Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
Me ba, sɛ wotie me nsɛm, na woma me nkyerɛkyerɛ 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 wʼakoma ma nteaseɛ,
3 Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
na woma wo nne so frɛ nhunumu na wosu frɛ nteaseɛ,
4 If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
na sɛ wohwehwɛ no te sɛ deɛ wohwehwɛ dwetɛ na wo hwehwɛ no sɛdeɛ worepɛ ademudeɛ a ahinta a,
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
ɛno na wobɛte Awurade suro ase na woahunu 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 nteaseɛ firi ba.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Ɔkora nkonimdie ma wɔn a wɔteneɛ, 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 deɛ ɔtene akwan, na ɔbɔ wɔn a wɔdi no nokorɛ no akwan ho ban.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.
Ɛno na wobɛte deɛ ɛyɛ ne deɛ ɛyɛ pɛ ne deɛ ɛfata, ɛkwan biara a ɛyɛ ase.
10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
Afei nyansa bɛwura wʼakoma mu, na nimdeɛ ayɛ ahomeka ama wo kra.
11 Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
Adwene bɛbɔ wo ho ban na nteaseɛ ahwɛ wo so.
12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
Nyansa bɛyi wo afiri amumuyɛfoɔ akwan mu, ɛbɛyi wo afiri nnipa a wɔn nsɛm yɛ basabasa nsam,
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
na wɔmane firi akwan pa so kɔnante esum akwan so,
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
wɔn a wɔn ani gye bɔneyɛ ho, na wɔdi ahurisie 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 abonsamfoɔ wɔ wɔn akwan mu.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
Nimdeɛ bɛgye wo afiri ɔbaa waresɛefoɔ no nsam, afiri ɔbaa warefoɔ sansani a ɔka nnaadaasɛm ho,
17 That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
deɛ wagyaa ne mmabaawaberɛ 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 fie yɛ ɛkwan a ɛkɔ owuo mu na nʼakwan kɔ awufoɔ honhom nkyɛn.
19 None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
Obiara a ɔkɔ ne nkyɛn no nsane 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 wobɛdi nnipa pa anammɔn akyi na woanante ateneneefoɔ akwan so.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
Ɛfiri sɛ wɔn a wɔtene 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 wɔbɛtwa amumuyɛfoɔ afiri asase no so, na wɔatɔre atorofoɔ ase.
