Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
Kan akka nama ogeessaa eenyu? Eenyutu hiikkaa waan tokkoo beeka? Ogummaan fuula namaa ibsa; nyaara guurames ni hiika.
2 Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
Ati sababii fuula Waaqaa duratti kakuu galteef ajaja mootii eegi.
3 Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Fuula mootii duraa deemuuf hin jarjarin. Waan hamaa keessatti hin hirmaatin; inni waan fedhe kam iyyuu ni godhaatii.
4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Sababii dubbiin mootii waan hundaa ol taʼeef eenyutu, “Ati maal hojjechaa jirta?” isaan jechuu dandaʼa?
5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Namni ajaja mootii eegu kam iyyuu hin miidhamu; qalbiin ogeessaa immoo yeroo fi haala mijaaʼaa beeka.
6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
Rakkinni namaa akka malee isatti ulfaatu iyyuu wanni hundi yeroo fi haala mijaaʼaa qabaatii.
7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
Sababii namni tokko iyyuu waan eger taʼu hin beekneef, eenyutu waan dhufuuf jiru isatti himuu dandaʼa?
8 As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Namni tokko iyyuu hafuura isaa of keessatti dhowwuu hin dandaʼu; kanaafuu eenyu iyyuu guyyaa duʼa isaa irratti humna hin qabu. Akkuma namni tokko yeroo waraanaatti duula keessaa hin ariʼamne sana, hamminnis warra isa hojjetu gad hin dhiisu.
9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
Anis qalbii koo gara waan aduudhaa gaditti hojjetamu hundaatti deebifadhee waan kana hunda nan arge. Yeroon namni tokko warra kaan humnaan nan bulcha jedhee ofuma miidhu jira.
10 Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
Ergasiis ani hamoota iddoo qulqulluu seenanii baʼaa turan sana akka isaan awwaalaman nan arge; isaanis magaalaa itti waan akkasii hojjetan keessatti ni jajamu ture. Kunis faayidaa hin qabu.
11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Sababii yakka hojjetame tokkootiif adabbiin dafee hin kennamneef, garaan namootaa mala hammina hojjechuutiin guutama.
12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
Cubbamaan tokko yeroo dhibba yakka hojjetee bara dheeraa jiraatu iyyuu, ani akka namoonni Waaqa sodaatan kanneen sodaadhaan fuula isaa dura jiraatan nagaa qabaatan nan beeka.
13 Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
Taʼus hamoonni sababii Waaqa hin sodaanneef nagaa hin qabaatan; barri jireenya isaaniis akka gaaddidduu hin dheeratu.
14 There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
Waan faayidaa hin qabne kan lafa irratti taʼu tokkotu jira; kunis qajeeltota waan hamootaaf malu argatanii fi hamoota waan qajeeltotaaf malu argatanii dha. Ani wanni kun faayidaa hin qabu nan jedha.
15 So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
Kanaafuu namaaf wanni aduudhaa gaditti nyaachuu, dhuguu fi gammaduu caalu tokko iyyuu sababii hin jirreef ani akka namni jireenyatti gammadu nan gorsa. Akkasiin bara jireenya isaa kan Waaqni aduudhaa gaditti kenneef hunda keessatti hojii isaa irratti gammachuun isa duukaa buʼa.
16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
Ani yommuun qalbii koo gara ogummaa beekuu fi hojii namni utuu iji isaa halkanii fi guyyaa hirriba hin argatin hojjetu ilaaluutti deebifadhetti,
17 I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
waan Waaqni hojjete hunda nan arge. Namni tokko iyyuu waan aduudhaa gaditti taʼaa jiru hubachuu hin dandaʼu. Namni waan kana bira gaʼuuf tattaaffatu iyyuu hiikkaa isaa argachuu hin dandaʼu. Ogeessi waan beeku yoo of seʼe illee inni dhugumaan hubachuu hin dandaʼu.
