My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
1Me ba, sɛ woadi wo yɔnko akagyinamu, sɛ wo ne ɔhɔhoɔ abɔ nsa a,Under pastoral review
2W'anom nsɛm afidie ayi wo, w'anom nsɛm akyere wo.Under pastoral review
3Yɛ yei afei, me ba, na gye wo ho, ɛberɛ a woakɔ wo yɔnko nsam; kɔ, brɛ wo ho ase, na hyɛ wo yɔnko den.Under pastoral review
4Mma w'aniwa nna, na mma w'anintɔn nkonkonko.Under pastoral review
5Gye wo ho sɛ ɔwansane firi ɔbɔmmɔfoɔ nsam, ne sɛ anomaa firi ofidisumfoɔ nsam.Under pastoral review
6Kɔ ntɛtea nkyɛn, wo ɔkwadwofoɔ; hwɛ n'akwan, na hunu nyansa:Under pastoral review
7Ɔnni ɔkwankyerɛfoɔ, ɔsohwɛfoɔ, anaa sodifoɔ,Under pastoral review
8Ɔsiesie n'aduane wɔ ahuhuroberɛ mu, na ɔboaboa n'aduane ano wɔ otwaberɛ mu.Under pastoral review
9Wo ɔkwadwofoɔ, wobɛda akɔsi da bɛn? da bɛn na wobɛsɔre afiri wo nna mu?Under pastoral review
10Nna kakra, nkonkonko kakra, nsa a wɔabobɔ mu kakra sɛ wɔbɛda:Under pastoral review
11Na wo hia bɛba sɛ ɔkwantufoɔ, na w'ahiadeɛ sɛ ɔbarima a ɔkura akodeɛ.Under pastoral review
12Onipa a ɔnyɛ hwee, ɔdebɔneyɛni, ɔnante ano kɔntɔnkye mu.Under pastoral review
13Ɔde n'ani bu, ɔde ne nan kasa, ɔde ne nsateaa kyerɛkyerɛ;Under pastoral review
14Kɔntɔnkyeyɛ wɔ n'akoma mu, ɔbɔ pɔ bɔne daa; ɔdua mpaapaemu.Under pastoral review
15Ɛno enti n'amanehunu bɛba mpofirim; mpofirim na wɔbɛbubu no a ayaresa biara nni hɔ.Under pastoral review
16Nneɛma nsia yi na AWURADE tan: aane, nson na ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ ma no:Under pastoral review
17Ani a ɛyɛ ahantan, tɛkrɛma a ɛtwa atorɔ, ne nsa a ɛhwie mogya a ɛdi bem gu,Under pastoral review
18Akoma a ɛbɔ pɔ bɔne, nan a ɛtu mmirika ntɛm kɔ bɔne mu,Under pastoral review
19Ɔdansekurumnifoɔ a ɔka atorɔ, ne deɛ ɔdua mpaapaemu wɔ anuanom mu.Under pastoral review
20Me ba, di w'agya ahyɛdeɛ so, na nnyaa wo maame mmara:Under pastoral review
21Kyekyere wɔn w'akoma so daa, na fa wɔn sɛn wo kɔn mu.Under pastoral review
22Sɛ wonante a, ɛbɛkyerɛ wo kwan; sɛ woda a, ɛbɛwɛn wo; na sɛ wonyane a, ɛne wo bɛkasa.Under pastoral review
23Ɛfiri sɛ ahyɛdeɛ yɛ kanea; na mmara yɛ hann; na nkyerɛkyerɛ animka yɛ nkwa kwan:Under pastoral review
24Sɛ ɛbɛkora wo afiri ɔbaa bɔne ho, afiri ɔbaa hɔhoɔ tɛkrɛma nnaadaa ho.Under pastoral review
25Mma w'akoma nnyɛ n'ahoɔfɛ ho akɔnnɔ; na mma ɔmmfa n'anintɔn nkyere wo.Under pastoral review
26Ɛfiri sɛ adwamammɔ baa enti na onipa ba paanoo asinini so: na ɔwaresɛefoɔ baa bɛyɛ ahayɔ ahwehwɛ nkwa a ɛsom bo.Under pastoral review
27Onipa bɛtumi asɔ ogya agu ne kokom, na ne ntadeɛ anhye anaa?Under pastoral review
28Obi bɛtumi anante gyasramma so, na ne nan anhye anaa?Under pastoral review
29Saa ara na deɛ ɔkɔ ne yɔnko yere ho; obiara a ɔde ne nsa ka no no renni bem.Under pastoral review
30Nnipa mmu ɔkorɔmfoɔ animtiaa, sɛ ɔwia adeɛ sɛ ɔbɛmee ne kra ɛberɛ a ɛkɔm de no a;Under pastoral review
31Nanso sɛ wɔhunu no a, ɔbɛtua mprɛnson; ɔde ne fie ahonyadeɛ nyinaa bɛma.Under pastoral review
32Deɛ ɔne ɔbaa bɔ adwaman no nni nteaseɛ: deɛ ɔyɛ saa no sɛe ne kra.Under pastoral review
33Ɔbɛnya ɔpira ne animguaseɛ; na ne nsopa renyi mfiri hɔ da.Under pastoral review
34Ɛfiri sɛ ninkunutwe yɛ ɔbarima abufuhyeɛ: enti ɔrenhu mmɔbɔ aweretɔ da no.Under pastoral review
35Ɔrennhwɛ mpata biara; na n'ani rennsɔ, sɛ woma no akyɛdeɛ pii mpo a.Under pastoral review