Nyansa Ho Mfasoɔ Wɔ Abrabɔ Mu
1Me ba, sɛ wotie me nsɛm,
na woma me nkyerɛkyerɛ tena wo mu a,
2sɛ wowɛn wʼaso ma nyansa
na wode wʼakoma ma nteaseɛ,
3na woma wo nne so frɛ nhunumu
na wosu frɛ nteaseɛ,
4na sɛ wohwehwɛ no te sɛ deɛ wohwehwɛ dwetɛ
na wo hwehwɛ no sɛdeɛ worepɛ ademudeɛ a ahinta a,
5ɛno na wobɛte Awurade suro ase
na woahunu Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ.
6Awurade ma nimdeɛ,
na nʼanom na nyansa ne nteaseɛ firi ba.
7Ɔkora nkonimdie ma wɔn a wɔteneɛ,
ɔyɛ kyɛm ma wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ pɛ,
8ɔwɛn deɛ ɔtene akwan,
na ɔbɔ wɔn a wɔdi no nokorɛ no akwan ho ban.
9Ɛno na wobɛte deɛ ɛyɛ ne deɛ ɛyɛ pɛ
ne deɛ ɛfata, ɛkwan biara a ɛyɛ ase.
10Afei nyansa bɛwura wʼakoma mu,
na nimdeɛ ayɛ ahomeka ama wo kra.
11Adwene bɛbɔ wo ho ban
na nteaseɛ ahwɛ wo so.
12Nyansa bɛyi wo afiri amumuyɛfoɔ akwan mu,
ɛbɛyi wo afiri nnipa a wɔn nsɛm yɛ basabasa nsam,
13na wɔmane firi akwan pa so
kɔnante esum akwan so,
14wɔn a wɔn ani gye bɔneyɛ ho,
na wɔdi ahurisie wɔ bɔne mu basabasayɛ ho,
15wɔn a wɔn akwan yɛ kɔntɔnkye
na wɔyɛ abonsamfoɔ wɔ wɔn akwan mu.
16Nimdeɛ bɛgye wo afiri ɔbaa waresɛefoɔ no nsam,
afiri ɔbaa warefoɔ sansani a ɔka nnaadaasɛm ho,
17deɛ wagyaa ne mmabaawaberɛ mu kunu
na wapo apam a ɔyɛɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim no.
18Ne fie yɛ ɛkwan a ɛkɔ owuo mu
na nʼakwan kɔ awufoɔ honhom nkyɛn.
19Obiara a ɔkɔ ne nkyɛn no nsane mma
anaasɛ ɔrensi nkwa akwan so.
20Enti wobɛdi nnipa pa anammɔn akyi
na woanante ateneneefoɔ akwan so.
21Ɛfiri sɛ wɔn a wɔtene bɛtena asase no so,
na wɔn a asɛm nni wɔn ho no na wɔbɛka hɔ;
22na wɔbɛtwa amumuyɛfoɔ afiri asase no so,
na wɔatɔre atorofoɔ ase.
Moral Benefits of Wisdom
1My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding—
3indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
4and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
9Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
10For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
13who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
14who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.
16Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.2:17 Or covenant of her God
18Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
20Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright will live in the land,
and the blameless will remain in it;
22but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
