Lallaba 11
1 Buddeena kee bishaan gubbaa buusi; guyyaa baayʼee booddee deebiftee argattaatii.
Cast your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
2 Qabeenya kee iddoo torbatti yookaan saddeetitti qoodi; balaa biyyatti dhufuuf jiru hin beektuutii.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 Duumessi yoo bishaaniin guutame, bokkaa lafatti gad dhangalaasa. Mukni tokko yoo kibbatti yookaan kaabatti jige, idduma itti kufe sana ciisa.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
4 Namni qilleensa eeggatu tokko hin facaafatu; kan duumessa ilaallatus hin haammatu.
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not 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.
As you know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes 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 withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7 Ifni miʼaawaa dha; aduu arguunis ija gammachiisa.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold 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.
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is 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.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
10 Kanaafuu garaa kee keessaa yaaddoo balleessi; sababii dargaggummaa fi jabinni faayidaa hin qabneef dhagna kee keessaa hammina baasii gati.
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
