Proverbs 31

¹ Na the wise words wey king Lemuel mama tell him be this:

² “You be my own dear son, wey be answer to my prayers. Wetin make I tell you?

³ Make you no spend all your energy on top sex and make you no spend all your money on top women; dem dey destroy kings.

⁴ Hear me, Lemuel, e no make sense for kings to drink wine or get hungry for beer.

⁵ When dem drink, dem forget the laws and ignore the rights of the people wey dey in need.

⁶ Alcohol na for the people wey dey die, na for people wey dey in pain.

⁷ Make dem drink and forget their poverty and sorrow.

⁸ “Speak for the people wey no fit speak for themselves. Protect the right of those wey no get help.

⁹ Speak for them and be a good judge. Protect the rights of the poor and those in need.”

¹⁰ E dey hard to find wife wey dey capable! She get value pass jewels!

¹¹ Her husband dey put him trust in her, and he no go ever dey poor.

¹² As long as say she dey alive, she dey do him good and she no dey harm him.

¹³ She dey keep herself busy as she dey make wool and linen cloth.

¹⁴ She dey bring food come home from everywhere, just like merchant ship dey do.

¹⁵ She dey stand up before daytime to prepare food for her family and to tell her servant women wetin dem go do.

¹⁶ She dey look at land and buy am, she plant vineyards with the money wey she don make.

¹⁷ She dey work hard. She dey strong and industrious.

¹⁸ She know the value of everything wey she make, and she dey work late for night.

¹⁹ She dey make her own thread and she dey weave her own cloth.

²⁰ She dey kind to the poor and those in need.

²¹ She no dey worry when snows dey fall, because her family get warm cloth.

²² She dey make bedsheet and she dey wear cloth of fine purple linen.

²³ People know her husband very well, na one of the member of the city council.

²⁴ She dey make cloth and belt and she dey sell them to merchants.

²⁵ She be strong person and people dey respect her and she get hope for good future.

²⁶ She dey talk with wisdom and teach others to dey kind and show love.

²⁷ She dey always dey look after wetin her family need. She no be lazy person.

²⁸ Her children dey say good things about her, and her husband dey brag about her.

²⁹ He dey talk say, “Plenty women dey, but na you be the best.”

³⁰ Charm dey deceive and beauty dey disappear, but make person praise the woman wey honor God.

³¹ Make you give her credit for everything wey she do. She deserve make everyone respect her.