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98. A^e brsM) ikoko sebi 6i] li A mhaw'i, abi ani ifu bi 



Doer of cmne of secresij stqfposcs he il-is they are-speakiiuj-about, Idny body is-jmle as 



eni se oliiiq. 



one who did thiny. 



The perpetrator of a secret crime supposes it is he they are talking about (if he sees men in 

 conversation), his face being pale as one who has done something (wrong).—" Conscience makes 

 cowards of us all." 



99. Asorokele bodzuwo igbe: igbe ki iro; eni ti d bd so ni i^e ikukpani. 



\Fhispercr watches bush : bush not tells ; he who one with speaks it-is acts traitor. 



A whisperer watches the bush ; a bush never tells secrets ; he to whom one speaks is the traitor.— 

 If a man wish his secrets to be keiJt, he should not confide them to others. 



100. Oclo ki koq bo edza li odzti. 



Biver not isfull to-cover fish in eye. 



The river is never so full as to obscure the sight of the fish.— That is, no sclieme or purpose is 

 too deep to be confided to a friend. 



PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON. 



Luke XT. 11 — 32. 



Okoqri kdi) li omokoqri medi;i. Eyi abiiro ni ino woq wi fu babd re 



Man one had son two. This younger-brother in among them said to father his 



kpe, Babd, fu mi ni iwoq ogiiq ti o tori mi. 6 si kpiq ohuij 



to-wit, Father, give me to-have measure of inheritance tvhich it belongs me. He and divided thing of 



mi re fu woq. Ki isi t6 idzo melokaq li eMq eyi, eyi omdkoqri 



possession his to them. Not and amounted-lo day few in 'after this, this ' 'son 



aburo ko oliug gbogbo ti 6 ni dzo, 6 si mu ona re kpon 



younger-brother gathered thing all which he had together, he and took road his straightway 



loll si ilu 6kere ; ni ib^ ni 6 gbe nd gbogbo ini re ni inakuna. M igbd 



go to town of distance; in there it-is he was spending all possession his in extravagance. In time 

 ti 6 ba gbogbo re die* tdq, iyaq nlanla wdli nnl ni ilu ud • 6 



which he to-destroy all oiit ended, famine o^ greatness came to be sharp in town that ; he 



si beresi idi alaini. 6 si 16h, 6 da ard re kp5 mo oloto kdg ard 



and began to-be needy-oyce. He and went, he made self his join cleave-to 'citizen one inhabitant 



ilu nd ; 6i] si raq a \6h si oko re lob iso elede. Ay5 ni i ba fi die 



oUorvn that; he and sent him go to farm his go to-watch 'swine. Joy' it-is he would with eat 



oudie ti awoq elede dze; euikeui ko fi fu fi 



food which they sivine ate; any-one not give to hi 



kim. 



Ni igbd ti odiii r^ wdh il^, 6 ni, Awoq aldgbase babd mi melomc^lo 



In time which eye his came to-ground, he said, They hireling oi father my how-many 



li li ondie adie y6 ati adze ti, emi si qkii fu ebi ! Emi 



tt-is he have food eating to-be-full and eating to-lea.vc, I and am-dying for hunger! J 



Ba ... die, to destroy. 



