Proverbs 26
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour.
E LIKE me ka hau i ke kau, E like me ka ua i ka wa e ohi ai, Pela i ku ole ai ka hanohano i ka mea lapuwale.
2 As a sparrow in wandering, as a swallow in flying, so, a causeless curse, shall not alight.
E like me ka zepora e auwana ana, E like me ka derora e lele ana, Pela ka poino, aole ia e hiki wale mai.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of dullards.
I mea hahau no ka lio, i kaulawaha no ka hoki, I laau hahau hoi no ke kua o na mea lapuwale.
4 Do not answer a dullard, according to his folly, lest, even thou thyself, become like him;
Mai olelo aku i ka mea lapuwale e like me kona naaupo ana, O like oe me ia.
5 Answer a dullard according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
E olelo no i ka mea lapuwale e like me kona naaupo ana, O naauao oia i kona maka iho.
6 One who cutteth off feet, one who drinketh down wrong, is he who sendeth a message by the hand of a dullard.
O ka mea oki ne i na wawae a loaa ia ia ka poino, Oia ka i kauoha aku i na manao ma ka lima o ka mea lapuwale.
7 Useless are the legs of the lame, and a proverb, in the mouth of a dullard.
E lawe aku i na wawae o ka mea oopa, A me ka olelonane mailoko ae o ka waha o ka poe lapuwale.
8 Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard.
E like me ka nakii ana i ka iliili ma ka maa a paa, Pela ka haawi ana i ka hanohano no ka mea lapuwale.
9 A brier cometh into the hand of a drunken-man, a proverb into the mouth of dullards.
O ka mea oioi e o ana i ka lima o ka mea ona, Oia ka olelonane ma ka waha o ka poe lapuwale.
10 [As] an archer who woundeth every thing, [so] one who hireth a dullard, and a drunkard crossing the sea.
O ka mea nui nana i hana na mea a pau, Oia ka mea nana e hoopai i ka mea lapuwale a e hoopai hoi i ka poe lawehala.
11 As, a dog, returneth onto his own vomit, a dullard, repeateth his folly.
E like me ka ilio i hoi hou aku i kona luai, Pela ka mea naaupo e hoi hou ana i kona lapuwale.
12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye, —more hope of a dullard, than of him!
Ua ike anei oe i ke kanaka naauao i kona manao iho? He lana ka manao no ka mea naaupo aole nona.
13 Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.
I ae la ka mea palaualelo, He liona ma ke ala, He liona iwaena o ke kuamoo.
14 The door, turneth on its hinges, and, the sluggard, upon his bed.
O ka luli ana o ke pani ma kona ami, Oia ka mea palaualelo ma kona moena.
15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
Hookomo ka mea palaualelo i kona lima iloko o ke pa, A he mea kaumaha ia ia ke hapai hou ae ia i kona waha.
16 Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment.
He naauao loa ka mea pulaualelo i kona manao iho, Mamua o na kanaka ehiku e hoike ana i ka oiaio.
17 As he who layeth hold of the ears of a dog, is a passer-by, who giveth vent to his wrath over a quarrel, not his!
O ka mea lalau i ka ilio ma na pepeiao, Oia ka mea e maalo ana, a lawe pu i ka hakaka pili ole ia ia.
18 As a madman throwing firebrands, arrows and death,
E like me ka mea e hooleilei ana i na ihe wela, a me na pua a me ka make;
19 So, is a man who deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Was not, I, in sport?
Pela ke kanaka e hoopunipuni ana i kona hoanoho, I ae la hoi, Aole anei he paani ko'u?
20 Without wood a fire is quenched, and, where there is no tattler, strife is hushed.
I ole ka wahie, e pio no ke ahi, I ole ka mea holoholo olelo, pau ka hakaka.
21 Black coal to burning blocks, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man, for kindling strife.
O ka nanahu i na nanahu wela, a me ka wahie i ke ahi, Oia ke kanaka huhu e hookonokono ana i ka hakaka.
22 the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
O na olelo a ka mea holoholo olelo, Ua like no ia me na olelo paani, Komo ilalo nae ia a iloko lilo o ka opu.
23 Dross silver overlaid upon earthenware, so are burning lips, with a mischievous heart:
O ke kala maemae ole i hoopiliia me kahi pohue, Oia na lehelehe e alohaloha ana me ka naau ino.
24 With his lips, the hater dissembleth, but, within himself, he layeth up deceit:
O ka mea inaina, huna oia ma kona mau lehelehe, A iloko ona iho i waiho ai oia i ka hoopunipuni.
25 Though he make gracious his voice, do not trust him, for, seven abominations, are in his heart:
Ina i oluolu kana olelo, mai manaoio aku ia ia; No ka mea, ehiku mau mea ino iloko o kona naau.
26 Hatred may clothe itself with guile, his wickedness shall be disclosed in the convocation.
O ka mea i hunaia kona inaina i ka hoopunipuni, E hoikeia kona hewa imua o ke anaina kanaka.
27 He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, shall fall, and, he that rolleth a stone, upon himself, shall it return.
O ka mea eli i ka lua, oia ke haule ilaila; O ka mea olokaa i ka pohaku, e hoi hou mai ia maluna ona.
28 A false tongue, hateth them who are crushed by it, and, a flattering mouth, worketh occasion of stumbling.
O ke elelo wahahee, oia ke inaina aku i ka mea poino malaila; O ka waha malimali, oia ke hana i ka mea e make ai.
