Proverbs 17
1 Òkèlè gbígbẹ tòun tàlàáfíà àti ìdákẹ́ jẹ́ẹ́ sàn ju ilé tí ó kún fọ́fọ́ fún ẹran àti ìjà.
pleasant morsel dry and ease in/on/with her from house: home full sacrifice strife
2 Ọlọ́gbọ́n ìránṣẹ́ yóò ṣàkóso adójútini ọmọ, yóò sì pín ogún gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọmọ.
servant/slave be prudent to rule in/on/with son: child be ashamed and in/on/with midst brother: male-sibling to divide inheritance
3 Iná ni a fi fọ́ fàdákà àti wúrà, ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa ló ń dán ọkàn wò.
crucible to/for silver: money and furnace to/for gold and to test heart LORD
4 Ènìyàn búburú ń tẹ́tí sí ètè tí ń sọ ibi; òpùrọ́ a máa fetí sí ahọ́n búburú.
be evil to listen upon lips evil: wickedness deception to listen upon tongue desire
5 Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá sín olùpọ́njú jẹ, ó gan Ẹlẹ́dàá rẹ̀, ẹnikẹ́ni tí ń yọ̀ sí ìyọnu kò ní lọ láìjìyà.
to mock to/for be poor to taunt to make him glad to/for calamity not to clear
6 Ọmọ ọmọ ni adé orí arúgbó, ògo àwọn ọmọ sì ni òbí jẹ.
crown old son: descendant/people son: descendant/people and beauty son: child father their
7 Ọ̀rọ̀ dídùn kò yẹ aṣiwèrè, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ètè èké kò yẹ ọmọ-aládé!
not lovely to/for foolish lip: words remainder also for to/for noble lip: words deception
8 Òkúta iyebíye jẹ́ ẹ̀bùn ní ojú ẹni tí ó ni í, ibikíbi tí ó yí sí, á ṣe rere.
stone favor [the] bribe in/on/with eye master: owning his to(wards) all which to turn be prudent
9 Ẹni tí ó fojú fo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí wọ́n ṣẹ̀ ẹ́ mú kí ìfẹ́ gbòòrò sí i. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹnikẹ́ni tí ń tẹnumọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ yóò pín ọ̀rẹ́ tímọ́tímọ́ méjì ní yà.
to cover transgression to seek love and to repeat in/on/with word: thing to separate tame
10 Ọ̀rọ̀ ìbáwí dun olóye ènìyàn ju ọgọ́rùn-ún pàṣán lọ lẹ́yìn òmùgọ̀.
to descend rebuke in/on/with to understand from to smite fool hundred
11 Orí kunkun ni ènìyàn ìkà máa ń ṣe, ìjòyè aláìláàánú ni a ó rán sí i.
surely rebellion to seek bad: evil and messenger cruel to send: depart in/on/with him
12 Ó sàn kí ènìyàn pàdé beari tí a ti kó lọ́mọ jù aláìgbọ́n nínú ìwà òmùgọ̀ rẹ̀.
to meet bear childless in/on/with man and not fool in/on/with folly his
13 Bí ènìyàn kan bá fi ibi san ìre, ibi kì yóò kúrò nílé rẹ̀ láéláé.
to return: return distress: evil underneath: instead welfare not (to remove *Q(k)*) distress: evil from house: home his
14 Bíbẹ̀rẹ̀ ìjà dàbí ẹni tí ó dá ojú fún adágún omi; nítorí náà mẹ́nu kúrò nínú ọ̀rọ̀ kí ó tó di ìjà.
to separate water first: beginning strife and to/for face: before to quarrel [the] strife to leave
15 Gbígbé ẹ̀bi fún aláre àti dídá ẹni jàre lẹ́bi, Olúwa kórìíra méjèèjì.
to justify wicked and be wicked righteous abomination LORD also two their
16 Kí ni ìwúlò owó lọ́wọ́ aṣiwèrè, níwọ̀n bí kò ti ní èròǹgbà láti rí ọgbọ́n?
to/for what? this price in/on/with hand fool to/for to buy wisdom and heart nothing
17 Ọ̀rẹ́ a máa fẹ́ni nígbà gbogbo, arákùnrin sì wà fún ìgbà ìpọ́njú.
in/on/with all time to love: lover [the] neighbor and brother: male-sibling to/for distress to beget
18 Ènìyàn aláìgbọ́n ṣe ìbúra, ó sì ṣe onídùúró fún aládùúgbò rẹ̀.
man lacking heart to blow palm to pledge pledge to/for face neighbor his
19 Ẹni tí ó fẹ́ràn ìjà fẹ́ràn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀; ẹni tí ó kọ́ ibodè gígàn ń wá ìparun.
to love: lover transgression to love: lover strife to exult entrance his to seek breaking
20 Ènìyàn aláyídáyidà ọkàn kì í gbèrú, ẹni tí ó ní ahọ́n ẹ̀tàn bọ́ sínú ìyọnu.
twisted heart not to find good and to overturn in/on/with tongue his to fall: fall in/on/with distress: harm
21 Láti bí aláìgbọ́n lọ́mọ a máa fa ìbànújẹ́ ọkàn, kò sí ayọ̀ fún baba ọmọ tí kò gbọ́n.
to beget fool to/for grief to/for him and not to rejoice father foolish
22 Ọkàn tí ó túká jẹ́ oògùn gidi, ṣùgbọ́n ọkàn tí ó bàjẹ́ a máa mú kí egungun gbẹ.
heart glad be good cure and spirit stricken to wither bone
23 Ènìyàn búburú a gba àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ ní ìkọ̀kọ̀ láti yí ìdájọ́ po.
bribe from bosom: secret wicked to take: recieve to/for to stretch way justice
24 Olóye ènìyàn gbójú wo ọgbọ́n níwájú, ṣùgbọ́n ojú aláìgbọ́n ń wò káàkiri ilẹ̀ ayé.
with face to understand wisdom and eye fool in/on/with end land: country/planet
25 Aṣiwèrè ọmọ mú ìbànújẹ́ bá baba rẹ̀ àti ìkorò fún ẹni tí ó bí i lọ́mọ.
vexation to/for father his son: child fool and bitterness to/for to beget him
26 Kò dára láti fìyà jẹ ènìyàn tí kò ṣẹ̀, tàbí láti na ìjòyè lórí òtítọ́ inú wọn.
also to fine to/for righteous not pleasant to/for to smite noble upon uprightness
27 Ènìyàn tó ní ìmọ̀ máa ń ṣọ́ra fún àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ tí ó ń sọ, ènìyàn olóye sì máa ń ní sùúrù.
to withhold word his to know knowledge (precious *Q(K)*) spirit: temper man understanding
28 Kódà aláìgbọ́n máa ń dàbí ọlọ́gbọ́n bí ó bá dákẹ́, àti bí olóye bí ó bá fètèmétè.
also fool(ish) be quiet wise to devise: think to shutter lips his to understand
