Fakkeenya 17
1 Mana nyaataa dhugaatiin guutame kan lola qabuu mannaa, iddoo nagaan jirutti hurraaʼaa buddeena goggogaa wayya.
[is] good A morsel dry and quietness with it more than a house full sacrifices of strife.
2 Garbichi hubataan ilma salphaa bulcha; obboloota gidduuttis dhaala qooddata.
A servant [who] acts prudently he will rule over a son [who] acts shamefully and in among brothers he will share [the] inheritance.
3 Okkoteen waa itti baqsan meetiif, boolli ibiddaa immoo warqeef; Waaqayyo garuu garaa namaa qora.
A crucible [is] for silver and a smelting furnace [is] for gold and [is] testing hearts Yahweh.
4 Namni hamaan dubbii gowwoomsaa dhaggeeffata; sobaanis arraba balaʼamaadhaaf gurra kenna.
An evil-doer [is] paying attention on a lip of wickedness deception [is] giving ear on a tongue of destruction.
5 Namni hiyyeeyyiitti qoosu kan isaan Uume sana tuffata; kan badiisa namaatti gammadu utuu hin adabamin hin hafu.
[one who] mocks the Poor [person] he reproaches maker his [a person] joyful for calamity not he will go unpunished.
6 Nama jaare tokkoof ilmaan ilmaan isaa gonfoo dha; haadhaa fi abbaanis ijoollee isaaniitiif ulfina.
[are the] crown of Old [people] children of children and [are the] honor of children parents their.
7 Dubbiin baʼeessi nama gowwaatti hin tolu; hidhiin sobu immoo hammam bulchaa tokkotti haa hammaatu ree!
Not [is] suitable for a fool a lip of excellence indeed? for for a noble [person] a lip of deception.
8 Mattaʼaan namicha kennuuf miʼa falfalaa ti; inni lafa dhaqu kamitti iyyuu ni milkaaʼa.
[is] a stone of Favor the bribe in [the] eyes of owners its to all that he turns he prospers.
9 Namni balleessaa namaaf dhiisu jaalala guddisa; namni waan tokko irra deddeebiʼu, garuu michoota walitti dhiʼaatan gargar baasa.
[one who] conceals A transgression [is] seeking love and [one who] repeats a matter [is] separating a close friend.
10 Hamma gowwaan yeroo dhibba garafamee itti dhagaʼamu caalaa ifannaan nama waa hubatutti dhagaʼama.
It goes deep a rebuke in [one who] understands more than striking a fool a hundred [times].
11 Namni hamaan fincila qofa barbaada; ergamaan namaa hin naane isatti ni ergama.
Only rebellion he seeks an evil [person] and a messenger cruel he will be sent in him.
12 Gowwaa gowwummaa isa keessa jiruun walitti dhufuu mannaa amaaketa dhaltuu ilmaan ishee jalaa fudhatamaniin walitti dhufuu wayya.
May he meet a bear robbed of cubs a person and may not [he meet] a fool in foolishness his.
13 Nama qooda gaarii hamaa deebisu, hamminni mana isaa keessaa hin baʼu.
[one who] returns Evil for good not (it will depart *Q(k)*) evil from house his.
14 Lola jalqabuun akkuma bishaan cabsanii yaasuu ti; kanaafuu utuu lolli hin hoʼin dubbii dhiisi.
[is one who] lets out Water [the] beginning of strife and before it has broken out the dispute abandon.
15 Waaqayyo waan kana lachuu ni balfa; kunis nama yakka qabu qulqulluu gochuu fi nama balleessaa hin qabnetti muruu dha.
[one who] justifies [the] wicked And [one who] condemns as guilty [the] righteous [are] [the] abomination of Yahweh also both of them.
16 Sababii inni ogummaa argachuuf fedhii hin qabneef, maallaqni harka gowwaa jiru faayidaa maalii qaba?
Why? this [is] a price in [the] hand of a fool to acquire wisdom and [is] heart there not.
17 Michuun yeroo hunda nama jaallata; obboleessi immoo guyyaa rakkootiif dhalata.
At every time [is] loving the friend and a brother for adversity he is born.
18 Namni qalbii hin qabne harka dhaʼee waa namaaf kakata; fuula ollaa ofii isaa durattis wabii taʼa.
A person lacking of heart [is] striking a palm [is] pledging a pledge before neighbor his.
19 Namni lola jaallatu cubbuu jaallata; namni karra ol dheeraa ijaarus badiisa waama.
[one who] loves Transgression [is] loving contention [one who] makes high entrance his [is] seeking ruin.
20 Namni yaada hamaa qabu hin milkaaʼu; kan arrabni isaa nama gowwoomsus rakkoo keessa seena.
[a person] twisted of Heart not he finds good and [one who] is perverted in tongue his he falls in trouble.
21 Ilmi gowwaan abbaa isaatti gadda fida; abbaan ilma gowwaas hin gammadu.
[one who] begets A fool to grief of him and not he rejoices [the] father of a fool.
22 Garaan gammadu qoricha gaarii dha; hafuurri cabe immoo lafee gogsa.
A heart joyful it makes good healing and a spirit stricken it dries up bone[s].
23 Namni hamaan karaa murtii qajeelaa jalʼisuuf jedhee dhoksaadhaan mattaʼaa fudhata.
A bribe from [the] bosom a wicked [person] he accepts to turn aside [the] paths of justice.
24 Namni hubataan fuula isaa gara ogummaatti deebifata; iji gowwaa garuu hamma handaara lafaatti joora.
[is] with [the] face of [one who] has understanding Wisdom and [the] eyes of a fool [are] at [the] end of [the] earth.
25 Ilmi gowwaan abbaa isaatti gadda fida; haadha isa deessettis jireenya hadheessa.
[is] grief To father his a son a fool and bitterness to [the] [one who] bore him.
26 Nama balleessaa hin qabne tokko adabuun gaarii miti; qondaaltota amanamoo rukutuunis sirrii miti.
Also to impose a fine to righteous [person] not [is] good to strike noble [people] [is] on uprightness.
27 Namni beekaan of qusachaa dubbata; namni hubataanis hafuura qabanaaʼaa qaba.
[one who] restrains Words his [is] knowing knowledge ([a person] noble of *Q(K)*) spirit [is] a person of understanding.
28 Gowwaan iyyuu yommuu calʼisu ogeessa fakkaata; yommuu arraba isaa toʼatus hubataa fakkaata.
Also a fool [who] keeps silent wise he is considered [who] shuts lips his discerning.
