Ìwà òní, ẹjọ́ ọ̀la.
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Original
Ìwà òní, ẹjọ́ ọ̀la.
Glosa literal
- Ìwà òní today's conduct, ẹjọ́ ọ̀la tomorrow's court case.
Inglés idiomático
"Today's behavior causes tomorrow's problem."
La fuente no nombra a ningún traductor.
Qué significa
Present conduct is future litigation.
Se usa cuando
Owomoyela: "The foolish behavior of the present sows the seeds of difficulties for the future"
Notas sobre la traducción
Four words, no verb. Ẹjọ́ is specifically a legal case or dispute brought before a court or an elder, not a vague problem, so the Yorùbá names the exact future institution in which today's conduct will be examined. Owomoyela's "problem" loses that.