Mmebusɛm 2
1 Me ba, sɛ wutie me nsɛm, na woma me mmaransɛm tena wo mu a,
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2 sɛ wowɛn wʼaso ma nyansa na wode wo koma ma ntease,
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3 na woma wo nne so frɛ nhumu na wusu frɛ ntease,
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4 na sɛ wohwehwɛ no te sɛnea wohwehwɛ dwetɛ na wohwehwɛ no sɛnea worepɛ ademude a ahintaw a,
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5 ɛno na wobɛte Awurade suro ase na woahu Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ.
Then shalt thou understand the fear of Yhwh, and find the knowledge of God.
6 Awurade ma nimdeɛ, na nʼanom na nyansa ne ntease fi ba.
For Yhwh giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7 Ɔkora nkonimdi ma wɔn a wɔteɛ, ɔyɛ kyɛm ma wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ pɛ,
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 ɔwɛn nea ɔyɛ pɛ kwan, na ɔbɔ wɔn a wodi no nokware no akwan ho ban.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9 Ɛno na wobɛte nea eye ne nea ɛyɛ pɛ, ne nea ɛfata, ɔkwan biara a eye ase.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 Afei nyansa bewura wo koma mu, na nimdeɛ ayɛ ahomeka ama wo kra.
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11 Adwene bɛbɔ wo ho ban na ntease ahwɛ wo so.
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12 Nyansa beyi wo afi amumɔyɛfo akwan mu, ebeyi wo afi nnipa a wɔn nsɛm yɛ basabasa nsam,
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
13 wɔn a wɔaman afi akwan pa so akɔnantew sum akwan so no,
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 wɔn a wɔn ani gye bɔneyɛ ho, na wodi ahurusi wɔ bɔne mu basabasayɛ ho,
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;
15 wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ kɔntɔnkye na wɔyɛ abonsam wɔ wɔn akwan mu.
Whose ways are crooked, and they perverted in their paths:
16 Nimdeɛ begye wo afi ɔbea waresɛefo no nsam, afi ɔbea warefo huhuni a ɔka nnaadaasɛm ho,
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17 nea wagyaa ne mmabaabere mu kunu na wapo apam a ɔyɛɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim no.
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 Ne fi yɛ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ owu mu na nʼakwan kɔ awufo honhom nkyɛn.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 Obiara a ɔkɔ ne nkyɛn no nsan mma anaasɛ ɔrensi nkwa akwan so.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 Enti wubedi nnipa pa anammɔn akyi na woanantew atreneefo akwan so.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 Efisɛ wɔn a wɔteɛ bɛtena asase no so, na wɔn a asɛm nni wɔn ho no na wɔbɛka hɔ;
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 na wobetwa amumɔyɛfo afi asase no so, na wɔatɔre atorofo ase.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
