The Igbo Bible

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            <div class="label">27</div><div class="q"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Anyala isi bayere echi;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">N'ihi na i maghi ihe chi g&#257;b&#7885;.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Ka onye ala &#7885;z&#7885; to gi, ma &#7885; bughi &#7885;nu-gi;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">Ka onye mba &#7885;z&#7885; to gi, ma ekwela ka eb&#853;ub&#853;ere-&#7885;nu-gi abua to gi.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Nkume di ar&#243;&#803;, &#225;j&#225; bu kwa ib&#250;;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">Ma nkpasu-iwe nke onye uche-ya b&#853;ag&#7885;r&#7885; ab&#853;ag&#7885; di ar&#243;&#803; kari ha abua.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Ihe n&#275;nweghi obi-ebere ka &#7885;numa bu, iju-miri ka iwe bu kwa;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">Ma &#242;nye g&#275;guzo n'iru ekworo?</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#7884; di nma, b&#250; iba-nba n'&#236;h&#232;,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">Kari ihu-n'anya nke ezobeworo ezobe.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Ihe kwesiri ntukwasi-obi ka ob&#853;ub&#853;u-mma nile nke onye n&#257;hu gi n'anya bu:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">Ma ihe riri nne ka nsutu-&#7885;nu nke onye n&#257;kp&#7885; gi as&#236; bu.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Nkupuru-obi nke rijuworo af&#7885; n&#257;z&#7885;da manu-a&#7749;u nke si n'ub&#853;ub&#853;&#7885;-manu-a&#7749;u n&#257;busi:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">Ma ihe nile &#7885; bula nke n&#275;lu ilu n&#257;t&#7885; nkpuru-obi agu n&#257;gu ut&#7885;.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Dika nnunu nke n&#275;si n'akwu-ya efefu,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">Ot&#250; a ka madu di nke n&#275;si n'&#7885;n&#7885;du-ya akpafu.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Manu na ihe-nsure-&#7885;ku nke n&#275;si &#237;s&#236; ut&#7885; n&#275;me ka obi &#7749;uria:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">Ot&#250; a ka ut&#7885; ey&#236; madu di nke sitere na ndum-&#7885;du nke nkpuru-obi.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Arapula ey&#236;-gi na ey&#236; nna-gi;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">Ab&#224;-kwa-la n'ulo nwa-nne-gi n'ub&#7885;chi nhuju-anya-gi:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">&#7884; di nma, b&#250; ab&#853;ata-obi nke n&#7885; nso, Kari nwa-nne nke n&#7885; n'ebe di anya.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Mara ihe, nwam, we me ka obim &#7749;uria,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">Ka m'we zaghachi onye n&#257;tam uta okwu.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Onye nwere ezi uche ahuwo ihe &#7885;j&#7885;, we zobe onwe-ya:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">Ma ndi n&#275;nweghi uche agabigawo, ewe rie ha nra.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Chiri uwe-ya, b&#250; onye n&#7885;woro onye ala &#7885;z&#7885; na mbe;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">N'&#7885;n&#7885;du nwanyi n&#257;bughi nwunye-ya nara ya onwe-ya n'ihe-ibe.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Onye ji ok&#233; olu ag&#7885;zi madu-ibe-ya, nke n&#275;bili n'isi-ututu ime ya,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">Nk&#7885;cha ka ag&#257;gu ng&#7885;zi ahu nye ya.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Miri-&#7885;tutu nke n&#257;tu mb&#853;e nile n'ub&#7885;chi ok&#233; miri-ozuzo,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="content">Ya na nwanyi nke n&#275;se okwu yiri:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Onye n&#275;zobe ya ezobewo ifufe,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">&#7884; bu kwa manu ka aka-nri-ya n&#275;zute.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#205;gw&#232; n&#257;mucha &#237;gw&#232;;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">Ot&#250; a ka madu n&#257;mucha iru ey&#236;-ya.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Onye n&#275;che osisi fig g&#275;ri nkpuru-ya;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">&#7884; bu kwa onye n&#257;riba onye-nwe-ya ama ka ag&#257;s&#7885;puru.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Dika miri si eme ka iru hu iru,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">Ot&#250; a ka obi n&#275;me ka madu hu madu.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Af&#7885; adighi-eju ala-m&#7885; na ebe-ila-n'iy&#236;;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">Ot&#250; a af&#7885; adighi-eju anya abua nke madu.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Ite eji anucha ihe diri &#7885;la-&#7885;cha, ok&#233; &#7885;ku di-kwa-ra &#7885;la-edo,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">An&#257;nwa kwa onye &#7885; bula site n'otuto-ya.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#7884; buru na i ji aka-&#237;kw&#232; supia onye uche-ya b&#853;ag&#7885;r&#7885; ab&#853;ag&#7885; n'&#237;kw&#232; n'etiti &#7885;ka asuru asu,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">Uche-ya b&#853;ag&#7885;r&#7885; ab&#853;ag&#7885; agaghi-esi n'aru ya wezuga onwe-ya.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Mara iru igw&#232; ewu na aturu-gi nke-&#7885;ma,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="content">Tukwasi obi-gi n'igw&#232; anu-ulo-gi nile:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">N'ihi na &#7885; bughi rue mb&#853;e ebighi-ebi ka &#224;k&#249; di;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="content">Okpu-eze kwa, &#242;&#803; n&#257;diru &#7885;b&#853;&#7885; nile?</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Ekpopuwo ahihia, ewe hu ahihia ndu,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="content">Chik&#7885;ta kwa ihe-&#7885;kuk&#250; nile nke ugwu nile.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Umu-aturu diri uwe-oyiyi-gi,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="content">&#7884;nu-ahia nke &#7885;hia-gi ka ewu bu kwa:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Ara ewu g&#275;zu-kwa-ra nri-gi, zu-kwa-ra nri ulo-gi;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="content">Buru kwa ihe g&#275;debe umu-ab&#853;&#7885;gh&#7885;-gi ndu.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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Anyala isi bayere echi;
N'ihi na i maghi ihe chi gābọ.
Ka onye ala ọzọ to gi, ma ọ bughi ọnu-gi;
Ka onye mba ọzọ to gi, ma ekwela ka eb͕ub͕ere-ọnu-gi abua to gi.
Nkume di arọ́, ájá bu kwa ibú;
Ma nkpasu-iwe nke onye uche-ya b͕agọrọ ab͕agọ di arọ́ kari ha abua.
Ihe nēnweghi obi-ebere ka ọnuma bu, iju-miri ka iwe bu kwa;
Ma ònye gēguzo n'iru ekworo?
Ọ di nma, bú iba-nba n'ìhè,
Kari ihu-n'anya nke ezobeworo ezobe.
Ihe kwesiri ntukwasi-obi ka ob͕ub͕u-mma nile nke onye nāhu gi n'anya bu:
Ma ihe riri nne ka nsutu-ọnu nke onye nākpọ gi asì bu.
Nkupuru-obi nke rijuworo afọ nāzọda manu-aṅu nke si n'ub͕ub͕ọ-manu-aṅu nābusi:
Ma ihe nile ọ bula nke nēlu ilu nātọ nkpuru-obi agu nāgu utọ.
Dika nnunu nke nēsi n'akwu-ya efefu,
Otú a ka madu di nke nēsi n'ọnọdu-ya akpafu.
Manu na ihe-nsure-ọku nke nēsi ísì utọ nēme ka obi ṅuria:
Otú a ka utọ eyì madu di nke sitere na ndum-ọdu nke nkpuru-obi.
Arapula eyì-gi na eyì nna-gi;
Abà-kwa-la n'ulo nwa-nne-gi n'ubọchi nhuju-anya-gi:
Ọ di nma, bú ab͕ata-obi nke nọ nso, Kari nwa-nne nke nọ n'ebe di anya.
Mara ihe, nwam, we me ka obim ṅuria,
Ka m'we zaghachi onye nātam uta okwu.
Onye nwere ezi uche ahuwo ihe ọjọ, we zobe onwe-ya:
Ma ndi nēnweghi uche agabigawo, ewe rie ha nra.
Chiri uwe-ya, bú onye nọworo onye ala ọzọ na mbe;
N'ọnọdu nwanyi nābughi nwunye-ya nara ya onwe-ya n'ihe-ibe.
Onye ji oké olu agọzi madu-ibe-ya, nke nēbili n'isi-ututu ime ya,
Nkọcha ka agāgu ngọzi ahu nye ya.
Miri-ọtutu nke nātu mb͕e nile n'ubọchi oké miri-ozuzo,
Ya na nwanyi nke nēse okwu yiri:
Onye nēzobe ya ezobewo ifufe,
Ọ bu kwa manu ka aka-nri-ya nēzute.
Ígwè nāmucha ígwè;
Otú a ka madu nāmucha iru eyì-ya.
Onye nēche osisi fig gēri nkpuru-ya;
Ọ bu kwa onye nāriba onye-nwe-ya ama ka agāsọpuru.
Dika miri si eme ka iru hu iru,
Otú a ka obi nēme ka madu hu madu.
Afọ adighi-eju ala-mọ na ebe-ila-n'iyì;
Otú a afọ adighi-eju anya abua nke madu.
Ite eji anucha ihe diri ọla-ọcha, oké ọku di-kwa-ra ọla-edo,
Anānwa kwa onye ọ bula site n'otuto-ya.
Ọ buru na i ji aka-íkwè supia onye uche-ya b͕agọrọ ab͕agọ n'íkwè n'etiti ọka asuru asu,
Uche-ya b͕agọrọ ab͕agọ agaghi-esi n'aru ya wezuga onwe-ya.
Mara iru igwè ewu na aturu-gi nke-ọma,
Tukwasi obi-gi n'igwè anu-ulo-gi nile:
N'ihi na ọ bughi rue mb͕e ebighi-ebi ka àkù di;
Okpu-eze kwa, ọ̀ nādiru ọb͕ọ nile?
Ekpopuwo ahihia, ewe hu ahihia ndu,
Chikọta kwa ihe-ọkukú nile nke ugwu nile.
Umu-aturu diri uwe-oyiyi-gi,
Ọnu-ahia nke ọhia-gi ka ewu bu kwa:
Ara ewu gēzu-kwa-ra nri-gi, zu-kwa-ra nri ulo-gi;
Buru kwa ihe gēdebe umu-ab͕ọghọ-gi ndu.

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