Proverbs 2 in Boko

1 Ma nɛ́, tó n ma yã́ sì, mɛ́ n ma yãdilɛaↄ kũa n sↄ̃u,

2 tó ńlɛ swãdↄ ↄ̃nↄyãi, mɛ́ n sↄ̃ kpà a dadaawa,

3 tó n lɛzù laaizi, mɛ́ n wiilɛ̀ yãdadaai,

4 tó n kpálɛkɛ̀i ã́nusu ũ, mɛ́ n wɛ̀ɛlɛ àizɛɛ ulɛa ũ,

5 ńyↄ̃ vĩakɛa Diiɛ midↄ̃ sa, ní Lua dↄ̃a e.

6 Asa Dii mɛ́ ì ń gba ↄ̃nↄ, dadaa ń dↄ̃ao ì bↄ aà kĩ́iɛ.

7 A kã́fĩa zɛ́ kũa gbɛ̃maaↄnɛ, a dɛ sɛ̀ngbao ũ tàaesaideↄnɛ.

8 Ì ↄlia gbɛ̃maaↄzi ń táa'oau, ì a yãmanaↄ dↄ̃́a ń yã́ píi kɛa guu.

9 Ńyↄ̃ yã́zɛde dↄ̃ sa ń yã́ dↄ̀ↄdeo ń yã́ pↄ́ zɛvĩo ń maa píi zɛ́o.

10 Asa ↄ̃nↄ a mↄma, mɛ́ dↄ̃a a n kã́si.

11 Kua ń laaio a n dↄ̃́a, yã́zɛdↄ̃a a ↄlianzi.

12 A n bↄ gbɛ̃vãiↄ zɛ́u ń yãbɛ̃ɛkɛnaↄ ↄzĩo.

13 Gbɛ̃́piↄ pã̀alɛ yãmaa zɛ́ɛ, aa gusia zɛ́ sɛ̀.

14 Aaì pↄnakɛ ń vãikɛao, aaì vĩ aaↄ kɛ̃aa ń yãbɛ̃ɛ faasaio.

15 An kɛkɛá faa vĩo, aaìↄ yãkɛ ń kↄ̃nioɛ.

16 Ɔ̃nↄpi a n bↄ káalua ↄzĩ, a n si nↄɛ pãle yã́ nana oanɛwa.

17 Nↄɛpi pãkpà a nɛnↄn gↄ̃i, à a Lua bàa kuaanↄ yã́ gbòo.

18 Aà bɛ ì mipɛńnↄ gawaɛ, aà kpɛ́ zɛ́ ì táńnↄ bɛdau.

19 Gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ gɛ̃̀aàzi lí nↄ̀sɛlilɛo, ìli wɛ̃ni zɛ́ le lↄo.

20 Ɔ̃nↄpi a n da gbɛ̃maaↄ zɛ́wa, níↄ dↄ̀ↄdeↄ zɛ́ kũa.

21 Asa nↄ̀sɛpuadeↄ mɛ́ aa gↄ̃ bùsu vĩ, tàaesaideↄ mɛ́ aaↄ ku a guu.

22 Vãikɛnaↄ sↄ̃, wa ń yá ń bↄlɛuɛ, wa náaisaideↄ kpoɛuɛ.