Prɔvabs
17: 1 Wan dray it ɛn kwayɛt wit am bɛtɛ pas os we ful-ɔp wit
sakrifays dɛn wit fɛt-fɛt.
17: 2 Savant we gɛt sɛns go rul in bɔy pikin we de shem, ɛn i go rul
gɛt pat pan di prɔpati bitwin di brɔda dɛn.
17: 3 Di fayn pɔt na fɔ silva, ɛn di ɔfna fɔ gold, bɔt na PAPA GƆD
de tray di at dɛn.
17: 4 Pɔsin we de du wikɛd kin pe atɛnshɔn to lay lay lip dɛn; ɛn layman de gi yes to a
naughty tong we pɔsin kin tɔk.
17: 5 Ɛnibɔdi we de provok po, de provok di Wan we mek am, ɛn ɛnibɔdi we gladi fɔ am
bad bad tin dɛn nɔ go gɛt ɛni pɔnishmɛnt.
17: 6 Pikin pikin dɛn na di krawn fɔ ol pipul dɛn; ɛn di glori we pikin dɛn gɛt
na dɛn papa dɛn.
17: 7 Fɔ tɔk fayn nɔ kin bi fulman, ɛn lay lay lip nɔ kin bi prins.
17: 8 Gift tan lɛk valyu ston na di wan we gɛt am in yay.
Ɛnisay we i tɔn, i de go bifo.
17: 9 Ɛnibɔdi we de kɔba in sin, de luk fɔ lɔv; bɔt di wan we de ripit a
mata separet rili padi dɛm.
17: 10 Pɔsin we gɛt sɛns kin kɔrɛkt pas wan ɔndrɛd strɛch we a
ful.
17: 11 Wikɛd man jɔs de tray fɔ tɔn in bak pan Gɔd, na dat mek wan kruk mɛsenja go bi
sɛn agens am.
17: 12 Mek bea we dɛn tif in pikin mit man, pas fɔ mit pɔsin we nɔ gɛt sɛns
fulish tin.
17: 13 Ɛnibɔdi we de blɛs bad fɔ gud, bad nɔ go kɔmɔt na in os.
17: 14 Di biginin fɔ fɛt-fɛt tan lɛk we pɔsin de lɛf wata
lɛf fɔ agyu, bifo dɛn put an pan am.
17: 15 Ɛnibɔdi we de mek wikɛd pɔsin rayt, ɛn ɛnibɔdi we de kɔndɛm di wan we de du wetin rayt, ivin
dɛn ɔl tu na tin we PAPA GƆD et.
17: 16 So i gɛt fɔ pe fɔ pɔsin we nɔ gɛt sɛns fɔ gɛt sɛns, bikɔs i de si.”
i nɔ gɛt at fɔ du am?
17: 17 Padi kin lɛk ɔltɛm, ɛn brɔda kin bɔn fɔ prɔblɛm.
17: 18 Pɔsin we nɔ gɛt sɛns kin nak in an, ɛn i kin shɔ se i de du wetin i want
prezɛns fɔ in padi.
17: 19 I lɛk fɔ du bad we lɛk fɛt-fɛt, ɛn di wan we de ɔp in yon
get de luk fɔ pwɛl.
17: 20 Ɛnibɔdi we gɛt bad at nɔ de si ɛni gud, ɛn ɛnibɔdi we gɛt a
perverse tong de fol fo mischief.
17: 21 Ɛnibɔdi we bɔn fulman de du am fɔ mek i fil bad, ɛn di papa we gɛt a
fulman nɔ gɛt gladi-at.
17: 22 Hat we gladi kin du gud lɛk mɛrɛsin, bɔt spirit we brok kin dray
bon dɛn.
17: 23 Wikɛd man kin pul gift na in bɔdi fɔ mek i nɔ ebul fɔ waka
jɔjmɛnt.
17: 24 Sɛns de bifo ɛnibɔdi we gɛt sɛns; bɔt na fulman in yay dɛn de
na di ɛnd dɛn na di wɔl.
17: 25 Pikin we nɔ gɛt sɛns kin mek in papa fil bad, ɛn di uman we bɔn kin mek i fil bad
in.
17: 26 Fɔ pɔnish di wan dɛn we de du wetin rayt nɔ fayn, ɛn fɔ bit prins dɛn fɔ mek dɛn du wetin rayt.
17: 27 Ɛnibɔdi we gɛt sɛns de swɛ in wɔd dɛn, ɛn pɔsin we gɛt sɛns de
fɔ wan spɛshal spirit.
17: 28 Ivin pɔsin we nɔ gɛt sɛns, we i nɔ tɔk natin, dɛn kin tek am se i gɛt sɛns
i kin lɔk in lip dɛn, dɛn kin tek am se na pɔsin we gɛt sɛns.