Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Me ba, fa me nsɛm sie na kora mʼahyɛdeɛ wɔ wo mu.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
Di mʼahyɛdeɛ so na wobɛnya nkwa; bɔ me nkyerɛkyerɛ ho ban sɛ deɛ wodɔ noɔ.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Kyekyere bɔ wo nsateaa ho; twerɛ no yie gu wʼakoma ɛpono so.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
Ka kyerɛ nyansa sɛ, “Wo yɛ me nuabaa,” na frɛ nteaseɛ wo busuani;
5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
Wɔbɛtwe wo afiri ɔbaawaresɛefoɔ ho, afiri ɔbaawarefoɔ sansani nsɛmmɔdɛ ho.
6 For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
Me fie mpomma ano mede mʼani faa ntokua mu.
7 and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
Mehunuu wɔ ntetekwaafoɔ mu, mehyɛɛ mmeranteɛ no mu baako nso, ɔbabunu a ɔnni adwene.
8 passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Na ɔnam borɔno a ɛbɛn ɔbaa no fie so a nʼani kyerɛ ɔbaa no fie
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
ɛberɛ a ɔnwunu redwoɔ, na animu rebiribiri no.
10 And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
Afei ɔbaa bi firi bɛhyiaa no a wasiesie ne ho sɛ odwamanfoɔ a nnaadaa wɔ nʼakomam.
11 She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
(Ɔyɛ hyirenn na hwee mfa ne ho, ɔntena efie koraa;
12 now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner.
ɛnnɛ wɔhunu no mmɔntene so, ɔkyena na ɔte adwaberem, ɔtetɛ wɔ mmantwea mmantwea.)
13 And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
Ɔsɔɔ ne mu fee nʼano wamfɛre, na ɔkaa sɛ,
14 I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
“Mewɔ ayɔnkofa ayɛyɛdeɛ wɔ efie; ɛnnɛ madi me bɔhyɛ so.
15 therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
Enti mebaeɛ sɛ merebɛhyia wo; mehwehwɛɛ wo na mahunu wo!
16 I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
Mato me mpa mede nwera a wɔahyɛ no aduro a ɛfiri Misraim.
17 I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Mede nnuhwam apete me mpa so: kurobo, pɛperɛ ne sinamon.
18 Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
Bra, ma yɛmfa ɔdɔ mmɔ ɔdɔ mu nkɔsi anɔpa;
19 For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
Me kunu nni efie; watu kwan na ɔbɛkyɛre.
20 he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
Ɔde sika a ɛdɔɔso hyɛɛ ne sikabɔtɔ ma na ɔremma kɔsi ɔsrane no korokumatwa berɛ mu.”
21 With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
Ɔde akorɔkorɔ bɔɔ no asɔn; ɔde nnaadaa nyaa no ne no daeɛ.
22 He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;
Ɔdii nʼakyi prɛko pɛ te sɛ nantwie a ɔrekɔ akumiiɛ, anaa ɔwansane a ɔde ne tiri rekɔhyɛ hankrafidie mu
23 till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
kɔsi sɛ bɛmma bɛhwire ne brɛboɔ mu, te sɛ anomaa a ɔrekɔtɔ anomaa afidie mu na ɔnnim sɛ ɔbɛhwere ne nkwa.
24 And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Na afei, me mma, montie me; monyɛ aso mma deɛ meka.
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
Mommma mo akoma mpatere nkɔ ne so na mommane mfa nʼakwan so.
26 for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
Bebree na wɔnam ne so ahwehwe ase; wɔn a wakum wɔn dɔɔso pa ara.
