçç¶ČçŸ
ă
14:12
á„á”á ᥠá°áá„ᚠᥠáá„ášá” ᥠáá á
áá ᥠáááá
á ᥠááááłá° ᥠá°á„ᄠᥠááá„ááᰠᥠáá á„áᚠᥠá°á„ᄠᥠáá„áłá ᥠá„á”á ᥠááłáá ᥠáááᔠᥠáá ᥠáá”ᰠᥠááŁáȘá ᥠááŁáá” áą
For the devising of idols was the beginning of fornication, And the invention of them the corruption of life:
ć çșć¶ćçèšæłæŻæ·«äșçéç«ŻïŒçŒæć¶ćć°±æŻçćœçæćŁïŒ
14:13
áášáȘáŠá± ᥠáá”áá ᥠááááᔠᥠá„á”á ᥠáąáá ᥠá„ááá„ášá” ᥠááąááá ᥠáááá áą
For neither were they from the beginning, neither will they be forever;
ć çșćźćè”·ć䞊äžććšïŒć°äŸäčćż
äžé·ćïŒ
14:14
áá áááá«á° ᥠá°á„ᄠᥠášáᱠᥠáŠá ᥠáá”ᰠᥠááá ᥠášáá ᥠá á„áᰠᥠáá«áá„á ᥠáá»á ᥠá
ááᰠᥠáá”á á¶á áą
For by the vaingloriousness of men they entered into the world, And therefore was a speedy end devised for them.
ć çșćźćæŻèèäșșçèæŠźéČć
„äžççïŒć æ€ćźćçç”ć±äč豫ćźèż
éèšć°ă
14:15
áá„áá ᥠáá᩠ᥠá áᚠᥠáŁáᔠᥠá„á”á ᥠá ᄠᥠáááá ᥠáááá ᥠááá ᥠáá áᱠᥠáᱠᥠá„á”á ᥠá„áá ᥠáá ᥠá°áá„á ᥠááá ᥠááĄá áą
For a father worn with untimely grief, Making an image of the child quickly taken away, Now honored him as a god which was then a dead man, And delivered to those that were under him mysteries and solemn rites.
ć çșæäžäœç¶èŠȘèą«æ©éäčçææ磚ïŒçșéŁćżœç¶èą«ć„Șć»çć©ćé äșćïŒæéćŸćçæ»äșșćŠä»ç¶äœç„äŸć°ćŽïŒćæ愧ç„ćç„ćäș€ä»ç”Šć±Źäžçäșșă
14:16
á ááłá ᥠááá„᩠ᥠáᱠᥠááČá ᥠáááᰠᥠá°á„ᄠᥠáá„áᰠᥠášá ᥠá ááá ᥠá áá áá ᥠáááá„á ᥠá
áá«á ᥠáááąá ᔠᥠá ááᰠᥠá ááá ᥠááá„ááᰠᥠáá„áąá áą
Afterward the ungodly custom, in process of time grown strong, was kept as a law, And by the commandments of princes the graven images received worship.
ćŸäŸéäžæŹèçéąšäżæ„挞ćąćŒ·ïŒç«èą«ç¶äœćŸæłé”ćźïŒéć»çć¶ćäčç
§èćççćœä»€ćäșșæŹæă
14:17
áá„áá ᥠá áá
áᰠᥠáááá ᥠá°á„á
á ᥠááᰠᥠá„á„á°á” ᥠááá”áᔠᥠáášá ᥠááá ᥠááá„á ᥠáá á”á„áá ᥠááłááᔠᥠá„á©á«á ᥠá ááááá ᥠáááááᔠᥠááá„á ᥠáá”ášááá ᥠáá°á„ᄠᥠá«áá„ááá ᥠá á
á”á ᥠááŸá áą
And when men could not honor them in presence because they lived far off, Imagining the likeness from afar, They made a visible image of the king whom they honored, That by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.
ç¶äșșć çžè·éé ïŒäžèœćšćçéąćć°ćŽä»æïŒć°±ææłćææčéŁé èçćźčèČïŒé ćșæć°äčçæž
æ°ćŻèŠçćïŒèŠèèç±ćżè«ćȘéŁäžćšçïŒćŠćä»ćšć ŽäžæšŁă
14:18
á„á”á ᥠááá ᥠááá ᥠááá°á ᥠááŸá ᥠáááá
ᥠáááá ᥠááá„᩠ᥠáááᄠᥠáááĄá ᥠá áá€áá ᥠá ááłá ᥠááĄá° ᥠáááąáá ᥠášá ᥠááá áą
But to a yet higher pitch was worship raised even by those who knew him not, Urged forward by the ambition of the architect:
éŁć äșșçéćżćé©
äœżéŁéŁäșäžèȘèćççäșșïŒæéæŹææšćæŽé«çć°æ„ă
14:19
á«á”á°á áá ᥠá á»áá
ᥠááá„áá ᥠáąá á᩠ᥠá”áá°á¶á ᥠááá ᥠá á áááźá¶á ᥠááᥠᥠáá„ᚠᥠáŹá᫠ᥠáá”ᰠᥠáȘá ᥠá„ᰠᥠá°á„á„ áą
For he, wishing perhaps to please one in authority, Used his are to force the likeness toward a greater beauty;
ć çșä»æèš±æłèŠèšć„œéŁææŹćąçïŒć°±çĄćçšæèäœżéŁćæŽć çŸéșïŒ
14:20
áአᥠá«áá ᥠáááá
ᰠᥠá«á”á ᥠáá«á„á០ᥠáááṠᥠá áá ᥠá°á ááá ᥠáááąáš ᥠá ááłá ᥠá ááá€á ᥠáá ááááá” áą
And the multitude, allured by reason of the grace of his handywork, Now accounted as an object of devotion him that a little before was honored as a man.
çŸäșșèą«çČŸć·§çć·„èæćžćŒïŒäŸżæéŁäžäč
ćéèą«ć°çșäșșçïŒćŠä»ç¶äœæŹæçć°è±Ąă
14:21
áá áá„ᱠᥠá°á”áá ᥠá°á„ᄠᥠá„áá
ᥠá á„áᰠᥠáá„ááá ᥠá á„á ᥠáá
ᚠᥠáááŁá ᥠááá„á„áČ áĄ ááá ᥠá„áá
á”á ᥠáááá ᥠá áá”áČᔠᥠáá„á ᥠáá„áᰠᥠášá ᥠá ááá ᥠášá°áá áą
And this became a hidden danger to life, Because men, in bondage either to calamity or to tyranny, Invested stones and stocks with the incommunicable Name.
éć°±æäșäžäșșçé·é±ïŒć çșäșșææćšçœçŠäčäžïŒææćšæŽæżäčäžïŒç«æéŁäžćŻćłèä»ç©çćć ćšçłé æšé äčäžă
14:22
áááᱠᥠáźá ᥠáá„ááᰠᥠááá ᥠá„á”á ᥠá°á„ᄠᥠá°ááᚠᥠáᱠᥠá áááłá€ ᥠá á ᥠá á áá„áź áą
Afterward it was not enough for them to go astray as touching the knowledge of God; But also, while they live in sore conflict through ignorance of him. That multitude of evils they call peace.
ćŸäŸïŒä»ććšèȘèç„çäșäžè”°èż·äșè·Żéäžć€ ïŒćć äžèȘèç„è掻ćšæ„”性çç鏄äžïŒç«æéèš±ć€çæĄçš±çșćčłćźă
14:23
áášá°á© ᥠá”á ᥠáá ááá ᥠáá ááŠá± ᥠá±áłá ᥠááá
ᥠááá„á„á ᥠááášá„á
áá áą
For either slaughtering children in solemn rites, or celebrating secret mysteries, Or holding frantic revels of strange ordinances,
ć çșä»ćæćšç„ćäžć± æźșć
ć„łïŒæèèĄç„ćŻçéȘæïŒæçž±æ
æŒć„ç°ćŸäŸççççæĄïŒ
14:24
ááČ áĄ áąá„ášáá ᥠá”áá°á¶á ᥠá„ááąá«á„á០ᥠá„ááá á„áá ᥠá á ᥠá„ááá ᥠááá ᥠáá”ᰠᥠáá„á ᥠááąá ᥠááá áá ᥠáá«áá ᥠá á
á á¶áᰠᥠáááá áá ᥠá„á©á ᥠášá°áá ᥠáá°ááá ᥠá°áá áą
No longer do they guard either life or purity of marriage, But one brings upon another either death by treachery, or anguish by adulterate offspring.
äžćæćźæœæ·šçç掻æć©ć§»ïŒćœŒæ€æèšè©èšæźșćźłïŒæ仄槊çäčćäœżäșșçèŠă
14:25
á„á”á ᥠá„á ᥠááá ᥠááá”á ᥠá°ááá ᥠáááá„᩠ᥠá
áĄá„ ᥠáá„áąáš ᥠá á ᥠášáá᩠ᥠááșáŠá ᥠá„áá ᥠá«áááá ᥠá á«áᄠᥠá„ááᔠᥠṠᥠááááá áą
And all things confusedly are filled with blood and murder, theft and deceit, Corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury,
æŒæŻćæšŁçäșéœæ··éäșæ”èĄèć
æźșăć·ç«èè©è©ăæćŁăäžćż ăçŽäșăćèȘă
14:26
áṠᥠá°á„áłáŠá ᥠááᥠᥠá„áᚠᥠáłáá ᥠá«áᄠᥠááá”á ᥠáá«áᥠᥠáá„á ᥠá ០ᥠáášáá ᥠáá«á”á°áŽáá ᥠá áá«á°ááź áą
turmoil, Ingratitude for benefits received, Defiling of souls, confusion of sex, Disorder in marriage, adultery and wantonness.
éš·ćăćżæ©èČ çŸ©ăç·æ±Ąćżéăæ§ć„éŻäșăć©ć§»çŽäșăć§Šæ·«èæŸè©ă
14:27
áá”á ᥠáááŁá«áČáá ᥠá”áá ᥠáá”ᰠᥠá°á ᥠááá”á ᥠáá”áá
ᥠááá„á ᥠááá”á ᥠáááᰠᥠá á°áŽá” ᥠáṠᥠá áá ᥠáááá áą
For the worship of those nameless idols Is a beginning and cause and end of every evil.
ć çșæŹæéŁäșçĄćçć¶ćïŒäčæŻäžćéȘæĄçéç«Żăćç±èç”ć±ă
14:28
áááᚠᥠá áá ᥠááąá°áá០ᥠáá€á” ᥠááá ᥠááᔠᥠááá«á€ ᥠáá°á” ᥠáá”á°á° ᥠá„ááᰠᥠá°á„áłá„ ᥠááᔠᥠááá”á” áą
For their worshippers either make merry to madness, or prophesy lies, Or live unrighteously, or lightly forswear themselves.
ć çșä»ćæçž±æšèłæŒççïŒæèȘȘćé èšïŒæäžçŸ©ćșŠæ„ïŒæèŒçè”·ćèȘă
14:29
á„á”á ᥠá áá០ᥠáŁáᔠᥠá„á ᥠá ááŠá ᥠá”á ᥠáá„ᱠᥠá„áᰠᥠá”á ᥠá„ášá ᥠááááá«á° ᥠáá»áá ᥠá„á”á ᥠá„á ᥠá«ááááá ᥠáá„á ᥠá°áá„á ᥠáášáá„ᱠᥠáááá”á ᥠááá¶á áą
For putting their trust in lifeless idols, When they have sworn a wicked oath, they expect not to suffer harm.
ć çșä»ććé çĄçćœçć¶ćïŒçŒäșæĄèȘïŒć»äžææłæććźłă
14:30
áá„á ᥠá ០ᥠáá”áá ᩠ᥠáááá”á ᥠáá°á° ᥠáá„á ᥠá ០ᥠášááá ᥠá
áá±á ᥠáá„á ᥠá ០ᥠáááá ᥠááĄá áą
But for both sins will the just doom pursue them, Because they had evil thoughts of God by giving heed to idols, And swore unrighteously in deceit through contempt for holiness.
äœć
ŹçŸ©çć ±æćż
çșéć
©ä»¶äșèżœèšä»ćïŒć çșä»ćçæć¶ćïŒć°ç„ćèæĄćż”ïŒćć èèŠèæœïŒè©è©ć°è”·äșäžçŸ©äčèȘă
14:31
á„á”á ᥠá„á ᥠá„áá á ᥠááᔠᥠáá”á áá ᥠáŁáᰠᥠáá”á ᥠáá áá ᥠá„á ᥠá ááŠá ᥠááŁá„ ᥠáá á„á០ᥠá ááłá ᥠááŁáȘ ᥠáášá áá ᥠá”á ᥠá„á”á ᥠá á ᥠááá ᥠáá”á°áá ᥠáąááŽáá áą
For it is not the power of them by whom men swear, But it is that Justice which has regard to those who sin, That visiteth always the transgression of the unrighteous.
ć çșèżœèšäžçŸ©äčäșșéçŻçïŒäžŠéä»ćææèè”·èȘäčç©çèœćïŒäčæŻéŁćŻççœȘäșșçć
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