Proverbs 23
1 Nígbà tí ìwọ bá jókòó láti bá ìjòyè jẹun, kíyèsi ohun tí ó wà níwájú rẹ gidigidi.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, thou shalt consider well, what is before thee;
2 Ìwọ a sì fi ọ̀bẹ lé ara rẹ ní ọ̀fun, bí ìwọ bá jẹ́ òkúndùn ènìyàn.
And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
3 Má ṣe fẹ́ oúnjẹ dídùn rẹ̀: nítorí pé oúnjẹ ẹ̀tàn ni.
Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.
4 Má ṣe ṣe làálàá láti lọ́rọ̀: ṣíwọ́ kúrò nínú ọgbọ́n ara rẹ.
Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
5 Ìwọ ó ha fi ojú rẹ lépa ohun tí kò sí? Nítorí tí ọ̀rọ̀ hu ìyẹ́ apá fún ara rẹ̀, ó sì ń fò bí idì ní ojú ọ̀run.
Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
6 Má ṣe jẹ oúnjẹ ẹni tí ó háwọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí o má sì ṣe fẹ́ oúnjẹ dídùn rẹ̀.
Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
7 Nítorí pé bí ẹni tí ń ṣírò ní ọkàn rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó rí: “Máa jẹ, kí o sì máa mu,” ni ó ń wí fún ọ; ṣùgbọ́n ọkàn rẹ̀ kò pẹ̀lú rẹ.
For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.
8 Òkèlè tí ìwọ jẹ ni ìwọ ó pọ̀ jáde, ìwọ a sì sọ ọ̀rọ̀ dídùn rẹ̀ nù.
As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.
9 Má ṣe sọ̀rọ̀ ní etí aṣiwèrè; nítorí tí yóò gan ọgbọ́n ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
In the ears of a dullard, do not speak, for he will despise the good sense of thy words.
10 Má ṣe ṣí ààlà àtijọ́ kúrò; má sì ṣe bọ́ sínú oko aláìní baba.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
11 Nítorí pé Olùràpadà wọn lágbára; yóò gba ìjà wọn jà sí ọ.
For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.
12 Fi àyà sí ẹ̀kọ́, àti etí rẹ sí ọ̀rọ̀-ìmọ̀.
Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.
13 Má ṣe fa ọwọ́ ìbáwí sẹ́yìn kúrò lára ọmọdé, nítorí pé bí ìwọ bá fi pàṣán nà án, òun kì yóò kú.
Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Thou, with the rod, shalt smite him, and, his soul from hades, shalt thou deliver. (Sheol h7585)
15 Ọmọ mi, bí ọkàn rẹ bá gbọ́n, ọkàn mi yóò yọ̀, àní èmi pẹ̀lú.
My son! if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Inú mi yóò sì dùn nígbà tí ètè rẹ̀ bá ń sọ̀rọ̀ títọ́.
So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.
17 Má ṣe jẹ́ kí àyà rẹ ó ṣe ìlara sí àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kí ìwọ ó wà ní ìbẹ̀rù Olúwa, ní ọjọ́ gbogbo.
Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;
18 Nítorí pé ìgbẹ̀yìn ń bẹ nítòótọ́; ìrètí rẹ̀ kì yóò sì gé kúrò.
For surely there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
19 Gbọ́, ìwọ ọmọ mi, kí o sì gbọ́n, kí o sì máa tọ́ àyà rẹ sí ọ̀nà títọ́.
Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart.
20 Má ṣe wà nínú àwọn ọ̀mùtí; àti àwọn wọ̀bìà alájẹkì ọ̀jẹun;
Do not be among them who tipple with wine, —among them who are gluttons;
21 nítorí pé ọ̀mùtí àti ọ̀jẹun ni yóò di tálákà; ìmúni-tòògbé ní sì ń fi àkísà wọ ọkùnrin láṣọ.
For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
22 Fetí sí ti baba rẹ tí ó bí ọ, má sì ṣe gan ìyá rẹ, nígbà tí o bá gbó.
Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.
23 Ra òtítọ́, kí o má sì ṣe tà á; ra ọgbọ́n pẹ̀lú àti ẹ̀kọ́ àti òye.
Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.
24 Baba olódodo ni yóò yọ̀ gidigidi: ẹni tí ó sì bí ọmọ ọlọ́gbọ́n, yóò ní ayọ̀ nínú rẹ̀.
Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him:
25 Jẹ́ kí baba rẹ àti ìyá rẹ ó yọ̀, sì jẹ́ kí inú ẹni tí ó bí ọ dùn.
Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.
26 Ọmọ mi, fi àyà rẹ fún mi, kí o sì jẹ́ kí ojú rẹ ní inú dídùn sí ọ̀nà mi.
Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;
27 Nítorí pé panṣágà obìnrin ọ̀gbun jíjìn ni; àti àjèjì obìnrin kànga híhá ni.
For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;
28 Òun á sì ba ní bùba bí olè, a sì sọ àwọn olùrékọjá di púpọ̀ nínú àwọn ènìyàn.
Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.
29 Ta ni ó ni òsì? Ta ni ó ni ìbànújẹ́? Ta ni ó ni ìjà? Ta ni ó ni asọ̀? Ta ni ó ni ọgbẹ́ láìnídìí?
Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?
30 Àwọn tí ó dúró pẹ́ níbi ọtí wáìnì; àwọn tí ń lọ láti dán ọtí wáìnì àdàlú wò.
They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine.
31 Ìwọ má ṣe wò ọtí wáìnì nígbà tí ó pọ́n, nígbà tí ó bá ń fi àwọ̀ rẹ̀ hàn nínú ago, tí a gbé e mì, tí ó ń dùn.
Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.
32 Níkẹyìn òun á bu ni ṣán bí ejò, a sì bunijẹ bí i paramọ́lẹ̀.
Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.
33 Ojú rẹ yóò wò àwọn àjèjì obìnrin, àyà rẹ yóò sì sọ̀rọ̀ àyídáyidà.
Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:
34 Nítòótọ́, ìwọ ó dàbí ẹni tí ó dùbúlẹ̀ ní àárín Òkun, tàbí ẹni tí ó dùbúlẹ̀ lókè-ọkọ̀.
So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, —or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:
35 Ìwọ ó sì wí pé, “Wọ́n lù mí; kò dùn mí; wọ́n lù mí, èmi kò sì mọ̀: nígbà wo ni èmi ó jí? Èmi ó tún máa wá òmíràn láti mu.”
They smote me—I felt no pain, They struck me down—I noticed it not, —When shall I wake up? I will go on, I will seek it, again!
