Proverbs 8
1 Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding put forth her voice?
Ɖe nunya mele ɣli dom le ame yɔm oa? Ɖe gɔmesese mekɔ eƒe gbe dzi oa?
2 On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
Etsi tsitre ɖe kɔkɔƒe siwo le mɔto la tame, afi si afɔmɔwo do go le.
3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she cries aloud:
Ele tsitre ɖe dua ƒe agbowo ƒe mɔ xa kple agbo la me le ɣli dom sesĩe be,
4 To you, O men, I call. And my voice is to the sons of men.
“O ŋutsuwo, miawoe mele ɣli dom na eye mekɔ nye gbe dzi na amegbetɔƒomea katã.
5 O ye simple, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
Mi bebewuwo, midze nunya; mi bometsilawo gɔmesese nesu mia si.
6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things. And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Miɖo to elabena nya xɔasiwo le asinye be magblɔ; meke nye nu be magblɔ nu si le dzɔdzɔe.
7 For my mouth shall utter truth. And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Nye nu gblɔa nu si le eteƒe, elabena nye nuyi tsri vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Nye numenyawo katã le dzɔdzɔe; ɖeke meglɔ̃ alo nye ayemenya o.
9 They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
Wo katã le dzɔdzɔe na ame si si sidzedze le; fɔɖiɖi mele wo ŋu na ame siwo si gɔmesese le o.
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Tia nye amehehe ɖe klosalo teƒe kple nye gɔmesese ɖe sika nyuitɔ teƒe
11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
elabena nunya xɔ asi wu adzagba eye nu siwo dim wò dzi le la ƒe ɖeke mesɔ kplii o.
12 I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling, and find out knowledge and discretion.
“Nye, nunya kple ŋuɖɔɖoe nɔa teƒe ɖeka; gɔmesese kple sidzedze le asinye.
13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Yehowa vɔvɔ̃e nye be nàlé fu vɔ̃, eya ta metsri dada kple ɖokuidodoɖedzi, agbe baɖa nɔnɔ kple nya dzodzrowo gbɔgblɔ.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge. I am understanding, I have might.
Tɔnyee nye aɖaŋudede kple afia nyui tsotso, gɔmesese kple ŋusẽ le asinye.
15 By me kings reign, and rulers decree justice.
Dzinyee fiawo tona ɖua fia eye dziɖulawo dea se siwo le dzɔdzɔe.
16 By me rulers rule, and ranking men, even all the judges of the earth.
Dzinyee dumegãwo tona kplɔa du eye nenema kee nye bubume siwo le dzi ɖum le anyigba dzi.
17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
Melɔ̃a ame siwo lɔ̃am eye ame siwo diam la kpɔam.
18 Riches and honor are with me, durable wealth and righteousness.
Hotsui kple bubu bɔ ɖe asinye, nenema kee nye kesinɔnu siwo megblẽna o kple dzidzedze.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.
Nye kutsetse nyo wu sika nyuitɔ, eye nu si dona tso menye la ƒo klosalo nyuitɔ ta sãa.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice,
Mezɔna le dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe mɔ dzi kple nuteƒewɔwɔ ƒe toƒewo,
21 that I may cause those who love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
eye mekɔa kesinɔnu ɖe ame siwo lɔ̃am la dzi, henana woƒe nudzraɖoƒewo gbagbana.
22 Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
“Yehowa dzim abe eƒe nuwɔwɔwo ƒe ŋgɔgbetɔ ene, hafi wòava wɔ nuwo le blema.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was,
Etɔ asi dzinye tso mavɔ me ke, tso gɔmedzedzea me, hafi xexea me nava dzɔ.
24 when there were no depths. I was brought forth when there were no fountains abounding with water,
Wodzim esime atsiaƒuwo menɔ anyi o, eye vudo siwo dzia tsi fũu la hã menɔ anyi o.
25 before the mountains were settled, before the hills. I was brought forth
Hafi woatsɔ towo ada ɖe woƒe nɔƒewo, eye togbɛwo nadzɔ la, nye la, wodzim xoxo.
26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
Hafi wòava wɔ anyigba alo gbegbe alo anyigbadziʋuʋudediwo gɔ̃ hã la, wodzim xoxo.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
Menɔ afi ma hafi wòtsɔ dziƒowo ɖo wo nɔƒe eye wòdzidze dzite da ɖe gogloƒewo tame.
28 when he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong,
Esi wòɖo lilikpowo ɖe dziƒo, eye wòli ke tɔ goglowo ƒe dzɔtsoƒe,
29 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,
esi wòɖo liƒo na atsiaƒu be eƒe tsiwo magbɔ teƒe si wòde se be woase la dzi o eye wòɖo anyigba gɔme la, medzɔ xoxo.
30 then I was by him, a master workman. And I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him,
Ale menye aɖaŋudɔwɔla nɔ eƒe axadzi, dzidzɔ yɔ menye gbe sia gbe eye metsoa aseye le eŋkume ɣe sia ɣi.
31 rejoicing in his habitable earth. And my delight was with the sons of men.
Medzɔ dzi le eƒe xexe blibo la me eye amegbetɔwo ƒe nu do dzidzɔ nam.
32 Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.
“Eya ta, azɔ la, mi vinyewo, miɖo tom; woayra ame siwo lé nye mɔwo me ɖe asi.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
Ɖo to nye sededewo eye nàdze nunya, mègado tokue o.
34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Woayra ame si ɖoa tom, nɔa ŋudzɔ le nye ʋɔtru nu gbe sia gbe eye wòlalana le nye kpui nu
35 For he who finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
elabena ame si ke ɖe ŋutinye la, ke ɖe agbe ŋu eye wòxɔa amenuveve tso Yehowa gbɔ.
36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.
Ke ame si mete ŋu ke ɖe ŋutinye o la, wɔa nu vevi eɖokui eye ame siwo katã léa fum la lɔ̃a ku.”
