Wisdom Dey Shout Loud
Here, Wisdom na person, wey dey shout for street where anybody fit hear, no be say dem keep am for only expert. She talk say na through her kings dey rule, then she go back far pass that, our Papa bring her out before the deep, she dey there when dem make the world, she dey enjoy am and dey enjoy people.
8 1Wisdom no dey call out? Understanding no dey raise im voice? 2For di top of di high places for road, wia di paths dey meet, na dia she dey stand. 3For di side of di gates, for di place wia pesin dey enter di city, for di doorways she dey shout loud: 4“Na una I dey call, all people; my voice dey reach every human being. 5Una wey be ordinary pesin, learn sense; una wey be foolish pesin, get heart wey dey understand. 6Listen well, because na fine-fine things I dey talk, and everything wey I talk dey correct. 7My mouth dey talk true-true word, because my lips dey hate wickedness. 8All di words wey comot for my mouth dey correct-and-holy; none of dem dey bend or crooked. 9For pesin wey dey understand, dem all dey clear, and dem dey correct for those wey find knowledge. 10Take my instruction, no be silver, and knowledge pass better gold, 11because wisdom better pass jewels, and nothing wey your heart dey want fit measure am.
12Me, Wisdom—Jesus, di wisdom of our Papa—dey stay with sense, and I dey find knowledge and correct judgement. 13To fear our Papa na to hate evil. Pride and swelled-head, di evil way, and bad-mouth talk, na dem I dey hate. 14Advice na my own, and sound wisdom; na me be understanding; strength na my own. 15Na through me kings dey rule, and rulers dey command wetin dey just; 16na through me princes dey govern, and big men— all wey dey rule 17I love di people wey love me, and di people wey dey find me go find me. 18For my hand na riches and honour, wealth wey dey last and correct-and-holy way. 19My fruit better pass gold, even di finest gold, and wetin I dey produce pass better silver. 20I dey waka for di correct-and-holy way, for di paths of justice, 21I dey give wealth as inheritance to those wey love me, and I dey fill dia store.
22Our Papa born me for di beginning of im way, before im works wey dey from long time. a a v22 Wisdom — di Pikin — dem born am, dem no make am; e be of our Papa from all eternity, and e dey share im life before dem create anything. 23From di times wey don pass, dem set me up, from di beginning, before di earth start. 24When deep waters never dey, na dia dem born me, when springs wey dey overflow with water never dey. 25Before di mountains stand well, before di hills, na dia dem born me, 26while e never make di earth and im fields, or di first dust of di world. 27When e put di heavens for dia place, I dey dia; when e draw circle for di face of di deep, 28when e set di skies for dia place for up, when e make di springs of di deep stand firm, 29when e set boundary for di sea so di water no go cross dia limit, when e mark out di foundation of di earth, 30na dia I dey by im side as master craftsman, and I be im daily joy, I dey rejoice for im front every time, b b v30 Some old versions talk say 'small pikin' for hia instead of 'master craftsman,' dey picture Wisdom as pikin wey dey rejoice for di Papa side. 31I dey rejoice for im whole world, and I dey happy for di human family.
32So now, my pikin dem, listen to me: blessed na di people wey dey keep my ways. 33Listen to instruction and get wisdom; no ignore am. 34Blessing dey for di pesin wey dey listen to me, wey dey watch every day for my gate, wey dey wait near my door. 35Because whoever find me, find life, and e go receive favour from our Papa. 36But whoever miss me dey harm im own soul; all wey dey hate me love death.”
