Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
Mfa ɔkyena nhoahoa wo ho, na wunnim nea ɛda bi de bɛba.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Ma ɔfoforo nkamfo wo; na ɛnyɛ wo ankasa; ma emfi ɔfoforo anom na ɛnyɛ wo.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Ɔbo mu yɛ duru, na nwea yɛ adesoa, nanso ɔkwasea abufuwhyew yɛ duru sen emu biara.
4 Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Abufuw tirim yɛ den, na abufuwhyew sɛe ade, na hena na obetumi agyina ninkutwe ano?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Animka a ɛda gua ye sen ɔdɔ a asuma.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Apirakuru a efi adamfo nkyɛn no ye sen ɔtamfo mfewano bebrebe.
7 The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Ɛwo nyɛ nea wamee akɔnnɔ, nanso nea ɛyɛ nwen mpo yɛ nea ɔkɔm de no no nʼanom dɛ.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Onipa a wayera ne fi kwan, te sɛ anomaa a wafi ne berebuw mu rekyinkyin.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
Ngo ne aduhuam ma koma ani gye, adamfo ho anigye fi nʼafotu pa a ɔma.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Nnyaa wʼadamfo ne wʼagya adamfo mu, nkɔ wo nuabarima fi bere a ɔhaw ato wo, na ɔyɔnko a ɔbɛn wo no ye sen onuabarima a ɔwɔ akyirikyiri.
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
Me ba, hu nyansa na ma me koma ani nnye; ɛno na ɛbɛma manya mmuae ama obiara a obu me animtiaa.
12 A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
Mmadwemma hu asiane na wohintaw, nanso ntetekwaafo kɔ wɔn anim kɔtɔ mu.
13 Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
Fa atade a ɛhyɛ obi a odi ɔhɔho akagyinamu; sɛ ɔregyina ɔbea huhufo akyi a, fa si awowa.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
Sɛ obi teɛ mu hyira ne yɔnko anɔpahema a, wɔbɛfa no sɛ ɛyɛ nnome.
15 A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
Ɔyere tɔkwapɛfo te sɛ ahumtuda nsusosɔ wɔ ɔdan a enwin so;
16 whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
sɛ wopata no a, ɛte sɛ nea wopata mframa anaa wode wo nsa beso ngo mu.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Dade sew dade, saa ara na onipa sew ɔfoforo.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
Nea ɔhwɛ borɔdɔma dua so no bedi so aba, na nea ɔsom ne wura no, wɔbɛhyɛ no anuonyam.
19 As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Sɛnea nsu yi animdua kyerɛ no, saa ara na onipa koma da onipa no adi.
Sɛnea Owu ne Ɔsɛe bo ntɔ da no, saa ara, na onipa ani nso bo ntɔ da. (Sheol h7585)
21 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
Kyɛmfɛre wɔ hɔ ma dwetɛ na fononoo wɔ hɔ ma sikakɔkɔɔ, nanso wɔnam nkamfo a onipa nya so na ɛsɔ no hwɛ.
22 If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
Sɛ wowɔw ɔkwasea wɔ ɔwaduru mu, sɛ wode ɔwɔma wɔw no te sɛnea wusiw aburow a, worentumi nyi agyimisɛm mfi ne ho.
23 Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
Ma ɛnyɛ wo asɛnhia sɛ wubehu wo nguankuw tebea, na ma wʼani nkɔ wo anantwikuw so;
24 for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
efisɛ, ahonya ntena hɔ daa, na ahenkyɛw ntena hɔ mma awo ntoantoaso nyinaa.
25 The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
Sɛ wotwa sare no na foforo fifi, na wɔboaboa nkoko so sare no ano a,
26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
ɛno de, nguantenmma no bɛma wo ntama, na mmirekyi ama sika a ɛtɔ mfuw.
27 and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
Wubenya mmirekyi nufusu bebree ama wo ne wʼabusuafo adi ne aduan ama wo mmaawa.
