Proverbs Chapter 9

Di Way of Wisdom

1. Wisdom don build her house, she don
   form seven pillars.
2. She don prepare her food, con mix her
   drink; she don set her table sef.
3. She don send her house- girls go out. She
   dey halla from di place wey high pass for di
   city,
4. “Make pipo wey no know anytin—come
   here!” As for di man wey no get
   understanding, she dey follow am tok!
5. “Bia, chop my food, and drink di wine wey
   I mix.
6. Fashi mumu level—make you live; follow
   di way of understanding.
7. “Any-pesin wey correct mugu go receive
   insult; any-pesin wey correct wicked
   man—dey wound hinsef.
8. No correct mugu—or he go hate you;
   correct wise man and he go love you.
9. Tell wise man sometin wey make-sense
   and he go wise more-more; teach righteous
   man and he go add-join wetin he don already
   know.
10. “Wisdom start wen you begin to fear
    Baba-God, and to sabi di Holy One na
    understanding.
11. Na wit me you go fit live long, and many
    years go add-join to your life.
12. If you wise, your wisdom go pay you; if
    you be swegbe na only you go use your head carry am.
    • Di Way of Mumu
13. Woman wey be mumu dey make noise.
    She no get-sense and she be olodo.
14. She dey sidon for di doormot of her
    house, she go sidon for place wey high pass
    for di city.
15. She dey call pipo wey dey waka pass,
    wey dey mind dia own business,
16. . “ Make any- pesin wey no-
    get- sense—turn face here”; and she dey
    follow pipo wey no get understanding dey
    tok,
17. “Water wey dem tiff dey sweet; food wey
    dem hide chop dey enta body!”
18. But he no know sey na dead-body dey for
    there, and her visitor dey go inside grave.