Proverbs 9

9 ¹Wisdom—Jesus, di wisdom of our Papa—don build her house; she don cut out her seven pillar dem. ²She don kill her animal dem; she don mix her wine; she don set her table too. ³She don send her young women make dem go call from di highest place dem of di town: ⁴"Anybody wey be simple person, make e come inside here!" To di person wey no get sense she talk say, ⁵"Come, chop my bread and drink di wine wey I don mix. ⁶Leave your simple ways, make you live; waka for di way of understanding." ⁷Anybody wey correct person wey dey mock dey bring insult come im own head, and anybody wey talk true give wicked person go collect wound. ⁸No talk true give person wey dey mock, if not e go hate you; talk true give wise man, and e go love you. ⁹Teach wise man and e go get more sense; teach person wey dey follow correct-and-holy way and e go learn even more. ¹⁰Di fear of our Papa na di beginning of wisdom, and to know di Holy One na understanding. ¹¹Because through me your days go plenty well well, and dem go add years give your life. ¹²If you get sense, na for yourself you get sense; if you dey mock, na you alone go carry am.

Folly Fake Invitation

¹³Di woman wey dem dey call Folly dey make noise; she no get sense and she no sabi anything. ¹⁴She dey sidon for di door of her house, for seat wey dey di highest place dem of di town, ¹⁵she dey call di people wey dey pass, wey dey waka straight for their road: ¹⁶"Anybody wey be simple person, make e come inside here!" And to di person wey no get sense she talk say, ¹⁷"Water wey you thief sweet, and bread wey you chop for hiding place dey enjoyable." ¹⁸But e no know say na dead people dey there, say her visitor dem dey deep inside di grave.