Yoruba Proverb Treasury-gctid23042

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Gbogbo àw[ch7885]n tí [ch7884]ló[ch61481]run bá so pò[ch61481], kí [ch7865]niké[ch61481]ni má [ch7779]e yà wó[ch61481]n.

All those who Olorun joins together, may noone tear them apart

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Lásán l'àjèjì l'ójú, kò fi ríran tó onílë

For no reason the stranger/visitor has eyes, he or she doesn't use them to see up to the standard of the citizen of the country.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Æm[ch7885] tí ó m[ch7885] [ch7885]wó[ch61481] wè[ch61481] l'ó bá àgbà jeun

A child who knows how to wash his or her hands joins the elders in eating.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Ahó[ch61481]n àti eyín máa [ch324] jà lé[ch61481]è[ch61481]kò[ch61481]ò[ch61481]kan.

The tongue and the teeth be fightin' every so often.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Bí ò[ch61481]rò[ch61481] bá pé[ch61481] nílè[ch61481], gbígbó[ch61481]n ní í gbó[ch61481]n.

If an issue lasts for a long time in the land, wisdom will become wise.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Igi tí a fi [ch324] na ìyàálé mbè[ch61481] l'ájà fún ìyàwó.

The stick that was used to hit the first wife remains in the rafters to use for the new wife.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Oorun l'a fi [ch324] dán ikú wò.

Sleep is what WE use to test out what death is like.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Kí a fi [ch7885]wó[ch61481] w[ch7865] [ch7885]wó[ch61481] ni [ch7885]wó[ch61481] fi mó[ch61481].

That the hand washes the (other) hand is how the hands get clean.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Bí iró[ch61481] bá sáré fún ogún [ch7885]dún, [ch7885]jó[ch61481] kan ni òótó[ch61481] máa bá a.

If lies run for twenty years, in one day, truth will catch it.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Màálu[ch61455] tí o[ch61455] nírù, O[ch61481]ló[ch61481]run l'o máa [ch324] bá a lé e[ch61481]s[ch61481]ins[ch61481]in.

The cow that doesn't have a tail, O[ch61481]ló[ch61481]run helps him/her chase away flies.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

A ò m[ch7885] ohun tí Dárò-ó ní kó tó wí pé olè-é kó òun.

One does not know what Dárò owned before he claimed to have been robbed.
(The poor person conveniently blames his poverty on thieves.)
This is a variant of Kí ni Dáàró ní . . .

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Bí òní s[ch61481]e rí kó[ch61481] ni ò[ch61481]la yóò ti rí l'ó jé[ch61481] kí babaláwo dífá l'ó[ch61481]r[ch7885][ch7885]rún.

The way today is like is not how what tomorrow will be like is what makes the Babaláwo divine with Ifá every five days.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Bí òní s[ch61481]e rí kó[ch61481] ni ò[ch61481]la yóò ti rí l'ó jé[ch61481] kí babaláwo dífá l'ójoojúmó[ch61481].

The way today is like is not how what tomorrow will be like is what makes the Babaláwo divine with Ifá every morning.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

E[ch61470]ni t'ó [ch324] s[ch61481]e rere, k'ó múra sí rere, S[ch61470]ìkàs[ch61481]ìkà k'ó múra síkà rè[ch61481]...àtoore àtìkà, ò[ch61481]kan k[ch61470]ìí gbé.

A person who does good, let him/her prepare for good, Do-wicked-do-wicked should prepare for his/her wickedness...Goodness and wickedness, neither goes unrecompensed.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

A ò m[ch7885] ohun tí Dárò-ó ní kó tó wí pé olè-é kó òun.

One does not know what Dárò owned before he claimed to have been robbed.
(The poor person conveniently blames his poverty on thieves.)
This is a variant of Kí ni Dáàró ní . .