Proverbs 26

¹ Make people no honor a fool, just as snow no dey fall for summer or rain for the harvest time.

² Curse no fit hurt you unless you deserve am. Dem be like bird wey dey fly dey go and no stop.

³ You go need to beat a horse, you go need to put rope for mouth of a donkey, and you go need beat a fool.

⁴ If you con answer a silly question, you just dey silly as the person wey ask am.

⁵ Make you give silly answer to silly question, and the one wey ask am go know say he no smart as he think say he be.

⁶ If you allow fool to go deliver message, e go be like say you dey cut off your own leg; na trouble you dey ask for.

⁷ A fool wey dey try say something wise be like a cripple person wey dey try walk.

⁸ To dey show honor to a fool bad like say person dey tie rock to a sling.

⁹ A fool wey dey try say something wise be like drunk person wey dey try pick thorn from him hand.

¹⁰ Na dangerous thing to hire a fool or stranger wey dey pass by because you no know who fit get hurt.

¹¹ A fool wey dey do something stupid for the second time be like dog wey dey go back to hin own vomit.

¹² Person wey stupid pass better pass someone wey think say he dey wise when he no wise at all.

¹³ Why lazy people no dey commot for their house? Wetin dem dey fear? Lions?

¹⁴ Lazy people dey turn over on top bed. Dem be like door wey dey swing for one point.

¹⁵ Some people dey too lazy to put food in their own mouths.

¹⁶ A lazy person go think say he dey seven times intelligent pass people wey get good sense.

¹⁷ To dey get involve for argument wey no be your business be like to dey go down the street and dey grab a dog for ear.

¹⁸ Person wey mislead someone else and con claim say na only joke he just dey joke

¹⁹ E be like mad person wey dey play with weapon wey fit kill.

²⁰ Fire dey go off without wood; without gossip, arguments go stop.

²¹ Na charcoal dey make the coal dey shine, na the wood dey keep the fire to dey burn, and troublemaker dey keep argument alive.

²² Gossip dey sweet! We love to dey swallow am!

²³ Good words wey hide evil heart be like fine silver paint on top a cheap clay pot.

²⁴ Evil people dey hide hatred behind sweet words.

²⁵ Dem fit sound fine, but no believe them, because na bad-belle full their heart.

²⁶ He fit hide him bad-belle with sweet words, but everyone go see the evil wey he dey do.

²⁷ Anybody wey dig pit fit fall inside am. Person wey roll large stone, the stone fit crush am.

²⁸ You go need hate someone before you go fit use lie hurt am. Lie no dey bring anything but destruction.