Proverbs 26
1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
Bí òjò-dídì tàbí òjò ní ìgbà ìkórè ọlá kò yẹ aláìgbọ́n ènìyàn.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
Bí ológoṣẹ́ tí ń ṣí kiri tàbí alápáǹdẹ̀dẹ̀ tí ń rábàbà èpè kò le è mọ́ ẹni tí kò ṣiṣẹ́ èpè èpè kì í jani bí a kò bá ṣiṣẹ́ èpè.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Ẹgba fún ẹṣin, ìjánu fún kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ àti pàṣán fún ẹ̀yìn aṣiwèrè.
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Má ṣe dá aláìgbọ́n lóhùn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwà òmùgọ̀ rẹ̀ àìṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ìwọ pẹ̀lú yóò dàbí i rẹ̀.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Dá aláìgbọ́n lóhùn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwà òmùgọ̀ rẹ̀ àìṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ yóò dàbí ọlọ́gbọ́n lójú ara rẹ̀.
6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
Bí ìgbà tí ènìyàn gé ẹsẹ̀ ara rẹ̀ tàbí mú ìwà ipá ni kí a ránṣẹ́ nípasẹ̀ aṣiwèrè.
7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Bí ẹsẹ̀ arọ tí ó ń mi dirodiro ni òwe lẹ́nu aṣiwèrè.
8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Bí ìgbà tí a so òkúta mọ́ okùn títa ni fífún aláìgbọ́n ní ọlá.
9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Bí ẹ̀gún èṣùṣú lọ́wọ́ ọ̀mùtí ni òwe lẹ́nu aláìgbọ́n.
10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
Bí tafàtafà ti ń ṣe ni léṣe lẹ́ẹ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan ni ẹni tí ó gba aṣiwèrè ṣíṣẹ́ tàbí ẹni tí ń kọjá lọ.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Bí ajá ti í padà sí èébì rẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni aṣiwèrè tún ń hu ìwà òmùgọ̀ rẹ̀.
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Ǹjẹ́ o rí ènìyàn tí ó jẹ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n ní ojú ara rẹ̀? Ìrètí ń bẹ fún aláìgbọ́n ènìyàn jù ú lọ.
13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Ọ̀lẹ wí pé, “Kìnnìún wà lójú ọ̀nà kìnnìún búburú ń ké ní ojú ọ̀nà.”
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
Bí ìlẹ̀kùn ti ń yí lórí ìsolẹ̀kùn rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀lẹ ń yí lórí ibùsùn rẹ̀.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
Ọ̀lẹ ki ọwọ́ rẹ̀ bọ inú àwo oúnjẹ, ó lẹ dé bi pé kò le è mú u padà wá sí ẹnu rẹ̀.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Ọ̀lẹ gbọ́n ní ojú ara rẹ̀, ju ènìyàn méje tí wọ́n le è fún un ní ìdáhùn ọlọ́gbọ́n.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Bí ènìyàn tí ó di ajá ní etí mú ni ẹni tí ń kọjá lọ tí ó dá sí ọ̀rọ̀ ìjà tí kì í ṣe tirẹ̀.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Bí i asínwín ti ń ju ọfà àti ọfà tí ń ṣe kú pa ni
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
ni ènìyàn tí ń tan aládùúgbò rẹ̀ jẹ tí ó sì wí pé, “Àwàdà lásán ni mo ń ṣe.”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
Láìsí igi, iná yóò kú láìsí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn, ìjà máa ń parí.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Bí èédú ti rí sí ẹyin iná, igi fún iná, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ènìyàn oníjà fún ìjà dídá sílẹ̀.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Ọ̀rọ̀ ẹni tí ń sọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn dàbí àṣàyàn òkèlè wọ́n a sì wọ ìsàlẹ̀ inú lọ.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Ètè jíjóni, àti àyà búburú, dà bí ìdàrọ́ fàdákà tí a fi bo ìkòkò.
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
Ènìyàn tí ó kórìíra máa ń fi ètè rẹ̀ bo àṣírí ara rẹ̀ ṣùgbọ́n nínú ọkàn rẹ̀ ni ìtànjẹ wà.
25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
Bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ tilẹ̀ fanimọ́ra, má ṣe gbà á gbọ́ nítorí ìríra méje ni ó kún inú ọkàn rẹ̀.
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Ìkórìíra rẹ le è fi ara sin nípa ẹ̀tàn ṣùgbọ́n àṣírí ìwà búburú rẹ̀ yóò tú ní gbangba.
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
Bí ènìyàn kan bá gbẹ́ kòtò, yóò ṣubú sínú rẹ̀. Bí ẹnìkan bá ju òkúta, yóò padà sọ́dọ̀ òun tìkára rẹ̀.
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Ahọ́n ẹ̀tàn máa ń kórìíra àwọn tí ó ṣe ní ìkà, ẹnu ìtànjẹ sì máa ń pa ni run.
