Proverbs 20
1 Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
Ẹlẹ́yà ni ọtí wáìnì, aláriwo sì ní ọtí líle; ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá fi tànjẹ kò gbọ́n.
2 Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
Ìbẹ̀rù ọba dàbí kíké e kìnnìún; ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá mú un bínú ba ayé ara rẹ̀ jẹ́.
3 [People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
Iyì ni ó jẹ́ fún ènìyàn láti sá fún ìjà, ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo aláìgbọ́n a máa tètè wá ìjà.
4 [If] a lazy man does not plow [his fields at the right/proper time], he will look for [crops] at harvest [time], but there will be nothing there.
Ọ̀lẹ kì í ṣiṣẹ́ oko nígbà tí ó yẹ, nítorí náà ní àsìkò ìkórè, yóò wá kò sì ní rì nǹkan.
5 [Just] as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.
Ète ọkàn ènìyàn dàbí omi jíjìn; ṣùgbọ́n ènìyàn olóye á wá wọn jáde.
6 Many people proclaim that they can be trusted [to do what they say that they will do], but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ènìyàn ni wọ́n máa ń sọ pe àwọn ní ìfẹ́ àìṣẹ̀tàn, ṣùgbọ́n kò rọrùn láti rí ènìyàn olóòtítọ́.
7 If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
Olódodo ènìyàn a máa gbé ìgbé ayé àìlábùkù ìbùkún ni fún àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ lẹ́yìn rẹ̀.
8 A king who sits on his throne to judge people can [easily] [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
Nígbà tí ọba bá jókòó sórí ìtẹ́ rẹ̀ láti ṣe ìdájọ́ yóò fẹ́ gbogbo ibi dànù pẹ̀lú ojú rẹ̀.
9 There is no one [RHQ] who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have (gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful).”
Ta ni ó le è wí pé, “Mo ti ṣe ọkàn mi ní mímọ́, mo mọ́, n kò sì lẹ́ṣẹ̀”?
10 Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
Ìwọ̀n èké àti òsùwọ̀n ìrẹ́jẹ Olúwa kórìíra méjèèjì.
11 Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether (what they do/their behavior) is honest and right [or not].
Kódà a mọ ọmọdé nípa iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ nípa pe bóyá iṣẹ́ rẹ mọ́ tàbí pé ó tọ̀nà.
12 Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
Etí tí ó ń gbọ́ àti ojú tí ó ń ríran Olúwa ni ó dá méjèèjì.
13 If you want to sleep [all the time], you will become poor; if you stay awake [and work], you will have plenty of food.
Má ṣe fẹ́ràn oorun, àìṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ìwọ yóò di tálákà. Ma ṣe sùn ìwọ yóò sì ní oúnjẹ láti tún fi tọrọ.
14 People [look at things that they are about] to buy, [and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they] say, “(It is no good/It is poor quality),” but [after they buy it], they go and boast [about having bought it for a cheap price].
“Kò dára, kò dára!” ní ẹni tó ra ọjà máa ń wí; nígbà tí ó bá kúrò níbẹ̀ tán, yóò máa yangàn bí òun tí ṣe rí rà sí.
15 Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
Wúrà wà, iyùn sì wà rẹpẹtẹ, ṣùgbọ́n, ahọ́n tí ń sọ ìmọ̀ gan an ni ọ̀ṣọ́ iyebíye.
16 If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it [DOU], [you deserve to] have someone take your coat from you.
Gba abọ́ ẹni tí ó ṣe onídùúró fún àlejò; mú un lọ́wọ́ bí ìbúra bí ó bá ṣe é fún obìnrin onírìnkurìn.
17 People [may] think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later [they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy] eating gravel/sand.
Oúnjẹ tí a fi ọ̀nà èrú rí máa ń dùn lẹ́nu ènìyàn, ṣùgbọ́n, a yọrí sí ibi ẹnu tí ó kún fún erùpẹ̀.
18 When people give you good advice, [if you do what they suggest], your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
Pa ètè rẹ mọ́ nípa wíwá ìmọ̀ràn bí o bá ń jagun, gba ìtọ́sọ́nà.
19 Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
Olófòófó a máa tú àṣírí nítorí náà yẹra fún ènìyàn tí ń rojọ́ púpọ̀.
20 If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
Bí ènìyàn kan bá ṣépè fún baba tàbí ìyá rẹ̀, ìmọ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ ni a ó pa kú nínú òkùnkùn biribiri.
21 If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
Ogún tí a kójọ kíákíá ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ kì yóò ní ìbùkún ní ìgbẹ̀yìn gbẹ́yín.
22 Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh [to do something about it], and he will (help you/[do what is right]).
Má ṣe wí pé, “N ó sẹ̀san àṣìṣe rẹ yìí fún ọ.” Dúró de Olúwa yóò sì gbà ọ́ là.
23 Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
Olúwa kórìíra òdínwọ̀n èké. Òsùwọ̀n ìrẹ́jẹ kò sì tẹ́ ẹ lọ́rùn.
24 Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so (how can we (understand/know) what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot (understand/know) what will happen before it happens.) [RHQ]
Olúwa ni ó ń ṣe olùdarí ìgbésẹ̀ ènìyàn. Báwo wá ni òye gbogbo ọ̀nà ènìyàn ṣe le yé ni?
25 You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.
Ìdẹ̀kùn ni fún ènìyàn láti ṣe ìlérí kíákíá nígbà tí ó bá sì yá kí ó máa ro ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ̀ wò.
26 Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
Ọlọ́gbọ́n ọba tú ènìyàn búburú ká; Ó sì fi òòlọ ìpakà lọ̀ wọ́n.
27 Our consciences are [like] lamps that Yahweh [has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking] [MET]; they reveal what is hidden deep in our (minds/inner beings).
Àtùpà Olúwa ń ṣe àwárí ẹ̀mí ènìyàn a máa ṣàwárí ibi ìkọ̀kọ̀ inú.
28 Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
Ìfẹ́ àti òdodo pa ọba mọ́, nípa ìfẹ́, ìtẹ́ rẹ̀ wà láìléwu.
29 We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
Ògo àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin ni agbára wọn, ewú orí ni iyì arúgbó.
30 When we are beaten or whipped, it [can] cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us [by punishing us], it [can] cause our behavior to become good.
Ìgbájú ìgbámú àti ìfarapa máa ń mú ibi lọ, pàṣán sì máa ń ṣe àfọ̀mọ́ ibi ìkọ̀kọ̀ inú.
