Proverbs 6
1 son: child my if to pledge to/for neighbor your to blow to/for be a stranger palm your
Vinye, ne ède megbe na wò aƒelika, eye nèsi akpe tsɔ do ŋugbee na ame tutɔ,
2 to snare in/on/with word lip your to capture in/on/with word lip your
ne ŋugbe si nèdo zu mɔ me nèɖo eye wò numenyawo bla wò la,
3 to make: do this then son: child my and to rescue for to come (in): come in/on/with palm neighbor your to go: went to stamp and to be assertive neighbor your
ekema vinye, wɔ esia ne nàtsɔ aɖe ɖokuiwòe, esi nège ɖe hawòvi ƒe asi me ta. Yi nàbɔbɔ ɖokuiwò, ɖe kuku na hawòvi la amenubletɔe!
4 not to give: give sleep to/for eye your and slumber to/for eyelid your
Wò ŋkuwo megadɔ alɔ̃ o eye wò aɖaba megadɔ akɔlɔ̃e o.
5 to rescue like/as gazelle from hand and like/as bird from hand fowler
Ɖe ɖokuiwò le eƒe asi me abe ale si sãde sina le adela ƒe asi me ene alo abe ale si xevi dona le xevimɔtrela ƒe kamɔ mee ene.
6 to go: went to(wards) ant sluggish to see: examine way: conduct her and be wise
Wò, kuviatɔ, yi anyidi gbɔ; kpɔ eƒe mɔwo ɖa, eye nàdze nunya!
7 which nothing to/for her chief official and to rule
Gbeɖela loo dzikpɔla alo dziɖula aɖeke mele esi o,
8 to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food: bread her to gather in/on/with harvest food her
gake le dzomeŋɔli la eƒoa eƒe nuhiahiãwo nu ƒu eye wòƒoa eƒe nuɖuɖu nu ƒu le nuŋeɣi.
9 till how sluggish to lie down: lay down how to arise: rise from sleep your
Wò, kuviatɔ va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣi nàmlɔ afi ma? Ɣe ka ɣi nànyɔ tso alɔ̃ me?
10 little sleep little slumber little folding hand to/for to lie down: sleep
Dɔ alɔ̃ vie, dɔ akɔlɔ̃e sẽe, ŋlɔ wò abɔwo nàdzudzɔ vie,
11 and to come (in): come like/as to go: follow poverty your and need your like/as man shield
tete ahedada aƒo ɖe dziwò abe adzodala ene eye hiã abe aʋakalẽtɔ si bla akpa ene.
12 man Belial: worthless man evil: wickedness to go: walk crookedness lip: word
Yakame kple ame baɖa si le yiyim kple alakpadada,
13 to wink (in/on/with eye his *Q(K)*) to rub (in/on/with foot his *Q(K)*) to show in/on/with finger his
le ŋku tem, tsɔ afɔ le dzesi fiam eye wòtsɔ eƒe asi le nya gblɔmii,
14 perversity in/on/with heart his to plow/plot bad: evil in/on/with all time (contention *Q(K)*) to send: depart
ame si ɖoa nu vɔ̃ɖi, beble le eƒe dzi me, eye ɣe sia ɣi wòdea dzre aƒe la
15 upon so suddenly to come (in): come calamity his suddenness to break and nothing healing
eya ta gbegblẽ aƒo ɖe edzi kpoyi eye woatsrɔ̃ eya amea zi ɖeka, naneke maɖee le eme o.
16 six they(fem.) to hate LORD and seven (abomination *Q(K)*) soul: myself his
Nu adree Yehowa tsri, eye nu adree nye nu siwo wònyɔa ŋui:
17 eye to exalt tongue deception and hand to pour: kill blood innocent
dadaŋkuwo, alakpaɖe, asi siwo kɔa ʋu maɖifɔ ɖi,
18 heart to plow/plot plot evil: wickedness foot to hasten to/for to run: run to/for distress: evil
dzi si ɖoa nu vɔ̃ɖiwo, afɔ siwo ɖea abla ɖe vɔ̃wɔwɔ ŋuti
19 to breathe lie witness deception and to send: depart strife between brother: male-sibling
aʋatsoɖaseɖila si kɔa alakpa ɖi, kple ŋutsu si dea dzre nɔviwo dome.
20 to watch son: child my commandment father your and not to leave instruction mother your
Vinye, lé fofowò ƒe sededewo me ɖe asi eye mègagblẽ dawò ƒe nufiame ɖi o.
21 to conspire them upon heart your continually to bind them upon neck your
Bla wo ɖe wò dzi ŋuti tegbee eye nàsae ɖe wò kɔ ŋuti.
22 in/on/with to go: walk you to lead [obj] you in/on/with to lie down: lay down you to keep: guard upon you and to awake he/she/it to muse you
Ne èle zɔzɔm la, woafia mɔ wò, ne èle alɔ̃ dɔm la, woadzɔ ŋuwò eye ne ènyɔ la, woaƒo nu na wò
23 for lamp commandment and instruction light and way: conduct life argument discipline
elabena sedede siawo nye akaɖi, nufiafia sia nye kekeli eye ɖɔɖɔɖo si amehehe hena vɛ la nye agbe ƒe mɔ,
24 to/for to keep: guard you from woman bad: evil from smoothness tongue foreign
esi aɖe wò tso nyɔnu ahasitɔ ƒe asi me kple srɔ̃nyɔnu dzego la ƒe aɖe ŋanɛ ƒe asi me.
25 not to desire beauty her in/on/with heart your and not to take: take you in/on/with eyelid her
Eƒe tugbedzedze megana eƒe nu nadzro wò le wò dzi me alo nàna eƒe ŋku mawo nalé wò o,
26 for about/through/for woman to fornicate till talent food: bread and woman man: husband soul: life precious to hunt
elabena gbolo aɖi gbɔ̃ wò, nànɔ abe abolo ko ene eye nyɔnu ahasitɔ aɖe agbe le mewò.
27 to snatch up man fire in/on/with bosom: lap his and garment his not to burn
Ɖe ŋutsu aɖe aɖe dzo ɖe atata eye eƒe awuwo nagbe fiafia?
28 if to go: walk man upon [the] coal and foot his not to burn
Ɖe ŋutsu aɖe azɔ le dzoka xɔxɔ dzi eye eƒe afɔwo nagbe fiafia?
29 so [the] to come (in): come to(wards) woman: wife neighbor his not to clear all [the] to touch in/on/with her
Nenemae wòanɔ na ŋutsu si dɔna kple ŋutsu bubu srɔ̃, womagbe tohehe na ame si ka asi eŋuti o.
30 not to despise to/for thief for to steal to/for to fill soul: appetite his for be hungry
Womedoa vlo fiafitɔ ne efi fi be wòatsɔ atsi eƒe dɔwuame nu, ne dɔ la ewum o
31 and to find to complete sevenfold [obj] all substance house: home his to give: give
gake ne wolée la, ele nɛ be wòaɖo nua teƒe zi adre, esia ana eƒe kesinɔnu siwo katã le esi le eƒe aƒe me la navɔ le esi.
32 to commit adultery woman lacking heart to ruin soul: myself his he/she/it to make: do her
Ke ame si wɔ ahasi kple srɔ̃tɔ la mebua ta me o eye ame si wɔnɛ la gblẽa eɖokui dome.
33 plague and dishonor to find and reproach his not to wipe
Ƒoƒo kple kɔ kple vlododo nye etɔ gome eye womaɖe eƒe ŋukpe ɖa akpɔ gbeɖe o
34 for jealousy rage great man and not to spare in/on/with day vengeance
elabena ŋuʋaʋã ana srɔ̃ŋutsu ƒe dɔmedzoe nafla eye ne ele hlɔ̃ biam la, makpɔ nublanui o.
35 not to lift: kindness face: kindness all ransom and not be willing for to multiply bribe
Maxɔ avulénu aɖeke o, eye maxɔ zãnu aɖeke hã o, aleke gbegbee wòloloe hã.
