Lododowo 6
1 Vinye, ne ède megbe na wò aƒelika, eye nèsi akpe tsɔ do ŋugbee na ame tutɔ,
O son my if you have stood surety for fellow-citizen your you have struck for the stranger palms your.
2 ne ŋugbe si nèdo zu mɔ me nèɖo eye wò numenyawo bla wò la,
You have been ensnared by [the] words of mouth your you have been caught by [the] words of mouth your.
3 ekema vinye, wɔ esia ne nàtsɔ aɖe ɖokuiwòe, esi nège ɖe hawòvi ƒe asi me ta. Yi nàbɔbɔ ɖokuiwò, ɖe kuku na hawòvi la amenubletɔe!
Do this then - O son my and deliver yourself for you have come in [the] palm of neighbor your go humble yourself and importune neighbor your.
4 Wò ŋkuwo megadɔ alɔ̃ o eye wò aɖaba megadɔ akɔlɔ̃e o.
May not you give sleep to eyes your and slumber to eyelids your.
5 Ɖe ɖokuiwò le eƒe asi me abe ale si sãde sina le adela ƒe asi me ene alo abe ale si xevi dona le xevimɔtrela ƒe kamɔ mee ene.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hand and like a bird from [the] hand of a fowler.
6 Wò, kuviatɔ, yi anyidi gbɔ; kpɔ eƒe mɔwo ɖa, eye nàdze nunya!
Go to an ant O sluggard consider ways its and become wise.
7 Gbeɖela loo dzikpɔla alo dziɖula aɖeke mele esi o,
Which not [belongs] to it [is] commander of icer and ruler.
8 gake le dzomeŋɔli la eƒoa eƒe nuhiahiãwo nu ƒu eye wòƒoa eƒe nuɖuɖu nu ƒu le nuŋeɣi.
It prepares in the summer food its it gathers at the harvest food its.
9 Wò, kuviatɔ va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣi nàmlɔ afi ma? Ɣe ka ɣi nànyɔ tso alɔ̃ me?
Until when? O sluggard - will you lie down when? will you rise from sleep your.
10 Dɔ alɔ̃ vie, dɔ akɔlɔ̃e sẽe, ŋlɔ wò abɔwo nàdzudzɔ vie,
A little of sleep a little of slumber a little of - folding of hands to rest.
11 tete ahedada aƒo ɖe dziwò abe adzodala ene eye hiã abe aʋakalẽtɔ si bla akpa ene.
And it will come like a traveler poverty your and lack your like a man of shield.
12 Yakame kple ame baɖa si le yiyim kple alakpadada,
A person of worthlessness a person of wickedness [is] walking crookedness of mouth.
13 le ŋku tem, tsɔ afɔ le dzesi fiam eye wòtsɔ eƒe asi le nya gblɔmii,
[he is] winking (With eyes his *Q(K)*) [he is] scraping (with feet his *Q(K)*) [he is] pointing with fingers his.
14 ame si ɖoa nu vɔ̃ɖi, beble le eƒe dzi me, eye ɣe sia ɣi wòdea dzre aƒe la
Perverse things - [are] in heart his [he is] devising evil at every time (contentions *Q(K)*) he sends out.
15 eya ta gbegblẽ aƒo ɖe edzi kpoyi eye woatsrɔ̃ eya amea zi ɖeka, naneke maɖee le eme o.
There-fore suddenly it will come disaster his an instant he will be broken and there not [will be] healing.
16 Nu adree Yehowa tsri, eye nu adree nye nu siwo wònyɔa ŋui:
Six [things] those he hates Yahweh and [are] seven ([the] disgusting thing of *Q(K)*) self his.
17 dadaŋkuwo, alakpaɖe, asi siwo kɔa ʋu maɖifɔ ɖi,
Eyes haughty a tongue of falsehood and hands [which] shed blood innocent.
18 dzi si ɖoa nu vɔ̃ɖiwo, afɔ siwo ɖea abla ɖe vɔ̃wɔwɔ ŋuti
A heart [which] devises plans of wickedness feet [which] hurry to run to evil.
19 aʋatsoɖaseɖila si kɔa alakpa ɖi, kple ŋutsu si dea dzre nɔviwo dome.
[who] he breathes out Lies a witness of falsehood and [one who] spreads contentions between brothers.
20 Vinye, lé fofowò ƒe sededewo me ɖe asi eye mègagblẽ dawò ƒe nufiame ɖi o.
Keep O son my [the] commandment of father your and may not you forsake [the] instruction of mother your.
21 Bla wo ɖe wò dzi ŋuti tegbee eye nàsae ɖe wò kɔ ŋuti.
Bind them on heart your continually tie them on necks your.
22 Ne èle zɔzɔm la, woafia mɔ wò, ne èle alɔ̃ dɔm la, woadzɔ ŋuwò eye ne ènyɔ la, woaƒo nu na wò
When walking about you - it will guide you when lying down you it will watch over you and you will awake it it will speak to you.
23 elabena sedede siawo nye akaɖi, nufiafia sia nye kekeli eye ɖɔɖɔɖo si amehehe hena vɛ la nye agbe ƒe mɔ,
For [is] a lamp [the] commandment and [the] instruction [is] a light and [are] a way of life rebukes of discipline.
24 esi aɖe wò tso nyɔnu ahasitɔ ƒe asi me kple srɔ̃nyɔnu dzego la ƒe aɖe ŋanɛ ƒe asi me.
To keep you from a woman of evil from smoothness of tongue a foreign [woman].
25 Eƒe tugbedzedze megana eƒe nu nadzro wò le wò dzi me alo nàna eƒe ŋku mawo nalé wò o,
May not you desire beauty her in heart your and may not she capture you with eyelids her.
26 elabena gbolo aɖi gbɔ̃ wò, nànɔ abe abolo ko ene eye nyɔnu ahasitɔ aɖe agbe le mewò.
For [the] price a woman a prostitute to a round loaf of bread and [the] wife of a man a life precious she hunts.
27 Ɖe ŋutsu aɖe aɖe dzo ɖe atata eye eƒe awuwo nagbe fiafia?
¿ Will he snatch up a man fire in bosom his and garments his not will they be burned?
28 Ɖe ŋutsu aɖe azɔ le dzoka xɔxɔ dzi eye eƒe afɔwo nagbe fiafia?
Or? will he walk? a man on burning coals and feet his not will they be scorched.
29 Nenemae wòanɔ na ŋutsu si dɔna kple ŋutsu bubu srɔ̃, womagbe tohehe na ame si ka asi eŋuti o.
[is] thus The [one who] goes into [the] wife of neighbor his not he will go unpunished every [one who] touches her.
30 Womedoa vlo fiafitɔ ne efi fi be wòatsɔ atsi eƒe dɔwuame nu, ne dɔ la ewum o
Not people despise the thief if he will steal to fill appetite his for he will be hungry.
31 gake ne wolée la, ele nɛ be wòaɖo nua teƒe zi adre, esia ana eƒe kesinɔnu siwo katã le esi le eƒe aƒe me la navɔ le esi.
And he will be found out he will make restitution sevenfold all [the] wealth of house his he will give.
32 Ke ame si wɔ ahasi kple srɔ̃tɔ la mebua ta me o eye ame si wɔnɛ la gblẽa eɖokui dome.
[one who] commits adultery A woman [is] lacking of heart [one who] destroys own self his he he will do it.
33 Ƒoƒo kple kɔ kple vlododo nye etɔ gome eye womaɖe eƒe ŋukpe ɖa akpɔ gbeɖe o
A wound and shame he will find and reproach his not it will be wiped away.
34 elabena ŋuʋaʋã ana srɔ̃ŋutsu ƒe dɔmedzoe nafla eye ne ele hlɔ̃ biam la, makpɔ nublanui o.
For jealousy [is the] rage of a man and not he will have compassion on a day of vengeance.
35 Maxɔ avulénu aɖeke o, eye maxɔ zãnu aɖeke hã o, aleke gbegbee wòloloe hã.
Not he will lift up [the] face of any ransom and not he will be willing for you will make great a bribe.
