Fakkeenya 6
1 Yaa ilma ko, ati yoo ollaa keetiif wabii taatee harka dhooftee nama ormaatiif kakatte,
My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed,
2 yoo waanuma dubbatteen qabamtee dubbuma afaan keetiitiin kiyyoo seente,
you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, [because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it]. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you.
3 yoos yaa ilma ko, ati sababii harka ollaa keetii seentee jirtuuf ati of baasuudhaaf dafii dhaqiitii gad of qabii jabeessiitii ollaa kee kadhadhu!
So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your [wealth: ] Humbly go to your friend and plead with him [to cancel the agreement]!
4 Ija keetiif hirriba, baallee ija keetiitiif immoo mugaatii hin eeyyamin.
Do not wait until tomorrow; [go immediately]! Do not rest until you [go and talk with him].
5 Ati akkuma kuruphee harka adamsituutii baatuutti, akkuma simbirroo kiyyoo nama ishee qabuu jalaa baatuutti of oolchi.
Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter [or] like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
6 Yaa dhibaaʼaa nana mee gara goondaa dhaqi; karaa ishee qalbeeffadhuutii ogeessa taʼi!
You lazy individual, learn something from [watching] the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
7 Inni ajajaa hin qabu; toʼataa yookaan bulchaa hin qabu;
They do not have a king or a governor or any [other] person who rules them [and forces them to work],
8 taʼu illee inni bona keessa nyaata isaa kuufata; yeroo midhaan galfamutti immoo nyaata isaa walitti qabata.
[but] they work hard [all] during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
9 Yaa dhibaaʼaa nana, ati hamma yoomiitti ciifta? Ati yoomi hirriba keetii kaata?
[But], you lazy loafer, how long will you [continue to] sleep [RHQ]? Are you never going to get up from sleeping [and go to work]?
10 Hirriba xinnaa, mugaatii xinnaa, xinnoo harka walitti marachuu,
You sleep a for a little time; [you say, “I will take] just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands [across your chest] and rest;
11 hiyyummaanis akkuma hattuutti sitti dhufa; deegummaanis akkuma loltuu hidhateetti sitti dhufa.
and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.
12 Namni rakkisaan, namni hamaan, dubbii sobaatiin asii fi achi naannaʼa;
[I will describe for you what] worthless and evil people [are like]. They constantly lie;
13 inni ijaan dhaʼa; miilla isaatiinis mallattoo kenna; quba isaatiin argisiisa;
by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal [to their friends what they are intending/planning to do].
14 inni garaa isaa isa sobaadhaan hammina yaada; yeroo hundas lola kakaasa.
They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
15 Kanaafuu badiisni yommusuma isatti dhufa; inni akkuma tasaa caba; deebiʼees hin fayyu.
But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
16 Waaqayyo waan jaʼa jibba; waan torba immoo ni xireeffata; isaanis:
There are six, [maybe] seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. [They are]:
17 Ija of tuulu, arraba sobu, harka dhiiga nama balleessaa hin qabnee dhangalaasu,
People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie [MTY]; people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;
18 garaa mala hamaa malu, miilla gara jalʼinaatti ariifatu,
people who plan to do evil deeds; people [SYN] who run quickly to do wrong things;
19 dhuga baatuu sobaa kan soba dhangalaasu, nama obboloota gidduutti lola kakaasuu dha.
people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.
20 Yaa ilma ko, ajaja abbaa keetii eegi; barsiisa haadha keetii illee hin gatin.
My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
21 Bara baraan garaa keetti qabadhu; morma keettis hidhadhu.
Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be [like a beautiful necklace] around your neck.
22 Yeroo ati deemtu isaan si qajeelchu; yeroo ati raftu si eegu; yeroo ati hirribaa kaatu illee si haasofsiisu.
[If you follow our advice, it will be as though] what we have taught you [PRS] will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you.
23 Ajajni kun ibsaadhaatii; barsiisni kunis ifa; sirreeffamni amalaa immoo karaa jireenyaa ti;
These commands and what we teach you [will be like] a lamp to light your path [MET]. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having [a good] life.
24 isaan dubartii hamtuu irraa, niitii kashlabbee afaan dammaa irraa si eegu.
Heeding [PRS] these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from [listening to] the enticing words of an adulterous woman.
25 Garaa kee keessatti bareedina ishee hin dharraʼin; yookaan akka isheen ija isheetiin si boojitu hin godhin.
[Even] if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her (with her eyes/by the way she looks at you).
26 Sagaagaltuun buddeena tokkoon bitamtiitii; ejjituunis jireenyuma kee adamsiti.
[Do not forget that] you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but [if you sleep with] another man’s wife, (it may cost you/you may lose) your life.
27 Namni bobaa jalatti ibidda baadhatee wayyaan isaa hin gubanne jiraa?
Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned [RHQ]?
28 Namni ibidda cilee irra ejjetee miilli isaa hin gubanne jiraa?
Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet?
29 Namni niitii nama biraa wajjin ciisus akkasuma taʼa; namni ishee tuqu kam iyyuu utuu hin adabamin hin hafu.
[No]! And in the same way, anyone who (sleeps with/has sex with) another man’s wife will [suffer for doing that]. [He will certainly] [LIT] be punished severely.
30 Yoo hattuun tokko beela baʼuuf jedhee hate, namoonni hin tuffatan.
We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.
31 Garuu inni yoo qabame dachaa torba baasa; miʼa mana isaa hundas ni kenna.
But [if he steals something and then] is caught [by the police], he will have to pay back (seven times as much as/much more than) he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house [to get enough money to pay it back].
32 Namni sagaagalu qalbii hin qabu; namni waan akkasii hojjetu ofuma galaafata.
[But] a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, [because] he is destroying his own self/soul [by what he is doing].
33 Qoodni isaa dhaanamuu fi salphachuu dha; qaaniin isaa yoom iyyuu isa irraa hin haqamu.
[That woman’s husband] will wound him badly, and [other people] will despise him. His shame will never end.
34 Hinaaffaan aarii dhirsaa kakaasaatii; inni yeroo haaloo baʼutti dhiifama tokko iyyuu hin godhu.
Because that woman’s husband will (be jealous/not want anyone else to sleep with her), he will become furious, and when he gets revenge, he will not act mercifully [toward the man who slept with his wife].
35 Inni beenyaa tokko illee hin fudhatu; hammam baayʼatu iyyuu inni mattaʼaa ni dida.
And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to (appease him/cause him to stop being angry).
