Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
Mègaƒo adegbe le etsɔ si gbɔna ŋu o elabena mènya nu si ŋkeke la ahe vɛ o.
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, A stranger, and not your own lips.
Na ame bubu nakafu wò, ke menye wò ŋutɔ wò nu o, ame bubu newɔe, menye wò ŋutɔ wò nuyiwo o.
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than them both.
Kpe nye nu kpekpe eye ke nye agba kpekpe gake bometsila ƒe dzikudoname kpena wu wo ame evea.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
Dziku la ŋutasẽlae eye dɔmedzoe la agbodzelae, ke ame ka ate ŋu anɔ te ɖe ŋuʋaʋã nu?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Mokaname le ame dome nyo wu lɔlɔ̃ si woɣla.
6 The wounds of a lover are faithful, And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.
Àte ŋu aka ɖe xɔlɔ̃ ƒe abideameŋu dzi gake ketɔ ƒe nugbugbɔ dzina ɖe edzi.
7 A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
Ƒoɖila doa vlo anyitsi, ke hena dɔwuitɔ la, nu veve gɔ̃ hã vivina nɛ.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
Ame si tra tso eƒe aƒe me la le abe xevi si bu eƒe atɔmemɔ ene.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
Ami ʋeʋĩ kple dzudzɔdonu ʋeʋĩ doa dzidzɔ na dzi, xɔlɔ̃ ƒe nunyoamenu tsoa eƒe aɖaŋuɖoɖo vavãwo me.
10 Do not forsake your own friend and the friend of your father, And do not enter the house of your brother in a day of your calamity, A near neighbor [is] better than a brother far off.
Mègagblẽ xɔ̃wò alo fofowò xɔlɔ̃ ɖi o, eye mègayi nɔviwò ƒe aƒe me ne dzɔgbevɔ̃e ƒo go wò o, anyo na wò be nàyi hawòvi si tsɔ ɖe gbɔwò la gbɔ wu nɔviwò si le adzɔge.
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
Vinye, dze nunya eye nàhe dzidzɔ vɛ na nye dzi; ekema mate ŋu aɖo nya ŋu na ame si ado vlom.
12 The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
Nunyala kpɔ dzɔgbevɔ̃e gbɔna eye wòɣla eɖokui gake bometsila le yiyim eye wòkpe fu ɖe eta.
13 Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, And pledge it for a strange woman.
Xɔ avɔ le ame si da megbe na amedzro la si, tsɔe de awɔba me, ne eda megbe na nyɔnu ahasitɔ.
14 Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, Rising early in the morning, It is reckoned a light thing to him.
Ne ŋutsu aɖe le eƒe aƒelika yram kple ɣli le ŋdi kanya la, woatsɔe abe ɖiŋudodo ene.
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
Srɔ̃nyɔnu dzrewɔla le abe tsitrɔnu si le ɖuɖum madzudzɔmadzudzɔe le tsidzagbe ene.
16 Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
Asiɖoɖo edzi le abe asiɖoɖo ya dzi ene alo asitsɔtsɔ ku ami ene.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Abe ale si ga nyrea ga ene la, nenema kee ame nyrea amee.
18 The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honored.
Ame si lé be na eƒe gboti nyuie la aɖu eƒe tsetsea eye woade bubu ame si kpɔ eƒe aƒetɔ dzi la ŋu.
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
Abe ale si ame ƒe mo dzena le tsi dzii ene la, nenema ame ƒe dzi ɖea eƒe nɔnɔme fianae.
Ku kple tsiẽƒe meɖia ƒo gbeɖe o nenema kee nye ame ƒe ŋku. (Sheol h7585)
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
Sonu li na klosalo, eye dzokpo li na sika, gake wodoa ame kpɔ to kafukafu si wotsɔ nɛ la dzi.
22 If you beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly does not turn aside from off him.
Togbɔ be èto bometsila le to me, ètoe kple tati abe bli ene hã la, màte ŋu aɖe eƒe bometsitsi ɖa le eŋu o.
23 Know the face of your flock well, Set your heart to the droves,
Ka ɖe edzi be wò alẽhawo ƒe nɔnɔme le nyanya na wò eye wò ŋku le wò lãhawo ŋu ɖaa;
24 For riches [are] not for all time, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
elabena kesinɔnuwo menɔa anyi ɖikaa o eye fiakuku hã menɔa anyi hena dzidzimewo katã o.
25 The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
Ne woƒo gbe eye gbe mumu mie ɖe eteƒe, ne wolã gbe siwo le togbɛwo dzi ƒo ƒui la,
26 Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
ekema alẽviawo ana avɔ wò eye gbɔ̃wo anye ga si nàtsɔ aƒle agblee.
27 And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
Gbɔ̃notsi anɔ asiwò fũu be wò kple wò aƒemetɔwo miano eye wòanye nunyiame na wò dɔlanyɔnuwo.
