OYEKU-ISE

          K’amateteku, the diviner of the house of joy (alayo), Aiteteku-ise, the diviner of the house of grief (ibanuje), Bi-iku-de-ka-yin-Oluwa-logo, the diviner of Igboya ewa Alogbon-on-maku-ninu, Masimale ninmeyeniyi, the diviner of Afinju-maku-mase’baje Oyekeseniyi, divined Ifa for the sages (eniyan-sasa), who invited the babalawos to consult on the problems of death (iku) by asking: Why should death kill people and nobody has ever overcome death?  The babalawos said: Ifa has indicated that Amuniwaye created death for the good of mankind.  A stagnant water becomes a pond—a pond of polluted water, a pond of water that can cause disease.  Water takes the people away freely and water brings them back freely.  Let the sick return home for cure and renewal of the body, and the wicked for renewal of character.  The madman is cared for by his family.  The babalawos asked: What is unpleasant about it?  The sages bowed for Ifa, saying: Orunmila! Iboru, Iboye, Ibose.  They all dispersed and never regarded death as a problem any more.  Orisa-nla is the one called Amuniwaye.