Proverbs 5
1 MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
ʻE hoku foha, tokanga ki heʻeku poto, pea ke fakaongo ho telinga ki heʻeku ʻilo:
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Koeʻuhi ke ke tokangaʻi ʻae fakapotopoto, pea ke maʻu pe ʻi ho loungutu ʻae ʻilo.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
He ʻoku toʻi ʻae loungutu ʻoe fefine muli ʻo hangē ko e ngeʻesi ʻoe honi, pea ʻoku molemole lahi hake ʻi he lolo ʻa hono ngutu:
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Ka ʻoku tatau mo e kona ʻīʻī ʻa hono ikuʻanga, ʻo māsila ʻo hangē ha heletā fakatoumata.
ʻOku ʻalu hifo hono vaʻe ki he mate, ʻoku fakatau atu ʻa ʻene ngaahi laka ki heli. (Sheol h7585)
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Pea telia naʻa ke fakakaukau ki he hala ʻoe moʻui, ʻoku fakafihi ʻe ia hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, ke ʻoua naʻa ke ʻiloʻi ia.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Ko ia ʻae fānau, ke mou fanongo kiate au, pea ʻoua naʻa mou hē mei he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Ke fakamamaʻo ʻaupito ho hala meiate ia, pea ʻoua naʻa ke ofi ki he matapā ʻo hono fale:
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Telia naʻa ke foaki ho ongolelei ki ha kakai kehe, pea moho ngaahi taʻu ki he kakai loto fakafasifasi:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Telia naʻa pito ʻae kau muli ʻi ho mālohi; pea ʻe ʻi he fale ʻoe muli hoʻo ngaahi ngāue;
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Pea ke tangi mamahi ʻamui, ʻoka kai ʻo ʻosi ho kakano mo ho sino,
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
ʻo ke pehē ai, “ʻOiauē, naʻe lahi ʻeku fehiʻa ki he akonaki, pea naʻe manukiʻi ʻe hoku loto ʻae valoki;
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Pea naʻe ʻikai teu talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo hoku kau akonaki, pe fakatokangaʻi hoku telinga kiate kinautolu naʻa nau ako kiate au!
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Naʻaku meimei kau ʻi he kovi kotoa pē, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe haʻohaʻonga mo e fakatahaʻanga.”
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Inu ʻae vai mei ho lepa pe ʻoʻou, mo e vaitafe mei he vai keli pe ʻoʻou.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Ke tafe atu ho ngaahi mangamangaʻi vai, mo e vaitafe ʻoe ngaahi vai ki he ngaahi hala.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
Ke tuku ia ko hoʻo meʻa ʻaʻau pe, pea ʻoua naʻa kau ai mo koe ha muli.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Ke monūʻia ho matavai: pea ke fiefia koe ʻi ho uaifi [ʻaia naʻa ke maʻu ]ʻi hoʻo kei talavou.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
Ke tatau pe ia mo e hainite ʻofa mo e kāseli fakaʻofoʻofa; pea ke fiemālie maʻuaipē koe ʻi hono fatafata; pea ke fakafiefiaʻi koe ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi heʻene ʻofa.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
ʻE hoku foha, ko e hā ka ke ka hē ai ʻi he fefine muli, pea fāʻufua ki he fatafata ʻoe muli?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
He ʻoku tokaimaʻananga ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻae ngaahi hala ʻoe tangata, pea ʻoku vakai ʻe ia ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
ʻE moʻua ʻae angahala ʻi heʻene ngaahi hia ʻaʻana, pea ʻe haʻisia ʻaki ia ʻae afo ʻo ʻene angahala.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
ʻE mate taʻeakonekina ia; pea ʻe hē ia ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻo ʻene vale.
