Lododowo 8
1 Ɖe nunya mele ɣli dom le ame yɔm oa? Ɖe gɔmesese mekɔ eƒe gbe dzi oa?
Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?
2 Etsi tsitre ɖe kɔkɔƒe siwo le mɔto la tame, afi si afɔmɔwo do go le.
Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths.
3 Ele tsitre ɖe dua ƒe agbowo ƒe mɔ xa kple agbo la me le ɣli dom sesĩe be,
Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:
4 “O ŋutsuwo, miawoe mele ɣli dom na eye mekɔ nye gbe dzi na amegbetɔƒomea katã.
O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 Mi bebewuwo, midze nunya; mi bometsilawo gɔmesese nesu mia si.
O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice.
6 Miɖo to elabena nya xɔasiwo le asinye be magblɔ; meke nye nu be magblɔ nu si le dzɔdzɔe.
Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.
7 Nye nu gblɔa nu si le eteƒe, elabena nye nuyi tsri vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi.
My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.
8 Nye numenyawo katã le dzɔdzɔe; ɖeke meglɔ̃ alo nye ayemenya o.
All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.
9 Wo katã le dzɔdzɔe na ame si si sidzedze le; fɔɖiɖi mele wo ŋu na ame siwo si gɔmesese le o.
They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.
10 Tia nye amehehe ɖe klosalo teƒe kple nye gɔmesese ɖe sika nyuitɔ teƒe
Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
11 elabena nunya xɔ asi wu adzagba eye nu siwo dim wò dzi le la ƒe ɖeke mesɔ kplii o.
For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.
12 “Nye, nunya kple ŋuɖɔɖoe nɔa teƒe ɖeka; gɔmesese kple sidzedze le asinye.
I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.
13 Yehowa vɔvɔ̃e nye be nàlé fu vɔ̃, eya ta metsri dada kple ɖokuidodoɖedzi, agbe baɖa nɔnɔ kple nya dzodzrowo gbɔgblɔ.
The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
14 Tɔnyee nye aɖaŋudede kple afia nyui tsotso, gɔmesese kple ŋusẽ le asinye.
Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.
15 Dzinyee fiawo tona ɖua fia eye dziɖulawo dea se siwo le dzɔdzɔe.
By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things,
16 Dzinyee dumegãwo tona kplɔa du eye nenema kee nye bubume siwo le dzi ɖum le anyigba dzi.
By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.
17 Melɔ̃a ame siwo lɔ̃am eye ame siwo diam la kpɔam.
I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
18 Hotsui kple bubu bɔ ɖe asinye, nenema kee nye kesinɔnu siwo megblẽna o kple dzidzedze.
With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.
19 Nye kutsetse nyo wu sika nyuitɔ, eye nu si dona tso menye la ƒo klosalo nyuitɔ ta sãa.
For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.
20 Mezɔna le dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe mɔ dzi kple nuteƒewɔwɔ ƒe toƒewo,
I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
21 eye mekɔa kesinɔnu ɖe ame siwo lɔ̃am la dzi, henana woƒe nudzraɖoƒewo gbagbana.
That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.
22 “Yehowa dzim abe eƒe nuwɔwɔwo ƒe ŋgɔgbetɔ ene, hafi wòava wɔ nuwo le blema.
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.
23 Etɔ asi dzinye tso mavɔ me ke, tso gɔmedzedzea me, hafi xexea me nava dzɔ.
I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made.
24 Wodzim esime atsiaƒuwo menɔ anyi o, eye vudo siwo dzia tsi fũu la hã menɔ anyi o.
The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:
25 Hafi woatsɔ towo ada ɖe woƒe nɔƒewo, eye togbɛwo nadzɔ la, nye la, wodzim xoxo.
The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:
26 Hafi wòava wɔ anyigba alo gbegbe alo anyigbadziʋuʋudediwo gɔ̃ hã la, wodzim xoxo.
He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.
27 Menɔ afi ma hafi wòtsɔ dziƒowo ɖo wo nɔƒe eye wòdzidze dzite da ɖe gogloƒewo tame.
When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:
28 Esi wòɖo lilikpowo ɖe dziƒo, eye wòli ke tɔ goglowo ƒe dzɔtsoƒe,
When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
29 esi wòɖo liƒo na atsiaƒu be eƒe tsiwo magbɔ teƒe si wòde se be woase la dzi o eye wòɖo anyigba gɔme la, medzɔ xoxo.
When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;
30 Ale menye aɖaŋudɔwɔla nɔ eƒe axadzi, dzidzɔ yɔ menye gbe sia gbe eye metsoa aseye le eŋkume ɣe sia ɣi.
I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;
31 Medzɔ dzi le eƒe xexe blibo la me eye amegbetɔwo ƒe nu do dzidzɔ nam.
Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.
32 “Eya ta, azɔ la, mi vinyewo, miɖo tom; woayra ame siwo lé nye mɔwo me ɖe asi.
Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Ɖo to nye sededewo eye nàdze nunya, mègado tokue o.
Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Woayra ame si ɖoa tom, nɔa ŋudzɔ le nye ʋɔtru nu gbe sia gbe eye wòlalana le nye kpui nu
Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.
35 elabena ame si ke ɖe ŋutinye la, ke ɖe agbe ŋu eye wòxɔa amenuveve tso Yehowa gbɔ.
He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:
36 Ke ame si mete ŋu ke ɖe ŋutinye o la, wɔa nu vevi eɖokui eye ame siwo katã léa fum la lɔ̃a ku.”
But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.
