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1. Honor di immortal gods first, as di law command you.
2. Afta dat, respect di oath wey you don take.
3. Den di big-big heroes, wey full of goodness and light.
4. Honor di spirits wey dey ground and show dem di respect wey dem deserve.
5. Honor your papa and mama, and all di people for your family.
6. Among oda people, choose di one wey wise pass and get good character to be your friend.
7. Take benefit from dia soft talk, and learn from dia action wey dey useful and good.
8. But no pursue your friend because of small mistake.
9. Because necessity go limit power.
10. Take dis one wey follow serious well-well: You must face and conquer your passions (bad desires).
11. First na too much food, den laziness, too much sex desire, and vex.
12. No do di thing wey go shame you, no be with others, no be alone.
13. And pass all, respect yoursef.
14. Practice justice with your actions and with your words.
15. And make am your habit say you no go ever act without thinking first.
16. But always remember one fact, say death go come for everybody.
17. And say di good tings of di world no sure, say as you fit gain dem, na so you fit lose dem.
18. Endure with patience and without grumbling your own part, no matter wetin be am.
19. Among di sufferings wey di fate wey gods don decide throw upon human beings.
20. But struggle to make your pain small as much as possible.
21. And remember say fate no dey send plenty bad luck to good people.
22. Wetin people dey think and talk dey change well-well; now e be good thing, next e be bad thing.
23. So, no just accept wetin you hear blindly, and no reject am sharply too.
24. But if dem talk lie, commot gently and arm yoursef with patience.
25. Fulfill faithfully, for all time, wetin I dey tell you now.
26. No let anybody, with words or actions,
27. Make you do or talk wetin no be di best for you.
28. Think and consider before you act, so dat you no go do foolish things.
29. Because na di nature of a wretched man to act and talk without thinking.
30. But do di thing wey no go bring trouble for you later, and wey no go make you regret.
31. No do anything wey you no fit understand.
32. But learn di thing wey dey necessary to know; dis way, your life go be happy.
33. No forget di health of your body for any way at all.
34. But give am food with moderation, di exercise wey dey necessary and rest for your mind too.
35. Wetin I mean by di word moderation na say you must avoid extremes.
36. Train yoursef to live a decent and pure life, without too much sex desire.
37. Avoid all di things wey go cause envy.
38. And no do excess. Live like person wey sabi wetin dey honorable and decent.
39. No act because of greed or stinginess. E good well-well to use di right measure for all dis tings.
40. Do only di tings wey no fit wound you, and decide before you do dem.
41. As you wan sleep, no let sleep come close to your tired eyes,
42. Until you don review all your actions of di day with your highest conscience.
43. Ask: "Which one I do mistake? Which one I do correct? Which duty I fail to do?"
44. Blame yoursef for your mistakes, rejoice for your successes.
45. Practice all dis recommendations completely. Meditate well on top dem. You must love dem with all your heart.
46. Na dem go put you for di road of Divine Virtue (God-like Goodness).
47. I swear by di one wey give di Sacred Quaternary to our souls (Our Spirit).
48. Dat source of nature wey e evolution dey eternal (forever).
49. No ever start any work before you ask for di blessing and help of di Gods.
50. When you make all dis one your habit,
51. You go sabi di nature of di immortal gods and of human beings,
52. You go see how plenty difference dey between beings, and di thing wey hold dem, and keep dem in unity (one).
53. You go den see, according to Justice, say di substance of di Universe na di same for all tings.
54. Dis way you no go desire wetin you no suppose to desire, and nothing for dis world go be unknown to you.
55. You go also notice say people dey bring dia own bad luck upon dia sef, willingly and by dia free choice.
56. How dem dey unhappy! Dem no see, no even understand say dia good dey right beside dem.
57. Few people sabi how to free dia sef from dia sufferings.
58. Dis na di heavy load of fate wey blind humanity.
59. Human beings dey walk in circles, come and go, with suffering wey no dey finish,
60. Because a dark companion dey follow dem, di bad disunity wey dey among dem, wey dey throw dem up and down without dem knowing.
61. Try wisely, say you no go ever wake up quarrel, but run from am!
62. Oh God our Papa, free all of dem from such big sufferings.
63. By showing each person di Spirit wey dey guide dem.
64. However, you no suppose to fear, because human beings belong to a divine race.
65. And sacred nature go reveal and show everything to dem.
66. If e communicate e secrets to you, you go easily put all di tings wey I recommend to you into practice.
67. And by curing your soul you go free am from all dis bad tings and sufferings.
68. But avoid food wey no good for di purification and liberation of di soul.
69. Evaluate all tings well,
70. Always seek to guide yoursef by di divine understanding wey suppose to orient everything.
71. So, when you leave your physical body and rise up into di ether.
72. You go be immortal and divine, you go get fullness and you no go die again.
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