Proverbs 25:27 in Boko

27 Zↄblea gɛ̃agɛ̃a maao, gbɛ̃́ azĩa kpɛlaa gbiao.

Other Translations

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

It is not good to eat much honey: So `for men' to search out their own glory is grievous.

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.

It is not good to eat much honey; Nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.

16 Tó n zↄ́ è, ble n lɛ́ lɛ́u, kɛ́ ńsu ble zↄ̃ↄ ǹ pisio yã́i.

2 To wà n sáaukpa, ńsu ǹ nzĩa sáaukpao. To à bↄ gbɛ̃pãleↄ lɛ́u, asu bↄ n lɛ́uo.

44 Lá i sáau wɛɛlɛkↄ̃wa, ili sáau wɛɛlɛ Lua mɛ̀ndonawao, kpelewa á fↄ̃ ma yã́ síi?

1 À kũ̀ mà ĩ́anadãɛ. Baa tó a ài vĩo, má ɛa su wɛ́pungu'eaↄ ń yã́ pↄ́ Dii ↄ̀lↄmɛɛↄwa.

11 Ma mìsaikɛ kɛ̀, ámɛ a ma dau. Ámɛ a maa yãa à ma sáaukpa. Baa tó má pↄe ũo, má kɛ̃́sãa zĩna pↄ́ a ń dílɛ dɛńlapiↄzi yãe guuo.

3 Ásu yãe kɛ dɛnla ge yↄ̃̀ↄkɛa yã́io. Zĩabusaa guu àli kↄ̃ da gbia dɛ ázĩala.