Category Archives: Yoruba Proverbs

Discussing as many Yoruba proverbs as possible and relating them to day to day life…

“A sọ̀rọ̀ ẹran ti o ni ìwo, igbin yọjú”: “Talking of animals with horns, the snail appeared”.

Ẹfọ̀n – Buffalo Courtesy: @theyorubablog

Ọ̀pọ̀ ẹranko ti ó ni ìwo lóri, ma nlo lati fi gbèjà ara wọ́n ti ewu bá dojú kọ wọ́n. Ni ìdà keji, ìwo igbin wà fún lati fura ninú ewu, nitorina, bi igbin bá rò pé ewu wa ni àyíká́, igbin àti ìwo rẹ̀, a kó wọ karaun fún àbò. Fún ẹranko àti igbin, ìwo ti ó le ẹranko àti ìwo rírọ̀ igbin wà fún iṣẹ́ kan naa, mejeeji wà fún àbò ṣùgbọ́n fún iwúlò ọ̀tọ̀tọ̀. O yẹ ki igbin mọ iwọn ara rẹ̀ lati mọ̀ pé irú ìwo ohun kò wà fún ohun ijà, lai si bẹ̃, wọ́n á tẹ igbin pa. A lè lo òwe Yorùbá ti ó ni “A sọ̀rọ̀ ẹran ti o ni ìwo, ìgbín yọjú” yi fún àwọn ẹ̀kọ́ wọnyi: a lè fi bá ẹni ti ó bá jọ ara rẹ lójú wi; aimọ iwọn ara ẹni léwu; ọgbọ́n wà ninu mi mọ agbára àti àbùkù ara ẹni; ki á lo ohun ti a ni fún ohun ti ó yẹ – bi a bá lo ìmọ̀ òṣìṣẹ́ fún irú iṣẹ́ ti wọn mọ̀, á din àkókò àti ìnáwó kù; àti bẹ̃bẹ lọ.

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Originally posted 2013-08-23 11:48:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“Gbogbo ohun tó ndán kọ́ ni Wúrà” – “Not all that glitters is Gold”

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Wúrà jẹ ikan ninú ohun àlùmọ́ni iyebiye, pàtàki fún ohun ẹ̀ṣọ́. Ẹwà Wúrà ki hàn, titi di ìgbà ti wọn bá yọ gbogbo ẹ̀gbin rẹ̀ kúrò pẹ̀lú iná tó gbóná rara. Àwòrán ti ó wà ni ojú ewé yi fihàn pé bi Wúrà bá ti pọ̀ tó lára ohun ẹ̀sọ́ ló ṣe má wọn tó, ki ṣé bi ohun ẹ̀ṣọ́ bá ti dán tó tàbi tóbi. Fún àpẹrẹ, àwòrán ohun ẹ̀ṣọ́ Wúrà kini tóbi, ó si dán ju àwòrán ohun ẹ̀ṣọ́ Wúrà keji, ṣùgbọ́n ohun ẹ̀sọ́ Wúrà ninú aworan keji wọn ju ohun eso Wúrà kini ni ìlọ́po mẹwa. Ìyàtọ̀ ti ó wà ni Wúrà gidi àti àfarawé ni pé, Wúrà gidi ṣe é tà fún owó iyebiye lẹhin ti èniyàn ti lo o, kò lè bàjẹ, bi ó bá kán, ó ṣe túnṣe; ṣùgbọ́n àfarawé kò bá ara ẹlòmiràn mu, bi ó bá kán, kò ṣe é túnse; kò ki léwó.

: Wúra àfarawé – Imitation Gold or Costume Jewellery set. Courtesy: @theyorubablog

: Wúrà gidi – 18k Gold set. Courtesy: @theyorubablog

Gẹ́gẹ́bi òwe Yorùbá ti ó sọ pé “Gbogbo ohun tó ndán kọ́ ni Wúrà”, bẹni ki ṣe gbogbo èniyàn ti wọ̀n pè ni Olówó tàbi Ọlọ́rọ̀ ló tó bi àwọn èniyàn ti rò. Ọ̀pọ̀ irú àwọn wọnyi, jẹ igbèsè tàbi fi èrú kó ọrọ̀ jọ lati ṣe àṣe hàn, òmiràn ja olè, gbọ́mọgbọ́mọ àti onirúurú iṣẹ́ ibi yoku. Gbogbo ohun ti wọn fi ọ̀nà èrú kó jọ wọnyi kò tó nkankan lára ọrọ̀ ti ẹlòmiràn ti ó ni iwà-irẹ̀lẹ̀ ni. Fún àpẹrẹ, owó ti àwọn Òṣèlú àti Òṣiṣẹ́-Ìjọba ilẹ̀ Aláwọ̀-dúdú fi èrú kó jọ, ti wọn nkó wá si Òkè-òkun tàbi fi mú àwọn èniyàn wọn lẹ́rú, kò tó ọrọ̀ ti ọmọdé ti ó ni ẹ̀bun-Ọlọrun ni Òkè-òkun ni.

A lè fi òwe “Gbogbo ohun tó ndán kọ́ ni Wúrà” gba ẹnikẹ́ni ni iyànjú pé ki wọn ma ṣe àfarawé, tàbi kánjú lati kó ọrọ̀ jọ. Àfarawé léwu, nitori ki ṣe gbogbo ohun ti èniyàn ri ló mọ idi rẹ̀.

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Originally posted 2014-09-30 22:55:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Ọdún Ẹgbã-lemẹ̃dogun wọlé, ọdún á yabo o – Year 2015 is here, may the year be peaceful

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Ọdún tuntun Ẹgbã-lemẹ̃dogun wọlé dé. Ilú Èkó fi tijó tayọ̀ gba ọdún tuntun wọlé, gbogbo àgbáyé naa fi tijó tayọ̀ gba ọdún wọlé. A gbàdúrà pé ki ọdún yi tura fún gbogbo wa o (Àṣẹ). Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, members of the state executive council and the sponsors of the Lagos Countdown 2014 at the Lagos Countdown Festival of Light held on Monday at the Bar Beach, Lagos.

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The New Year 2015 is here with us. Lagos ushered in the New Year with dancing and joy, as the rest of the world received the New Year. We pray that the New Year will be peaceful for all (Amen).

Originally posted 2015-01-03 00:16:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“Olóri Ẹbi, Baba Bùkátà” – “Headship of a Family is the Father of Responsibilities”

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Olóri Ẹbi – Head of the Family connotes responsibiliies. Courtesy: @theyorubablog

Olóri Ẹbi jẹ àkọ́bi ọkùnrin ni idilé. Bi àkọ́bi bá kú, ọkùnrin ti ó bá tẹ̀le yio bọ si ipò. Iṣẹ́ olóri ẹbi ni lati kó ẹbi jọ fún ilọsiwájú ẹbi, nipa pi pari ijà, ijoko àgbà ni ibi igbéyàwó, ìsìnkú, pi pin ogún, ìsọmọ-lórúkọ, ọdún ìbílẹ̀ àti ayẹyẹ yoku.

Ni ayé òde òni, wọn ti fi owó dipò ipò àgbà, nitori ki wọn tó pe olóri ẹbi ti ó wà ni ìtòsí, wọn yio pe ẹni ti ó ni owó ninú ẹbi ti ó wà ni òkèrè pàtàki ti ó bá wà ni Èkó àti àwọn ilú nla miran tàbi Ilú-Òyinbó/Òkè-Òkun. Ai ṣe ojúṣe Ìjọba nipa ipèsè ilé-iwòsàn ti ó péye, Ilé-iwé, omi mimu àti ohun amáyédẹrùn yoku jẹ ki iṣẹ́ pọ fún olóri ẹbi.

Gẹ́gẹ́ bi ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá ti ó sọ wi pé “Olóri Ẹbi, Baba Bùkátà”, iṣẹ́ nla ni lati jẹ Olóri Ẹbi, ó gba ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìnáwó lati kó ẹbi jọ.

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Originally posted 2016-02-12 10:30:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“Ọ̀run ńyabọ̀, ki ṣé ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnìkan”: “The sky is falling, is not a matter limited to a person”.

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Ọ̀run ńyabọ̀ – the sky is falling. Courtesy: @theyroubablog

Òwe Yorùbá yi ṣe gba àwọn ti o nbẹ̀rù nigba gbogbo níyànjú wípé ó yẹ ki èniyàn fara balẹ̀ lati ṣe iwadi ohun ti ó fẹ́ ṣẹlẹ̀ ki ó tó “kú sílẹ̀ de ikú”.

Ẹlòmíràn, kò ni ṣe iwadi ohun ti àwọn èniyàn fi ńsáré, ki ó tó bẹ̀rẹ̀ si sáré. Ọpọlọpọ ti sa wọ inú ewu ti wọn rò wípé àwọn sá fún. Fún àpẹrẹ, nigbati iná ajónirun balẹ̀ ni àgọ́ Ológun ni Ikẹja ni ìlú Èkó ni bi ọdún mẹjọ sẹhin. Bi àwọn kan ti gbọ́ ìró iná ajónirun yi, wọn sáré titi ọpọ fi parun si inú irà ni Ejigbo ni ọ̀nà jínjìn si ibi ti ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ ti ṣẹlẹ̀.

Àpẹrẹ miran ti a lè fi ṣe àlàyé pé “Ọ̀run ńyabọ̀, ki ṣé ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnìkan” ni ẹni ti ó sọ pé ohun ri wípé ayé ti fẹ parẹ́, àwọn kan gbàgbọ́, wọn bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ta ohun ìní wọn. Àti ẹni ti ó ta ohun ìní àti ẹni ti ó ra, kò si ninú wọn ti ó ma mú nkankan lọ ti ayé bá parẹ nitotọ.

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This Yoruba proverb can be used to encourage those who are always afraid, that it is good to be patient enough to find out the happenings before “dying in readiness for death”.

Some, will not enquire about why people are running before they begin to run too. Many have ran into danger that they thought they were trying to escape. An example, was when there was bomb explosion at the Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos about eight years ago. When some heard the explosion, they ran until they perished at the Ejigbo marsh, a far distance from the incident.

Another example that can be used to buttress the proverb that “The sky is falling, is not a matter limited to a person”, was when a soothsayer predicted that the world was coming to an end at the beginning of the new millennium, many believed and they began to sell off their properties. Both the property seller and the property buyer, none would take along anything were the world to have come to an end as predicted.

Originally posted 2013-09-27 18:37:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“Ori bí bẹ́, kọ́ ni oògùn ori-fí fọ́” – A fi àsikò ọdún Keresimesi mú òbi àwọn ọmọbinrin ilé-iwé Chibok ti won ji ko, lọ́kàn le – Cutting off the head is not the antidote for headache – Using the Christmas season to encourage parents of the abducted Chibok School Girls to keep hope alive.

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Yorùbá ni “Ibi ti ẹlẹ́kún ti nsun ẹkún ni aláyọ̀ gbe nyọ́”. Òwe yi fihan ohun tó nṣẹlẹ̀ ni àgbáyé. Bi ọ̀pọ̀ àwọn ti ó wà ni Òkè-òkun ti nra ẹ̀bùn àti ọ̀pọ̀ oúnjẹ ni oriṣiriṣi fún ọdún, bẹni àwọn ti kò ni owó lati ra oúnjẹ pọ ni àgbáyé. Eyi ti ó burú jù ni àwọn ti ó wà ninú ibẹ̀rù pàtàki àwọn Onígbàgbọ́ ti kò lè lọ si ile-ijọsin lati yọ ayọ̀ ọdún iranti ọjọ́ ibi Jesu nitori ibẹ̀rù àwọn oniṣẹ ibi.

Gẹ́gẹ́ bi ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá ti ó ni “Ori bí bẹ́, kọ́ ni oògùn ori-fí fọ́”. Bawo ni pi pa èniyàn nitori kò gba ẹ̀sìn ṣe lè mú ki èrò pọ̀ si ni irú ẹ̀sìn bẹ́ ẹ̀? Òkè-Ọya ni Àriwá Nàíjírià, Boko Haram npa èniyàn pẹ̀lú ibọn àti ohun ijà ti àwọn ti ó ka iwé ṣe, bẹni wọn korira, obinrin, iwé kikà, ẹlẹ́sìn- ìgbàgbọ́ ni Òkè-Ọya àti ẹni ti ó bá takò wọn pé ohun ti wọn nṣe kò dára. Pi pa èniyàn kọ ni yio mu ki àwọn ará ilú gba ẹ̀sìn.

Nigerian women protest against Government’s failure to rescue the abducted Chibok School Girls

A ki àwọn iyá àti bàbá àwọn ọmọ obirin ilú Chibok ti wọn ji kó lọ́ ni ilé-iwé, àwọn ẹbi ti ó pàdánù ọmọ, iyàwó, ọkọ, ẹbi, ará àti ọ̀rẹ́ lọ́wọ́ àwọn oníṣẹ́ ibi – Boko Haram, pé ki Ọlọrun ki ó tù wọn ninú. A fi àsikò ọdún Keresimesi mú òbi àwọn ọmọbinrin ilé-iwé Chibok ti won ji ko, lọ́kàn le, pé ki wọn ma ṣe sọ ìrètí nù, nitori “bi ẹ̀mi bá wà ìrètí nbẹ”.

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According to Yoruba saying “As some are mourning, some are rejoicing”. This adage is apt to describe the happenings around the world. As many Oversea or in the developed World are spending huge sum for gifts and so much food for the yuletide, so also are many people in the world facing starvation as they have no money to buy food. The worst, are those living in fear particularly the Christians that cannot go to places of worship to celebrate Christmas because of fear of the terrorists. Continue reading →

Originally posted 2014-12-23 21:35:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“Ará Ilú Nigeria: “Fi Ẹ̀tẹ̀ silẹ̀ pa Làpálàpá” – Nigerians are: Ignoring Leprosy for the cure of Ringworm”

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Ẹ̀tẹ̀ tó mbá ilú jà ni ‘iwà-ibàjẹ́’. Ìyà ti ará ilú njẹ lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́, ki i ṣe èrè iwà-ibàjẹ́ ọdún kan, ṣùgbọ́n ti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọdún. Kò si ìfẹ́ ilú, nitori eyi, àwọn oniwà ibàjẹ́ ni àwọn ará ilú nyin bi wọn bá ti ẹ fi èrú kó owó jọ pàtàki ni ilé ìjọ́sìn, wọn kò ri ẹni ba wọn wi.

Ojú Olé Rè é – Looters of Nigeria. Courtesy: @theyorubablog

Fún akiyesi, ilé iṣẹ́ ti ó n pèsè iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná, owó ti Ìjọba àpa-pọ̀ ba pin lati pèsè iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná fún gbogbo ará ilú, ọ̀gá ilé-iṣẹ́ á pin pẹ̀lú àwọn Ìjọba Ológun tàbi Òṣèlú Alágbádá. Ni bi ọgbọ̀n ọdún sẹhin, nigbati àwọn ọmọ iṣẹ́ ri pé àwọn ọ̀gá ti ó nji owó, kò si ẹni ti ó mú wọn, àwọn na a brẹ̀rẹ̀ si lọ yọ nkan lára ẹ̀rọ ti ó gbé iná wọ àdúgbò lati lè gba àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ ará àdúgbò. Ará àdúgbò á dá owó ki àwọn òṣiṣẹ́ ilé-iṣẹ́ mọ̀nàmọ́ná tó wá tú ohun ti ó bàjẹ́ tàbi ohun ti wọn yọ ṣe.

Kàkà ki ará ilú para-pọ̀ lati wo ẹ̀tẹ̀ san, nipa gbi gbé ogun ti iwà-ibàjẹ́ ni ilé-iṣẹ́ mọ̀nàmọ́ná, onikálùkù bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ṣètò fún ará wọn nipa ri ra ẹ̀rọ́ iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná ti àwọn Òyinbó ngbe dani nigbati wọn bá fẹ lọ pàgọ́. Àwọn ẹ̀rọ wọnyi kò lágbára tó lati dipò iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná ti ó yẹ ki Ìjọba pèsè. Àwọn ará ilú kò ro ìnáwó ti ó kó wọn si, ariwo, àti èéfín burúkú ti ẹ̀rọ yi nfẹ sinú afẹ́fẹ́. Àwọn ti ó nja ilú lólè ni ó nkó ẹ̀rọ wọnyi wọlé, wọn kò gbèrò ki iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná wa nitori wọn kò ni ri ẹni ra ọjà wọn. Wọn rò wi pé àwọn lè dá ilé-iṣẹ́ ti ó n pèsè iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná silẹ̀ ti ó lè lo atẹ́gùn, omi, epo rọ̀bì, oòrùn lati pèsè iná ti kò léwu bi ẹ̀rọ́ iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná.

Ẹ̀tẹ̀ ṣòro lati wòsàn ju làpálàpá lọ, ibàjẹ́ ló yára lati ṣe ju lati tú nkan ṣe lọ. O ye ki ará ilú para pọ̀ pẹ̀lú Ìjọba lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́, lati gbé ogun ti iwà ibàjẹ́ àti àwọn aṣèbàjẹ́, ju pé ki wọn fi ara gbi gbóná kọ ìyà ọgbọ̀n ọdún laarin ọdún kan tàbi meji.

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Originally posted 2016-05-17 21:34:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Òṣèlú Ẹ Gbé Èdè Yorùbá Lárugẹ: Politicians – Promote Yoruba Language

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Yoruba, other Nigerian languages on the verge of extinction, Prof Akinwunmi Isola warns

Nínú ìwé ìròyìn “Vanguard”, ti ọjọ́ Àìkú, oṣù kẹta, ọjọ́ , ọdún kẹrinlélógún, Ẹgbaalémétàlá, Olùkọ́ àgbà ti Èdè ati Àṣà, Akínwùnmí Ìṣọ̀lá, kébòsí wípé èdè Yorùbá àti èdè abínibí miran le parun ti a ko bá kíyèsára. Ìkìlọ̀ yí ṣe ìrànlọ́wọ́ fún akitiyan Olùkọ̀wé yi lati gbé èdè àti Yorùbá ga lórí ẹ̀rọ Ayélujára.

Àwọn Òṣèlú tó yẹ ki wọn gbé èdè ìlú wọn lárugẹ n dá kún pí pa èdè rẹ. Òṣèlú ilẹ̀ Yorùbá ko fi èdè na ṣe nkankan ni Ilé-òsèlú, wọn o sọ́, wọn ò kọ́, wọn ò ká. Àwọn Òṣèlú ayé àtijọ́ bi Olóyè Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólówọ̀, Olóyè Ládòkè Akíntọlá, àti bẹ̃bẹ lọ gbé èdè wọn lárugẹ bi ó ti ẹ̀ jẹ́ wípé wọn kàwé wọn gboyè rẹpẹtẹ. Yorùbá ní “Àgbà kì í wà lọ́jà kórí ọmọ tuntun wọ́”. Ó yẹ ki àwọn àgbà kọ́ ọmọ lédè, kí à si gba àwọn ọmọ wa níyànjú wípé sí sọ èdè abínibí kò dá ìwè kíkà dúró ó fi kún ìmọ̀ ni. Ó ṣeni lãnu wípé àkàkù ìwé ló pọ̀ laarin ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọmọ, wọn ò gbọ́ èdè Yorùbá wọn ò dẹ̀ tún gbọ́ èdè gẹ̀ẹ́sì.

Yorùbá ní “Ẹ̀bẹ̀ la mbẹ òṣìkà pé kí ó tú ìlú rẹ ṣe”, A bẹ àwọn Òṣèlú́ Ilẹ̀ Yorùbá ni agbègbè Èkìtì, Èkó, Ògùn, Ondó, Ọ̀ṣun àti Ọ̀̀yọ́, lati ṣe òfin mí mú Kíkọ àti Kíkà èdè Yorùbá múlẹ̀ ní gbogbo ilé ìwé, ní pàtàkì ní ilé-ìwé alakọbẹrẹ ilẹ̀ Yorùbá nitori ki èdè Yorùbá ma ba a parẹ́.

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Originally posted 2013-03-26 21:44:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“Ọ̀run nyabọ̀, ki ṣé ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnìkan – Ayé Móoru” – “Heaven is collapsing, is not a problem peculiar to one person – Global Warming”

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Ọ̀run nyabọ̀ – Nature’s fury

Ìbẹ̀rù tó gbòde ayé òde òni ni pé “Ayé Móoru”, nitori iṣẹ̀lẹ̀ ti o nṣẹlẹ̀ ni àgbáyé bi òjò àrọ̀ irọ̀ dá ni ilú kan, ilẹ̀-riru ni òmìràn, ọ̀gbẹlẹ̀, omíyalé, ijà iná àti bẹ́ ẹ̀ bẹ́ ẹ̀ lọ. Eleyi dá ìbẹ̀rù silẹ̀ ni àgbáyé pàtàki ni àwọn ilú Òkè-Òkun bi Àmẹ́ríkà ti ó ka àwọn iṣẹ̀lẹ̀ wọnyi si àfọwọ́fà ọmọ ẹda. Wọn kilọ̀ pé bi wọn kò bá wá nkan ṣe si Ayé Móoru yi, ayé yio parẹ́.

Àpẹrẹ miran ti a lè fi ṣe àlàyé pé “Ọ̀run nyabọ̀, ki ṣé ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnìkan”, ni ẹni ti ó sọ pé ohun ri amin pé ayé ti fẹ parẹ́, àwọn kan gbàgbọ́, wọn bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ta ohun ìní wọn. Àti ẹni ti ó ta ohun ìní àti ẹni ti ó ra, kò si ninú wọn ti ó ma mú nkankan lọ ti ayé bá parẹ ni tootọ. Elòmíràn, kò ni ṣe iwadi ohun ti àwọn èniyàn fi ńsáré, ki ó tó bẹ̀rẹ̀ si sáré. Ọpọlọpọ ti sa wọ inú ewu ti wọn rò wí pé àwọn sá fún. Fún àpẹrẹ, nigbati iná ajónirun balẹ̀ ni àgọ́ Ológun ni Ikẹja ni ìlú Èkó ni bi ọdún mẹwa sẹhin. Bi àwọn kan ti gbọ́ ìró iná ajónirun yi, wọn sáré titi ọpọ fi parun si inú irà ni Ejigbo ni ọ̀nà jínjìn si ibi ti ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ ti ṣẹlẹ̀.

Òwe Yorùbá yi ṣe gba àwọn ti o nbẹ̀rù nigba gbogbo níyànjú wí pé ó yẹ ki èniyàn fara balẹ̀ lati ṣe iwadi ohun ti ó fẹ́ ṣẹlẹ̀ ki ó tó “kú sílẹ̀ de ikú”. Bi èniyàn bẹ̀rù á kú, bi kò bẹ̀rù á kú, nitori gẹ́gẹ́ bi itàn àdáyébá, gbogbo ohun ti ó nṣẹlẹ̀ láyé òde òni ló ti ṣẹlẹ̀ ri.

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Originally posted 2016-04-19 08:30:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“Ìfura loògùn àgbà, àgbà ti kò sọnú, á sọnù”: “Suspicion is the medicine of the elder, an unthoughtful elder will be lost”

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Ẹ̀kọ́ kíkọ́ ni ó lè fún àgbà ni ọgbọ́n àti òye lati lè sọnú. Oriṣiriṣi ọ̀nà ni a lè fi gbà kọ́ ẹ̀kọ́, ṣugbọn ni ayé òde òni, ohun gbogbo ni a lè ri kọ́ ni orí ayélujára.

Bi ayélujára ti sọ ayé di ẹ̀rọ̀ tó bẹ̃ ló tún bayé jẹ́ si. Àwọn ọmọ ìgbàlódé mọ èlò ẹ̀rọ ayélujára ju àgbàlagbà lọ. Àgbà ti kò bá ni ìfura, ki o si kọ ẹ̀kọ́ lilo ẹ̀rọ ayélujára á sọnù.

Ki ṣe orí ẹ̀rọ ayélujára nikan ni ó ti yẹ ki àgbà ma fura ki o ma ba sọnù. Àgbà ni lati ṣe akiyesi àwọn ohun wọnyi: ṣọ́ra fún àwọn Òṣèlú nipa ṣi ṣọ́ ìbò ti a di dáradára; owó ni ilé ifowó-pamọ́; wi wo àyíká fún amin ewu ti o le wa ni àyíká; ṣi ṣọ irú ounjẹ ti o yẹ ki a jẹ; àti bẹ̃bẹ̃ lọ.

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Originally posted 2014-12-09 10:30:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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