Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
Me ba, sɛ wutie me nsɛm, na woma me mmaransɛm tena wo mu a,
2 So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;
sɛ wowɛn wʼaso ma nyansa na wode wo koma ma ntease,
3 Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
na woma wo nne so frɛ nhumu na wusu frɛ ntease,
4 If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
na sɛ wohwehwɛ no te sɛnea wohwehwɛ dwetɛ na wohwehwɛ no sɛnea worepɛ ademude a ahintaw a,
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
ɛno na wobɛte Awurade suro ase na woahu Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
Awurade ma nimdeɛ, na nʼanom na nyansa ne ntease fi ba.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Ɔkora nkonimdi ma wɔn a wɔteɛ, ɔyɛ kyɛm ma wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ pɛ,
8 That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.
ɔwɛn nea ɔyɛ pɛ kwan, na ɔbɔ wɔn a wodi no nokware no akwan ho ban.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.
Ɛno na wobɛte nea eye ne nea ɛyɛ pɛ, ne nea ɛfata, ɔkwan biara a eye ase.
10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
Afei nyansa bewura wo koma mu, na nimdeɛ ayɛ ahomeka ama wo kra.
11 Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
Adwene bɛbɔ wo ho ban na ntease ahwɛ wo so.
12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
Nyansa beyi wo afi amumɔyɛfo akwan mu, ebeyi wo afi nnipa a wɔn nsɛm yɛ basabasa nsam,
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
wɔn a wɔaman afi akwan pa so akɔnantew sum akwan so no,
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
wɔn a wɔn ani gye bɔneyɛ ho, na wodi ahurusi wɔ bɔne mu basabasayɛ ho,
15 Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;
wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ kɔntɔnkye na wɔyɛ abonsam wɔ wɔn akwan mu.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
Nimdeɛ begye wo afi ɔbea waresɛefo no nsam, afi ɔbea warefo huhuni a ɔka nnaadaasɛm ho,
17 That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
nea wagyaa ne mmabaabere mu kunu na wapo apam a ɔyɛɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim no.
18 For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
Ne fi yɛ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ owu mu na nʼakwan kɔ awufo honhom nkyɛn.
19 None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
Obiara a ɔkɔ ne nkyɛn no nsan mma anaasɛ ɔrensi nkwa akwan so.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Enti wubedi nnipa pa anammɔn akyi na woanantew atreneefo akwan so.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
Efisɛ wɔn a wɔteɛ bɛtena asase no so, na wɔn a asɛm nni wɔn ho no na wɔbɛka hɔ;
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.
na wobetwa amumɔyɛfo afi asase no so, na wɔatɔre atorofo ase.
