Proverbs 17 - Listen Online

¹ OKELE gbigbẹ, ti on ti alafia, o san jù ile ti o kún fun ẹran-pipa ti on ti ìja.

¹ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

² Ọlọgbọ́n iranṣẹ yio ṣe olori ọmọ ti nhùwa itiju, yio si pin ogún lãrin awọn arakunrin.

² A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

³ Koro ni fun fadaka, ati ileru fun wura: bẹ̃li Oluwa ndan aiya wò.

³ The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

⁴ Oluṣe buburu fetisi ète eke; ẹni-eké a si ma kiyesi ọ̀rọ ahọn buburu.

⁴ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

⁵ Ẹnikẹni ti o ba sín olupọnju jẹ, o gàn Ẹlẹda rẹ̀: ẹniti o ba si nyọ̀ si wahala kì yio wà li aijiya.

⁵ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

⁶ Ọmọ ọmọ li ade arugbo: ogo awọn ọmọ si ni baba wọn.

⁶ Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

⁷ Ọ̀rọ daradara kò yẹ fun aṣiwère; bẹ̃li ète eke kò yẹ fun ọmọ-alade.

⁷ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

⁸ Okuta iyebiye jẹ ẹ̀bun li oju ẹniti o ni i; nibikibi ti o yi si, a ṣe rere.

⁸ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

⁹ Ẹniti o bò ẹ̀ṣẹ mọlẹ, o nwá ifẹ; ṣugbọn ẹniti o tun ọ̀ran hú silẹ, o yà ọrẹ́ nipa.

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

¹⁰ Ibawi wọ̀ inu ọlọgbọ́n jù ọgọrun paṣan lọ ninu aṣiwère.

¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

¹¹ Ẹni-ọ̀tẹ a ma wá kiki ibi kiri; nitorina iranṣẹ ìka li a o ran si i.

¹¹ An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

¹² O yá ki ẹranko beari ti a kó li ọmọ ki o pade enia, jù aṣiwère lọ ninu wère rẹ̀.

¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

¹³ Ẹnikẹni ti o ba fi ibi san ire, ibi kì yio kuro ninu ile rẹ̀.

¹³ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

¹⁴ Ẹniti o daju fun omi dabi olupilẹṣẹ ìja; nitorina fi ìja silẹ ki o to di nla.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

¹⁵ Ẹniti o da enia buburu lare, ati ẹniti o da olododo lẹbi, ani awọn mejeji irira ni loju Oluwa.

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

¹⁶ Nitori kini iye owo yio ṣe wà lọwọ aṣiwère lati rà ọgbọ́n, sa wò o, kò ni oye?

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

¹⁷ Ọrẹ́ a ma fẹni nigbagbogbo, ṣugbọn arakunrin li a bi fun ìgba ipọnju.

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

¹⁸ Enia ti oye kù fun, a ṣe onigbọwọ, a si fi ara sọfà niwaju ọrẹ́ rẹ̀.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

¹⁹ Ẹniti o fẹ ìja, o fẹ ẹ̀ṣẹ; ẹniti o kọ́ ẹnu-ọ̀na rẹ̀ ga, o nwá iparun.

¹⁹ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

²⁰ Ẹniti o ni ayidayida ọkàn kì yio ri ire: ati ẹniti o ni ahọn ọ̀rọ-meji, a bọ sinu ibi.

²⁰ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

²¹ Ẹniti o bi aṣiwère, o bi i si ibinujẹ rẹ̀; baba aṣiwère kò si li ayọ̀.

²¹ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

²² Inu-didùn mu imularada rere wá: ṣugbọn ibinujẹ ọkàn mu egungun gbẹ.

²² A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

²³ Enia buburu mu ẹ̀bun lati iṣẹpo-aṣọ lati yi ọ̀na idajọ pada.

²³ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

²⁴ Ọgbọ́n wà niwaju ẹniti o moye; ṣugbọn oju aṣiwère mbẹ li opin ilẹ̀-aiye.

²⁴ Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

²⁵ Aṣiwère ọmọ ni ibinujẹ baba rẹ̀, ati kikoro ọkàn fun iya ti o bi i.

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

²⁶ Pẹlupẹlu kò dara ki a ṣẹ́ olotitọ ni iṣẹ́, tabi ki a lu ọmọ-alade nitori iṣedẽde.

²⁶ Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

²⁷ Ẹniti o ni ìmọ, a ṣẹ́ ọ̀rọ rẹ̀ kù: ọlọkàn tutu si li amoye enia.

²⁷ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

²⁸ Lõtọ, aṣiwère, nigbati o ba pa ẹnu rẹ̀ mọ́, a kà a si ọlọgbọ́n; ẹniti o ba pa ẹnu rẹ̀ mọ́ si li amoye.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.