Proverbs 20

20 ¹Wine be mocker, strong drink na person wey dey cause fight, and anybody wey dey stagger under am no get sense. ²Di fear wey king dey put na like when lion dey growl; anybody wey provoke am make e vex dey throway im own life. ³Na honor for person to keep imsef far from quarrel, but every fool dey quick to fight. ⁴Lazy person no go plow im farm for autumn; so for harvest time e go look for crop and e no go see anytin. ⁵Di plans wey dey person heart na deep water, but person wey get understanding dey draw dem comot. ⁶Plenty person dey announce im own loyal love, but faithful person—na who fit find am? ⁷Di correct-and-holy person dey waka for im honest way; blessing dey for im pikin dem wey come after am! ⁸King wey siddon for di throne of judgment dey sieve out all evil with im eye. ⁹Na who fit talk say, “I don keep my heart clean; I don clean comot from my sin”? ¹⁰Weight wey no equal and measure wey no equal—our Papa hate dem two. ¹¹Even pikin, na im doings dem take sabi am, whether im conduct dey pure and correct. ¹²Ear wey dey hear and eye wey dey see—our Papa na im make dem two. ¹³No love sleep, if not you go become poor; open your eye, and you go get plenty bread. ¹⁴“E no good, e no good!” na so di buyer dey talk—then e go comot go dey boast about di bargain wey e get. ¹⁵Gold dey and plenty precious stone dey, but lips wey dey talk knowledge na treasure wey rare. ¹⁶Collect di cloth of person wey stand security for stranger; hold am as pledge when e do so for foreigner dem. ¹⁷Bread wey person take craze-craze get dey sweet for mouth, but later im mouth go full with sand-sand. ¹⁸Na advice dey make plans stand strong; so make you fight war only with wise guidance. ¹⁹Person wey dey gossip dey scatter secret; so no follow person wey dey run mouth waka. ²⁰Anybody wey curse im papa or mama—im lamp go quench for di deepest darkness. ²¹Inheritance wey person gain too quick for di start no go get blessing for di end. ²²No talk say, “I go pay back evil for evil.” Wait for our Papa, and e go save you. ²³Our Papa hate weight wey no equal, and scale wey dey cheat no good at all. ²⁴Na our Papa dey direct person steps; so how person go fit understand im own way? ²⁵Na trap when person rush to dedicate somtin and na only later e go come think di vow again. ²⁶Wise king dey sieve out di wicked people and e dey drive di threshing wheel over dem. ²⁷Di spirit of person na di lamp of our Papa, wey dey search every deep inside part. ²⁸Loyal love and faithfulness dey protect king; na loyal love dey hold im throne up. ²⁹Di glory of young people na dia strength, but di beauty of old people na gray hair. ³⁰Blow wey dey wound dey scrub evil comot, and beating dey clean di deep inside parts.