Faarfannaa 128

1 Faarfannaa Ol Baʼuu. Warri Waaqayyoon sodaatan, kanneen karaa isaa irra deeman eebbifamoo dha.

A Song of Ascents. How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, who walketh in his ways!

2 Ati buʼaa dadhabbii keetii ni nyaatta; ni eebbifamta; jireenyis sitti tola.

The labour of thine own hands, surely thou shalt eat. How happy thou, and well for thine!

3 Niitiin kee mana kee keessatti, akka muka wayinii kan ija naqatee ni taati; ijoolleen kees naannoo maaddii keetiitti, akka lataa muka ejersaa ni taʼu.

Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house, —Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.

4 Namni Waaqayyoon sodaatu akkasitti eebbifama.

Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh.

5 Bara jireenya keetii guutuu, Waaqayyo Xiyoon irraa si haa eebbisu; atis badhaadhummaa Yerusaalem argi.

Yahweh will bless thee, out of Zion, —and behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, all the days of thy life!

6 ijoollee ijoollee keetii ni argi; nagaan Israaʼeliif haa taʼu.

And behold thou thy children’s children, —Prosperity on Israel!