Fakkeenya 9
1 Ogummaan mana ishee ijaarratte; utubaa ishee torbanis dhagaa irraa qopheeffate.
Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
2 Isheen horii qalattee daadhii wayinii ishee bulbulatte; maaddii ishee illee qopheeffatte.
She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
3 Tajaajiltoota ishee dubarran ergattee fiixee magaalaa irraa lallabde.
She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
4 Isheen warra qalbii hin qabneen akkana jetti; “Isin warri homaa hin beekne hundi as kottaa!
Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says,
5 Kottaatii nyaata koo nyaadhaa; daadhii wayinii ani bulbuladhe illee dhugaa.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
6 Karaa gowwummaa keessanii sana dhiisaatii jiraadhaa; karaa hubannaa irra deemaa.
Leave folly, that you may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
7 “Namni nama namatti qoosu gorsu kam iyyuu ni arrabsama; namni nama hamaa ifatu kam iyyuu ni salphata.
He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonor to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.
8 Ati nama namatti qoosu hin ifatin; inni si jibbaatii; nama ogeessa ifadhu; inni si jaallataatii.
Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.
9 Nama ogeessa gorsi; inni ittuma caalchisee ogeessa taʼaa; nama qajeelaaf barumsa kenni; inni beekumsa isaatti dabalaatii.
Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].
10 “Waaqayyoon sodaachuun jalqaba ogummaa ti; isa Qulqulluu Sana beekuun hubannaa dha.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.
11 Karaa kootiin barii jireenya keetii ni dheerata; jireenya kee irrattis waggoonni ni dabalamuutii.
For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.
12 Yoo ati nama ogeessa taate, ogummaan kee si badhaasa; yoo ati kan namatti qoostu taate suma qofatu gidirama.”
Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbors; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a [land] appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
13 Dubartiin gowwaan oduu baayʼifti; isheen raatuu homaa hin beeknee dha.
A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to lack a morsel.
14 Isheen balbala mana ishee dura, fiixee magaalaa gubbaa barcuma irra teessee
She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
15 warra achiin darban, kanneen qajeelanii daandii isaanii irra deeman waamti.
calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
16 Isheen warra qalbii hin qabneen akkana jetti. “Isin warri homaa hin beekne hundi as kottaa!
[saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,
17 Bishaan hatan ni miʼaawa; nyaanni dhoksaan nyaatanis guddoo namatti tola!”
Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
