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Twi - The Proverbs of King Solomon

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Mmebusɛm TI 1. NKYEKYƐMU 1 Israel hene Dawid ba Salomo mmɛ; 2 Sɛ yebehu nyansa ne nkyerɛkyerɛ; sɛ wɔbɛte nteaseɛ nsɛm ase; 3 Sɛ mo nsa bɛka nyansa, atɛntrenee, ne atemmuo ne pɛyɛ nkyerɛkyerɛ; 4 Sɛ wɔde anifere bɛma wɔn a wɔnyɛ mmerɛw, aberante ne nimdeɛ ne adwempa. 5 Onyansafoɔ bɛte, na ɔbɛma adesua adɔɔso; na onipa a ɔwɔ nteaseɛ bɛnya afotuo a nyansa wom. 6 Sɛ yɛbɛte bɛ bi ase, ne ne nkyerɛaseɛ; anyansafoɔ nsɛm, ne wɔn nsɛm a ɛyɛ sum. 7 AWURADE suro ne nimdeɛ mfitiaseɛ, na nkwaseafoɔ bu nyansa ne nkyerɛkyerɛ animtiaa. 8 Me ba, tie w’agya nkyerɛkyerɛ, na nnyae wo na mmara. 9 Na wɔbɛyɛ adom agude ama wo tiri, na wɔde nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn abɔ wo kɔn ho. 10 Me ba, sɛ nnebɔneyɛfo daadaa wo a, mpene so. 11 Sɛ wɔka sɛ: Mo ne yɛn mmra, momma yɛntwɛn mogya a, momma yɛnhintaw wɔn a wɔn ho nni asɛm a ntease biara nnim. 12 Momma yɛnmene wɔn nkwa mu sɛ ɔdamoa; na wɔn ho yɛ den te sɛ wɔn a wɔsiane kɔ amoa no mu. 13 Yɛbɛhunu nneɛma a ɛsom boɔ nyinaa, yɛde asade bɛhyɛ yɛn afie ma. 14 Tow wo kyɛfa wɔ yɛn mu; momma yɛn nyinaa nnya sika kotoku biako: 15 Me ba, wo ne wɔn nnantew kwan so; twe wo nan fi wɔn kwan so. 16 Na wɔn nan tu mmirika kɔ bɔne mu, na wɔyɛ ntɛm hwie mogya gu. 17 Ampa ara kwa, asau no trɛw wɔ anomaa biara ani so. 18 Na wɔtwɛn wɔn ankasa mogya; wɔde wɔn ankasa nkwa sie wɔ kokoam. 19 Saa ara na obiara a ɔpɛ mfasoɔ no akwan teɛ; ɛno na ɛgye ne wuranom nkwa. 20 Nyansa teɛm wɔ abɔnten; ɔka ne nne wɔ mmɔnten so. 21 Ɔteɛm wɔ asɔredan mu, apon ano abue mu, na ɔka ne nsɛm wɔ kurow no mu sɛ: 22 Mo a moyɛ ahobrɛaseɛ, mobɛdɔ brɛbrɛ akosi da bɛn? na animtiaabufoɔ ani gye wɔn animtiaabuo ho, na nkwaseafoɔ tan nimdeɛ? 23 Dane mo wɔ m’anigyeɛ mu: hwɛ, mɛhwie me honhom akyerɛ mo, mɛma me nsɛm akyerɛ mo. 24 Efisɛ mafrɛ, na moampene; Matene me nsa, na obiara anhwɛ; 25 Na moamfa m’afotuo nyina agu, na mompene m’afotuo no mu biara. 26 Me nso mɛserew wo amanehunu no; Sɛ mo suro ba a, mɛdi fɛw; 27 Sɛ mo suro ba sɛ amamfõ, na mo ɔsɛe ba sɛ ahum; bere a ahohia ne awerɛhow ba mo so no. 28 Afei wɔbɛfrɛ me, nanso meremmua; wɔbɛhwehwɛ me ntɛm, nanso wɔrenhu me. 29 Na wɔtan nimdeɛ, na wɔanpaw AWURADE suro. 30 Wɔmpene m’afotuo no mu biara, na wɔbuu m’anim nyinaa animtiaa.

31 Ɛno nti wɔbɛdi wɔn ara wɔn kwan so aba, na wɔn ara wɔn adwene ahyɛ wɔn mã. 32 Na nkwaseafoɔ a wɔdane wɔn ho bɛkum wɔn, na nkwaseafoɔ yiedie bɛsɛe wɔn. 33 Na obiara a ɔbɛtie me no bɛtena dwoodwoo, na wayɛ komm wɔ bɔne ho suro ho. TI 2. NKYERƐKYERƐMU 1 Me ba, sɛ wobɛgye me nsɛm, na wode me mmaransɛm asie wo a; 2 Enti wobɛtwe w’aso akyerɛ nyansa, na wode w’akoma ahyɛ nhumu; 3 Aane, sɛ woteɛm wɔ nimdeɛ akyi, na woma wo nne so ma nteaseɛ a; 4 Sɛ wohwehwɛ no sɛ dwetɛ na wohwehwɛ no sɛ ademude a ahintaw a; 5 Afei wobɛte AWURADE suro ase, na woanya Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ. 6 Na AWURADE ma nyansa, n’anom na nimdeɛ ne nhumu firi. 7 Ɔde nyansa pa sie ma treneefo, ɔyɛ ɔbobɔfo ma wɔn a wɔnantew trenee. 8 Ɔhwɛ atemmu akwan so, na ɔkora n’ahotefoɔ kwan so. 9 Afei wobɛte tenenee ne atemmuo ne pɛyɛ ase; aane, ɔkwan pa biara. 10 Sɛ nyansa hyɛn w’akoma mu, na nimdeɛ yɛ wo kra ani a; 11 Nhumu bɛkora wo so, na ntease bɛkora wo so. 12 Sɛ ɔbɛgye wo afiri ɔbɔnefoɔ kwan so, afiri onipa a ɔka animtiaabuo no nsam; 13 Wɔn a wogyaw tenenee akwan, na wɔnantew esum akwan so; 14 Wɔn a wɔn ani gye sɛ wɔbɛyɛ bɔne, na wɔn ani gye ɔbɔnefoɔ animtiaabuo ho; 15 Wɔn akwan akyea, na wɔn akwammɔne so. 16 Sɛ ɔbɛgye wo afiri ɔhɔhoɔ nsam, ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔde n’asɛm di n’anim no nsam; 17 Ɔno na ogyaw ne mmeranteberem kwankyerɛfo, na ne werɛ fi ne Nyankopɔn apam. 18 Na ne fie kɔ owuo mu, na n’akwan kɔ awufoɔ mu. 19 Obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛkɔ ne nkyɛn bio, na wonkura nkwa akwan mu. 20 Na wobɛfa nnipa pa kwan so, na woadi ateneneefoɔ akwan so. 21 Na wɔn a wɔteɛ bɛtena asase no so, na wɔn a wɔyɛ pɛ bɛtena so. 22 Nanso wɔbɛtwa abɔnefoɔ afiri asase so, na wɔatu mmaratofoɔ afiri so. TI 3. NKYERƐKYERƐMU 1 Me ba, mma wo werɛ mmfi me mmara; na w’akoma bedi m’ahyɛdeɛ so. 2 Na wɔde nna tenten ne nkwa tenten ne asomdwoe bɛka wo ho. 3 Mma mmɔborohunu ne nokware nnyaw wo, kyekyere wo kɔn mu; kyerɛw wɔn wɔ w’akoma pon so. 4 Saa ara na wobɛnya adom ne nhumu pa wɔ Onyankopɔn ne onipa anim. 5 Fa wo koma nyinaa to AWURADE so; na mfa wo ho nto w’ankasa wo nteaseɛ so. 6 W’akwan nyinaa mu gye no tom, na ɔbɛkyerɛ w’akwan.


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