Fakkeenya 18
1 Namni addaan of baasu ofittummaa duukaa buʼa; murtii dhugaa hundaanis ni morma.
He that wole go a wei fro a frend, sekith occasiouns; in al tyme he schal be dispisable.
2 Namni gowwaan hubannaa argachuutti hin gammadu; garuu yaaduma isaa ibsuutti gammada.
A fool resseyueth not the wordis of prudence; `no but thou seie tho thingis, that ben turned in his herte.
3 Yeroo hamminni dhufu tuffiin dhufa; salphinnis qaanii wajjin dhufa.
A wickid man, whanne he cometh in to depthe of synnes, dispisith; but sclaundre and schenschipe sueth hym.
4 Dubbiin afaan namaa bishaan gad fagoo dha; burqaan ogummaa garuu bishaan yaaʼuu dha.
Deep watir is the wordis of the mouth of a man; and a stronde fletinge ouer is the welle of wisdom.
5 Gara nama hamaa goruun yookaan nama balleessaa hin qabne murtii qajeelaa dhowwachuun gaarii miti.
It is not good to take the persoone of a wickid man in doom, that thou bowe awei fro the treuthe of dom.
6 Hidhiin gowwaa lola fida; afaan isaas rukutamuu itti waama.
The lippis of a fool medlen hem silf with chidyngis; and his mouth excitith stryues.
7 Afaan gowwaa badiisa isaa ti; hidhiin isaas kiyyoo lubbuu isaa ti.
The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.
8 Dubbiin hamattuu akkuma gurshaa miʼaawuu ti; gara kutaa garaattis gad buʼa.
The wordis of a double tungid man ben as symple; and tho comen `til to the ynnere thingis of the wombe. Drede castith doun a slowe man; forsothe the soulis of men turned in to wymmens condicioun schulen haue hungur.
9 Namni hojii isaa irratti dhibaaʼu, obboleessa nama waa balleessuu ti.
He that is neisch, and vnstidfast in his werk, is the brother of a man distriynge hise werkis.
10 Maqaan Waaqayyoo gamoo jabaa dha; namni qajeelaan itti baqatee badiisa oola.
A strongeste tour is the name of the Lord; a iust man renneth to hym, and schal be enhaunsid.
11 Qabeenyi sooreyyii isaaniif magaalaa daʼoo qabduu dha; isaanis akka dallaa ol dheeraatti hedu.
The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; and as a stronge wal cumpassinge hym.
12 Kufaatiidhaan dura garaan namaa of tuula; gad of qabuun garuu ulfinaan dura dhufa.
The herte of man is enhaunsid, bifor that it be brokun; and it is maad meke, bifore that it be glorified.
13 Utuu hin dhaggeeffatin deebii kennuun, gowwummaa fi qaanii dha.
He that answerith bifore that he herith, shewith hym silf to be a fool; and worthi of schenschipe.
14 Hafuurri namaa dhukkuba ni obsa; hafuura cabe garuu eenyutu obsuu dandaʼa?
The spirit of a man susteyneth his feblenesse; but who may susteyne a spirit liyt to be wrooth?
15 Garaan nama hubataa beekumsa argata; gurri ogeessaas waan kana barbaada.
The herte of a prudent man schal holde stidfastli kunnyng; and the eere of wise men sekith techyng.
16 Kennaan abbicha kennuuf karaa bana; fuula namoota gurguddaa durattis isa dhiʼeessa.
The yift of a man alargith his weie; and makith space to hym bifore princes.
17 Hamma namni biraa dhufee isaan mormutti, namni jalqabatti himata isaa dhiʼeeffatu tokko dhugaa qabeessa fakkaata.
A iust man is the first accusere of hym silf; his frend cometh, and schal serche hym.
18 Ixaa buusuun wal falmii qabbaneessa; namoota wal lolan jajjaboos addaan galcha.
Lot ceessith ayenseiyngis; and demeth also among miyti men.
19 Obboleessa yakkame tokko deebisuun magaalaa daʼoo qabdu irra ulfaata; wal falmiinis akkuma danqaraa karra dallaa dhagaa ti.
A brother that is helpid of a brothir, is as a stidfast citee; and domes ben as the barris of citees.
20 Ija afaan isaatiin garaan namaa quufa; dubbii arraba isaatiinis ni guuta.
A mannus wombe schal be fillid of the fruit of his mouth; and the seedis of hise lippis schulen fille hym.
21 Arrabni humna jireenyaatii fi duʼaa qaba; warri isa jaallatanis ija isaa nyaatu.
Deth and lijf ben in the werkis of tunge; thei that louen it, schulen ete the fruytis therof.
22 Namni niitii argatu waan gaarii argata; fuula Waaqayyoo durattis surraa argata.
He that fyndith a good womman, fyndith a good thing; and of the Lord he schal drawe vp myrthe. He that puttith a wey a good womman, puttith awei a good thing; but he that holdith auowtresse, is a fool and vnwijs.
23 Hiyyeessi arraba laafaadhaan dubbata; sooressi garuu sagalee jabaadhaan deebii kenna.
A pore man schal speke with bisechingis; and a riche man schal speke sterneli.
24 Namni michoota baayʼisu ni bada; garuu michuun obboleessa caalaa namatti aanu ni jira.
A man freendli to felouschipe schal more be a frend, than a brothir.
