Faarfannaa 49

1 Dura buʼaa faarfattootaatiif. Faarfannaa Ilmaan Qooraahi. Yaa namoota, isin hundi waan kana dhagaʼaa; warri addunyaa kana irra jiraattan hundinuu dhaggeeffadhaa;

For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. Hear these words, all you nations, listen, all you that dwell upon the earth:

2 xinnaa fi guddaan, sooressii fi hiyyeessi walumaan dhaggeeffadhaa; kunis:

both the sons of mean men, and sons of [great] men; the rich and poor [man] together.

3 Afaan koo dubbii ogummaa dubbata; wanti ani garaatti yaadus hubannaa kenna.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring [forth] understanding.

4 Gurra koo gara mammaaksaatti nan qabadha; hibboo koos baganaadhaan nan ibsadha.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp.

5 Bara rakkinaa, yeroo gowwoomsitoonni hamoon na marsanitti, ani maaliifan sodaadha?

Therefore should I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me.

6 Isaan qabeenya isaanii amanatu; guddina sooruma isaaniitiinis boonu.

They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—

7 Namni lubbuu nama gara biraa furu, yookaan gatii furii nama sanaa Waaqaaf baasu tokko iyyuu hin jiru;

A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,

8 furiin lubbuu namaa gatii guddaa qabaatii; gatiin quufsaanis yoom iyyuu hin argamu;

or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labor for ever,

9 silaa inni bara baraan ni jiraata; hin tortorus ture.

and live to the end, [so] that he should not see corruption.

10 Akka ogeeyyiin duʼan namni hundinuu ni arga; gowwoonnii fi raatuwwanis akkasuma ni badu; qabeenya isaaniis warra kaaniif dhiisu.

When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.

11 Isaan yoo lafa maqaa isaaniitiin waamamtu qabaatan illee, awwaalli isaanii bara baraan mana isaanii, dhalootaa hamma dhalootaattis iddoo boqonnaa isaanii taʼee hafa.

And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, [even] their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names.

12 Namni garuu qabeenya qabaatu illee bara dheeraa hin jiraatu; inni akkuma bineensa duʼee baduu ti.

And man being in honor, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.

13 Wanni namoota ofitti amanatanii fi warra isaan duukaa buʼanii dubbii isaanii hoʼisan eeggatu kanuma.

This their way is an offense to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. (Pause)

14 Isaan akkuma hoolaa duʼaaf ramadamaniiru; duuti tiksee isaanii ti; toloonni ganamaan isaan irratti aangoo qabaatu; dhagni isaanii mana isaanii irraa fagaatee awwaala keessatti ni tortora; awwaallis mana jireenya isaanii ti. (Sheol h7585)

They have laid [them] as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory. (Sheol h7585)

15 Waaqni garuu lubbuu koo humna siiʼool jalaa baasa; inni dhugumaan ofitti na fudhata. (Sheol h7585)

But God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. (Pause) (Sheol h7585)

16 Yommuu namni tokko sooromu, yommuu ulfinni mana isaas guddatu hin sodaatin.

Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.

17 Inni yommuu duʼutti waanuma tokko illee fudhatee hin deemuutii; ulfinni isaas isa wajjin hin dhaqu.

For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.

18 Inni bara jireenya isaa lubbuu isaa eebbisu iyyuu, yoo namoonni yeroo ati waan gaarii ofii keetii godhattutti si jajan illee,

For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to you when you do well to him.

19 inni gara dhaloota abbootii isaa, gara warra gonkumaa deebiʼanii ifa jireenyaa hin arginee ni dhaqa.

[Yet] he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.

20 Namni badhaadhaan hubannaa hin qabne, akkuma bineensaa duʼee bada.

Man that is in honor, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.