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 wonnim deɛ ɛda bi de bɛba.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Ma ɔfoforɔ nkamfo wo; na ɛnyɛ wʼankasa; ma ɛmfiri ɔfoforɔ anomu na ɛnyɛ wo.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Ɛboɔ mu yɛ duru, na anwea yɛ adesoa, nanso ɔkwasea abufuhyeɛ yɛ duru sene emu biara.
4 Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Abufuo tirim yɛ den, na abufuhyeɛ sɛe adeɛ, na hwan na ɔbɛtumi agyina ninkuntwe ano?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Animka a ɛda edwa yɛ sene ɔdɔ a asuma.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Apirakuro a ɛfiri adamfo nkyɛn no yɛ sene ɔtamfoɔ mfeano bebrebe.
7 The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Ɛwoɔ nyɛ deɛ wameeɛ akɔnnɔ, nanso deɛ ɛkɔm de noɔ no, deɛ ɛyɛ nwono yɛ nʼanom dɛ.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Onipa a wayera ne fie ɛkwan, te sɛ anomaa a wafiri ne pirebuo mu rekyinkyini.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
Ngo ne aduhwam ma akoma ani gye, adamfo ho anigyeɛ firi 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 fie ɛberɛ a ɔhaw ato woɔ, na ɔyɔnko a ɔbɛn woɔ no yɛ sene 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, hunu nyansa na ma mʼakoma ani nnye; ɛno na ɛbɛma manya mmuaeɛ ama obiara a ɔbu me animtiaa.
12 A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
Mmadwemma hunu asiane na wɔhinta, nanso ntetekwaafoɔ 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 atadeɛ a ɛhyɛ obi a ɔdi ɔhɔhoɔ akagyinamu; sɛ ɔregyina ɔbaa huhufoɔ 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 team 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 ntɔkwapɛfoɔ te sɛ osutɔ da nsusosɔ a ɛnnyae da;
16 whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
sɛ wopata no a, ɛte sɛ deɛ wopata mframa anaa wode wo nsa bɛsɔ ngo mu.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Dadeɛ se dadeɛ, saa ara na onipa se ɔfoforɔ.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
Deɛ ɔhwɛ borɔdɔma dua so no bɛdi ɛso aba, na deɛ ɔsom ne wura no, wɔbɛhyɛ no animuonyam.
19 As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Sɛdeɛ nsuo yi animdua kyerɛ no, saa ara na onipa akoma da onipa no adi.
Sɛdeɛ Owuo ne Ɔsɛeɛ 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.
Kyɛmferɛ wɔ hɔ ma dwetɛ na fononoo wɔ hɔ ma sikakɔkɔɔ, nanso wɔnam nkamfo a onipa nya so na ɛso 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 wowɔ ɔkwasea wɔ ɔwaduro mu, sɛ wode ɔwɔma wɔ no te sɛ deɛ wosi aburoo a, worentumi nnyi agyimisɛm mfiri ne ho.
23 Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
Ma ɛnyɛ wo asɛnhia sɛ wobɛhunu wo nnwankuo tebea, na ma wʼani nkɔ wʼanantwikuo so;
24 for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
ɛfiri sɛ, ahonya ntena hɔ daa, na ahenkyɛ ntena hɔ mma awoɔ ntoantoasoɔ nyinaa.
25 The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
Sɛ wotwa ɛserɛ no na foforɔ fifiri na wɔboaboa nkokoɔ so ɛserɛ no ano a,
26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
ɛnneɛ nnwammaa no bɛma wo ntoma, na mpɔnkye ama sika a ɛtɔ mfuo.
27 and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
Wobɛnya mmirekyie nufosuo bebree ama wo ne wʼabusuafoɔ adi ne aduane ama wo mmaawa.
