Proverbs 14
1 Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
Nyɔnu nyanu tua eya ŋutɔ ƒe xɔ, ke nyɔnu bometsila ya tsɔa eya ŋutɔ ƒe asi vuvua xɔ si wòtu la kɔna ɖe anyi.
2 Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him.
Ame si ƒe zɔzɔme ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o la vɔ̃a Yehowa, ke ame siwo ƒe mɔ le gɔdɔ̃gɔdɔ̃ la doa vloe.
3 In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
Bometsila ƒe nuƒo nana ameƒoti dzea eƒe dzimegbe, ke nunyala ƒe nuyi kpɔa eta.
4 Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
Ne nyiwo meli o la, nyikpo me ɖia gbɔlo, ke woxaa nuku geɖe to nyitsu ƒe ŋusẽ me.
5 A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
Ɖasefo nyateƒetɔ meblea ame o, ke aʋatsoɖasefo ya trɔa alakpa kɔna ɖi glẽglẽglẽ.
6 A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.
Fewuɖula dia nunya gake mekpɔa ɖeke o, ke gɔmesese vana na ame si si sidzedze le la bɔbɔe.
7 Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
Te ɖa le bometsila gbɔ elabena màkpɔ gɔmesese le eƒe nu me o.
8 The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
Ayedzelawo ƒe nunyae nye be woabu ta me le woƒe mɔwo ŋu, ke bometsilawo ƒe bometsitsie nye alakpa.
9 Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright — a pleasing thing.
Bometsilawo le alɔme ɖem le nuvɔ̃ŋutivɔsa ŋuti, ke ŋudzedzekpɔkpɔ le dzɔdzɔetɔwo dome.
10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
Dzi ɖe sia ɖe nya eya ŋutɔ ƒe vevesese eye ame aɖeke hã mate ŋu ama eƒe dzidzɔ kplii o.
11 The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
Woatsrɔ̃ ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe aƒe, ke ame dzɔdzɔewo ƒe agbadɔ anɔ anyi ɖaa.
12 There is a way — right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.
Mɔ aɖe li, si le dzɔdzɔe le ame ƒe ŋkume, ke le nuwuwua la, ekplɔa ame yia ku mee.
13 Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
Le nukoko gɔ̃ hã me la, dzi ase veve eye dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ awu nu le nuxaxa me.
14 From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man — from his fruits.
Woaxe fe na tosẽlawo le woƒe mɔwo ta eye nenema ke ame nyui hã axɔ eƒe fetu.
15 The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.
Susu wodzoetɔ xɔa nya sia nya dzi sena, ke nunyala dea ŋugble le eƒe afɔɖeɖewo ŋuti.
16 The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
Nunyala léa fu vɔ̃ eye wòvɔa Yehowa, ke bometsila doa dziku kabakaba eye wòwɔa nu dzimagbɔɖitɔe.
17 Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Ame si doa dɔmedzoe kabakaba la wɔa bometsinuwo eye wòléa fu ayedzela.
18 The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.
Susu wodzoetɔwo ƒe domenyinue nye bometsitsi, ke wotsɔa sidzedze ɖɔna na nunyalawo.
19 The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Ame vɔ̃ɖiwo adze klo ɖe ame nyuiwo ŋkume eye nenema ke nu tovo wɔlawo awɔ le ame dzɔdzɔewo ƒe agbonu.
20 Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.
Ame dahewo ƒe aƒelikawo ke hã ƒoa asa na wo, ke xɔlɔ̃ geɖe nɔa kesinɔtɔwo si.
21 Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
Ame si do vlo ehavi la wɔ nu vɔ̃, ke woayra ame si nyo dɔ me na hiãtɔ.
22 Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
Ame siwo ɖoa nu vɔ̃ɖi la traa mɔ ke ame siwo wɔa ɖoɖo ɖe nu nyui wɔwɔ ŋu la xɔa lɔlɔ̃ kple nuteƒewɔwɔ ƒe teƒeɖoɖo.
23 In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
Kutrikuku ɖe dɔwɔna ŋu hea viɖe vɛ, ke nukpoloeƒoƒo ɖeɖe hea ame yia ahedada mee.
24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.
Nunyalawo ƒe kesinɔnue nye woƒe fiakuku, gake bometsilawo ƒe bometsinuwɔwɔ hea bometsitsi vanɛ.
25 A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.
Ɖasefo nyateƒetɔ ɖea ame geɖewo ƒe agbe, ke aʋatsoɖasefo nye ameblela.
26 In the fear of Jehovah [is] strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.
Ame si vɔ̃a Yehowa la, mɔ sesẽ aɖe le esi eye wòanye bebeƒe na viawo.
27 The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
Yehowa vɔvɔ̃e nye agbe ƒe vudo eye wòɖea ame tso ku ƒe mɔkawo me.
28 In the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.
Ame xexlẽme gbogbo nye fia ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe, ke ne amewo mele du aɖe me o la, gbegblẽ vaa dumegã dzi.
29 Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
Sidzedze gã aɖe sua ŋutsu dzigbɔɖitɔ si, ke ŋutsu si doa dziku kabakaba la, ɖea eƒe bometsitsi fiana.
30 A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
Dzi si me ŋutifafa le la nana agbe ŋutilã gake ŋubiã nana ƒuwo ƒaƒãna.
31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
Ame si tea ame dahewo ɖe anyi la doa vlo wo Wɔla, ke ame si nyoa dɔ me na hiãtɔ la dea bubu Mawu ŋuti.
32 In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous.
Ne dzɔgbevɔ̃e dzɔ la, ame vɔ̃ɖiwo yia to, ke le ku me ke hã la, ame dzɔdzɔewo kpɔa sitsoƒe.
33 In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
Ame si si sidzedze su la, nunya tsoa aƒe ɖe eƒe dzi me, eye le bometsilawo dome gɔ̃ hã la, enana wodzea si ame si ƒomevi wònye.
34 Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.
Dzɔdzɔenyenye doa dukɔ ɖe dzi, ke nu vɔ̃ nye ŋukpe na dukɔmeviwo.
35 The favour of a king [is] to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!
Dɔla nyanu ƒe nu nyoa fia ŋu, ke eƒe dɔmedzoe vaa dɔla ŋukpenanuwɔla dzi.
