Proverbs 2
1 Ọmọ mi, bí ìwọ bá gba ọ̀rọ̀ mi, tí ìwọ sì pa òfin mi mọ́ sí inú rẹ,
O son my if you will receive words my and commandments my you will treasure with you.
2 tí ìwọ dẹtí rẹ sílẹ̀ sí ọgbọ́n tí ìwọ sì fi ọkàn rẹ sí òye,
To make attend to wisdom ear your you will incline heart your to understanding.
3 àní, bí ìwọ bá ké tọ ìmọ̀ lẹ́yìn, tí ìwọ sì gbé ohùn rẹ sókè fún òye
That except to discernment you will call to understanding you will give voice your.
4 bí ìwọ bá ṣàfẹ́rí rẹ̀ bí i fàdákà tí ìwọ sì wa kiri bí ìṣúra tí a fi pamọ́.
If you will seek it like silver and like treasures you will search for it.
5 Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò bẹ̀rù Olúwa, ìwọ yóò sì rí ìmọ̀ Ọlọ́run.
Then you will discern [the] fear of Yahweh and [the] knowledge of God you will find.
6 Nítorí Olúwa ni ó ń fún ni ní ọgbọ́n, láti ẹnu rẹ̀ sì ni ìmọ̀ àti òye ti ń wá.
For Yahweh he gives wisdom from mouth his knowledge and understanding.
7 Ó to ìgbàlà fún àwọn olódodo, Òun ni asà fún àwọn tí ń rìn déédé,
(He stores up *Q(K)*) for upright [people] success a shield to [those who] walk of integrity.
8 Ó pa ipa ọ̀nà ìdájọ́ mọ́ Ó sì ń pa ọ̀nà àwọn àyànfẹ́ rẹ̀ mọ́.
To guard [the] paths of justice and [the] way of (faithful [people] his *Q(K)*) he will preserve.
9 Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò mọ òdodo àti ìdájọ́, àti àìṣègbè—gbogbo ipa ọ̀nà rere.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness every course of good.
10 Nítorí ọgbọ́n yóò wọ inú ọkàn rẹ ìmọ̀ yóò sì jẹ́ ìtura fún ọkàn rẹ.
For it will come wisdom in heart your and knowledge to self your it will be pleasant.
11 Ìmòye yóò pa ọ mọ́ òye yóò sì máa ṣọ́ ọ.
Discretion it will watch over you understanding it will preserve you.
12 Ọgbọ́n yóò gbà ọ́ là kúrò ní ọ̀nà àwọn ènìyàn búburú, lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn tí ọrọ̀ ọ wọn jẹ́ àyídáyidà,
To deliver you from a way evil from anyone [who] speaks perverse things.
13 ẹni tí ó kúrò ní ọ̀nà ìdúró ṣinṣin láti rìn ní ọ̀nà tí ó ṣókùnkùn,
Those [who] leave paths of uprightness to walk in [the] ways of darkness.
14 ẹni tí ó yọ̀ nínú ṣíṣe búburú, tí ó ṣe inú dídùn sí àyídáyidà àwọn ènìyàn ibi,
The [ones] joyful to do evil they exult in perverse things of evil.
15 ọ̀nà ẹni tí ó wọ́ tí wọ́n sì jẹ́ alárékérekè ní ọ̀nà wọn.
Who paths their [are] twisted and [who are] crooked in tracks their.
16 Yóò gba ìwọ pẹ̀lú là kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn àjèjì obìnrin, àní, lọ́wọ́ obìnrin àjèjì tí ń fi ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ tannijẹ,
To deliver you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.
17 ẹni tí ó ti kọ ọkọ àkọ́fẹ́ ìgbà èwe rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ tí ó sì gbàgbé májẹ̀mú tí ó ti dá níwájú Ọlọ́run rẹ̀.
Who leaves [the] close friend of youth her and [the] covenant of God her she forgets.
18 Nítorí ilé rẹ̀ jẹ́ ọ̀nà sí ikú ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀ sọ́dọ̀ àwọn òkú.
For she sank down to death house her and to [the] shades tracks her.
19 Kò sẹ́ni tó lọ sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ tí ó padà bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kì í dé ọ̀nà ìyè.
All [those who] go to her not they return! and not they reach [the] paths of life.
20 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ yóò rìn ní ọ̀nà àwọn ènìyàn rere kí ìwọ kí ó sì pa ọ̀nà àwọn olódodo mọ́.
So that you may walk in [the] way of good [people] and [the] paths of righteous [people] you will keep.
21 Nítorí ẹni dídúró ṣinṣin yóò gbé ní ilé náà àwọn aláìlẹ́gàn sì ni yóò máa wà nínú rẹ̀.
For upright [people] (they will dwell *L(bah)*) [the] land and blameless [people] they will remain in it.
22 Ṣùgbọ́n a ó ké ènìyàn búburú kúrò lórí ilẹ̀ náà a ó sì fa àwọn aláìṣòótọ́ tu kúrò lórí rẹ̀.
And wicked [people] from [the] land they will be cut off and treacherous [people] they will be torn away from it.
