Fakkeenya 1
1 Fakkeenya Solomoon Ilma Daawit, mootii Israaʼel:
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 Ogummaa fi qajeelfama qabaachuudhaaf, dubbii beekumsa guddaa hubachuudhaaf;
For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
3 ogummaadhaan jiraachuudhaan, qajeelummaadhaan, murtii qajeelaa kennuu fi nama wal qixxeessuudhaan qajeelfama argachuudhaaf;
For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
4 warra waa hin beekneef of eeggannoo kennuudhaaf, dargaggootaaf immoo beekumsaa fi hubannaa kennuudhaaf,
For giving to simple ones—prudence, To a youth—knowledge and discretion.
5 ogeeyyiin dhaggeeffatanii barumsa isaanii irratti waa haa dabalatan; warri qalbii qabanis qajeelfama haa argatan;
(The wise hear and increase learning, And the intelligent obtain counsels.)
6 kunis fakkeenyaa fi hiikkaa, jechaa fi hibboo ogeeyyii hubachuudhaaf.
For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
7 Waaqayyoon sodaachuun jalqaba ogummaa ti; gowwoonni garuu ogummaa fi adabamuu tuffatu.
Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
8 Yaa ilma ko, gorsa abbaa keetii dhaggeeffadhu; barsiisa haadha keetii illee hin gatin.
Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, And do not leave the law of your mother,
9 Wanni kun mataa kee miidhagsuudhaaf gonfoo, morma kee bareechuudhaaf immoo faaya siif taʼa.
For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, And chains to your neck.
10 Yaa ilma ko, yoo cubbamoonni sossobanii ofitti si harkisan, tole hin jedhiniif.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.
11 Yoo isaan, “Nu wajjin kottu; riphnee dhiiga namaa dhangalaasnaa; nama balleessaa hin qabne galaafachuudhaafis dhokannee eeggannaa;
If they say, “Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
12 kottu akkuma awwaalaa jiraatti isaan liqimsinaa; akkuma warra boolla keessa buufamaniis guutumaan guutuutti isaan liqimsinaa; (Sheol h7585)
We swallow them as Sheol—alive, And whole—as those going down [to] the pit, (Sheol h7585)
13 nu waan gatii qabu kan gosa hundaa ni arganna; manneen keenya illee boojuudhaan guuttanna;
We find every precious substance, We fill our houses [with] spoil,
14 ixaa kee nu wajjin buufadhu; nus korojoo tokko si wajjin qooddannaa” siin jedhan,
You cast your lot among us, One purse is—to all of us.”
15 yaa ilma ko, ati isaan wajjin hin deemin; miilla keetiin karaa isaanii irra illee hin ejjetin;
My son! Do not go in the way with them, Withhold your foot from their path,
16 miilli isaanii cubbuutti ariifataatii; isaan dhiiga dhangalaasuuf jarjaru.
For their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed blood.
17 Utuma simbirroonni hundi arganuu, kiyyoo buusuun waan gatii hin qabnee dha!
Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
18 Namoonni kunneen dhiiguma ofii isaanii riphanii eeggatu; lubbuma ofii isaanii gaadu!
And they lay wait for their own blood, They watch secretly for their own lives.
19 Kun dhuma warra qabeenya karaa hamaadhaan argamu duukaa buʼan hundaa ti; wanni akkasii jireenya warra isa argatanii balleessa.
So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, It takes the life of its owners.
20 Ogummaan karaa irratti guddiftee iyyiti; iddoo wal gaʼii uummataattis sagalee ishee ol fudhatti.
Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place, She gives forth her voice in broad places,
21 Isheen fiixee daandii irraa iyyiti; karra magaalaa duraas akkana jettee dubbatti:
She calls at the head of the multitudes, In the openings of the gates, In the city she says her sayings:
22 “Isin warri homaa hin beekne kun hamma yoomiitti karaa keessan kan faayidaa hin qabne sana jaallattu? Warri namatti qoosan hamma yoomiitti qoosaa sanatti gammadanii gowwoonnis beekumsa jibbu?
“Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?
23 Mormii koo qalbeeffadhaa; ani yaada koo isinii nan dhangalaasa; dubbii koos isiniifin ibsa.
Turn back at my reproof, behold, I pour forth my spirit to you, I make known my words with you.
24 Garuu sababii isin yeroo ani isin waametti diddanii yeroo ani harka balʼifadhetti namni tokko iyyuu na hin dhaggeeffatiniif,
Because I have called, and you refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
25 waan isin gorsa koo hunda tuffattanii dheekkamsa koo dhagaʼuu diddaniif,
And you slight all my counsel, And you have not desired my reproof.
26 anis badiisa keessanitti nan kolfa, yeroo balaan isinitti dhufuttis nan qoosa;
I also laugh in your calamity, I deride when your fear comes,
27 yeroo balaan akkuma bubbeetti isin fudhatutti, yeroo badiisni akkuma bubbee hamaatti isin haxaaʼutti, yeroo dhiphinaa fi rakkinni isinitti dhufutti ani isinittan qoosa.
When your fear comes as destruction, And your calamity comes as a windstorm, When adversity and distress come on you.
28 “Yeroo sana isaan na waammatu; ani garuu isaan jalaa hin owwaadhu; isaan na barbaadu; garuu na hin argatan.
Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.
29 Isaan waan beekumsa jibbanii Waaqayyoon sodaachuu illee filachuu didaniif,
Because that they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of YHWH.
30 waan gorsa koo fudhachuu didanii dheekkamsa koos tuffataniif,
They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
31 isaan gatii karaa isaanii ni nyaatu; buʼaa jalʼina isaaniis ni quufu.
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And they are filled from their own counsels.
32 Gowwoota waa dagachuutu isaan balleessaatii; quufni gowwootaa isaanuma balleessa;
For the turning of the simple slays them, And the security of the foolish destroys them.
33 namni na dhaggeeffatu kam iyyuu garuu nagaadhaan jiraata; inni qabbanaan jiraata; wanni hamaanis isa hin sodaachisu.”
And whoever is listening to me dwells confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!”
