Proverbs 5
1 My son, listen carefully to some [more] wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
Me ba, yɛ aso ma me nyansa; tie me nhumu nsɛm no yiye,
2 If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely [what to do], and you will know [the right things] to say [MTY].
sɛnea ɛbɛma woahwɛ yiye, na wʼano akora nimdeɛ.
3 What an immoral woman says [to you may be] as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil [feels on your skin],
Efisɛ ɔbea aguaman ano sosɔ ɛwo, na ne kasa yɛ fɔmm sen ngo;
4 but the result [of being with her] will be bitter like gall and [injure you as badly], like being cut with a sharp two-edged sword.
nanso awiei no, ɛyɛ nwen sen bɔnwoma, ɛyɛ nam sɛ afoa anofanu.
5 If you go where she goes [MTY], you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight to the grave. (Sheol h7585)
Nʼanan kɔ owu mu; nʼanammɔntutu kɔ ɔda mu tee. (Sheol h7585)
6 She is not concerned about the roads that lead to a [long] life. She walks [down] a crooked path, and she does not realize [that she is on the wrong road].
Onsusuw ɔkwan a ɛkɔ nkwa mu ho; nʼakwan yɛ kɔntɔnkye, nanso onnim.
7 So now, my sons, listen to me. (Never turn aside from/always remember) [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
Enti afei, me mma, muntie me; Monntwe mo ho mmfi nea meka ho.
8 Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
Ɔkwan a ɛmmɛn no no na momfa so; mommmɛn ne fi pon ano,
9 If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your (self-respect/good reputation) and [that woman’s husband] will not act mercifully toward you; he will [kill you and] take everything that you have acquired during your life!
anyɛ saa a, mode mo ahoɔden bɛma afoforo na mode mo mfe ama otirimɔdenfo,
10 Foreigners will take your money, and [all] the good things that you have worked for will (end up in their hands/become their possessions).
anyɛ saa a, ahɔho bɛfom mo ahonyade na mo brɛ de ahonya akɔ afoforo fi.
11 And when you are about to die, you will groan [with severe pain] because diseases [that you have gotten from being immoral] will be destroying your body.
Mo nkwanna akyi, mubesi apini, bere a mo honam ne mo nipadua asa no.
12 Then you will say, “I hated it [when people tried to] correct me. I despised [people when they] reproved/rebuked me.
Na moaka se, “Na mikyi ahohyɛso! Me koma ampɛ nteɛso!
13 I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who [tried to] teach me [something about my behavior].
Manyɛ osetie amma mʼakyerɛkyerɛfo na mantie me kwankyerɛfo asɛm.
14 [Now] I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.”
Madu ɔsɛe ano wɔ asafo no nyinaa mu.”
15 Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET], enjoy [having sex] [EUP] only with your own wife.
Nom nsu fi wʼankasa ahina mu, nsu a ɛteɛ fi wʼankasa abura mu.
16 Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, [you should not have sex with other women]. [MET, EUP]
So ɛsɛ sɛ wʼasuti yiri fa mmɔnten so na wo nsuwa kokɔ ɔman aguabɔbea ana?
17 Enjoy [having sex] only with your wife; do not [have sex with] other women.
Ma ɛnyɛ wo nko ara de, a wo ne ahɔho nkyɛ da.
18 Let your wife be a source of great pleasure to you. (Be happy/[Enjoy sex]) with the woman whom you married when you were both young.
Nhyira nka wʼasubura na wʼani nnye wo mmrantebere mu yere ho.
19 She is as pretty and graceful [as] a young female deer. Allow her breasts to always satisfy you. Allow her lovemaking to excite you.
Ɔte sɛ ɔtwe bere dɔfo, ɔwansan nuonyamfo; ma ne nufu nsɔ wʼani daa na ne dɔ nkyekyere wo.
20 My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
Me ba, adɛn nti na woma ɔbea aguaman kyekyere wo? Adɛn nti na woda ɔbarima foforo bi yere kokom?
21 [I say that] because Yahweh sees clearly everything that we do; he knows [where we are going on] the roads that we walk on.
Awurade hu onipa akwan nyinaa, na ɔhwehwɛ ne nyinaa mu.
22 Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are [like] ropes that bind them.
Omumɔyɛfo nnebɔne sum no afiri; na ne bɔne ahama kyekyere no papee.
23 Evil men [will] die because they are unable to say “No” to their desires; they [will] (go astray/be lost) because of the foolish things that they do.
Wobewu, esiane ahohyɛso a wonni nti, na wɔayera, esiane wɔn agyennyentwisɛm nti.
