IROSUN IWORI

Ifa foresees ire of comfort for you and advises you to offer pig as ebo in this regard. The
pig will also be used to feed Ifa; once this is done, you shall no longer experience
hardship. On this, Ifa says:

Olosun nwoye
Oye lagba now
Dia fun Olu ibini
Omo aromo okun tayo
Igba tin be laarin inira kaka
Won ni ko rubo
O rubo
Eni ba felede rubo
Gbede lara o maa de wa o
Gbede Ara de mi mo laje
Gbede lara o maa de wa o
Gbede
Ara de mi mo laya
Gbede lara o maa de wa o
Gbede
Ara de mi mo bimo
Gbede lara o maa de wa o
Gbede

Translation
Olosun reasons with understanding
Understanding and wisdom are trade marks of an elder
This was the Ifa cast for Olu-Ibini
The offspring of those who use okun beads to play the game of ayo
When he was in the midsts of hardship
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
Whoever offers elders pig as ebo
With ease and comfort shall he be
With ease and comfort
I’m comfortable and at peace, I possess the aje, financial well-being
With ease and comfort shall I be
With ease and comfort
I am comfortable and at peace, I possess the ire of good spouse
With ease and comfort shall I remain
With ease and comfort
I am comfortable and at peace, I have good children
With ease and comfort shall I remain
With ease and comfort
2. Ifa says that you need to offer ebo for protection from the travails of the witches
and ailments. Ifa says that you need to be consulting Ifa always and offer the
prescribed ebo immediately. By so doing, all the evil machinations against you
would have been nipped in the bud and thus will not prosper. When the ebo is
made a giant pot will be used to cover the ebo totally. On this, Ifa says:

Osun lawo ajerenne

Imu lawo abata
Awon ni won dia fun Olosun
Nijo to fi ojoojumo kona arun mole
Giri-giri-giri
Won ni ko rubo
O rubo
Mo fi koko de’bi mo le
Emi o ku mo
Birikiti, mo fikoko debi mole
Birikiti
Mo fi ikoko deku, d’arun,dejo, dofo mole
Birikiti
Mo fikoko debi mole
Birikiti

Translation
Osun is the awo of ajerenne
Imu is the awo of abata
They were the awo who cast IFa for Olosun
When he woke up and was beset with serious ailments
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
Behold! I have covered totally all evils with a pot
I can no longer die untimely death
Totally, I have covered all evils with a pot
Totally indeed
I have covered death, ailment, contention and loss with a pot and cannot
prosper
Totally, I have covered all evils with a pot and can not prosper
Totally indeed

3. Ifa says that it shall establish for the person for whom this Odu is revealed. Ifa
says that you shall become a refuge to a lot of people where they shall always
come to seek solace and to honour you. With appropriate all these shall be
achieved. On this, Ifa says:

Eluluu igbo nii pooyi yigbo ka

Dia fun Apa
Dia fun Ayin
 Dia fun Igba
Dia fun Emi
Ti won lawon o joye iboji
Ebo ni won ni ki won o se
Apa nikan ni nbe leyin ti ntubo
Apa nikan lo rubo apesin

Translation
Senegal Lark-heeled cuckoo of the forest is it that roams about in the forest
This was the IFa cast for Apa
It was cast for Ayin
And cast for Igba
Also cast for Emi
When they were constesting for being the largest shade refuge
They were advised to offer ebo
It was only Apa that complied
Apa was the one who offered ebo of honour

4. Ifa warns you to beware of what you buy or bring into your house. You need to
consult Ifa always whenever you are not convinced of what you want to buy. This
is to avoid or prevent any unhealthy occurrence, which may arise as a result of the
article bought. Such as underserved punishment or unforeseen evil. You need to
offer ebo with 1 he-goat, 2 pigeons and money. On this, Ifa says:

Awon ni won nse raa won

Awon ni won nse’raa won
Dia fun Baba Alawoye
Ti nloo ra Tapa leru
Ebo ni won ni ko se
O ko, ko ru
Baba Alawoye i ba tete mo
Iba wa fowo sarufin ebo o

Translation
They are the ones undoing themselves
They are their greatest enemies
This was the message of Ifa to Baba Alawoye
When going to purchase Tapa as a slave
He was advised to offer ebo
He refused
Baba Alawoye should have known
He would have offered the prescribed ebo

In this Odu, Baba Alawoye was advised to offer ebo so that he would not regret or suffer
unforeseen evil afterwards. Baba Alawoye refused to offer ebo. He went and purchase a
slave named Tapa and took him to his farm to work for him. Tapa started working in
earnest and was also working hard. This made Baba Alawoye to be happy and was
making jest of the Awo who advised him to make ebo before purchasing what he wanted
to purchase.
Some day, he called on Tapa to go and bring firewood and make fire. He then instructed
as follows: “Lo komo’su sina o “ meaning “go and put the small yams in the fire to roast”
Tapa misunderstood him as “Lo komo sun sina” “meaning “Go and put the children in
the fire to roast”. Tapa then made the fire and put all the children of Baba Alawoye in the
fire to roast. He later called Baba Alawoye that the job is done that “Omo ti sun sina”
meaning that he children are all roasted”.
When Baba Alawoye saw what happened he cried aloud that he had because of his
disobiedience to the advice of Ifa caused untold havoc to himself.

5. Ifa says that your children will take after you in terms of your physical sembalce.
Ifa also says that you shall not die without having children that will survive you
and preserve the legacy you might bequeath them. Ifa however warns you never
to eat monkey, else your children will flee away from you and you shall not see
them again. On this, Ifa says:

Abijo laa mo itan

Elebu lebu u ya
Dia fun Aweremegun
Ti yoo bimo re
Ti yoo jo eebo
E wo’mu awere
E wo’mu awere
E wo mu eebo
Ganganna lo ri

Translation
With resemblance, one knowns his relations
The ancestral lineage can never depart from one
This was the message of Ifa to Aweremegun (a specie of Ape)
When he begot his child
It resembled eebo (relation of Aweremegun)
Come and behold the nose of Awere
Come and behold that of eebo too
They both look alike

6. Ifa says that you have the potential to succeed even beyond your place of birth.
There is more goodies abroad for you than your country or place of birth.
Wherever you decide to settle, the place shall be prosperous for you. In this wise
you need to offer all emcompassing ebo and to propritiate Ifa. On this, Ifa says:

Akonkonko ile soro j’egi to

Dia fun Orunmila
Baba nloo ba won mule ibudo loko
Ebo ni won ni wo ni ko se
O gbebo, o rubo
Akokonko waa de o, awo Alawoye
Ase bayii lawo ibugbe dun

Translation
The domestic woodpecker is mean in the art of woodpecking
This was the Ifa cast for Orunmila
When he was going abroad to establish a settlement
He was advised to offer ebo
Here comes Akokonko , the wood pecker, the awo of Alawoye
So this is how pleasant an abode is