Lallaba 11
1 Buddeena kee bishaan gubbaa buusi; guyyaa baayʼee booddee deebiftee argattaatii.
Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.
2 Qabeenya kee iddoo torbatti yookaan saddeetitti qoodi; balaa biyyatti dhufuuf jiru hin beektuutii.
Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.
3 Duumessi yoo bishaaniin guutame, bokkaa lafatti gad dhangalaasa. Mukni tokko yoo kibbatti yookaan kaabatti jige, idduma itti kufe sana ciisa.
If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.
4 Namni qilleensa eeggatu tokko hin facaafatu; kan duumessa ilaallatus hin haammatu.
Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.
5 Ati akkuma daandii bubbee, yookaan akka itti namni gadameessa haadhaa keessatti uumamu hin beekne sana, hojii Waaqaa, Uumaa waan hundaa sana illee beekuu hin dandeessu.
In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.
6 Inni kun yookaan inni sun, yookaan lachanuu wal qixxee tolu; inni kam akka tolu hin beektuutii; ati sanyii kee ganamaan facaafadhu; galgalas harki kee hojii malee hin taaʼin.
In the morning, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.
7 Ifni miʼaawaa dha; aduu arguunis ija gammachiisa.
Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
8 Namni yoo hammam waggoota baayʼee jiraate illee, inni hunduma isaatti gammadaa haa jiraatu. Garuu inni guyyoota dukkanaa haa yaadatu; isaan ni baayʼatuutii. Wanni dhufuuf jiru hundinuu faayidaa hin qabu.
If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, which, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of vanity.
9 Yaa dargaggeessa, hamma dargaggummaa keessa jirtutti gammadi; bara dargaggummaa keetii keessas garaan kee si haa gammachiisu. Yaada garaa keetii, waanuma iji kee argu duukaa buʼi; garuu akka Waaqni waan kana hundaaf gara murtiitti si fidu beekkadhu.
So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
10 Kanaafuu garaa kee keessaa yaaddoo balleessi; sababii dargaggummaa fi jabinni faayidaa hin qabneef dhagna kee keessaa hammina baasii gati.
Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.
