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4 years agoAbibitumi Yorùbá Language Resources 4 years ago · Ahùwà-ìbàje sẹ bí tòun là ńwí; aṣe-burúkú o kú ara fífun.
The person of evil character thinks he is the subject of discussion; the evildoer is plagued by suspiciousness.
(Evil acts breed uneasy consciences.)14 Comments-
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Àṣá gbé mi l’ádìẹ kò dúró, nítorí ó mọ ohun t’ó ṣe.
The hawk snatched my chicken and did not tarry, because it knew what it had done.
(The guilty person has his or her conscience to contend with.)-
Bí abá tọ sílé, onípò a mọ ipò.
If someone wets the bed, each person should know where he or she slept.
(In the event of a crime, the guilty should not attempt to shift the blame to others.)-
Ilé-ni-mo-wà kì í jebi ẹjo .
‘‘I-was-in-my-home’’ is never the guiltyparty in a dispute.
(One does not get intotrouble by minding one’s own business.)-
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Aṣọ̀ràn níí ń ṣe aájò.
The guilty person is the one who commiserates.
(The guilty person often tries to conceal his or her culpability by being the most solicitous.)-
Ojúlùmọ̀ ò níí jé káhun ó sun ìgbé .
The community will not let the miser sleep in the wild.
(Even the antisocial person will benefit from communal solicitousness.) -
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Bí kò sí tọ̀bùn èèyàn, ta ni ìbá jí lówùúrọ̀ tí kò bojú ṣáṣá?
But for a person of filthy habits, who would wake in the morning and not wash his or her face clean? (Antisocial people betray themselves by their habits.)
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Ajẹ̀bimágbà ní ń kógun wọ̀lú.
It is he-who-is-guilty-but-refuses-to-accept the guilt that brings warfare into a town.
(Refusal to accept one’s guilt ruins communal harmony.)-
Bí ẹjọ̀ ò sunwọ̀n, ẹléjọ̀ là ńfún dá.
If a case is hopeless, one asks the owner to judge it.
(If guilt is obvious, the guilty should be made to declare it.)-
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A-sọ-aré-dìjà níí ń jẹ̀bi ẹjọ́.
One-who-turns-play-into-a-fight is always guilty. (One should take a jest in the spirit of
jest.)
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Àgbà kì í ṣerée kí-ló-bá-yìí-wá?
An elderly person does not engage in the kind of play that provokes the comment, ‘What brought all this about?’’ (Elders should show decorum.)-
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Àlémú ò yẹ àgbà; àgbà kì í ṣe ohun àlémú.
To be pursued does not become an elder; an elder does not cause himself to be pursued.
(Elders should always behave in ways that would cause them no disgrace.)-
A kì í kọ́ àgbàlagbà pé bó bá rún kó rún.
One does not teach an elder that what has been crushed should remain crushed.
(An elder should know when a matter should end.)-
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Àgbàlagbà kì í ṣe lágbalàgba.
An elder should not behave in an unbecoming manner. (One should behave according to one’s status.)-
Adìẹ funfun ò mọ ara ẹ̀ lágbà.
The white chicken does not recognize itself as an elder.
(One should act one’s age always.
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