Nigerian Pidgin Bible
Ecclesiastes 10
1 Dead flies fit spoil a whole bottle of perfume, and little stupidity fit cancel greatest wisdom.
2 Na natural thing for the wise to do right thing and na natural thing for fool to do wrong thing.
3 Even the stranger wey dem meet for road go see their stupidity; dem dey allow everybody know say dem be fools.
4 If una ruler dey vex for una, make una no resign; if una keep calm he fit pardon una wetin una do wrong.
5 Here na the injustice wey I don see for this world " the kind injustice wey rulers dey cause.
6 Dem dey carry position of authority give stupid people and dem no dey give rich people face.
7 I don see slaves for horseback and rich men dey use leg waka like slaves.
8 If una dig pit, una go fall inside am; if una break through a wall, snake go bite una.
9 If una work for where dem dey break stone, the stone go hurt una. If una cut wood, e go hurt una as una dey cut am.
10 If una axe no sharp and una no sharpen am, una go need to work harder to use am. Na better thing to dey plan ahead.
11 Make person know how to charm snake, na useless thing if he allow the snake bite am first.
12 Wetin the wise talk dey bring honor to them, but na the words of the fools dey destroy them.
13 Dem dey start with silly talk and dem dey end up with pure madness.
14 A fool dey talk on and on. Nobody know wetin go happen next, and nobody fit tell us wetin go happen after we don die.
15 Na only person wey dey stupid to find him way home go use work kill himself.
16 A country dey enter trouble when hin king be youth and hin leaders dey chop all night long.
17 But a country get luck to get king wey dey make him own decisions and leaders wey dey chop for proper time, wey dey control themselves and no dey get drunk.
18 When somebody dey too lazy to repair him own roof, e go leak, and the house go fall.
19 Eating dey make una happy and wine dey cheer una up, but una no fit get the two without money.
20 Make una no condemn the king, even if na small, and make una no condemn the rich, even when una dey alone for una bedroom. A bird fit carry the message and tell them wetin una don talk.