Proverbs 23
1 Nígbà tí ìwọ bá jókòó láti bá ìjòyè jẹun, kíyèsi ohun tí ó wà níwájú rẹ gidigidi.
for to dwell to/for to feed on with to rule to understand to understand [obj] which to/for face: before your
2 Ìwọ a sì fi ọ̀bẹ lé ara rẹ ní ọ̀fun, bí ìwọ bá jẹ́ òkúndùn ènìyàn.
and to set: put knife in/on/with throat your if master: men soul: appetite you(m. s.)
3 Má ṣe fẹ́ oúnjẹ dídùn rẹ̀: nítorí pé oúnjẹ ẹ̀tàn ni.
not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy his and he/she/it food lie
4 Má ṣe ṣe làálàá láti lọ́rọ̀: ṣíwọ́ kúrò nínú ọgbọ́n ara rẹ.
not be weary/toil to/for to enrich from understanding your to cease
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.
( to fly *Q(K)*) eye your in/on/with him and nothing he for to make to make to/for him wing like/as eagle (to fly *Q(K)*) [the] heaven
6 Má ṣe jẹ oúnjẹ ẹni tí ó háwọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí o má sì ṣe fẹ́ oúnjẹ dídùn rẹ̀.
not to feed on [obj] food: bread bad: evil eye: appearance and not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy his
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 like to calculate in/on/with soul his so he/she/it to eat and to drink to say to/for you and heart his not with you
8 Òkèlè tí ìwọ jẹ ni ìwọ ó pọ̀ jáde, ìwọ a sì sọ ọ̀rọ̀ dídùn rẹ̀ nù.
morsel your to eat to vomit her and to ruin word your [the] pleasant
9 Má ṣe sọ̀rọ̀ ní etí aṣiwèrè; nítorí tí yóò gan ọgbọ́n ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
in/on/with ear: hearing fool not to speak: speak for to despise to/for understanding speech your
10 Má ṣe ṣí ààlà àtijọ́ kúrò; má sì ṣe bọ́ sínú oko aláìní baba.
not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity and in/on/with land: country orphan not to come (in): come
11 Nítorí pé Olùràpadà wọn lágbára; yóò gba ìjà wọn jà sí ọ.
for to redeem: redeem their strong he/she/it to contend [obj] strife their with you
12 Fi àyà sí ẹ̀kọ́, àti etí rẹ sí ọ̀rọ̀-ìmọ̀.
to come (in): bring [emph?] to/for discipline: instruction heart your and ear your to/for word knowledge
13 Má ṣe fa ọwọ́ ìbáwí sẹ́yìn kúrò lára ọmọdé, nítorí pé bí ìwọ bá fi pàṣán nà án, òun kì yóò kú.
not to withhold from youth discipline for to smite him in/on/with tribe: staff not to die
you(m. s.) in/on/with tribe: staff to smite him and soul his from hell: Sheol to rescue (Sheol h7585)
15 Ọmọ mi, bí ọkàn rẹ bá gbọ́n, ọkàn mi yóò yọ̀, àní èmi pẹ̀lú.
son: child my if be wise heart your to rejoice heart my also I
16 Inú mi yóò sì dùn nígbà tí ètè rẹ̀ bá ń sọ̀rọ̀ títọ́.
and to exult kidney my in/on/with to speak: speak lips your uprightness
17 Má ṣe jẹ́ kí àyà rẹ ó ṣe ìlara sí àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kí ìwọ ó wà ní ìbẹ̀rù Olúwa, ní ọjọ́ gbogbo.
not be jealous heart your in/on/with sinner that if: except if: except in/on/with fear LORD all [the] day
18 Nítorí pé ìgbẹ̀yìn ń bẹ nítòótọ́; ìrètí rẹ̀ kì yóò sì gé kúrò.
that if: except if: except there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
19 Gbọ́, ìwọ ọmọ mi, kí o sì gbọ́n, kí o sì máa tọ́ àyà rẹ sí ọ̀nà títọ́.
to hear: hear you(m. s.) son: child my and be wise and to bless in/on/with way: conduct heart your
20 Má ṣe wà nínú àwọn ọ̀mùtí; àti àwọn wọ̀bìà alájẹkì ọ̀jẹun;
not to be in/on/with to imbibe wine in/on/with be vile flesh to/for them
21 nítorí pé ọ̀mùtí àti ọ̀jẹun ni yóò di tálákà; ìmúni-tòògbé ní sì ń fi àkísà wọ ọkùnrin láṣọ.
for to imbibe and be vile to possess: poor and rags to clothe drowsiness
22 Fetí sí ti baba rẹ tí ó bí ọ, má sì ṣe gan ìyá rẹ, nígbà tí o bá gbó.
to hear: hear to/for father your this to beget you and not to despise for be old mother your
23 Ra òtítọ́, kí o má sì ṣe tà á; ra ọgbọ́n pẹ̀lú àti ẹ̀kọ́ àti òye.
truth: true to buy and not to sell wisdom and discipline: instruction and understanding
24 Baba olódodo ni yóò yọ̀ gidigidi: ẹni tí ó sì bí ọmọ ọlọ́gbọ́n, yóò ní ayọ̀ nínú rẹ̀.
(to rejoice to rejoice *Q(k)*) father righteous (and to beget *Q(K)*) wise (to rejoice *Q(K)*) in/on/with to rejoice
25 Jẹ́ kí baba rẹ àti ìyá rẹ ó yọ̀, sì jẹ́ kí inú ẹni tí ó bí ọ dùn.
to rejoice father your and mother your and to rejoice to beget you
26 Ọmọ mi, fi àyà rẹ fún mi, kí o sì jẹ́ kí ojú rẹ ní inú dídùn sí ọ̀nà mi.
to give: give [emph?] son: child my heart your to/for me and eye your way: conduct my (to watch *Q(K)*)
27 Nítorí pé panṣágà obìnrin ọ̀gbun jíjìn ni; àti àjèjì obìnrin kànga híhá ni.
for pit deep to fornicate and well narrow foreign
28 Òun á sì ba ní bùba bí olè, a sì sọ àwọn olùrékọjá di púpọ̀ nínú àwọn ènìyàn.
also he/she/it like/as robber to ambush and to act treacherously in/on/with man to add
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?
to/for who? woe! to/for who? pain! to/for who? (contention *Q(K)*) to/for who? complaint to/for who? wound for nothing to/for who? dullness eye
30 Àwọn tí ó dúró pẹ́ níbi ọtí wáìnì; àwọn tí ń lọ láti dán ọtí wáìnì àdàlú wò.
to/for to delay upon [the] wine to/for to come (in): come to/for to search mixed drink
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.
not to see: see wine for to redden for to give: do (in/on/with cup *Q(K)*) eye his to go: went in/on/with uprightness
32 Níkẹyìn òun á bu ni ṣán bí ejò, a sì bunijẹ bí i paramọ́lẹ̀.
end his like/as serpent to bite and like/as serpent to pierce
33 Ojú rẹ yóò wò àwọn àjèjì obìnrin, àyà rẹ yóò sì sọ̀rọ̀ àyídáyidà.
eye your to see: see be a stranger and heart your to speak: speak perversity
34 Nítòótọ́, ìwọ ó dàbí ẹni tí ó dùbúlẹ̀ ní àárín Òkun, tàbí ẹni tí ó dùbúlẹ̀ lókè-ọkọ̀.
and to be like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with heart sea and like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with head: top mast
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.”
to smite me not be weak: ill to smite me not to know how to awake to add to seek him still
