Proverbs 7

The young man led astray

Me ba, fa me nsɛm sie na kora mʼahyɛde wɔ wo mu. ²Di mʼahyɛde so na wubenya nkwa; bɔ me nkyerɛkyerɛ ho ban sɛ nea wodɔ no. ³Kyekyere bɔ wo nsateaa ho; kyerɛw no yiye gu wo koma pon so.

⁴Ka kyerɛ nyansa se, “Woyɛ me nuabea,” na frɛ ntease wo busuani; ⁵Wɔbɛtwe wo afi ɔbeawaresɛefo ho, afi ɔbeawarefo huhuni nsɛmmɔdɛ ho. ⁶Me fi mfɛnsere ano, mede mʼani faa mfɛnsere mu.

⁷Mihuu wɔ ntetekwaafo mu, mehyɛɛ mmerante no mu baako nsow, ɔbabun a onni adwene. ⁸Na ɔnam borɔn a ɛbɛn ɔbea no fi so a nʼani kyerɛ ɔbea no fi ⁹bere a onwini redwo, na anim rebiribiri no.

¹⁰Afei ɔbea bi fi behyiaa no a wasiesie ne ho sɛ oguamanfo a nnaadaa wɔ ne koma mu. ¹¹(Ɔyɛ hyirenn na hwee mfa ne ho, ɔntena fie koraa; ¹²nnɛ wohu no mmɔnten so, ɔkyena na ɔte aguabɔbea, ɔtetɛw wɔ mmantwea mmantwea.)

¹³Osoo ne mu few nʼano, wamfɛre, na ɔkae se, ¹⁴“Mewɔ asomdwoe afɔrebɔde wɔ fie; nnɛ madi me bɔhyɛ so. ¹⁵Enti mebae sɛ merebehyia wo; mehwehwɛɛ wo na mahu wo!

¹⁶Mato me mpa, mede nwera a wɔahyɛ no aduru a efi Misraim. ¹⁷Mede nnuhuam apete me mpa so: kurobow, pɛprɛ ne dupapo. ¹⁸Bra, ma yɛmfa ɔdɔ mmɔ ɔdɔ mu nkosi anɔpa; ¹⁹Me kunu nni fie; watu kwan na ɔbɛkyɛ.

²⁰Ɔde sika a ɛdɔɔso hyɛɛ ne sika kotoku ma na ɔremma kosi ɔsram no kurokumatwa bere mu.” ²¹Ɔde tɛkrɛmakyene bɔɔ no adafa; ɔde nnaadaa nyaa no ne no dae. ²²Odii nʼakyi prɛko pɛ te sɛ nantwi a ɔrekɔ akumii, anaa ɔwansan a ɔde ne ti rekɔhyɛ hankare fi mu ²³kosi sɛ bɛmma bɛwɔ ne brɛbo mu, te sɛ anomaa a ɔrekɔtɔ anomaa afiri mu na onnim sɛ ɔbɛhwere ne nkwa.

²⁴Na afei, me mma, muntie me; monyɛ aso mma nea meka. ²⁵Mommma mo koma mpatiri nkɔ no so na momman mmfa nʼakwan so. ²⁶Bebree na wɔnam no so ahwehwe ase; wɔn a wakum wɔn dɔɔso pa ara.

²⁷Ne fi yɛ ɔda tempɔn a ɛkɔ owu pia mu.