Fakkeenya 1
1 Fakkeenya Solomoon Ilma Daawit, mootii Israaʼel:
[the] proverbs of Solomon [the] son of David [the] king of Israel.
2 Ogummaa fi qajeelfama qabaachuudhaaf, dubbii beekumsa guddaa hubachuudhaaf;
To learn wisdom and discipline to teach words of understanding.
3 ogummaadhaan jiraachuudhaan, qajeelummaadhaan, murtii qajeelaa kennuu fi nama wal qixxeessuudhaan qajeelfama argachuudhaaf;
To receive correction of insight righteousness and justice and uprightness.
4 warra waa hin beekneef of eeggannoo kennuudhaaf, dargaggootaaf immoo beekumsaa fi hubannaa kennuudhaaf,
To give to naive people prudence to a youth knowledge and discretion.
5 ogeeyyiin dhaggeeffatanii barumsa isaanii irratti waa haa dabalatan; warri qalbii qabanis qajeelfama haa argatan;
Let him listen a prudent [one] and let him increase insight and a discerning [one] wise directions let him get.
6 kunis fakkeenyaa fi hiikkaa, jechaa fi hibboo ogeeyyii hubachuudhaaf.
To understand a proverb and an enigma [the] words of learned ones and parables their.
7 Waaqayyoon sodaachuun jalqaba ogummaa ti; gowwoonni garuu ogummaa fi adabamuu tuffatu.
[the] fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they despise.
8 Yaa ilma ko, gorsa abbaa keetii dhaggeeffadhu; barsiisa haadha keetii illee hin gatin.
Listen to O son my [the] correction of father your and may not you reject [the] instruction of mother your.
9 Wanni kun mataa kee miidhagsuudhaaf gonfoo, morma kee bareechuudhaaf immoo faaya siif taʼa.
For - [will be] a wreath of favor they for head your and necklaces for neck your.
10 Yaa ilma ko, yoo cubbamoonni sossobanii ofitti si harkisan, tole hin jedhiniif.
O son my if they will entice you sinners may not you be willing.
11 Yoo isaan, “Nu wajjin kottu; riphnee dhiiga namaa dhangalaasnaa; nama balleessaa hin qabne galaafachuudhaafis dhokannee eeggannaa;
If they will say come! with us let us lie in wait for blood let us lie hidden for an innocent [one] without cause.
12 kottu akkuma awwaalaa jiraatti isaan liqimsinaa; akkuma warra boolla keessa buufamaniis guutumaan guutuutti isaan liqimsinaa; (Sheol h7585)
Let us engulf them like Sheol alive and complete like [those who] go down of [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
13 nu waan gatii qabu kan gosa hundaa ni arganna; manneen keenya illee boojuudhaan guuttanna;
All wealth prized we will find we will fill houses our plunder.
14 ixaa kee nu wajjin buufadhu; nus korojoo tokko si wajjin qooddannaa” siin jedhan,
Lot your you will cast in midst of us a bag one it will belong to all of us.
15 yaa ilma ko, ati isaan wajjin hin deemin; miilla keetiin karaa isaanii irra illee hin ejjetin;
O son my may not you walk in [the] way with them restrain foot your from pathway their.
16 miilli isaanii cubbuutti ariifataatii; isaan dhiiga dhangalaasuuf jarjaru.
For feet their to evil they run and they may make haste to shed blood.
17 Utuma simbirroonni hundi arganuu, kiyyoo buusuun waan gatii hin qabnee dha!
For in vain [is] spread out the net in [the] eyes of every owner of a wing.
18 Namoonni kunneen dhiiguma ofii isaanii riphanii eeggatu; lubbuma ofii isaanii gaadu!
And they for own blood their they lie in wait they lie hidden for own life their.
19 Kun dhuma warra qabeenya karaa hamaadhaan argamu duukaa buʼan hundaa ti; wanni akkasii jireenya warra isa argatanii balleessa.
[are] thus [the] paths of Every [one who] gains unjustly unjust gain [the] life of owners its it will take.
20 Ogummaan karaa irratti guddiftee iyyiti; iddoo wal gaʼii uummataattis sagalee ishee ol fudhatti.
Wisdom in the street it cries aloud in the open places she gives voice her.
21 Isheen fiixee daandii irraa iyyiti; karra magaalaa duraas akkana jettee dubbatti:
At [the] top of noisy [places] she calls out at [the] entrances of [the] gates in the city sayings her she utters.
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? - O naive people will you love naivete and mockers mockery do they delight in? themselves and fools will they hate? knowledge.
23 Mormii koo qalbeeffadhaa; ani yaada koo isinii nan dhangalaasa; dubbii koos isiniifin ibsa.
You will turn back to rebuke my here! I will pour out to you spirit my let me declare words my you.
24 Garuu sababii isin yeroo ani isin waametti diddanii yeroo ani harka balʼifadhetti namni tokko iyyuu na hin dhaggeeffatiniif,
Because I called and you refused I offered hand my and there not [was] an attentive [one].
25 waan isin gorsa koo hunda tuffattanii dheekkamsa koo dhagaʼuu diddaniif,
And you ignored all advice my and rebuke my not you yielded to.
26 anis badiisa keessanitti nan kolfa, yeroo balaan isinitti dhufuttis nan qoosa;
Also I at calamity your I will laugh I will mock when comes dread your.
27 yeroo balaan akkuma bubbeetti isin fudhatutti, yeroo badiisni akkuma bubbee hamaatti isin haxaaʼutti, yeroo dhiphinaa fi rakkinni isinitti dhufutti ani isinittan qoosa.
When comes (like devastation *Q(K)*) dread your and calamity your like a storm-wind it will arrive when comes on you trouble and distress.
28 “Yeroo sana isaan na waammatu; ani garuu isaan jalaa hin owwaadhu; isaan na barbaadu; garuu na hin argatan.
Then they will call to me and not I will answer they will earnestly seek me and not they will find me.
29 Isaan waan beekumsa jibbanii Waaqayyoon sodaachuu illee filachuu didaniif,
Because for they hated knowledge and [the] fear of Yahweh not they chose.
30 waan gorsa koo fudhachuu didanii dheekkamsa koos tuffataniif,
Not they yielded to advice my they spurned all rebuke my.
31 isaan gatii karaa isaanii ni nyaatu; buʼaa jalʼina isaaniis ni quufu.
So they may eat from [the] fruit of way their and from own schemes their they will be surfeited.
32 Gowwoota waa dagachuutu isaan balleessaatii; quufni gowwootaa isaanuma balleessa;
For [the] waywardness of naive people it will ruin them and [the] ease of fools it will destroy them.
33 namni na dhaggeeffatu kam iyyuu garuu nagaadhaan jiraata; inni qabbanaan jiraata; wanni hamaanis isa hin sodaachisu.”
And [one who] listens to me he will dwell security and he will be at ease from dread of trouble.
