Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
Àwọn òwe ti Solomoni, ọmọ Dafidi, ọba Israẹli.
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
Láti le ní ọgbọ́n àti ẹ̀kọ́, láti ní òye àwọn ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀.
3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and judgment and equity;
Láti gba ẹ̀kọ́ ọgbọ́n, òdodo, àti ìdájọ́, àti àìṣègbè;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion:
láti fi òye fún onírẹ̀lẹ̀, ìmọ̀ àti ìṣọ́ra fún àwọn èwe.
5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; and that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
Jẹ́ kí ọlọ́gbọ́n tẹ́tí kí ó sì ní ìmọ̀ kún ìmọ̀, sì jẹ́ kí ẹni òye gba ìtọ́sọ́nà.
6 To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Láti mọ ìtumọ̀ òwe àti ìtán-dòwe, àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ àti àlọ́ àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: [but] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Ìbẹ̀rù Olúwa ni ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ìmọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n aláìgbọ́n kẹ́gàn ọgbọ́n àti ẹ̀kọ́.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Tẹ́tí, ìwọ ọmọ mi sí ẹ̀kọ́ baba rẹ, má ṣe kọ ẹ̀kọ́ màmá rẹ sílẹ̀.
9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Wọn yóò jẹ́ òdòdó ẹ̀yẹ olóòórùn dídùn lórí rẹ àti ọ̀ṣọ́ tí ó dára yí ọrùn rẹ ká.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Ọmọ mi, bí àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀ bá ń tàn ọ́, má ṣe gbà fún wọn.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
Bí wọn bá wí pé, “Wá pẹ̀lú wa; jẹ́ kí á ba ní ibùba fún ẹ̀jẹ̀ ẹnìkan, jẹ́ kí á lúgọ ní ìkọ̀kọ̀ de aláìṣẹ̀ ní àìnídìí;
12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
jẹ́ ká gbé wọn mì láààyè, bí ibojì òkú, àti lódidi, bí àwọn tí ń sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sínú kòtò; (Sheol h7585)
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
a ó rí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nǹkan tó níye lórí a ó sì fi ìkógun kún inú ilé wa,
14 Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
da ìpín rẹ pọ̀ mọ́ àárín wa, a ó sì jọ pawó sínú àpò kan náà,”
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
ọmọ mi, má ṣe bá wọn lọ, má ṣe rìn ní ojú ọ̀nà wọn.
16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Nítorí ẹsẹ̀ wọn ń sáré sí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, wọ́n yára láti ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ sílẹ̀.
17 For in vain is the net spread, in the eyes of any bird:
Wàhálà asán ni kí ènìyàn máa dẹ àwọ̀n sílẹ̀, ní ojú ẹyẹ!
18 And these lay wait for their own blood, they lurk privily for their own lives.
Àwọn ọkùnrin wọ̀nyí ń lúgọ fún ẹ̀jẹ̀ ara wọn. Ara wọn ni wọ́n ń dá lọ́nà.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Báyìí ni ìgbẹ̀yìn gbogbo àwọn tí ń wá èrè àìtọ́; yóò mú ẹ̀mí gbogbo ẹni tí ó rí i lọ.
20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
Ọgbọ́n kígbe sókè ní pópó ó gbé ohùn rẹ̀ sókè láàrín ọjà;
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse; at the entering in of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
láàrín ọjà ni ó ti kígbe jáde ní ibodè ìlú ni ó ti sọ̀rọ̀ ọ rẹ̀:
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
“Yóò ha ti pẹ́ tó tí ẹ̀yin aláìmọ̀kan yóò fi fẹ́ àìmọ̀kan yín tó? Yóò ha ti pẹ́ tó tí àwọn ẹlẹ́gàn yóò ṣe inú dídùn sí ìpẹ̀gàn tó? Àwọn aláìgbọ́n kórìíra ìmọ̀?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Bí ẹ bá ti gbọ́ ìbáwí ì mi ni, ǹ bá ti tú ohun tí ó wà nínú ọkàn mi jáde fún yín kí n sì fi inú mi hàn sí i yín.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Ṣùgbọ́n níwọ̀n bí ẹ ti kọ ìpè ní ìgbà tí mo pè kò sì sí ẹni tí ó kọ ibi ara sí mi gbà tí mo na ọwọ́ sí wọn,
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
níwọ́n bí ẹ ti kọ gbogbo ìmọ̀ràn mi, tí ẹ̀yin kò sì gba ìbáwí mi,
26 I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Èmi pẹ̀lú yóò fi ìdààmú yín rẹ́rìn-ín; èmi yóò ṣẹ̀fẹ̀ nígbà tí ìyọnu bá dé bá a yín.
27 When your fear cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you.
Nígbà tí ìyọnu bá dé bá a yín bí ìjì líle, nígbà tí ìdààmú bá dé bá ọ bí ààjà, nígbà tí wàhálà àti ìbànújẹ́ ọkàn bá bò ọ́ mọ́lẹ̀.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
“Nígbà náà ni wọn yóò ké pè mí ṣùgbọ́n, èmi kò ní dáhùn; wọn yóò fi ara balẹ̀ wá mi ṣùgbọ́n wọn kì yóò rí mi.
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Níwọ́n bí wọ́n ti kórìíra ìmọ̀ tí wọ́n sì kọ̀ láti bẹ̀rù Olúwa.
30 They would none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof:
Níwọ́n bí wọn kò ti gbà ìmọ̀ràn mi tí wọ́n sì kẹ́gàn ìmọ̀ràn mi,
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
wọn yóò jẹ èrè iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ wọn wọn yóò sì jèrè èso ètè wọn ní kíkún.
32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Nítorí ìrìnkurìn àwọn aláìmọ̀kan ni yóò pa wọ́n ìkáwọ́gbera aláìgbọ́n ni yóò pa á run;
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.
ṣùgbọ́n ẹnìkan tí ó bá fetí sí mi, yóò gbé láìléwu yóò sì wà nínú ìdẹ̀ra, láìsí ìbẹ̀rù ìpalára.”
