Fakkeenya 28
1 Namni hamaan utuu namni tokko iyyuu isa hin ariʼin baqata; qajeeltonni garuu akkuma leencaa ija jabaatu.
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
2 Biyya fincilu keessa bulchitoota hedduutu jira; bulchaan hubataanii fi beekaan garuu seera eegsisa.
By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged.
3 Bulchaan hiyyeessa hacuucu tokko akkuma bokkaa jabaa midhaan lafa irraa balleessuu ti.
A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
4 Warri seera didan hamoota jaju; warri seera eegan garuu isaaniin mormu.
Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
5 Jalʼoonni murtii qajeelaa hin hubatan; warri Waaqayyoon barbaadan immoo guutumaan guutuutti hubatu.
Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.
6 Sooressa karaan isaa jalʼaa taʼe mannaa hiyyeessa adeemsi isaa mudaa hin qabne wayya.
Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
7 Namni seera eegu ilma ogeessa; michuun albaadhessaa immoo abbaa isaa qaanessa.
Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
8 Namni dhalaa fi hiiqiidhaan qabeenya isaa guddifatu kam iyyuu, nama hiyyeessaaf garaa laafuuf walitti qaba.
Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
9 Nama seeraaf gurra kennuu didu kam iyyuu, kadhannaan isaa balfamaa dha.
Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
10 Namni nama tolaa karaa jalʼaa irra adeemsisu kam iyyuu kiyyoo ofii isaa keessa seena; namni balleessaa hin qabne garuu dhaala gaarii argata.
Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
11 Namni sooressi ogeessa of seʼa; hiyyeessi hubannaa qabu garuu isa qoree bira gaʼa.
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
12 Yeroo namni qajeelaan moʼatutti gammachuu guddaatu taʼa; yeroo namni hamaan aangoo qabatutti garuu namoonni ni dhokatu.
In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
13 Namni cubbuu ofii dhokfatu hin milkaaʼu; kan cubbuu isaa himatee irraa deebiʼu garuu araara argata.
Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
14 Namni yeroo hunda Waaqayyoon sodaatu eebbifamaa dha; kan mataa jabaatu garuu rakkoo keessatti kufa.
O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
15 Namni hamaan hiyyeeyyii bulchu, akkuma leenca aaduu yookaan amaaketa wayitti ariifatuu ti.
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
16 Bulchaan akka malee nama cunqursu hubannaa hin qabu; kan buʼaa karaa hin malleen argamu jibbu garuu bara dheeraa jiraata.
A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
17 Namni yakki dhiiga namaa dhangalaasuu isa irra jiru, boollatti baqata; namni tokko iyyuu isa hin gargaarin.
A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
18 Namni adeemsi isaa mudaa hin qabne nagumaan jiraata; kan karaan isaa jalʼaa taʼe garuu boollatti kufa.
Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
19 Namni lafa isaa qotatu nyaata guddaa argata; kan yaada faayidaa hin qabne duukaa buʼu garuu hiyyumaan guutama.
Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.
20 Namni amanamaan eebba quufa; kan sooromuutti gaggabu garuu adabbii jalaa hin baʼu.
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
21 Nama wal caalchisuun gaarii miti; namni garuu muraa buddeenaa argachuuf jedhee yakka hojjeta.
To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
22 Namni waa kajeelu sooromuuf jarjara; inni akka hiyyummaan isa eeggatu hin beeku.
Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
23 Namni nama ifatu dhuma irratti nama arrabaan nama saadu caalaa surraa argata.
Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
24 Namni abbaa yookaan haadha isaa saamee, “Kun balleessaa miti” jedhu garee nama waa balleessuu ti.
Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
25 Namni wayitti gaggabu lola kakaasa; kan Waaqayyoon amanatu garuu ni badhaadha.
Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
26 Namni of amanatu gowwaa dha; kan ogummaadhaan deemu immoo nagaadhaan jiraata.
Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.
27 Namni hiyyeessaaf kennu waan tokko illee hin dhabu; kan ija dunuunfatu garuu abaarsa baayʼee argata.
Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
28 Yeroo namni hamaan aangoo qabatutti namoonni ni dhokatu; yeroo namni hamaan badutti garuu qajeeltonni ni baayʼatu.
In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!
