Lallaba 11
1 Buddeena kee bishaan gubbaa buusi; guyyaa baayʼee booddee deebiftee argattaatii.
Send out your bread on the waters, for you will find it again after many days.
2 Qabeenya kee iddoo torbatti yookaan saddeetitti qoodi; balaa biyyatti dhufuuf jiru hin beektuutii.
Share it with seven, even eight people, for you do not know what disasters are coming on 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 are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it will remain.
4 Namni qilleensa eeggatu tokko hin facaafatu; kan duumessa ilaallatus hin haammatu.
Anyone who watches the wind might not plant, and anyone who watches the clouds might not harvest.
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 do not know the path of the wind, nor how a baby's bones grow in the pregnant womb, so also you cannot comprehend the work of God, who created everything.
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 plant your seed; until the evening, work with your hands as needed, for you know not which will prosper, whether morning or evening, or this or that, or whether they will both alike be good.
7 Ifni miʼaawaa dha; aduu arguunis ija gammachiisa.
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing 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 someone lives many years, let him be happy in all of them, but let him think about the coming days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is vanishing vapor.
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.
Take joy, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be joyful in the days of your youth. Pursue the good desires of your heart, and whatever is within the sight of your eyes. However, know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
10 Kanaafuu garaa kee keessaa yaaddoo balleessi; sababii dargaggummaa fi jabinni faayidaa hin qabneef dhagna kee keessaa hammina baasii gati.
Drive anger away from your heart, and ignore any pain in your body, because youth and its strength are vapor.
