Proverbs 9
1 [It is as though] wisdom [is a woman who] has built a [big] house for herself, and has set up seven columns [to support the roof],
Nunya tu eƒe xɔ eye wòɖo eƒe sɔti adreawo te.
2 and has slaughtered an animal [and cooked the meat], and has mixed [nice spices] in the wine, and has put [the food] on the table.
Etrɔ asi le eƒe lã si wòwu ŋu, tɔtɔ eƒe wain, eye wòɖo eƒe kplɔ̃ hã.
3 [It is as though then] she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town,
Edɔ eƒe dɔlanyɔnuwo eye wòtsi tsitre ɖe dua ƒe kɔkɔƒe ke hedo ɣli be,
4 “You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, [it is as though] she calls out,
“Mi bebewuwo katã mige ɖe eme le afii!” Egblɔ na numanyalawo be,
5 “Come and eat the food that I [have prepared], and drink the [good] wine that I have mixed!
“Miva, miɖu nye nu eye mino nye wain si metɔtɔ.
6 (Leave/Go away from) [other] foolish people, and [if you do that, you will continue to] live. Walk on the road that will enable you to (have knowledge/know what is true and what is not true).”
Miɖe asi le bometsitsi ŋu, ekema mianɔ agbe eye miazɔ le gɔmesese me.
7 If you rebuke someone who will not allow others to correct him, he will insult you. If you reprove/scold an evil man, he will hurt you.
“Ame si le nya gbem na fewuɖula la le eƒe dzu dɔm eye ame si ka mo na ame vɔ̃ɖi la xɔa dzudzu.
8 Do not rebuke someone who will not allow others to (correct him/tell him what he has done is wrong), because he will hate you for doing that. [But] if you rebuke a wise person, he will respect you.
Mègaka mo na fewuɖula o, ne menye nenema o la, alé fu wò; ke boŋ ka mo na nunyala eye alɔ̃ wò nya.
9 If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.
Fia nu nunyala, aganya nu ɖe edzi wu, fia nu ame dzɔdzɔe eye agasrɔ̃ nu akpe ɖe esi wònya xoxo la ŋuti.
10 If you want to be wise, you must start by revering Yahweh, and if you know God, the Holy One, you will understand [which teachings are wise/true].
“Yehowa vɔvɔ̃e nye nunya ƒe gɔmedzedze eye sidzedze Kɔkɔetɔ la nye gɔmesese
11 If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].
elabena to dzinye wò ŋkekewo adzi ɖe edzi fũu eye woatsɔ ƒewo akpe wò agbenɔƒewo.
12 If you are wise, you are the one who will benefit from it; if you ridicule [becoming wise], you are the one who will suffer.
Ne èdze nunya la, wò nunya ahe viɖe vɛ na wò; ke ne ènye fewuɖula la, wò ɖeka koe akpe fu.”
13 Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed [of the wrong things that they do].
Nyɔnu bometsila la le ɣli dom, womekplae o eye menya nu hã o.
14 They sit at the doors of their houses [or] they sit on the top [of the hills] in the town,
Enɔ anyi ɖe eƒe aƒe ƒe ʋɔtru nu, enɔ anyi ɖe zikpui dzi le du la ƒe kɔkɔƒe kekeake
15 and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs,
le ame siwo va le eme tsom la yɔm, ame siwo lé woƒe mɔ tsɔ tẽe be,
16 “You people who need to understand more, come into [my house]!” And to those who are ignorant, they call out,
“Mí ame siwo katã nye bebewuwo la, mige ɖe eme le afii!” Egblɔna na ame siwo menya nu o la be,
17 “[Just as] water which you have stolen tastes very good and food that you eat by yourself tastes the best, [if you have sex secretly with someone to whom you are not married, you will enjoy it very much].”
“Tsi si wofi la vivina, eye nu si woɖu le vivime la vivina!”
18 But men who go to those women’s houses do not know that those who have gone there are now dead; they have descended down into the deepest parts of the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Ke womenya gɔ̃ hã be ame kukuwo le afi ma o eye eƒe ame kpekpewo le yɔdo ƒe gogloƒe ke o. (Sheol h7585)
