Proverbs 31 in Boko

1 Kí Lemuɛli da lɛdàwà à mɛ̀:

2 Kpelewaɛ, ma nɛ́? Bↄɛ́, ma nɛ'ia? Àkɛaɛ, nɛ́ pↄ́ ma a lɛkɛ̀ Luawa?

3 Ńsu ǹ n wo dɛ nↄɛↄ kĩ́io, ńsu zɛ́ pↄ́ ì kíaↄ ↄ̃̀ↄkpa sɛo.

4 Lemuɛli, vɛ̃ɛá kíaↄ pↄmia no, í gbãaá kpalablenaↄ pↄmia no,

5 kɛ́ aasu mi ikoyãↄ sã́ńgu, aai yã́gↄ̃gↄ̃ taasideↄnɛ faasaio yã́i.

6 À í gbãa kpa gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ lɛ́ mↄ́ gaiↄwa, à vɛ̃ɛ kpa pↄsiadeↄwa

7 aa mi, an taasi i sã́ńgu, an yã'ↄ̃ma aↄ dↄńgu lↄo.

8 Yã'o gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ a lɛ́ lɛ́ bebeka gɛ̃ɛ ũ, yã́gↄ̃gↄ̃ gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ aalɛ sãalɛↄnɛ.

9 Ńsu ǹyↄ̃ nílɛo, yã́kpalɛkɛ a zɛ́wa, taasideↄ ń wɛ̃nadeↄ yãnakpámá.

10 Démɛ a nↄ ãiade ei? Aà bɛɛɛ dɛ òsoↄla zã̀.

11 Aà zã́ ìↄ aà náai vĩ ń nↄ̀sɛmɛndooɛ, pↄmaae lí kɛ̃́sãwào.

12 Maa ìↄ kɛ a zã́ɛ, i kɛ vãi no e a wɛ̃ni lɛ́u.

13 Ì sãkã ń buao wɛɛlɛ, ì a ↄzĩ kɛ ń pↄnao.

14 Ì gɛ́ blɛ sɛ́i zã̀ lán gó'ilɛna laatanawa.

15 Ì fɛlɛ gufɛ̃nɛ à blɛkɛ a uadeↄnɛ, ì zĩ kpaalɛ a wɛ̃́ndiaↄnɛ.

16 Ì tↄↄlɛ maa wɛɛlɛ lú, ì vɛ̃ɛliↄ pɛ́pɛu ń azĩa bↄ̀ↄ ↄ̃ao.

17 Ì gbãa dↄ a pi asana ũ, ì gã̀sĩwa bↄbↄ a zĩwa.

18 Ìↄ dↄ̃ kɛ́ á ɛlɛ e, aà filia ìↄ dↄ gwã́.

19 Aà ↄ ìↄ pooa àↄ bunkapa kũa, ìↄ kɛ̀ɛ ↄ̃wã ń a ↄnɛo.

20 Ì ↄ poo wɛ̃nadeↄnɛ, ì ↄlia taasideↄzi.

21 Ìli ĩ́ampuu vĩakɛ a bɛdeↄ yã́ musuo, asa aà uadeↄ ì ula didikↄ̃aɛ.

22 Ì zwã̀a wúlɛbↄↄ tã azĩa, aà pↄkasaↄá bàabaa ń zwã̀a gàaluladeↄnɛ.

23 Aà zã́ ì tↄbↄ faaibokĩi, ìↄ zↄ̃lɛ gudoũ ń bùsu gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄↄ.

24 Nↄɛpi ì pↄlↄgãu kɛ àↄ yía, ì pↄlↄna tã à kpa laatanaↄwa.

25 Ìↄ gbãa ń gawio daa a pↄkasa ũ, aà kua zia yã́ lí iwãa ka aà pↄao.

26 Ɔ̃nↄyã ìↄ dↄ aà lɛ́u, ì yãdanɛ́ ń nↄ̀sɛmaao.

27 Ì wɛ́tɛ a ua yãkɛai, ìli zígbiakɛ à gbasa àↄ pↄbleo.

28 Aà nɛ́ↄ ì fɛlɛ aa samaa'oɛ̀, aà zã́ ì aà sáaukpa ì mɛ:

29 Nↄɛ daside ãiavĩ fá, ãma ḿmɛ ń dɛńla píi.

30 Kákaa maa líↄ náai vĩo, kɛfɛnkɛ ì gɛ̃zɛaɛ, nↄɛ pↄ́ Dii vĩa vĩ ↄ̃ wì aà sáaukpa.

31 À aà sáaukpa zĩ pↄ́ a kɛ̀ yã́ musu, í aà táasilɛ aà yãkɛa musu gãaɛ.