Proverbs 17

17 ¹Dry bread wey person chop for peace better pass house wey full of feasting but with quarrel. ²Servant wey get sense go rule over pikin wey dey bring shame, and e go share di inheritance among di brothers. ³Di pot dey for silver and di furnace dey for gold, but our Papa dey test heart. ⁴Person wey dey do evil dey listen to wicked mouth; liar dey listen to tongue wey dey destroy. ⁵Anybody wey dey mock poor person dey insult di One wey make am; anybody wey dey laugh over another person wahala no go escape punishment. ⁶Grandpikin na crown for old people, and di glory of children na dem papa and mama. ⁷Fine talk no fit foolish person—how much more, lying mouth no fit big man. ⁸Bribe be like magic charm for di person wey dey give am; anywhere e turn, e think say e go succeed. ⁹Anybody wey cover offense dey find love, but anybody wey dey bring am up again and again dey separate close friends. ¹⁰Correction dey enter deep for person wey get understanding pass one hundred beating for foolish person. ¹¹Stubborn man dey find only evil, and dem go send cruel messenger against am. ¹²E better make you meet bear wey dem tief im pikin pass to meet foolish person for im foolishness. ¹³If anybody pay back evil for good, evil no go ever comot from im house. ¹⁴To start quarrel be like to burst dam, so drop di argument before e burst out. ¹⁵Anybody wey clear di wicked one and anybody wey condemn di correct-and-holy one—di two of dem na disgusting thing to our Papa. ¹⁶Why foolish person go get money for hand to buy wisdom, when e no get heart to learn? ¹⁷Friend dey love every time, and brother na for time of trouble dem born am. ¹⁸Person wey no get sense dey shake hand for promise and dey stand security for im neighbor. ¹⁹Anybody wey love wrongdoing love quarrel; anybody wey build im gate high dey invite destruction. ²⁰Crooked heart no dey find any good, and twisted tongue dey fall inside trouble. ²¹Anybody wey born foolish pikin dey bring sorrow give imsef; di papa of foolish person wey no get God no get joy. ²²Heart wey full of joy na good medicine, but spirit wey dem crush dey dry di bones. ²³Wicked man dey collect bribe for secret to spoil di way of justice. ²⁴Person wey get sense dey keep wisdom for im eye, but di eye of foolish person dey waka go di end of di earth. ²⁵Foolish son na sorrow to im papa and bitterness to di mama wey born am. ²⁶To punish di correct-and-holy one no good, and to flog big man because of im integrity no good too. ²⁷Anybody wey hold im words get knowledge, and person wey get calm spirit na person wey get understanding. ²⁸Even foolish person wey keep quiet, dem go think say e wise; when e close im mouth, e dey look like person wey get sense.