Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
Me ba, sɛ wutie me nsɛm, na woma me mmaransɛm tena wo mu a,
2 To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
sɛ wowɛn wʼaso ma nyansa na wode wo koma ma ntease,
3 For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
na woma wo nne so frɛ nhumu na wusu frɛ ntease,
4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
na sɛ wohwehwɛ no te sɛnea wohwehwɛ dwetɛ na wohwehwɛ no sɛnea worepɛ ademude a ahintaw a,
5 Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
ɛno na wobɛte Awurade suro ase na woahu Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ.
6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
Awurade ma nimdeɛ, na nʼanom na nyansa ne ntease fi ba.
7 Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
Ɔkora nkonimdi ma wɔn a wɔteɛ, ɔyɛ kyɛm ma wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ pɛ,
8 To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
ɔwɛn nea ɔyɛ pɛ kwan, na ɔbɔ wɔn a wodi no nokware no akwan ho ban.
9 Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness — every good path.
Ɛno na wobɛte nea eye ne nea ɛyɛ pɛ, ne nea ɛfata, ɔkwan biara a eye ase.
10 For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
Afei nyansa bewura wo koma mu, na nimdeɛ ayɛ ahomeka ama wo kra.
11 Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
Adwene bɛbɔ wo ho ban na ntease ahwɛ wo so.
12 To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
Nyansa beyi wo afi amumɔyɛfo akwan mu, ebeyi wo afi nnipa a wɔn nsɛm yɛ basabasa nsam,
13 Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
wɔn a wɔaman afi akwan pa so akɔnantew sum akwan so no,
14 Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
wɔn a wɔn ani gye bɔneyɛ ho, na wodi ahurusi wɔ bɔne mu basabasayɛ ho,
15 Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.
wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ kɔntɔnkye na wɔyɛ abonsam wɔ wɔn akwan mu.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
Nimdeɛ begye wo afi ɔbea waresɛefo no nsam, afi ɔbea warefo huhuni a ɔka nnaadaasɛm ho,
17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
nea wagyaa ne mmabaabere mu kunu na wapo apam a ɔyɛɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim no.
18 For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
Ne fi yɛ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ owu mu na nʼakwan kɔ awufo honhom nkyɛn.
19 None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Obiara a ɔkɔ ne nkyɛn no nsan mma anaasɛ ɔrensi nkwa akwan so.
20 That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
Enti wubedi nnipa pa anammɔn akyi na woanantew atreneefo akwan so.
21 For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
Efisɛ wɔn a wɔteɛ bɛtena asase no so, na wɔn a asɛm nni wɔn ho no na wɔbɛka hɔ;
22 And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
na wobetwa amumɔyɛfo afi asase no so, na wɔatɔre atorofo ase.
