Proverbs 14
1 A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.
Nyɔnu nyanu tua eya ŋutɔ ƒe xɔ, ke nyɔnu bometsila ya tsɔa eya ŋutɔ ƒe asi vuvua xɔ si wòtu la kɔna ɖe anyi.
2 He that walketh in his righteousnes, feareth the Lord: but he that is lewde in his wayes, despiseth him.
Ame si ƒe zɔzɔme ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o la vɔ̃a Yehowa, ke ame siwo ƒe mɔ le gɔdɔ̃gɔdɔ̃ la doa vloe.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.
Bometsila ƒe nuƒo nana ameƒoti dzea eƒe dzimegbe, ke nunyala ƒe nuyi kpɔa eta.
4 Where none oxen are, there the cribbe is emptie: but much increase cometh by the strength of the oxe.
Ne nyiwo meli o la, nyikpo me ɖia gbɔlo, ke woxaa nuku geɖe to nyitsu ƒe ŋusẽ me.
5 A faithfull witnes will not lye: but a false record will speake lyes.
Ɖasefo nyateƒetɔ meblea ame o, ke aʋatsoɖasefo ya trɔa alakpa kɔna ɖi glẽglẽglẽ.
6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
Fewuɖula dia nunya gake mekpɔa ɖeke o, ke gɔmesese vana na ame si si sidzedze le la bɔbɔe.
7 Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
Te ɖa le bometsila gbɔ elabena màkpɔ gɔmesese le eƒe nu me o.
8 The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.
Ayedzelawo ƒe nunyae nye be woabu ta me le woƒe mɔwo ŋu, ke bometsilawo ƒe bometsitsie nye alakpa.
9 The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
Bometsilawo le alɔme ɖem le nuvɔ̃ŋutivɔsa ŋuti, ke ŋudzedzekpɔkpɔ le dzɔdzɔetɔwo dome.
10 The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.
Dzi ɖe sia ɖe nya eya ŋutɔ ƒe vevesese eye ame aɖeke hã mate ŋu ama eƒe dzidzɔ kplii o.
11 The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.
Woatsrɔ̃ ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe aƒe, ke ame dzɔdzɔewo ƒe agbadɔ anɔ anyi ɖaa.
12 There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.
Mɔ aɖe li, si le dzɔdzɔe le ame ƒe ŋkume, ke le nuwuwua la, ekplɔa ame yia ku mee.
13 Euen in laughing the heart is sorowful, and the ende of that mirth is heauinesse.
Le nukoko gɔ̃ hã me la, dzi ase veve eye dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ awu nu le nuxaxa me.
14 The heart that declineth, shall be saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from him.
Woaxe fe na tosẽlawo le woƒe mɔwo ta eye nenema ke ame nyui hã axɔ eƒe fetu.
15 The foolish will beleeue euery thing: but the prudent will consider his steppes.
Susu wodzoetɔ xɔa nya sia nya dzi sena, ke nunyala dea ŋugble le eƒe afɔɖeɖewo ŋuti.
16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.
Nunyala léa fu vɔ̃ eye wòvɔa Yehowa, ke bometsila doa dziku kabakaba eye wòwɔa nu dzimagbɔɖitɔe.
17 He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.
Ame si doa dɔmedzoe kabakaba la wɔa bometsinuwo eye wòléa fu ayedzela.
18 The foolish do inherite follie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Susu wodzoetɔwo ƒe domenyinue nye bometsitsi, ke wotsɔa sidzedze ɖɔna na nunyalawo.
19 The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Ame vɔ̃ɖiwo adze klo ɖe ame nyuiwo ŋkume eye nenema ke nu tovo wɔlawo awɔ le ame dzɔdzɔewo ƒe agbonu.
20 The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.
Ame dahewo ƒe aƒelikawo ke hã ƒoa asa na wo, ke xɔlɔ̃ geɖe nɔa kesinɔtɔwo si.
21 The sinner despiseth his neighbour: but he that hath mercie on the poore, is blessed.
Ame si do vlo ehavi la wɔ nu vɔ̃, ke woayra ame si nyo dɔ me na hiãtɔ.
22 Doe not they erre that imagine euill? but to them that thinke on good things, shalbe mercie and trueth.
Ame siwo ɖoa nu vɔ̃ɖi la traa mɔ ke ame siwo wɔa ɖoɖo ɖe nu nyui wɔwɔ ŋu la xɔa lɔlɔ̃ kple nuteƒewɔwɔ ƒe teƒeɖoɖo.
23 In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.
Kutrikuku ɖe dɔwɔna ŋu hea viɖe vɛ, ke nukpoloeƒoƒo ɖeɖe hea ame yia ahedada mee.
24 The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.
Nunyalawo ƒe kesinɔnue nye woƒe fiakuku, gake bometsilawo ƒe bometsinuwɔwɔ hea bometsitsi vanɛ.
25 A faithfull witnes deliuereth soules: but a deceiuer speaketh lyes.
Ɖasefo nyateƒetɔ ɖea ame geɖewo ƒe agbe, ke aʋatsoɖasefo nye ameblela.
26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength, and his children shall haue hope.
Ame si vɔ̃a Yehowa la, mɔ sesẽ aɖe le esi eye wòanye bebeƒe na viawo.
27 The feare of the Lord is as a welspring of life, to auoyde the snares of death.
Yehowa vɔvɔ̃e nye agbe ƒe vudo eye wòɖea ame tso ku ƒe mɔkawo me.
28 In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people commeth the destruction of the Prince.
Ame xexlẽme gbogbo nye fia ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe, ke ne amewo mele du aɖe me o la, gbegblẽ vaa dumegã dzi.
29 He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.
Sidzedze gã aɖe sua ŋutsu dzigbɔɖitɔ si, ke ŋutsu si doa dziku kabakaba la, ɖea eƒe bometsitsi fiana.
30 A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.
Dzi si me ŋutifafa le la nana agbe ŋutilã gake ŋubiã nana ƒuwo ƒaƒãna.
31 He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.
Ame si tea ame dahewo ɖe anyi la doa vlo wo Wɔla, ke ame si nyoa dɔ me na hiãtɔ la dea bubu Mawu ŋuti.
32 The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Ne dzɔgbevɔ̃e dzɔ la, ame vɔ̃ɖiwo yia to, ke le ku me ke hã la, ame dzɔdzɔewo kpɔa sitsoƒe.
33 Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.
Ame si si sidzedze su la, nunya tsoa aƒe ɖe eƒe dzi me, eye le bometsilawo dome gɔ̃ hã la, enana wodzea si ame si ƒomevi wònye.
34 Iustice exalteth a nation, but sinne is a shame to the people.
Dzɔdzɔenyenye doa dukɔ ɖe dzi, ke nu vɔ̃ nye ŋukpe na dukɔmeviwo.
35 The pleasure of a King is in a wise seruant: but his wrath shalbe toward him that is lewde.
Dɔla nyanu ƒe nu nyoa fia ŋu, ke eƒe dɔmedzoe vaa dɔla ŋukpenanuwɔla dzi.
