When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
1Sɛ wo ne sodifoɔ te ase redidi a, hwɛ deɛ ɛwɔ w'anim no yie:Under pastoral review
2Na fa sekan to wo mene mu, sɛ woyɛ onipa a akɔnnɔ adi wo so a.Under pastoral review
3Nni n'aduane a ɛyɛ dɛ no akɔnnɔ: ɛfiri sɛ ɛyɛ nnaadaa aduane.Under pastoral review
4Mmrɛ wo ho sɛ wobɛyɛ ɔdefoɔ: gyae w'ankasa wo nyansa.Under pastoral review
5Wobɛma w'ani akɔ deɛ ɛnni hɔ so anaa? ɛfiri sɛ ampa ara ahonyadeɛ yɛ ntaban ma ne ho; ɛtu sɛ ɔkɔdeɛ kɔ soro.Under pastoral review
6Nni deɛ ɔwɔ ani bɔne no aduane, na nni n'aduane a ɛyɛ dɛ no akɔnnɔ:Under pastoral review
7Ɛfiri sɛ sɛdeɛ ɔdwene wɔ n'akoma mu no, saa ara na ɔteɛ: Didi na nom, ɔka kyerɛ wo; nanso n'akoma nni wo ho.Under pastoral review
8Aduane sini a woadi no, wobɛfe, na wo nsɛm a ɛyɛ dɛ no bɛyera.Under pastoral review
9Nkasa wɔ ɔkwasea aso mu: ɛfiri sɛ ɔbɛbu wo nsɛm mu nyansa animtiaa.Under pastoral review
10Nyi tete ɛhyeɛ agyirae; na nnwura nyisaa mfuo mu:Under pastoral review
11Ɛfiri sɛ wɔn Gyefoɔ wɔ ahoɔden; ɔne wo bɛdi wɔn asɛm.Under pastoral review
12Fa w'akoma ma nkyerɛkyerɛ, na fa w'aso ma nimdeɛ nsɛm.Under pastoral review
13Nsi nteɛteɛeɛ ho kwan mfiri abɔfra ho: ɛfiri sɛ sɛ wode abaa bɔ no a, ɔrenwu.Under pastoral review
14Wode abaa bɛbɔ no, na woagye ne kra afiri damena mu.Under pastoral review
15Me ba, sɛ w'akoma yɛ nyansa a, m'akoma ani bɛgye, me ankasa me deɛ.Under pastoral review
16Aane, me sisia ani bɛgye, ɛberɛ a w'anofafa ka nneɛma a ɛtene.Under pastoral review
17Mma w'akoma mmere nnebɔneyɛfoɔ: na tena AWURADE suro mu da mu nyinaa.Under pastoral review
18Ɛfiri sɛ ampa ara awieeɛ wɔ hɔ; na wɔrentwa w'anidasoɔ mu.Under pastoral review
19Tie, me ba, na yɛ onyansafoɔ, na kyerɛ w'akoma kwan wɔ ɛkwan no so.Under pastoral review
20Nkɔfra nsãnomfoɔ mu; ne wɔn a wɔwe nam bebree mu:Under pastoral review
21Ɛfiri sɛ ɔsãbowfoɔ ne adidibrafoɔ bɛdi hia: na nnahɔɔ bɛhyɛ onipa ntamagoo.Under pastoral review
22Tie w'agya a ɔwoo wo no, na mmu wo maame animtiaa sɛ ɔnyini a.Under pastoral review
23Tɔ nokorɛ, na ntɔn; ne nyansa, ne nkyerɛkyerɛ, ne nteaseɛ.Under pastoral review
24Ɔteneneeni agya ani bɛgye yie: na deɛ ɔwo ɔba nyansafoɔ no bɛnya anigyeɛ wɔ ne ho.Under pastoral review
25W'agya ne wo maame ani bɛgye, na deɛ ɔwoo wo no ani bɛgye.Under pastoral review
26Me ba, fa w'akoma ma me, na ma w'ani nhwɛ m'akwan.Under pastoral review
27Ɛfiri sɛ adwamanfoɔ yɛ amoa a emu dɔ; na ɔbaa hɔhoɔ yɛ amena a emu hia.Under pastoral review
28Ɔno nso tɛn sɛdeɛ wɔtɛn ahaboa, na ɔma mmaratofoɔ dɔɔso wɔ nnipa mu.Under pastoral review
29Hwan na ɔwɔ ɔhaw? hwan na ɔwɔ awerɛhoɔ? hwan na ɔwɔ akyinnyeɛ? hwan na ɔwɔ nsɛnkeka? hwan na ɔwɔ akuro kwa? hwan na n'ani abere?Under pastoral review
30Wɔn a wɔkyɛ nsã ho; wɔn a wɔkɔhwehwɛ nsã a wɔafra.Under pastoral review
31Mmfa w'ani nto nsã no so ɛberɛ a ɛbere, ɛberɛ a ɛhyerɛn wɔ kuruwa mu, ɛberɛ a ɛkɔ so tee.Under pastoral review
32Awieeɛ no ɛka sɛ ɔwɔ, na ɛwɔ sɛ ahurutoa.Under pastoral review
33W'ani bɛhunu mmaa hɔhoɔ, na w'akoma bɛka nneɛma kɔntɔnkye.Under pastoral review
34Aane, wobɛyɛ sɛ deɛ ɔda ɛpo mfimfini, anaa sɛ deɛ ɔda hyɛn dua atifi.Under pastoral review
35Wɔabɔ me, nanso menyaree; wɔaboro me, nanso mente nka: da bɛn na mɛnyane? Mɛsan ahwehwɛ bio.Under pastoral review