Fakkeenya 8
1 Ogummaan hin iyyuu? Hubannaanis sagalee isaa ol hin fudhatuu?
Doth not wisdom cry, and understanding put forth her voice?
2 Isheen qarqara karaa, lafa ol kaʼaa irra, iddoo daandiin itti wal gaʼu dhaabatti;
In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;
3 karra magaalaatti nama galchu bira, balbala dura dhaabattee akkana jettee iyyiti:
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
4 “Yaa namoota, ani iyyeen isin waama; ani ilmaan namaa hundatti sagalee koo ol nan fudhadha.
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 Isin warri homaa hin beekne, qalbii horadhaa; isin warri gowwaan hubannaa argadhaa.
O ye simple, understand subtilty; and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6 Ani waan faayidaa qabu nan dubbadhaatii, dhagaʼaa; waan qajeelaa dubbachuufis afaan koo nan banadha.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7 Afaan koo dhugaa dubbata; arrabni koo hammina jibbaatii.
For my mouth shall utter truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 Dubbiin afaan koo hundinuu qajeelaa dha; dubbii koo keessaa tokko iyyuu jalʼaa yookaan micciiramaa miti.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9 Nama waa hubatuuf dubbiin koo hundinuu qajeelaa dha; warra beekumsa qabuufis hirʼina hin qabu.
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
10 Qooda meetii gorsa koo, warqee qulqulluu caalaas beekumsa filadhu;
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 ogummaan lula diimaa caalaa gatii guddaa qabdii; wanni ati hawwitu tokko iyyuu isheedhaan wal hin madaalu.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto her.
12 “Ani ogummaan, qalbii wajjin nan jiraadha; ani beekumsaa fi hubannaa qaba.
I wisdom have made subtilty my dwelling, and find out knowledge [and] discretion.
13 Waaqayyoon sodaachuun jibbuu dha; hammina ani of tuulummaa fi of guddisuu, amala hamaa fi haasaa jalʼaa nan jibba.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14 Gorsaa fi murtiin dhugaa kan koo ti; ani hubannaa fi humna qaba.
Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.
15 Mootonni anaan moʼu; bulchitoonnis anaan seera qajeelaa baasu.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 Ilmaan moototaa anaan bulchu; namoonni bebeekamoon hundis anaan biyya bulchu.
By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.
17 Ani warra na jaallatan nan jaalladha; warri na barbaadanis na argatu.
I love them that love me; and those that seek me diligently shall find me.
18 Soorumnii fi ulfinni, qabeenyii fi badhaadhummaan dhuma hin qabne harkuma koo jiru.
Riches and honour are with me; [yea], durable riches and righteousness.
19 Iji koo warqee qulqulluu caala; buʼaan narraa argamus meetii filatamaa caala.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
20 Ani karaa qajeelummaa irra, daandii qajeelaa irras nan deema;
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
21 warra na jaallatutti qabeenya nan dhangalaasa; mankuusa qabeenya isaanii illee nan guuta.
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
22 “Waaqayyo waan bara durii hojjeteen dura, hojii isaa kan jalqabaatiin dura na aanfate;
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23 ani utuu addunyaan hin uumamin dura, jalqabumatti, bara hamma hin qabneen dura nan muudame.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24 Ani utuu tuujubni hin jiraatin, utuu burqaawwan bishaaniin hin guutamin dhaladhe;
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 utuu tulluuwwan iddoo isaanii hin dhaabamin dura, ani gaarraniin dura nan dhaladhe;
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
26 utuu inni lafa yookaan dirree ishee yookaan biyyoo addunyaa tokko iyyuu hin uumin dura nan dhaladhe.
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27 Yeroo inni samiiwwan hundeessetti, yeroo inni dhidhima irra muummee kaaʼetti ani achin ture;
When he established the heavens, I was there: when he set a circle upon the face of the deep:
28 yeroo inni gubbaatti duumessa jabeessee dhaabee madda tuujubaa illee hundeessetti ani achin ture;
When he made firm the sides above: when the fountains of the deep became strong:
29 yeroo inni akka bishaanonni ajaja isaa hin cabsineef jedhee, galaanaaf daangaa dhaabetti, yeroo inni lafa hundeessetti ani achin ture.
When he gave to the sea its bound, that the waters should not transgress his commandment: when he marked out the foundations of the earth:
30 Yeroo sanatti ani ogeessa hojii harkaa taʼee isa biran ture. Ani yeroo hunda fuula isaa dura burraaqaa, guyyuma guyyaadhaan gammachuudhaan guutamaan ture;
Then I was by him, [as] a master workman: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;
31 ani guutummaa addunyaa isaa keessatti ililchaa, ilmaan namaatti illee gammadaan ture.
Rejoicing in his habitable earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.
32 “Eegaa yaa ilmaan ko, mee na dhagaʼaa; warri karaa koo eegan eebbifamoo dha.
Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Gorsa koo dhaggeeffadhaatii ogeeyyii taʼaa; isa hin tuffatinaa.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Namni na dhagaʼu, kan guyyaa hunda balbala koo eegu, kan karra koo dura turu eebbifamaa dha.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 Namni na argatu kam iyyuu jireenya argata; Waaqayyo biratti illee fudhatama argata.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
36 Namni na hin arganne garuu ofuma miidha; namni na jibbu hundinuu duʼa jaallata.”
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
