Proverbs 23 - Listen Online

¹ NIGBATI iwọ ba joko lati ba ijoye jẹun, kiyesi ẹniti o wà niwaju rẹ gidigidi.

¹ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

² Ki o si fi ọbẹ le ara rẹ li ọfun, bi iwọ ba iṣe okundùn enia.

² And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

³ Máṣe fẹ onjẹ-didùn rẹ̀: nitoripe onjẹ ẹ̀tan ni.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

⁴ Máṣe lãla ati lọrọ̀: ṣiwọ kuro ninu imoye ara rẹ.

⁴ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

⁵ Iwọ o ha fi oju rẹ wò o? kì yio si si mọ, nitoriti ọrọ̀ hu iyẹ-apá fun ara rẹ̀ bi ìdi ti nfò li oju ọrun.

⁵ Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

⁶ Máṣe jẹ onjẹ oloju buburu, bẹ̃ni ki o má si ṣe fẹ onjẹ-didùn rẹ̀.

⁶ Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

⁷ Nitoripe bi o ti nṣiro li ọkàn rẹ̀, bẹ̃ li o ri: mã jẹ, ki o si ma mu li o nwi fun ọ; ṣugbọn ọkàn rẹ̀ kò pẹlu rẹ.

⁷ For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

⁸ Okele ti iwọ jẹ ni iwọ o pọ̀ jade, iwọ a si sọ ọ̀rọ didùn rẹ nù.

⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

⁹ Máṣe sọ̀rọ li eti aṣiwère: nitoriti yio gàn ọgbọ́n ọ̀rọ rẹ.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Máṣe ṣi àla atijọ; má si ṣe bọ sinu oko alaini-baba.

¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ Nitoripe Olurapada wọn lagbara; yio gbà ìja wọn ja ti awọn tirẹ.

¹¹ For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

¹² Fi aiya si ẹkọ́, ati eti rẹ si ọ̀rọ ìmọ.

¹² Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

¹³ Máṣe fà ọwọ ibawi sẹhin kuro lara ọmọde, nitoripe bi iwọ ba fi paṣan nà a, on kì yio kú.

¹³ Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

¹⁴ Iwọ fi paṣan nà a, iwọ o si gbà ọkàn rẹ̀ la kuro li ọrun-apadi.

¹⁴ Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

¹⁵ Ọmọ mi, bi ọkàn rẹ ba gbọ́n ọkàn mi yio yọ̀, ani emi pẹlu.

¹⁵ My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

¹⁶ Inu mi yio si dùn nigbati ètè rẹ ba nsọ̀rọ titọ.

¹⁶ Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

¹⁷ Máṣe jẹ ki aiya rẹ ki o ṣe ilara si awọn ẹ̀lẹṣẹ, ṣugbọn ki iwọ ki o wà ni ibẹ̀ru Oluwa, li ọjọ gbogbo.

¹⁷ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

¹⁸ Nitoripe ikẹhin mbẹ nitõtọ; ireti rẹ kì yio si ke kuro.

¹⁸ For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

¹⁹ Gbọ́, iwọ ọmọ mi, ki iwọ ki o si gbọ́n, ki iwọ ki o si ma tọ́ aiya rẹ si ọ̀na titọ.

¹⁹ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

²⁰ Máṣe wà ninu awọn ọmuti; ninu awọn ti mba ẹran-ara awọn tikarawọn jẹ.

²⁰ Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

²¹ Nitoripe ọmuti ati ọjẹun ni yio di talaka; ọlẹ ni yio si fi akisa bò ara rẹ̀.

²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

²² Fetisi ti baba rẹ ti o bi ọ, má si ṣe gàn iya rẹ, nigbati o ba gbó.

²² Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

²³ Ra otitọ, ki o má si ṣe tà a; ọgbọ́n pẹlu ati ẹkọ́, ati imoye.

²³ Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

²⁴ Baba olododo ni yio yọ̀ gidigidi: ẹniti o si bi ọmọ ọlọgbọ́n, yio ni ayọ̀ ninu rẹ̀.

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

²⁵ Baba rẹ ati iya rẹ yio yọ̀, inu ẹniti o bi ọ yio dùn.

²⁵ Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

²⁶ Ọmọ mi, fi aiya rẹ fun mi, ki o si jẹ ki oju rẹ ki o ni inu-didùn si ọ̀na mi.

²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

²⁷ Nitoripe agbere, iho jijin ni; ati ajeji obinrin, iho hiha ni.

²⁷ For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

²⁸ On a si ba ni ibuba bi ole, a si sọ awọn olurekọja di pupọ ninu awọn enia.

²⁸ She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

²⁹ Tali o ni òṣi? tali o ni ibinujẹ? tali o ni ijà? tali o ni asọ̀? tali o ni ọgbẹ lainidi, tali o ni oju pipọn.

²⁹ Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

³⁰ Awọn ti o duro pẹ nibi ọti-waini; awọn ti nlọ idan ọti-waini àdalu wò.

³⁰ They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

³¹ Iwọ máṣe wò ọti-waini pe o pọn, nigbati o ba fi àwọ rẹ̀ han ninu ago, ti a ngbe e mì, ti o ndùn.

³¹ Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

³² Nikẹhin on a buniṣán bi ejò, a si bunijẹ bi paramọlẹ.

³² At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

³³ Oju rẹ yio wò awọn ajeji obinrin, aiya rẹ yio si sọ̀rọ ayidayida.

³³ Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

³⁴ Nitõtọ, iwọ o dabi ẹniti o dubulẹ li arin okun, tabi ẹniti o dubulẹ lòke òpó-ọkọ̀.

³⁴ Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

³⁵ Iwọ o si wipe, nwọn lù mi; kò dùn mi; nwọn lù mi, emi kò si mọ̀: nigbawo li emi o ji? emi o tun ma wá a kiri.

³⁵ They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.