Lallaba 11
1 Buddeena kee bishaan gubbaa buusi; guyyaa baayʼee booddee deebiftee argattaatii.
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt 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 thou knowest 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 are full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree falleth towards the south, or towards the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4 Namni qilleensa eeggatu tokko hin facaafatu; kan duumessa ilaallatus hin haammatu.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth 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 thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] the structure of the parts of conception in her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh 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 thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest 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 shall live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [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 thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee 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 thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
