Bí mo bá kúrò lọ́dọ̀ rẹ tán tí ẹ̀mí Ọlọrun bá gbé ọ lọ sí ibi tí n kò mọ̀ ńkọ́? Bí mo bá lọ sọ fún Ahabu pé o wà níhìn-ín, tí kò bá rí ọ mọ́, pípa ni yóo pa mí; bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé láti ìgbà èwe mi ni mo ti bẹ̀rù OLUWA. Truth arrives at the market but finds no buyer; it is with ready cash, though, that people buy falsehood.
Bi mo ba kuro lodo re tan ti emi Olorun ba gbe o lo si ibi ti n ko mo nko? Bi mo ba lo so fun Ahabu pe o wa nihin-in, ti ko ba ri o mo, pipa ni yoo pa mi; bi o tile je pe lati igba ewe mi ni mo ti beru OLUWA. Truth arrives at the market but finds no buyer; it is with ready cash, though, that people buy falsehood.