Proverbs 23
1 When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;
I KOU noho iho ana e ai pu me ke alii, E noonoo pono i na mea imua ou:
2 And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
A e kau i ka pahi ma kahi i moni ai, Ke pololi oe.
3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
Aka, mai iini aku oe i kana mau mea ono; He wahi ni hoopunipuni no ia.
4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
Mai hooikaika i waiwai ai; E hoole i kou naauao iho.
5 Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
E kau anei oe i kou mau maka ma ka mea e ole ana? No ka mea, e hana io no ia mea i mau eheu nona iho; Me he aeto la e lele aku ai i ka lewa.
6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
Mai ai oe i ka ai a ka mea maka ino; Mai iini aku oe i kana mau mea ono;
7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
No ka mea, e like me ia i noonoo ai ma kona naau, pela no ia; E ai oe, ea, a e inu oe, wahi ana ia oe, Aka, aole me oe kona naau.
8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
O ka mamala ai au i moni iho ai e luai hou aku oe; A e lilo wale kau mau olelo oluolu.
9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
Mai hai aku oe i na pepeiao o ka mea lapuwale; No ka mea, e hoowahawaha oia i ka pololei o kau olelo.
10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
Mai hooneenee ae oe i na mokuna aina kahiko; Ma na kihapai o ka poe makua ole, mai komo oe.
11 For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
No ka mea, o ka lakou Hoola he mana no kona; Nana no e hooponopono iwaena o lakou a me oe.
12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
E haliu ae i kou naau i ke aoia mai, A me kou mau pepeiao hoi i na olelo e naauao ai.
13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
Mai waiho oe i ka hooponopono ana i ke keiki; No ka mea, ina e haua oe ia ia me ka laau, aole ia e make.
E haua oe ia ia me ka laau, A e hoopakele i kona uhane i ka lua. (Sheol h7585)
15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
E kuu keiki e, ina e naauao kou naau, E hauoli io no ka naau o'u:
16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
E olioli io ko'u mau puhaka, Ke hai aku kou mau lehelehe i na mea pololei.
17 Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
Mai huahua kou naau i ka poe hewa; Aka, e noho mau oe me ka makau ia Iehova a po ka la.
18 For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
No ka mea, e hiki io mai no ka hope; A e pio ole ana no kou manaolana.
19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
E hoolohe mai oe, e ka'u keiki, e hoonaauao iho, E hoopololei i kou naau ma ke ala.
20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
Mai noho pu oe me ka poe inu waina; Me ka poe hoopalupalu i ko lakou kino iho.
21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
No ka mea, o ka mea ona a me ka mea pakela ai, e ilihune auanei oia; A no ka palaualelo e komo kekahi i na weluwelu.
22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
E hoolohe i kou makuakane ka mea nana mai oe; Mai hoowahawaha oe i ka luwahine ana o kou makuwahine.
23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
E kuai lilo mai i ka oiaio, mai kuai lilo aku; I ka naauao hoi a me ke aoia mai a me ka ike.
24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
E hauoli nui ka makuakane o ka mea pono; O ka mea i hanau mai uana ke keiki naauao, he olioli no kona.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
E hauoli no kou makuakane a me kou makuwahine, E olioli hoi ka mea nana oe i hanau mai.
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
E kuu keiki, e haawi mai ia'u i kou naau, E nana mai hoi kou mau maka i ko'u aoao.
27 For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
No ka mea, he auwaha hohonu ka wahine hookamakama, He lua ino hoi ka wahine e.
28 Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
Oia ka i hoohalua, me he powa la, Hoonui oia i ka lawehala ana iwaena o na kanaka.
29 Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
Ia wai la ka uwe ana? Ia wai la ka poino? Ia wai la ka hakaka? Ia wai la ka nuku wale ana? Ia wai la na palapu loaa wale? Ia wai la na maka ulaula?
30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
I ka poe e hoomau ana ma ka waina, I ka poe e hele ana e imi i ka waina i kawiliia.
31 Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
Mai nana oe i ka waina i kona ulaula ana, I kona aleale ana ma ke kiaha, I kona hu ana a maikai.
32 In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
Mahope iho, e nahu mai me he nahesa la, A e pa mai me he moonihoawa la.
33 Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
E nana auanei kou maka i na wahine e, A e hai aku kou naau i na mea ino.
34 Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.
E lilo ana oe me he mea la i moe iho mawaena konu o ka moana, E like hoi me ka mea i hoomoe ia ia iho ma kahi oioi loa o ke kia moku.
35 They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
Pepehi mai lakou ia'u, aole au i eha, Hahaua mai lakou ia'u, aole au i ike iho: Ahea la au e ala'i? E imi hou aku no au ia mea.
