Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee,
ʻE hoku foha, kapau te ke maʻu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea, mo fakafufū ʻiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau;
2 so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,
Koeʻuhi ke fakatokangaʻi ho telinga ki he poto, pea ke tokanga ai ho loto ki he faʻa fakakaukau;
3 yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding,
ʻIo, kapau te ke tangi ki he ʻilo, pea ke hiki hake ho leʻo ke maʻu ʻae fakakaukau:
4 if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,
Kapau te ke kumi ki ai ʻo hangē ko e siliva, pea hakule ki ai ʻo hangē ko e koloa kuo fufū;
5 then thou shall understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
Te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae manavahē kia Sihova, pea maʻu ʻae ʻiloʻi ʻoe ʻOtua.
6 For Jehovah gives wisdom. Out of his mouth is knowledge and understanding.
He ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ʻae poto: ʻoku haʻu mei hono fofonga ʻae ʻilo mo e fakakaukau.
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright, a shield to those who walk in integrity,
ʻOku tokonaki ʻe ia ʻae poto ʻaonga maʻa e kakai māʻoniʻoni: ko e fakaū ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻi he angatonu.
8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his sanctified.
ʻOku ne tauhi ʻae hala ʻoe fakamaau; pea ʻoku ne maluʻi ʻae hala ʻo ʻene kakai māʻoniʻoni.
9 Then thou shall understand righteousness and justice and equity, yea, every good path.
Pea te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e fakamaau, mo e fai totonu; ʻio, ʻae hala lelei kotoa pē.
10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul,
ʻOka hū ʻae poto ki ho loto, pea mālie ʻae ʻilo ki ho laumālie;
11 discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee,
ʻE fakamoʻui koe ʻe he faʻa fakakaukau, pea ʻe tauhi koe ʻe he poto:
12 to deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he hala ʻoe tangata kovi, mei he tangata ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa kovi;
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
ʻAia ʻoku liʻaki ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, kae ʻalu ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoe fakapoʻuli;
14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
ʻAia ʻoku fiefia ke fai kovi, pea ʻoku fiemālie ʻi he talangataʻa ʻae angahala;
15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
Pea ʻoku pikopiko hono ngaahi hala, pea kovi ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga:
16 to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,
Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, ʻio, mei he muli ʻoku lea fakaoloolo;
17 who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God
ʻAia kuo ne liʻaki ʻae fakahinohino ʻi heʻene kei siʻi, pea kuo ne fakangalongaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa hono ʻOtua.
18 (for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;
He ʻoku tahifohifo hono fale ki he mate, pea mo hono ʻalunga ki he kakai mate.
19 none who go to her return again, nor do they attain to the paths of life),
ʻOku ʻikai toe foki mai ha taha ʻoku ʻalu atu kiate ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke puke ʻekinautolu ki he ngaahi hala ʻoe moʻui.
20 that thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Koeʻuhi ke ke ʻeveʻeva koe ʻi he hala ʻae kakai angalelei, pea ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaluʻanga ʻoe māʻoniʻoni.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Koeʻuhi ʻe nofo ʻae angatonu ʻi he fonua, pea ʻe nofomaʻu ʻi ai ʻae haohaoa.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
Ka ʻe motuhi atu ʻae angahala mei he māmani, pea ʻe taʻaki fuʻu hake mei ai ʻae fai kovi.
