Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you accept my sayings, And lay up my commands with you,
Me ba, sɛ wutie me nsɛm, na woma me mmaransɛm tena wo mu a,
2 To cause your ear to attend to wisdom, You incline your heart to understanding,
sɛ wowɛn wʼaso ma nyansa na wode wo koma ma ntease,
3 For if you call for intelligence, [And] give forth your voice for intelligence,
na woma wo nne so frɛ nhumu na wusu frɛ ntease,
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as hid treasures,
na sɛ wohwehwɛ no te sɛnea wohwehwɛ dwetɛ na wohwehwɛ no sɛnea worepɛ ademude a ahintaw a,
5 Then you understand the fear of YHWH, And you find the knowledge of God.
ɛno na wobɛte Awurade suro ase na woahu Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ.
6 For YHWH gives wisdom, Knowledge and understanding from His mouth.
Awurade ma nimdeɛ, na nʼanom na nyansa ne ntease fi ba.
7 Even to lay up substance for the upright, A shield for those walking uprightly.
Ɔkora nkonimdi ma wɔn a wɔteɛ, ɔyɛ kyɛm ma wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ pɛ,
8 To keep the paths of judgment, And He preserves the way of His saints.
ɔwɛn nea ɔyɛ pɛ kwan, na ɔbɔ wɔn a wodi no nokware no akwan ho ban.
9 Then you understand righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness—every good path.
Ɛno na wobɛte nea eye ne nea ɛyɛ pɛ, ne nea ɛfata, ɔkwan biara a eye ase.
10 For wisdom comes into your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
Afei nyansa bewura wo koma mu, na nimdeɛ ayɛ ahomeka ama wo kra.
11 Thoughtfulness watches over you, Understanding keeps you,
Adwene bɛbɔ wo ho ban na ntease ahwɛ wo so.
12 To deliver you from an evil way, From any speaking contrary things,
Nyansa beyi wo afi amumɔyɛfo akwan mu, ebeyi wo afi nnipa a wɔn nsɛm yɛ basabasa nsam,
13 Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
wɔn a wɔaman afi akwan pa so akɔnantew sum akwan so no,
14 Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in [the] contrariness of the wicked,
wɔn a wɔn ani gye bɔneyɛ ho, na wodi ahurusi wɔ bɔne mu basabasayɛ ho,
15 Whose paths [are] crooked, Indeed, they are perverted in their ways.
wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ kɔntɔnkye na wɔyɛ abonsam wɔ wɔn akwan mu.
16 To deliver you from the strange woman, From the stranger who has made her sayings smooth,
Nimdeɛ begye wo afi ɔbea waresɛefo no nsam, afi ɔbea warefo huhuni a ɔka nnaadaasɛm ho,
17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And has forgotten the covenant of her God.
nea wagyaa ne mmabaabere mu kunu na wapo apam a ɔyɛɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim no.
18 For her house has inclined to death, And her paths to Rephaim.
Ne fi yɛ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ owu mu na nʼakwan kɔ awufo honhom nkyɛn.
19 None going in to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Obiara a ɔkɔ ne nkyɛn no nsan mma anaasɛ ɔrensi nkwa akwan so.
20 That you go in the way of the good, And keep the paths of the righteous.
Enti wubedi nnipa pa anammɔn akyi na woanantew atreneefo akwan so.
21 For the upright inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
Efisɛ wɔn a wɔteɛ bɛtena asase no so, na wɔn a asɛm nni wɔn ho no na wɔbɛka hɔ;
22 And the wicked are cut off from the earth, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
na wobetwa amumɔyɛfo afi asase no so, na wɔatɔre atorofo ase.
