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Igbo:

á tụọrọ ọmàrà, ọ márá; á tụọrọ òfèkè, ò féré ísī tīnyē n'ọhịā

English:

GIVE THE WISE A WORD OF WISDOM AND HE GETS THE POINT; GIVE THE SAME TO THE FOOL AND HE WILL GO ON TO MAKE A BIGGER FOOL OF HIMSELF.... WISDOM COMES TO THOSE WHO ARE EQUIPPED TO APPRECIATE IT

 

Igbo:

ónyé búwéré chī yā ụzọ, ò gbágbúó ōnwē yā n'ọsọ.

English:

A PERSON'S DAWN IS WHATEVER TIME HE 'WAKES UP' IN LIFE. GOD'S TIME IS THE BEST.

Igbo:

 mgbè ónyé jìrì tétá ụrā bụ ụtụtụ yá. 

English:

ONLY A PATIENT ONE GETS TO EAT A FISH CAUGHT WITH A HOOK. GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT.

Igbo:

ónyé ndìdì nà-èrí ázụ ukpoò. 

English:

YOU DO NOT FIND FAULTS WITH THE DAY BEFORE NIGHTFALL.... (WHERE THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE).

Igbo:

à nághī àkọ ụbọchì ọnụ mà chí éjìghì.

English:

A TRADER DOES NOT COUNT HIS LOSSES BASED ON THE EVENTS OF THE EARLY MORNING... SAME MEANING AND CONTEXT AS ABOVE.

Igbo:

è jíghì ụtụtụ àmá ńjọ áhīā. 

English:

A TRADER DOES NOT COUNT HIS LOSSES BASED ON THE EVENTS OF THE EARLY MORNING... SAME MEANING AND CONTEXT AS ABOVE.

 

Igbo:

íhé mērē ōnyē ọzọ kà é jì ámụtá íhē. 

English:

WE LIVE AND LEARN BY THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHER PEOPLE.

 

Igbo:

 à nághị èchéfù nwá gụtârã ộkụ, mà nrị ghèé.

English:

NO ONE FORGETS THE CHILD THAT FETCHED THE COOKING FIRE WHEN THE FOOD IS DONE...

Igbo:

Ọ nághị àdị mmā nà ńkịtā rìchàrà nsị, ézé èréé éwū.

English:

IT IS NEVER PROPER THAT A GOAT SHOULD SUFFER ROTTEN TEETH WHEN IT WAS A DOG THAT ATE THE FAECES.IT IS UNJUST TO PUNISH THE INNOCENT FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S INIQUITIES.;

 

Igbo:

 ñshịkọ sịrị nà íhé yá jì àkwú ísí àbụọ bù màkà à dịghị àmá āmā, chí yā nàọgọ yá rịọ yā ọrụ ōtu mgbè.... 

English:

THE CRAB SAID THE REASON HE DEVELOPED TWO HEADS WAS JUST IN CASE HIS CREATOR AND HIS IN-LAW SHOULD BOTH;
REQUEST HIS FAVOUR AT ONCE. (THE FOLK WISDOM IS THAT IF HE CHOSE TO ATTEND ONLY TO HIS IN-LAW,
HIS CREATOR WOULD TAKE HIS LIFE; BUT IF HE CHOSE TO ATTEND TO HIS CREATOR, THEN HIS IN-LAW WOULD TAKE HIS WIFE.HE THEREFORE HAD TO LEARN TO ATTEND TO BOTH DEMANDS WITHOUT INCURRING THE DISPLEASURE OF ONE OR THE OTHER). 
A LESSON ON HOW TO DEAL WITH CONFLICTING PRIORITIES.

 

Igbo:

nwáyọọ bụ íjè.

English:

SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE.

 

Igbo:

ébé ónyé ọsọ rùrù, ónyé íjè gàkwà èrú yā. 

English:

WHEREVER THE SPRINTER GETS TO, THE WALKER WILL GET THERE TOO. (THERE IS NO RUSH IN LIFE).

 

Igbo:

ò jì nwáyọọ ánāghị èmérú āhụ. 

English:

HE WHO TREADS WITH CARE NEVER COMES TO HARM.

 

Igbo:

é jì nwáyọọ àráchá ófé dị ộkụ.

English:

A HOT BOWL OF SOUP IS EATEN WITH CARE AND CALCULATION,;
(SOMETIMES BY BLOWING ON IT FIRST TO AVOID SCALDING THE TONGUE!) 
NEVER APPROACH A DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TASK IN A HASTE.

 

Igbo:

.Ọgbà ọsọ ámịchá mkpịsị ákā, ọ gà-áhànyé hā n'ùkó? 

English:

HE WHO LICKS HIS FINGERS WITH SUCH HASTE, DOES HE INTEND TO HANG THEM UP THE RAFTERS?MORE HASTE,LESS SPEED.

 

Igbo:

éwú dīnà n'àlà dínà n'ákpụkpọ yā. 

English:

THE GOAT THAT LIES ON THE FLOOR LIES ON ITS OWN SKIN. ...THE GOAT MAY DELUDE ITSELF IN THINKING THAT;
IT'S TORTURING THE FLOOR BY LYING ON IT ENDLESSLY; BUT IT IS IN FACT TORTURING ITS OWN SKIN!MESSAGE:;
WHAT YOU DO TO UNDERMINE ANOTHER MAY OFTEN PROVE YOUR OWN UNDOING.

 

Igbo:

ónyé jī ōnyē n'àlà jì ònwé yā.

English:

HE WHO RESTRAINS ANOTHER IN THE MUD RESTRAINS HIMSELF TOO... UNTIL HE LETS GO, HE TOO WILL REMAIN IN THE MUD.MESSAGE: THERE IS NO GAIN IN DELIBERATELY OBSTRUCTING/HINDERING OTHERS.

 

Igbo:

nwátā sịrị nà ńné yā āgaghị èhí ụrā, yá ònwé yā āgaghịkwa èhí ụrā. 

English:

THE BABY THAT IS INTENT ON KEEPING ITS MOTHER AWAKE AT NIGHT WILL ALSO REMAIN AWAKE. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE.

 

Igbo:

Ọkụkọ bere nà ngìgè, ngìgè nà égwú, ọkụkọ nà égwú. 

English:

 WHEN A FOWL GOES OUT OF ITS WAY TO JUMP ON A ROPE, THE ROPE WILL GO INTO A WOBBLY DANCE AND SO WILL THE FOWL. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE.  

 

Igbo:

Ọkụkọ sịrị nà ịhé ọ bùlà á gbàtàrà n'izù dị yà mmá;yá mèrè izú jìrìkpébié nà ọ bụzị ọkụkọ kà á gà-éjì ná-àchụ àjà. 

English:

THE CHICKEN CHOSE TO ABSTAIN FROM A CONFERENCE BUT AGREED TO BE BOUND BY ITS RESOLUTIONS.THAT WAS HOW THE CONFERENCE RESOLVED THAT THENCEFORT, THE CHICKEN WOULD SERVE AS A SACRIFICIAL OBJECT. BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO STAY AWAY FROM A DELIBERATION THAT CONCERNS YOU, AS YOU MAY BE BOUND BY WHATEVER DECISION THE MEETING TAKES, EVEN IF IT IS AGAINST YOUR INTEREST.

 

Igbo:

Ọ bụ ónyé nā-ānōghì kà á lộpụrụ jí yā n'ộkụ. 

English:

 IT IS THE ABSENT PERSON THAT HIS ROASTING YAM GETS REMOVED FROM THE FIRE. ANYONE WHO IS AWAY WILL USUALLY DRAW THE SHORTEST STRAW, AS THEY HAVE NO ONE TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS AND INTERESTS.