Fakkeenya 1
1 Fakkeenya Solomoon Ilma Daawit, mootii Israaʼel:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel:
2 Ogummaa fi qajeelfama qabaachuudhaaf, dubbii beekumsa guddaa hubachuudhaaf;
To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the sayings of understanding;
3 ogummaadhaan jiraachuudhaan, qajeelummaadhaan, murtii qajeelaa kennuu fi nama wal qixxeessuudhaan qajeelfama argachuudhaaf;
To accept the instruction of intelligence, righteousness, and justice, and equity;
4 warra waa hin beekneef of eeggannoo kennuudhaaf, dargaggootaaf immoo beekumsaa fi hubannaa kennuudhaaf,
To give to the simple prudence, to the youth knowledge and discretion.
5 ogeeyyiin dhaggeeffatanii barumsa isaanii irratti waa haa dabalatan; warri qalbii qabanis qajeelfama haa argatan;
The wise will hear, and will increase [his] information; and the man of understanding will obtain wise counsels:
6 kunis fakkeenyaa fi hiikkaa, jechaa fi hibboo ogeeyyii hubachuudhaaf.
To understand a proverb, and a sage sentence; the words of the wise, and their riddles.
7 Waaqayyoon sodaachuun jalqaba ogummaa ti; gowwoonni garuu ogummaa fi adabamuu tuffatu.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: wisdom and instruction fools [alone] despise.
8 Yaa ilma ko, gorsa abbaa keetii dhaggeeffadhu; barsiisa haadha keetii illee hin gatin.
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and cast not off the teaching of thy mother;
9 Wanni kun mataa kee miidhagsuudhaaf gonfoo, morma kee bareechuudhaaf immoo faaya siif taʼa.
For a wreath of grace are they unto thy head, and chains for thy throat.
10 Yaa ilma ko, yoo cubbamoonni sossobanii ofitti si harkisan, tole hin jedhiniif.
My son, if sinners wish to entice thee, consent thou not.
11 Yoo isaan, “Nu wajjin kottu; riphnee dhiiga namaa dhangalaasnaa; nama balleessaa hin qabne galaafachuudhaafis dhokannee eeggannaa;
If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;
12 kottu akkuma awwaalaa jiraatti isaan liqimsinaa; akkuma warra boolla keessa buufamaniis guutumaan guutuutti isaan liqimsinaa; (Sheol h7585)
We will swallow them up like the grave alive; and the men of integrity, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 nu waan gatii qabu kan gosa hundaa ni arganna; manneen keenya illee boojuudhaan guuttanna;
We shall find all [kinds of] precious wealth, we will fill our houses with booty;
14 ixaa kee nu wajjin buufadhu; nus korojoo tokko si wajjin qooddannaa” siin jedhan,
Thy lot must thou cast in our midst; one purse shall be for us all:
15 yaa ilma ko, ati isaan wajjin hin deemin; miilla keetiin karaa isaanii irra illee hin ejjetin;
My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path;
16 miilli isaanii cubbuutti ariifataatii; isaan dhiiga dhangalaasuuf jarjaru.
For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17 Utuma simbirroonni hundi arganuu, kiyyoo buusuun waan gatii hin qabnee dha!
For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird:
18 Namoonni kunneen dhiiguma ofii isaanii riphanii eeggatu; lubbuma ofii isaanii gaadu!
While they lie in wait for their [own] blood; they watch in concealment for their [own] lives.
19 Kun dhuma warra qabeenya karaa hamaadhaan argamu duukaa buʼan hundaa ti; wanni akkasii jireenya warra isa argatanii balleessa.
So are the paths of every one that is greedy after [unlawful] gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it.
20 Ogummaan karaa irratti guddiftee iyyiti; iddoo wal gaʼii uummataattis sagalee ishee ol fudhatti.
Wisdom crieth loudly without; in the public places she uttereth her voice;
21 Isheen fiixee daandii irraa iyyiti; karra magaalaa duraas akkana jettee dubbatti:
At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches:
22 “Isin warri homaa hin beekne kun hamma yoomiitti karaa keessan kan faayidaa hin qabne sana jaallattu? Warri namatti qoosan hamma yoomiitti qoosaa sanatti gammadanii gowwoonnis beekumsa jibbu?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Mormii koo qalbeeffadhaa; ani yaada koo isinii nan dhangalaasa; dubbii koos isiniifin ibsa.
Turn back to my admonition: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Garuu sababii isin yeroo ani isin waametti diddanii yeroo ani harka balʼifadhetti namni tokko iyyuu na hin dhaggeeffatiniif,
Whereas I called, and ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and no man was attentive;
25 waan isin gorsa koo hunda tuffattanii dheekkamsa koo dhagaʼuu diddaniif,
And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition:
26 anis badiisa keessanitti nan kolfa, yeroo balaan isinitti dhufuttis nan qoosa;
[Therefore] I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride [you] when your terror cometh;
27 yeroo balaan akkuma bubbeetti isin fudhatutti, yeroo badiisni akkuma bubbee hamaatti isin haxaaʼutti, yeroo dhiphinaa fi rakkinni isinitti dhufutti ani isinittan qoosa.
When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.
28 “Yeroo sana isaan na waammatu; ani garuu isaan jalaa hin owwaadhu; isaan na barbaadu; garuu na hin argatan.
Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me;
29 Isaan waan beekumsa jibbanii Waaqayyoon sodaachuu illee filachuu didaniif,
For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;
30 waan gorsa koo fudhachuu didanii dheekkamsa koos tuffataniif,
[That] they would not attend to my counsel: [that] they rejected all my admonition.
31 isaan gatii karaa isaanii ni nyaatu; buʼaa jalʼina isaaniis ni quufu.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.
32 Gowwoota waa dagachuutu isaan balleessaatii; quufni gowwootaa isaanuma balleessa;
For the defection of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will cause them to be lost.
33 namni na dhaggeeffatu kam iyyuu garuu nagaadhaan jiraata; inni qabbanaan jiraata; wanni hamaanis isa hin sodaachisu.”
But he that hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from the dread of evil.
