Proverbs 5
1 My son, attend to 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 keep discretion, And that thy lips may preserve knowledge!
Koeʻuhi ke ke tokangaʻi ʻae fakapotopoto, pea ke maʻu pe ʻi ho loungutu ʻae ʻilo.
3 Truly, the lips of a strange woman drop honey, 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 two-edged 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 That she may not ponder the way of life, Her paths waver when she heedeth it not.
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 children! And turn not away 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 thy bloom to others, And thy years to a cruel one;
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 thine earnings be in the house of an alien;
Telia naʻa pito ʻae kau muli ʻi ho mālohi; pea ʻe ʻi he fale ʻoe muli hoʻo ngaahi ngāue;
11 And lest thou mourn in thy latter end. 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 how hath 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 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to my instructors;
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 have well-nigh fallen into utter misery; In the midst of the congregation and the assembly.”
Naʻaku meimei kau ʻi he kovi kotoa pē, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe haʻohaʻonga mo e fakatahaʻanga.”
15 Drink water out of thine own cistern. And running water out of thine own well:
Inu ʻae vai mei ho lepa pe ʻoʻou, mo e vaitafe mei he vai keli pe ʻoʻou.
16 So shall thy fountains overflow in the streets, In the wide streets, as streams of water;
Ke tafe atu ho ngaahi mangamangaʻi vai, mo e vaitafe ʻoe ngaahi vai ki he ngaahi hala.
17 They shall belong to thee alone, And not to strangers with thee;
Ke tuku ia ko hoʻo meʻa ʻaʻau pe, pea ʻoua naʻa kau ai mo koe ha muli.
18 And thy fountain shall be blessed, Yea, thou shalt have joy in 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 A lovely hind, a graceful doe, Her breasts shall satisfy thee at all times, And thou shalt be always ravished 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 Why, then, my son, wilt thou be ravished with a wanton, 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 weigheth well all his paths.
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 ensnare the wicked; Yea, he shall be held fast by the cords of his own sins.
ʻE moʻua ʻae angahala ʻi heʻene ngaahi hia ʻaʻana, pea ʻe haʻisia ʻaki ia ʻae afo ʻo ʻene angahala.
23 He shall die for want of instruction; Yea, through the greatness of his folly he shall stagger.
ʻE mate taʻeakonekina ia; pea ʻe hē ia ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻo ʻene vale.
