Mmɛbusɛm 27
1 Mfa ɔkyena nhoahoa wo ho, na wonnim deɛ ɛda bi de bɛba.
not to boast: boast in/on/with day tomorrow for not to know what? to beget day
2 Ma ɔfoforɔ nkamfo wo; na ɛnyɛ wʼankasa; ma ɛmfiri ɔfoforɔ anomu na ɛnyɛ wo.
to boast: praise you be a stranger and not lip your foreign and not lips your
3 Ɛboɔ mu yɛ duru, na anwea yɛ adesoa, nanso ɔkwasea abufuhyeɛ yɛ duru sene emu biara.
heaviness stone and weight [the] sand and vexation fool(ish) heavy from two their
4 Abufuo tirim yɛ den, na abufuhyeɛ sɛe adeɛ, na hwan na ɔbɛtumi agyina ninkuntwe ano?
cruel rage and flood face: anger and who? to stand: stand to/for face: before jealousy
5 Animka a ɛda edwa yɛ sene ɔdɔ a asuma.
pleasant argument to reveal: uncover from love to hide
6 Apirakuro a ɛfiri adamfo nkyɛn no yɛ sene ɔtamfoɔ mfeano bebrebe.
be faithful wound to love: friend and be abundant kiss to hate
7 Ɛwoɔ nyɛ deɛ wameeɛ akɔnnɔ, nanso deɛ ɛkɔm de noɔ no, deɛ ɛyɛ nwono yɛ nʼanom dɛ.
soul: person sated to trample honey and soul: person hungry all bitter sweet
8 Onipa a wayera ne fie ɛkwan, te sɛ anomaa a wafiri ne pirebuo mu rekyinkyini.
like/as bird to wander from nest her so man to wander from place his
9 Ngo ne aduhwam ma akoma ani gye, adamfo ho anigyeɛ firi nʼafotu pa a ɔma.
oil and incense to rejoice heart and sweetness neighbor his from counsel soul: myself
10 Nnyaa wʼadamfo ne wʼagya adamfo mu, nkɔ wo nuabarima fie ɛberɛ a ɔhaw ato woɔ, na ɔyɔnko a ɔbɛn woɔ no yɛ sene onuabarima a ɔwɔ akyirikyiri.
neighbor your (and neighbor *Q(K)*) father your not to leave: forsake and house: home brother: male-sibling your not to come (in): come in/on/with day calamity your pleasant neighboring near from brother: male-sibling distant
11 Me ba, hunu nyansa na ma mʼakoma ani nnye; ɛno na ɛbɛma manya mmuaeɛ ama obiara a ɔbu me animtiaa.
be wise son: child my and to rejoice heart my and to return: reply to taunt me word
12 Mmadwemma hunu asiane na wɔhinta, nanso ntetekwaafoɔ kɔ wɔn anim kɔtɔ mu.
prudent to see: see distress: harm to hide simple to pass to fine
13 Fa atadeɛ a ɛhyɛ obi a ɔdi ɔhɔhoɔ akagyinamu; sɛ ɔregyina ɔbaa huhufoɔ akyi a, fa si awowa.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for foreign to pledge him
14 Sɛ obi team hyira ne yɔnko anɔpahema a, wɔbɛfa no sɛ ɛyɛ nnome.
to bless neighbor his in/on/with voice great: large in/on/with morning to rise curse to devise: count to/for him
15 Ɔyere ntɔkwapɛfoɔ te sɛ osutɔ da nsusosɔ a ɛnnyae da;
dripping to pursue in/on/with day rain and woman: wife (contention *Q(K)*) be like
16 sɛ wopata no a, ɛte sɛ deɛ wopata mframa anaa wode wo nsa bɛsɔ ngo mu.
to treasure her to treasure spirit: breath and oil right his to encounter: toward
17 Dadeɛ se dadeɛ, saa ara na onipa se ɔfoforɔ.
iron in/on/with iron to sharpen and man: anyone to sharpen face neighbor his
18 Deɛ ɔhwɛ borɔdɔma dua so no bɛdi ɛso aba, na deɛ ɔsom ne wura no, wɔbɛhyɛ no animuonyam.
to watch fig to eat fruit her and to keep: guard lord his to honor: honour
19 Sɛdeɛ nsuo yi animdua kyerɛ no, saa ara na onipa akoma da onipa no adi.
like/as water [the] face to/for face so heart [the] man to/for man
hell: Sheol (and destruction his *Q(K)*) not to satisfy and eye [the] man not to satisfy (Sheol h7585)
21 Kyɛmferɛ wɔ hɔ ma dwetɛ na fononoo wɔ hɔ ma sikakɔkɔɔ, nanso wɔnam nkamfo a onipa nya so na ɛso no hwɛ.
crucible to/for silver: money and furnace to/for gold and man to/for lip praise his
22 Sɛ wowɔ ɔkwasea wɔ ɔwaduro mu, sɛ wode ɔwɔma wɔ no te sɛ deɛ wosi aburoo a, worentumi nnyi agyimisɛm mfiri ne ho.
if to pound [obj] [the] fool(ish) in/on/with hollow in/on/with midst [the] grain in/on/with pestle not to turn aside: depart from upon him folly his
23 Ma ɛnyɛ wo asɛnhia sɛ wobɛhunu wo nnwankuo tebea, na ma wʼani nkɔ wʼanantwikuo so;
to know to know face flock your to set: put heart your to/for flock
24 ɛfiri sɛ, ahonya ntena hɔ daa, na ahenkyɛ ntena hɔ mma awoɔ ntoantoasoɔ nyinaa.
for not to/for forever: enduring wealth and if: surely yes consecration: crown to/for generation (and generation *Q(K)*)
25 Sɛ wotwa ɛserɛ no na foforɔ fifiri na wɔboaboa nkokoɔ so ɛserɛ no ano a,
to reveal: remove grass and to see: see grass and to gather vegetation mountain: mount
26 ɛnneɛ nnwammaa no bɛma wo ntoma, na mpɔnkye ama sika a ɛtɔ mfuo.
lamb to/for clothing your and price land: country goat
27 Wobɛnya mmirekyie nufosuo bebree ama wo ne wʼabusuafoɔ adi ne aduane ama wo mmaawa.
and sufficiency milk goat to/for food your to/for food house: household your and life to/for maiden your
