#ijuba

Ǹjẹ́ o gbọ́ Ifá o

Therefore Ifá you have heard

Ìwọ lawo

You are the knowledgeable

Èmi lọ̀gbẹ̀rì

I am the novice

Bo o bá ríre kóo wí

Please say if you read good tidings

Bó o bá ríbì kóo sọ

Please say if you see bad omens

Mọ́ fibi pe ire

Do not read evil and say it is good fortunes

Mọ́ fire pe ibi

Do not read good fortune and say it is evil

Kó o mọ́ fòlòlò fọhùn

Do not leave anything unsaid

Iwájú Ọpọ́n o gbọ́

The front of the tray you have heard

Ẹ̀yin Ọ̀pọ́n o gbọ́

The rear of the tray you have heard

Olùmú lọ́tùún

Olùmú on the right side

Ọlọ̀kànràn lósì

Ọlọ̀kànràn on the left

Aarin Ọpọ́n ìt ọ̀run

The center of the Ọpọ́n is the front yard of Heaven

Ìbà Ilẹ̀ ọ̀gẹ̀rẹ́ afọkọ́yẹrí

Reverence to Mother Earth, you that uses the hoe to comb your head

Ìbàa bàbá

Reverence to you all fathers

Ìbàa yèyé

Reverence to you all mothers

Ìbà Olúwo

Reverence to you all Oluwos

Ìbà Ojugbọ̀nà

Reverence to you all Ojugbonas

Ìbà àtiwáyé ọ́jọ́

Reverence to the Dawn that ushers in a new day

Ìbà àtiwọ̀ Oòrùn

Reverence to the sunset

Àdáṣe níí hun ọmọ o

Unsupported actions bring evil repercussions

Ìbà ò gbọdọ̀ hun ọmọ o

But reverence before actions cannot bring evil repercussions

Báa bá fẹ́mọ lójú

When we blow off the dirt from the eye of a child

A ríran

He definitely must see

Ǹjẹ́ Ifá ọ̀hún rèé o

Therefore this is the Ifá that will speak

(Bí àwọn Babaláwo bá ń bẹ níbẹ̀ gbogbo wọ́n ó si dáhùn pé àdáṣẹ!)