Mmebusɛm 13
1 Ɔba nyansafo tie nʼagya nkyerɛkyerɛ; na ɔfɛwdifo ntie animka.
A wijs sone is the teching of the fadir; but he that is a scornere, herith not, whanne he is repreuyd.
2 Nneɛma pa a efi onipa anom no ma no anigye, na wɔn a wonni nokware no kɔn dɔ kitikitiyɛ.
A man schal be fillid with goodis of the fruit of his mouth; but the soule of vnpitouse men is wickid.
3 Nea ɔkora nʼano no kora ne nkwa so, nanso nea ɔkasa a onsusuw ho no bɛba ɔsɛe mu.
He that kepith his mouth, kepith his soule; but he that is vnwar to speke, schal feel yuels.
4 Onihawfo pere hwehwɛ nanso onya hwee, na nea ɔyɛ adwuma no nya nea ɔpɛ biara.
A slow man wole, and wole not; but the soule of hem that worchen schal be maad fat.
5 Atreneefo kyi nea ɛnyɛ nokware, nanso amumɔyɛfo de aniwu ne ahohora ba.
A iust man schal wlate a fals word; but a wickid man schendith, and schal be schent.
6 Trenee bɔ ɔnokwafo ho ban, na amumɔyɛsɛm tu ɔbɔnefo gu.
Riytfulnesse kepith the weie of an innocent man; but wickidnesse disseyueth a synnere.
7 Obi yɛ ne ho sɛ ɔdefo, a nso onni hwee, ɔfoforo yɛ ne ho sɛ ohiani, nso ɔwɔ ahonya bebree.
A man is as riche, whanne he hath no thing; and a man is as pore, whanne he is in many richessis.
8 Obi ahonya betumi agye no nkwa, nanso ohiani nte ahunahuna biara.
Redempcioun of the soule of man is hise richessis; but he that is pore, suffrith not blamyng.
9 Atreneefo kanea hyerɛn pa ara, nanso wodum amumɔyɛfo kanea.
The liyt of iust men makith glad; but the lanterne of wickid men schal be quenchid.
10 Ahantan de ntɔkwaw nko ara na ɛba, na wohu nyansa wɔ wɔn a wotie afotu mu.
Stryues ben euere a mong proude men; but thei that don alle thingis with counsel, ben gouerned bi wisdom.
11 Ahonya a ɛnam ɔkwammɔne so no hwere ntɛm so, na nea ɔboa sika ano nkakrankakra no ma ɛdɔɔso.
Hastid catel schal be maad lesse; but that that is gaderid litil and litil with hond, schal be multiplied.
12 Anidaso a wotu hyɛ da no bɔ koma ɔyare, nanso anigyinade a nsa aka no yɛ nkwadua.
Hope which is dilaied, turmentith the soule; a tre of lijf is desir comyng.
13 Nea otwiri akwankyerɛ no betua so ka, nanso wɔma nea ɔde obu ma mmara no akatua.
He that bacbitith ony thing, byndith hym silf in to tyme to comynge; but he that dredith the comaundement, schal lyue in pees.
14 Onyansafo nkyerɛkyerɛ te sɛ nkwa asuti, eyi onipa fi owu afiri mu.
The lawe of a wise man is a welle of lijf; that he bowe awei fro the falling of deth.
15 Nhumu pa de adom ba, nanso atorofo akwan so yɛ den.
Good teching schal yyue grace; a swolowe is in the weie of dispiseris.
16 Ɔbadwemma biara yɛ nʼade wɔ nimdeɛ mu, nanso ɔkwasea da nʼagyimisɛm adi.
A fel man doith alle thingis with counsel; but he that is a fool, schal opene foli.
17 Ɔsomafo mumɔyɛfo tɔ amane mu, nanso ɔnanmusini nokwafo de abodwo ba.
The messanger of a wickid man schal falle in to yuel; a feithful messanger is helthe.
18 Nea ɔpo nteɛso no kɔ ohia ne animguase mu, na wɔhyɛ nea otie nteɛso no anuonyam.
Nedynesse and schenschip is to him that forsakith techyng; but he that assentith to a blamere, schal be glorified.
19 Akɔnnɔde a nsa aka ma ɔkra ani gye, nanso nkwaseafo kyi sɛ wɔtwe wɔn ho fi bɔne ho.
Desir, if it is fillid, delitith the soule; foolis wlaten hem that fleen yuels.
20 Nea ɔne onyansafo nantew no hu nyansa, na nea ɔne nkwaseafo bɔ no hu amane.
He that goith with wijs men, schal be wijs; the freend of foolis schal be maad lijk hem.
21 Ɔhaw di ɔbɔnefo akyi, na nkɔso yɛ ɔtreneeni akatua.
Yuel pursueth synneris; and goodis schulen be yoldun to iust men.
22 Onipa pa de agyapade gyaw ne nenanom, na wɔkora ɔbɔnefo ahonyade so ma ɔtreneeni.
A good man schal leeue aftir him eiris, sones, and the sones of sones; and the catel of a synnere is kept to a iust man.
23 Ohiani afum nnɔbae tumi ba pii, nanso ntɛnkyew pra kɔ.
Many meetis ben in the new tilid feeldis of fadris; and ben gaderid to othere men with out doom.
24 Nea ɔkyɛe nʼabaa so no tan ne ba, na nea ɔdɔ no no hwɛ sɛ ɔbɛteɛ no.
He that sparith the yerde, hatith his sone; but he that loueth him, techith bisili.
25 Atreneefo didi ma wɔn koma mee, nanso ɔkɔm de amumɔyɛfo.
A iust man etith, and fillith his soule; but the wombe of wickid men is vnable to be fillid.
