Fakkeenya 6
1 Yaa ilma ko, ati yoo ollaa keetiif wabii taatee harka dhooftee nama ormaatiif kakatte,
My son, if you be surety for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger,
2 yoo waanuma dubbatteen qabamtee dubbuma afaan keetiitiin kiyyoo seente,
You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.
3 yoos yaa ilma ko, ati sababii harka ollaa keetii seentee jirtuuf ati of baasuudhaaf dafii dhaqiitii gad of qabii jabeessiitii ollaa kee kadhadhu!
Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.
4 Ija keetiif hirriba, baallee ija keetiitiif immoo mugaatii hin eeyyamin.
Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Ati akkuma kuruphee harka adamsituutii baatuutti, akkuma simbirroo kiyyoo nama ishee qabuu jalaa baatuutti of oolchi.
Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Yaa dhibaaʼaa nana mee gara goondaa dhaqi; karaa ishee qalbeeffadhuutii ogeessa taʼi!
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Inni ajajaa hin qabu; toʼataa yookaan bulchaa hin qabu;
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 taʼu illee inni bona keessa nyaata isaa kuufata; yeroo midhaan galfamutti immoo nyaata isaa walitti qabata.
Provides her meat in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
9 Yaa dhibaaʼaa nana, ati hamma yoomiitti ciifta? Ati yoomi hirriba keetii kaata?
How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?
10 Hirriba xinnaa, mugaatii xinnaa, xinnoo harka walitti marachuu,
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 hiyyummaanis akkuma hattuutti sitti dhufa; deegummaanis akkuma loltuu hidhateetti sitti dhufa.
So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your want as an armed man.
12 Namni rakkisaan, namni hamaan, dubbii sobaatiin asii fi achi naannaʼa;
A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a fraudulent mouth.
13 inni ijaan dhaʼa; miilla isaatiinis mallattoo kenna; quba isaatiin argisiisa;
He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers;
14 inni garaa isaa isa sobaadhaan hammina yaada; yeroo hundas lola kakaasa.
Frowardness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
15 Kanaafuu badiisni yommusuma isatti dhufa; inni akkuma tasaa caba; deebiʼees hin fayyu.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16 Waaqayyo waan jaʼa jibba; waan torba immoo ni xireeffata; isaanis:
These six things does the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him:
17 Ija of tuulu, arraba sobu, harka dhiiga nama balleessaa hin qabnee dhangalaasu,
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 garaa mala hamaa malu, miilla gara jalʼinaatti ariifatu,
An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 dhuga baatuu sobaa kan soba dhangalaasu, nama obboloota gidduutti lola kakaasuu dha.
A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers.
20 Yaa ilma ko, ajaja abbaa keetii eegi; barsiisa haadha keetii illee hin gatin.
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother:
21 Bara baraan garaa keetti qabadhu; morma keettis hidhadhu.
Bind them continually on your heart, and tie them about your neck.
22 Yeroo ati deemtu isaan si qajeelchu; yeroo ati raftu si eegu; yeroo ati hirribaa kaatu illee si haasofsiisu.
When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you wake, it shall talk with you.
23 Ajajni kun ibsaadhaatii; barsiisni kunis ifa; sirreeffamni amalaa immoo karaa jireenyaa ti;
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 isaan dubartii hamtuu irraa, niitii kashlabbee afaan dammaa irraa si eegu.
To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Garaa kee keessatti bareedina ishee hin dharraʼin; yookaan akka isheen ija isheetiin si boojitu hin godhin.
Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.
26 Sagaagaltuun buddeena tokkoon bitamtiitii; ejjituunis jireenyuma kee adamsiti.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Namni bobaa jalatti ibidda baadhatee wayyaan isaa hin gubanne jiraa?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Namni ibidda cilee irra ejjetee miilli isaa hin gubanne jiraa?
Can one go on hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29 Namni niitii nama biraa wajjin ciisus akkasuma taʼa; namni ishee tuqu kam iyyuu utuu hin adabamin hin hafu.
So he that goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
30 Yoo hattuun tokko beela baʼuuf jedhee hate, namoonni hin tuffatan.
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31 Garuu inni yoo qabame dachaa torba baasa; miʼa mana isaa hundas ni kenna.
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32 Namni sagaagalu qalbii hin qabu; namni waan akkasii hojjetu ofuma galaafata.
But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul.
33 Qoodni isaa dhaanamuu fi salphachuu dha; qaaniin isaa yoom iyyuu isa irraa hin haqamu.
A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 Hinaaffaan aarii dhirsaa kakaasaatii; inni yeroo haaloo baʼutti dhiifama tokko iyyuu hin godhu.
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 Inni beenyaa tokko illee hin fudhatu; hammam baayʼatu iyyuu inni mattaʼaa ni dida.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
