Proverbs 6
1 My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed,
Yaa ilma ko, ati yoo ollaa keetiif wabii taatee harka dhooftee nama ormaatiif kakatte,
2 you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, [because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it]. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you.
yoo waanuma dubbatteen qabamtee dubbuma afaan keetiitiin kiyyoo seente,
3 So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your [wealth: ] Humbly go to your friend and plead with him [to cancel the agreement]!
yoos yaa ilma ko, ati sababii harka ollaa keetii seentee jirtuuf ati of baasuudhaaf dafii dhaqiitii gad of qabii jabeessiitii ollaa kee kadhadhu!
4 Do not wait until tomorrow; [go immediately]! Do not rest until you [go and talk with him].
Ija keetiif hirriba, baallee ija keetiitiif immoo mugaatii hin eeyyamin.
5 Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter [or] like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
Ati akkuma kuruphee harka adamsituutii baatuutti, akkuma simbirroo kiyyoo nama ishee qabuu jalaa baatuutti of oolchi.
6 You lazy individual, learn something from [watching] the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
Yaa dhibaaʼaa nana mee gara goondaa dhaqi; karaa ishee qalbeeffadhuutii ogeessa taʼi!
7 They do not have a king or a governor or any [other] person who rules them [and forces them to work],
Inni ajajaa hin qabu; toʼataa yookaan bulchaa hin qabu;
8 [but] they work hard [all] during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
taʼu illee inni bona keessa nyaata isaa kuufata; yeroo midhaan galfamutti immoo nyaata isaa walitti qabata.
9 [But], you lazy loafer, how long will you [continue to] sleep [RHQ]? Are you never going to get up from sleeping [and go to work]?
Yaa dhibaaʼaa nana, ati hamma yoomiitti ciifta? Ati yoomi hirriba keetii kaata?
10 You sleep a for a little time; [you say, “I will take] just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands [across your chest] and rest;
Hirriba xinnaa, mugaatii xinnaa, xinnoo harka walitti marachuu,
11 and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.
hiyyummaanis akkuma hattuutti sitti dhufa; deegummaanis akkuma loltuu hidhateetti sitti dhufa.
12 [I will describe for you what] worthless and evil people [are like]. They constantly lie;
Namni rakkisaan, namni hamaan, dubbii sobaatiin asii fi achi naannaʼa;
13 by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal [to their friends what they are intending/planning to do].
inni ijaan dhaʼa; miilla isaatiinis mallattoo kenna; quba isaatiin argisiisa;
14 They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
inni garaa isaa isa sobaadhaan hammina yaada; yeroo hundas lola kakaasa.
15 But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
Kanaafuu badiisni yommusuma isatti dhufa; inni akkuma tasaa caba; deebiʼees hin fayyu.
16 There are six, [maybe] seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. [They are]:
Waaqayyo waan jaʼa jibba; waan torba immoo ni xireeffata; isaanis:
17 People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie [MTY]; people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;
Ija of tuulu, arraba sobu, harka dhiiga nama balleessaa hin qabnee dhangalaasu,
18 people who plan to do evil deeds; people [SYN] who run quickly to do wrong things;
garaa mala hamaa malu, miilla gara jalʼinaatti ariifatu,
19 people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.
dhuga baatuu sobaa kan soba dhangalaasu, nama obboloota gidduutti lola kakaasuu dha.
20 My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
Yaa ilma ko, ajaja abbaa keetii eegi; barsiisa haadha keetii illee hin gatin.
21 Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be [like a beautiful necklace] around your neck.
Bara baraan garaa keetti qabadhu; morma keettis hidhadhu.
22 [If you follow our advice, it will be as though] what we have taught you [PRS] will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you.
Yeroo ati deemtu isaan si qajeelchu; yeroo ati raftu si eegu; yeroo ati hirribaa kaatu illee si haasofsiisu.
23 These commands and what we teach you [will be like] a lamp to light your path [MET]. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having [a good] life.
Ajajni kun ibsaadhaatii; barsiisni kunis ifa; sirreeffamni amalaa immoo karaa jireenyaa ti;
24 Heeding [PRS] these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from [listening to] the enticing words of an adulterous woman.
isaan dubartii hamtuu irraa, niitii kashlabbee afaan dammaa irraa si eegu.
25 [Even] if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her (with her eyes/by the way she looks at you).
Garaa kee keessatti bareedina ishee hin dharraʼin; yookaan akka isheen ija isheetiin si boojitu hin godhin.
26 [Do not forget that] you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but [if you sleep with] another man’s wife, (it may cost you/you may lose) your life.
Sagaagaltuun buddeena tokkoon bitamtiitii; ejjituunis jireenyuma kee adamsiti.
27 Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned [RHQ]?
Namni bobaa jalatti ibidda baadhatee wayyaan isaa hin gubanne jiraa?
28 Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet?
Namni ibidda cilee irra ejjetee miilli isaa hin gubanne jiraa?
29 [No]! And in the same way, anyone who (sleeps with/has sex with) another man’s wife will [suffer for doing that]. [He will certainly] [LIT] be punished severely.
Namni niitii nama biraa wajjin ciisus akkasuma taʼa; namni ishee tuqu kam iyyuu utuu hin adabamin hin hafu.
30 We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.
Yoo hattuun tokko beela baʼuuf jedhee hate, namoonni hin tuffatan.
31 But [if he steals something and then] is caught [by the police], he will have to pay back (seven times as much as/much more than) he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house [to get enough money to pay it back].
Garuu inni yoo qabame dachaa torba baasa; miʼa mana isaa hundas ni kenna.
32 [But] a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, [because] he is destroying his own self/soul [by what he is doing].
Namni sagaagalu qalbii hin qabu; namni waan akkasii hojjetu ofuma galaafata.
33 [That woman’s husband] will wound him badly, and [other people] will despise him. His shame will never end.
Qoodni isaa dhaanamuu fi salphachuu dha; qaaniin isaa yoom iyyuu isa irraa hin haqamu.
34 Because that woman’s husband will (be jealous/not want anyone else to sleep with her), he will become furious, and when he gets revenge, he will not act mercifully [toward the man who slept with his wife].
Hinaaffaan aarii dhirsaa kakaasaatii; inni yeroo haaloo baʼutti dhiifama tokko iyyuu hin godhu.
35 And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to (appease him/cause him to stop being angry).
Inni beenyaa tokko illee hin fudhatu; hammam baayʼatu iyyuu inni mattaʼaa ni dida.
