Proverbs 22
1 [is to be] chosen A name more than wealth great more than silver and more than gold favor good.
Ŋkɔ nyui didi nyo wu kesinɔnuwo eye ŋudzedzekpɔkpɔ nyo wu klosalo kple sika.
2 [the] rich And [the] poor they meet together [is the] maker of all of them Yahweh.
Nu ɖeka siae nàkpɔ le kesinɔtɔ kple ame dahe ŋu: Yehowae nye wo katã Wɔla.
3 A sensible [person] - he sees trouble (and he hides himself *Q(K)*) and naive people they pass on and they are punished.
Nunyala kpɔ dzɔgbevɔ̃e gbɔna eye wòɣla eɖokui gake bometsila ya yiyim ko wòle eye wòkpea fu ɖe enu.
4 [the] consequence of Humility [the] fear of Yahweh [is] wealth and honor and life.
Ɖokuibɔbɔ kple Yehowavɔvɔ̃ hea kesinɔnu, bubu kple agbe vɛ.
5 Thorns snares [are] in [the] path of a perverse [person] [one who] guards self his he will be far from them.
Ŋu kple mɔkawo le ame vɔ̃ɖi la ƒe mɔ dzi, ke ame si dzɔ eƒe luʋɔ ŋuti la, ate ɖa xaa tso wo gbɔ.
6 Train the youth on [the] mouth of way his also if he will be old not he will turn aside from it.
He ɖevi ɖe mɔ si wòato la dzi eye ne etsi la, mate ɖa le edzi o.
7 A rich [person] over poor [people] he rules and [is] a servant a borrower of a person a lender.
Kesinɔtɔwo ɖua gã ɖe ame dahewo dzi eye nugbanadola zua dɔla na ame si do nugbana la nɛ.
8 [one who] sows Unrighteousness (he will reap *Q(k)*) trouble and [the] rod of fury his it will end.
Ame si ƒã vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi la axa dzɔgbevɔ̃e, eye woatsrɔ eƒe dɔmedzoe ƒe ameƒoti.
9 A [person] good of eye he he will be blessed for he gives some of food his to poor [person].
Woayra ame si nyoa dɔ me na amewo elabena emaa eƒe nuɖuɖu kple ame dahewo.
10 Drive out a mocker so may go out strife so may cease dispute and shame.
Nya fewuɖula la do goe eye dzre hã ado go, nenema ke nyahehe kple dzudzu hã awu nu.
11 [one who] loves (Pure of *Q(K)*) heart [the] grace of lips his [is] friend his a king.
Ame si lɔ̃ dzi dzadzɛ kple nuƒoƒo si me nya dzetowo le la, eyae fia la adze xɔ̃e.
12 [the] eyes of Yahweh they preserve knowledge and he has subverted [the] words of [one who] acts treacherously.
Yehowa ƒe ŋkuwo le nugɔmesese ŋu, ke etrɔa gbo nuteƒemawɔlawo ƒe nyawo.
13 He says a sluggard a lion [is] in the street in [the] midst of [the] open places I will be killed.
Kuviatɔ gblɔna be, “Dzata le gota!” alo “Woava wum le ablɔ dzi!”
14 [is] a pit Deep [the] mouth of strange [women] [one who] is cursed of Yahweh (he will fall *Q(k)*) there.
Nyɔnu ahasitɔ ƒe nu la, ʋe globo wònye eye ame si dzi Yehowa ƒe dziku le la eyae age adze eme.
15 Foolishness [is] bound in [the] heart of a youth a rod of discipline it will put far away it from him.
Wobla bometsitsi ɖe ɖevi ƒe dzi ŋu, ke ɖɔɖɔɖo ƒe ameƒoti ana wòate ɖa xaa tso egbɔ.
16 [one who] oppresses [the] poor To increase for himself [one who] gives to a rich [person] only to poverty.
Ame si tea ame dahewo ɖe anyi be yeadzi yeƒe kesinɔnuwo ɖe edzi kple ame si naa nu kesinɔtɔ la siaa age ɖe hiã me.
17 Incline ear your and hear [the] words of wise [people] and heart your you will set to knowledge my.
Ƒu to anyi eye nàse nunyalawo ƒe nyawo, na wò dzi naku ɖe nu si fiam mele ŋuti,
18 For [will be] pleasant that you will keep them in belly your they will be prepared together on lips your.
elabena edoa dzidzɔ na ame ne èɣla wo ɖe wò dzi me, eye wo katã nanɔ klalo le wò nuyiwo dzi.
19 To be in Yahweh trust your I teach you this day even you.
Ale be nàɖo dzi ɖe Yehowa ŋu, esia ta mele nu fiam wò ɖo egbea, ɛ̃, wòe mele nu fiam.
20 ¿ Not have I written for you (officers *Q(K)*) counsels and knowledge.
Ɖe nyemeŋlɔ nufiamenya blaetɔ̃ na wò, aɖaŋuɖonyawo kple nugɔmesenyawo
21 To make known to you [the] truth of words of faithfulness to bring back words faithfulness to [those who] sent you.
be woafia nyateƒe kple kakaɖedzinyawo wò be nàtsɔ nunyanyawo aɖo nya ŋu na ame si dɔ wò la oa?
22 May not you rob a poor [person] for [is] poor he and may not you crush a poor [person] at the gate.
Mègaba ame dahewo le esi woda ahe ta o eye mègate hiãtɔ ɖe to le ʋɔnu o,
23 For Yahweh he will conduct case their and he will rob [those who] rob them life.
elabena Yehowa axɔ nya ɖe wo nu eye wòaha ame si ha wo.
24 May not you associate with a master of anger and with a person of rage not you must go.
Mègadze xɔ̃ ŋutsu dɔmedzoetɔ o eye mègade ha kple ame si doa dziku kabakaba o,
25 Lest you should learn (ways his *Q(K)*) and you will take a snare for self your.
ne menye nenema o la, àva srɔ̃ eƒe mɔwo eye nàtsɔ ɖokuiwò ade mɔ me.
26 May not you be among [those who] strike a palm among [those who] stand surety for debts.
Mèganye ame si ƒua asi akɔ ɖe fenyila nu alo dea megbe na ame si do nugbana la o;
27 If not [belongs] to you to pay why? will anyone take bed your from under you.
eye ne mèkpɔ ga axe fea o la, woaɖe aba si dzi nèmlɔna la gɔ̃ hã le tewò.
28 May not you displace a boundary of antiquity which they made ancestors your.
Mègaɖe blemaliƒokpe si fofowòwo ɖi la ɖa o.
29 You see a person - skilled in work his before kings he will take his stand not he will take his stand before insignificant [people].
Èkpɔ ame si bi ɖe eƒe dɔ me la le dɔ wɔma? Asubɔ le fiawo ŋgɔ eye menye le ame tsɛwo ŋgɔ o.
