< 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 I in heart my come! please let me put to [the] test you with pleasure and look on good and there! also it [was] futility.
2 Anis, “Kolfi gowwummaa dha; gammachuunis maal fayyada?” nan jedhe.
Of laughter I said [it is] folly and of pleasure what? this [is it] doing.
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 heart my to gratify with wine flesh my and heart my [was] guiding with wisdom and to take hold on folly until that I saw where? this [is] good for [the] children of humankind which they will do under the heavens [the] number of [the] days of lives their.
4 Ani hojii guddaa nan hojjedhe: Manneen ijaarradhee wayiniis dhaabadhe.
I made great works my I built for myself houses I planted for myself vineyards.
5 Ani iddoo biqiltuutii fi iddoo bashannanaa qopheeffadhee mukkeen ija naqatan kanneen gosa hundaa achi keessa nan dhaabadhe.
I made for myself gardens and parks and I planted in them tree[s] of every fruit.
6 Bosona mukkeen guddachaa jiranii ittiin obaafachuufis kuusaa bishaanii nan qopheeffadhe.
I made for myself pools of water to water from them a forest sprouting of trees.
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 [male] slaves and female slaves and sons of house he belonged to me also livestock herd[s] and flock[s] [surely] a multitude belonged to me more than all who were before me in Jerusalem.
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 for myself also silver and gold and treasure of kings and provinces I acquired for myself male singers and female singers and [the] delights of [the] children of humankind breast and breasts.
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 I increased more than any who was before me in Jerusalem also wisdom my it remained to 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 all that they asked eyes my not I withheld from them not I restrained heart my from any pleasure for heart my [was] joyful from all toil my and this it was reward my from all toil my.
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.
And I turned I on all works my that had done hands my and on the toil that I had toiled to do and there! everything [was] futility and striving of wind and there not [was] 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 I to consider wisdom and madness and folly for - what? [is] the person who will come after the king [that] which already people have done it.
13 Ani akkuma ifni dukkana irra wayyu sana, akka ogummaan gowwummaa irra wayyu nan arge.
And I saw I that there [is] advantage of wisdom more than folly like [the] advantage of light more than 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 [person] eyes his [are] in head his and the fool in darkness [is] walking and I knew also I that fate one it will happen to all of them.
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 I in heart my like [the] fate of the fool also me it will happen to me and why? have I become wise I then excessively and I said in heart my that also this [is] futility.
16 Ogeessi akkuma gowwaa yeroo dheeraaf hin yaadatamuutii; bara dhufuuf jiru keessa isaan lachuu ni irraanfatamu. Ogeessis akkuma gowwaa duʼuu qaba!
For there not [is] remembrance of the wise man with the fool for a long time in that already the days coming everything it has been forgotten and how! he will die the wise [person] with 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 [was] evil on me the work that was done under the sun for everything [is] futility and striving of wind.
18 Ani sababii nama ana duubaan dhufuuf waan kana dhiisuu qabuuf, waanan aduudhaa gaditti itti dadhabe hunda nan jibbe.
And I hated I all toil my that I [was] a laborer under the sun that I will leave it to the person who will 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? [is] knowing ¿ a wise [person] will he be or? a fool so he may have power over all toil my that I have toiled and that I worked skillfully under the sun also this [is] futility.
20 Kanaafuu garaan koo sababii hojii koo dadhabsiisaa ani aduudhaa gaditti itti dadhabe hundaatiif abdii kutachuu jalqabe.
And I turned I to make despair heart my on all the toil that I have toiled 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.
If there [was] a person who toil his [was] with wisdom and with knowledge and with skill and to a person who not he toiled in it he will give it portion his also this [is] futility and an evil great.
22 Namni tokko dadhabbii isaatiif yaalii cimaa aduudhaa gaditti godhe sana hundaaf maal argata?
For what? [is] becoming to the person in all toil his and in [the] striving of heart his that he [was] a laborer 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 days his [are] pains and [is] vexation task his also in the night not it rests heart his also this [is] futility it.
24 Namni nyaatee dhugee hojii isaatti gammaduu caalaa homaa gochuu hin dandaʼu. Ani akka wanni kun harka Waaqaatii dhufe nan arge;
There not [is] good for person that he will eat and he will drink and he will show self his good in toil his also this I have seen I that [is] from [the] hand of God it.
25 Waaqaan malee eenyutu nyaachuu yookaan gammaduu dandaʼa?
For who? will he eat and who? will he enjoy outside from me.
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 to anyone who [is] good before him he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy and to the sinner he gives a task to gather and to collect to give [it] to a [person] good before God also this [is] futility and striving of wind.