Lallaba 2
1 Ani garaa koo keessatti, “Ani waan gaarii barbaaduudhaaf gammachuudhaan sin qoraatii mee kottu” jedheen yaade. Garuu wanni kunis waan faayidaa hin qabne taʼuu isaa nan mirkaneeffadhe.
I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.
2 Anis, “Kolfi gowwummaa dha; gammachuunis maal fayyada?” nan jedhe.
I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
3 Anis utuma qalbiin koo ogummaadhaan na qajeelchaa jiruu gowwummaa qabadhee daadhii wayiniitiin of gammachiisu nan yaale. Waan namoonni bara jireenya isaanii muraasa keessatti samii gaditti hojjetan arguu nan fedhe.
I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.
4 Ani hojii guddaa nan hojjedhe: Manneen ijaarradhee wayiniis dhaabadhe.
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
5 Ani iddoo biqiltuutii fi iddoo bashannanaa qopheeffadhee mukkeen ija naqatan kanneen gosa hundaa achi keessa nan dhaabadhe.
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;
6 Bosona mukkeen guddachaa jiranii ittiin obaafachuufis kuusaa bishaanii nan qopheeffadhe.
I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.
7 Ani garboota dhiiraa fi dubartii nan bitadhe; garboota mana kootti dhalatan biraas nan qabaadhe; nama naan dura Yerusaalem keessa jiraate kam iyyuu caalaas loonii fi bushaayee hedduu nan horadhe.
I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.
8 Ani meetii fi warqee, qabeenya moototaatii fi kutaawwan biyyaa walitti nan qabadhe. Ani faarfattoota dhiiraa fi dubartii akkasumas saajjatoowwan nama gammachiisan hedduu qaban ture.
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.
9 Kanaafuu ani akka malee guddadhee nama anaan dura Yerusaalem keessa ture kam iyyuu caale. Waan kana hunda keessatti ogummaan koo anuma wajjin ture.
And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10 Ani waan iji koo hawwe hunda isa hin dhowwine; garaa koos gammachuu tokko illee hin lagne. Garaan koo hojii koo hundatti gammade; kunis dadhabbii koo hundaaf badhaasa ture.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.
11 Taʼus ani yeroon waan harki koo hojjete hundaa fi waanan argachuuf jedhee itti dadhabe hubadhee ilaaletti, wanni hundi akkuma bubbee ariʼuuti malee faayidaa hin qabu ture; aduudhaa gaditti buʼaan tokko iyyuu hin turre.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do [them]; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 Anis yaada koo gara ogummaa, maraatummaa fi gowwummaa hubachuutti nan deebifadhe. Namni mootii iddoo buʼu tokko waan duraan hojjetame caalaa maal gochuu dandaʼa?
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man [do] that cometh after the king? — that which hath already been done.
13 Ani akkuma ifni dukkana irra wayyu sana, akka ogummaan gowwummaa irra wayyu nan arge.
And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
14 Ogeessi mataa isaa keessaa ija qaba; gowwaan garuu dukkana keessa deema; ani garuu akka galgalli isaan lamaanii tokkuma taʼe nan hubadhe.
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
15 Ergasii ani akkana jedheen garaa koo keessatti nan yaade; “Wanni gowwaa quunname, anaanis ni quunnama; yoos ani ogeessa taʼuudhaan maalan argadha ree?” Ani garaa koo keessatti, “Kunis faayidaa hin qabu” nan jedhe.
And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
16 Ogeessi akkuma gowwaa yeroo dheeraaf hin yaadatamuutii; bara dhufuuf jiru keessa isaan lachuu ni irraanfatamu. Ogeessis akkuma gowwaa duʼuu qaba!
For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?
17 Sababii wanni aduu gaditti hojjetamu na gaddisiiseef ani jireenya nan jibbe; kun hundinuu bubbee ariʼuu dha; faayidaas hin qabu.
And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
18 Ani sababii nama ana duubaan dhufuuf waan kana dhiisuu qabuuf, waanan aduudhaa gaditti itti dadhabe hunda nan jibbe.
And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19 Eenyutu akka inni ogeessa yookaan gowwaa taʼu beeka? Taʼus inni hojii ani aduudhaa gaditti yaalii fi ogummaa koo itti dhangalaase hundatti abbaa taʼa. Kunis faayidaa hin qabu.
And who knoweth whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Kanaafuu garaan koo sababii hojii koo dadhabsiisaa ani aduudhaa gaditti itti dadhabe hundaatiif abdii kutachuu jalqabe.
Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
21 Namni tokko hojii isaa ogummaan, beekumsaa fi harka toliisaan hojjetee ergasii immoo waan qabu hunda nama homaa itti hin dadhabiniif dhiisuu qabaatii. Wanni kunis faayidaa hin qabu; hammina guddaadhas.
For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 Namni tokko dadhabbii isaatiif yaalii cimaa aduudhaa gaditti godhe sana hundaaf maal argata?
For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
23 Hojiin isaa bara jireenya isaa hunda rakkinaa fi gadda; sammuun isaa halkan iyyuu hin boqotu. Kunis waan faayidaa hin qabnee dha.
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
24 Namni nyaatee dhugee hojii isaatti gammaduu caalaa homaa gochuu hin dandaʼu. Ani akka wanni kun harka Waaqaatii dhufe nan arge;
There is nothing good for man, but that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25 Waaqaan malee eenyutu nyaachuu yookaan gammaduu dandaʼa?
For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?
26 Waaqni nama isa gammachiisuuf ogummaa, beekumsaa fi gammachuu kenna; nama cubbamaa garuu akka inni namicha Waaqa gammachiisuuf kennuuf jedhee hojii qabeenya walitti qabuutii fi kuusuu hojjetu godha. Kunis bubbee ariʼuu dha; faayidaas hin qabu.
For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
