proverbs

292. Ku la ne : « mayeel sa alal », sa ngërëm la bëgg. (4,6,13)
The person who tells you to give of your wealth wants you to be praised.
293. Taaru, tabee ko gën. (2)
It is better to be generous than beautiful.
294. Yéwén : ci sa alal. (6)
Be generous, but only with your own belongings.
Giving
295. Bu joxe doon tax a ñàkk, kon ku watu doo sëq. (19)
If giving away were to bring us to poverty, one who shaves would never get his
hair back.
Giving to others will not make you become poor.
296. Mayee lu baax ci kër laa njëkkee. (20)
Good giving begins at home.
“Charity begins at home.”
297. Mayu nangu baaxul. (20)
One who gives and then takes back is bad.
298. Mbaam du jur ci kanam nit. (8)
A donkey does not give birth in front of people.
Used when one is prepared to give someone something, but not in the middle of a crowd of
people.
Goals
299. Am bukki yomb na, waaye bukki buy xalam a jafe. (2,15)
It is easy to capture an hyena, but it is another thing to capture an hyena that
plays the guitar.
It is good to have high goals but all the same there are limits to what one can achieve.
God
300. Boo ma jàppee fu Yàlla nekkul, rey ma. (15)
If you can catch me somewhere where God is not, then kill me.
This is given as a response to someone who threatens you.
301. Bu Yàlla amulwoon, nit du am. (2)
If there were no God there would be no people.
302. Buur Yàlla day nattub jaamam. (2)
God the King tests his servants.
“Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty
years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart,
whether or not you would keep his commands.” (Deuteronomy 8:2 NIV)
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