Fakkeenya 23
1 Ati yeroo waa nyaachuuf bulchaa tokko wajjin teessutti, waan fuula kee dura jiru hubadhuu ilaali;
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, thou shalt consider well, what is before thee;
2 ati yoo nyaataaf fedhii guddaa qabaatte, qoonqoo kee irra billaa kaaʼi.
And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
3 Waan nyaanni sun nama gowwoomsuuf, miʼaa isaatti hin gaggabin.
Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.
4 Sooromuuf jettee of hin dadhabsiisin; of qabuufis ogummaa qabaadhu.
Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
5 Sooromni yommuu ati ija irra buufattutti ni bada; inni dhugumaan Baallee baafatee akkuma risaa gara samiitti ol barrisaatii.
Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
6 Buddeena doqnaa hin nyaatin; cidha isaas hin kajeelin;
Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
7 inni yeroo hunda waaʼee gatii yaadaatii. Inni, “Nyaadhuu dhugi” siin jedha; garaan isaa garuu si wajjin hin jiru.
For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.
8 Ati waanuma xinnoo nyaatte sana ni diddigda; dubbii kee gaarii sana illee ni dhabda.
As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.
9 Sababii inni ogummaa dubbii keetii tuffatuuf ati nama gowwaatti hin dubbatin.
In the ears of a dullard, do not speak, for he will despise the good sense of thy words.
10 Dhagaa daangaa durii hin dhiibin yookaan lafa qotiisaa ijoollee abbaa hin qabneetti hin darbin.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
11 Furiin isaanii jabaadhaatii; inni gara isaanii goree sitti falma.
For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.
12 Qalbii kee gara gorsaatti, gurra kee immoo gara dubbii beekumsaatti deebifadhu.
Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.
13 Ijoollee kee adabachuu hin dhiisin; yoo ati arcummeedhaan adabde isaan hin duʼan.
Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Thou, with the rod, shalt smite him, and, his soul from hades, shalt thou deliver. (Sheol h7585)
15 Yaa ilma ko, yoo garaan kee ogeessa taʼe, garaan koo ni gammada;
My son! if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 yoo arrabni kee waan qajeelaa dubbate, keessi koo baayʼee gammada.
So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.
17 Garaan kee cubbamootatti hin hinaafin; garuu yeroo hunda Waaqayyoon sodaadhu.
Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;
18 Ati dhugumaan gara fuulduraatti abdii qabda; abdiin kees hin citu.
For surely there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
19 Yaa ilma ko, dhaggeeffadhu; ogeessa taʼi; qalbii kee daandii qajeelaa irra buufadhu.
Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart.
20 Warra daadhii wayinii baayʼee dhuganitti yookaan warra foonitti gaggabanitti hin makamin;
Do not be among them who tipple with wine, —among them who are gluttons;
21 machooftuu fi albaadheyyiin ni hiyyoomu; hirriba baayʼisuunis moofaa nama uffachiisa.
For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
22 Abbaa kee kan si dhalche dhagaʼi; haadha kees yeroo isheen jaartu hin tuffatin.
Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.
23 Dhugaa bitadhu malee hin gurgurin; ogummaa, qajeelfamaa fi hubannaas bitadhu.
Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.
24 Abbaan nama qajeelaa gammachuu guddaa qaba; namni ilma ogeessa qabu isatti gammada.
Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him:
25 Abbaan keetii fi haati kee haa gammadan; isheen si deesse sun haa ililchitu!
Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.
26 Yaa ilma ko, garaa kee naa kenni; iji kees karaa koo haa ilaalu;
Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;
27 sagaagaltuun boolla gad fagoodhaatii, niitiin ganda labeenis boolla bishaanii dhiphaa dha.
For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;
28 Isheen akkuma saamtuutti riphxee nama eeggatti; namoota gidduuttis warra hin amanamne baayʼifti.
Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.
29 Eenyutu, “Anaaf wayyoo!” jedha? Eenyutu gadda qaba? Eenyutu lola qaba? Eenyutu komii qaba? Eenyutu sababii malee madaaʼa? Kan iji isaa diimatu eenyu?
Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?
30 Warra daadhii wayinii dhuguu irra akka malee turan, warra daadhii wayinii walmakaa afaaniin qabuu dhaqanii dha.
They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine.
31 Yeroo inni diimatutti, yeroo inni billillee keessa ol xixinniqutti, yeroo inni suuta jedhee gad buʼutti daadhii wayinii ija itti qabdee hin ilaalin.
Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.
32 Dhuma irratti akkuma bofaa nama idda; akkuma buutiis nama ciniina.
Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.
33 Iji kee waan haaraa arga; qalbiin kees jalʼina yaada.
Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:
34 Ati akkuma nama walakkaa galaana guddaa ciisuu ti; akkuma nama fiixee utubaa doonii irra ciisuu taata.
So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, —or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:
35 Ati akkana jetta; “Isaan na dhaʼan; ani garuu hin miidhamne! Isaan na tuman; garuu natti hin dhagaʼamne! Ani dhugaatii biraa barbaaddachuuf yooman dammaqa?”
They smote me—I felt no pain, They struck me down—I noticed it not, —When shall I wake up? I will go on, I will seek it, again!
