Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Mfa ɔkyena nhoahoa wo ho, na wunnim nea ɛda bi de bɛba.
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
Ma ɔfoforo nkamfo wo; na ɛnyɛ wo ankasa; ma emfi ɔfoforo anom na ɛnyɛ wo.
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than both.
Ɔbo mu yɛ duru, na nwea yɛ adesoa, nanso ɔkwasea abufuwhyew yɛ duru sen emu biara.
4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
Abufuw tirim yɛ den, na abufuwhyew sɛe ade, na hena na obetumi agyina ninkutwe ano?
5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
Animka a ɛda gua ye sen ɔdɔ a asuma.
6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
Apirakuru a efi adamfo nkyɛn no ye sen ɔtamfo mfewano bebrebe.
7 The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Ɛwo nyɛ nea wamee akɔnnɔ, nanso nea ɛyɛ nwen mpo yɛ nea ɔkɔm de no no nʼanom dɛ.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
Onipa a wayera ne fi kwan, te sɛ anomaa a wafi ne berebuw mu rekyinkyin.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Ngo ne aduhuam ma koma ani gye, adamfo ho anigye fi nʼafotu pa a ɔma.
10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbor [that is] near, than a brother far off.
Nnyaa wʼadamfo ne wʼagya adamfo mu, nkɔ wo nuabarima fi bere a ɔhaw ato wo, na ɔyɔnko a ɔbɛn wo no ye sen onuabarima a ɔwɔ akyirikyiri.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Me ba, hu nyansa na ma me koma ani nnye; ɛno na ɛbɛma manya mmuae ama obiara a obu me animtiaa.
12 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
Mmadwemma hu asiane na wohintaw, nanso ntetekwaafo kɔ wɔn anim kɔtɔ mu.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Fa atade a ɛhyɛ obi a odi ɔhɔho akagyinamu; sɛ ɔregyina ɔbea huhufo akyi a, fa si awowa.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Sɛ obi teɛ mu hyira ne yɔnko anɔpahema a, wɔbɛfa no sɛ ɛyɛ nnome.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Ɔyere tɔkwapɛfo te sɛ ahumtuda nsusosɔ wɔ ɔdan a enwin so;
16 Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].
sɛ wopata no a, ɛte sɛ nea wopata mframa anaa wode wo nsa beso ngo mu.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Dade sew dade, saa ara na onipa sew ɔfoforo.
18 He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
Nea ɔhwɛ borɔdɔma dua so no bedi so aba, na nea ɔsom ne wura no, wɔbɛhyɛ no anuonyam.
19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Sɛnea nsu yi animdua kyerɛ no, saa ara na onipa koma da onipa no adi.
Sɛnea Owu ne Ɔsɛe bo ntɔ da no, saa ara, na onipa ani nso bo ntɔ da. (Sheol h7585)
21 [As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
Kyɛmfɛre wɔ hɔ ma dwetɛ na fononoo wɔ hɔ ma sikakɔkɔɔ, nanso wɔnam nkamfo a onipa nya so na ɛsɔ no hwɛ.
22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.
Sɛ wowɔw ɔkwasea wɔ ɔwaduru mu, sɛ wode ɔwɔma wɔw no te sɛnea wusiw aburow a, worentumi nyi agyimisɛm mfi ne ho.
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
Ma ɛnyɛ wo asɛnhia sɛ wubehu wo nguankuw tebea, na ma wʼani nkɔ wo anantwikuw so;
24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
efisɛ, ahonya ntena hɔ daa, na ahenkyɛw ntena hɔ mma awo ntoantoaso nyinaa.
25 The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Sɛ wotwa sare no na foforo fifi, na wɔboaboa nkoko so sare no ano a,
26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
ɛno de, nguantenmma no bɛma wo ntama, na mmirekyi ama sika a ɛtɔ mfuw.
27 And [thou shalt have] goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] maintenance for thy maidens.
Wubenya mmirekyi nufusu bebree ama wo ne wʼabusuafo adi ne aduan ama wo mmaawa.
