Proverbs 5
1 My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:
E KUU keiki, e hoolohe mai i ko'u naauao, E haliu mai hoi kou pepeiao i ko'u iko:
2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, —and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.
I malama oe i ke aoia mai, E hoopaa hoi kou mau lehelehe i ka ike.
3 For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
No ka mea, o na lehelehe o ka wahine hookamakama he meli ia e kulu ana, A ua oi aku ka pahee o kona waha i ko ka aila.
4 But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!
Aka, na awahia kona hope, e like me ka laau awaawa, Oioi hoi o like me ka pahikaua oi lua.
Ke iho iho la kona mau wawae i ka make, E pili ana hoi kona mau kapuwai i ka lua, (Sheol h7585)
6 Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not [whither].
I ole oe e noonoo i ke ala o ko ola, He loli wale kona noho ana i ole oe e ike aku.
7 Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.
Ano la, e na keiki, hoolohe mai ia'u, Mai haliu ae mai ka olelo aku a kuu waha.
8 Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
E hooneenee loa aku i kou hele ana mai ona aku, Mai hookokoke aku oe i ka puka o kona hale:
9 Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
O haawi oe i kou nani i na mea e, A me kon mau makahiki hoi i ka mea aloha ole:
10 Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
O lako hoi na mea e i kou mau mea maikai; A me na hale o ka malihini i kau waiwai;
11 So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;
A uwe oe i kou hope, I ka pau ana o kou io a me kou kino;
12 And thou shalt say—How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;
A e olelo hoi, Auwe ko'u inaina aku i ka ike, A me ka hoowahawaha ana o ko'u naau i ke aoia mai!
13 Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear:
Aole au i hoolohe i ka leo o ka'u mau kumu, Aole hoi i haliu aku ko'u pepeiao i ka poe i ao mai ia'u!
14 Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.
Mai noho au ma na hewa a pau loa, Mawaena o ke anaina a me ka ahakanaka.
15 Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
E ia u oe i ka wai noloko ae o kou punawai, A i na waikahe hoi noloko ae o kou kahawai.
16 Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters:
E hu aku iwaho kou mau lokowai, A kahe na auwai ma na alanui.
17 Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee.
Nau wale iho no lakou, Aole na ka poe malihini pu me oe.
18 Let thy well-spring be blessed, —and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: —
E hoomaikaiia kou punawai; A e olioli oe me ka wahine o kou wa ui.
19 A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.
He dia aloha ia a me ka ibeka oluolu; E maona oe i na la a pau i kona waiu, E ana mau oe i kona aloha.
20 Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?
No ke aha la e ona oe, e kuu keiki, i ka wahine e, A e apo oe i ka wahine a hai ma kou umauma?
21 For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, —and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
No ka mea, e kau pono ana na maka o Iehova i ka aoao o ke kanaka, E ike ana no hoi i kona mau aoao a pau,
22 His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
E puni ka mea hewa i kona hala iho, E heiia hoi oia i ka hei o kona hewa iho.
23 He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.
E make oia me ke ao ole ia mai; A e hele hewa oia i ka nui o kona naaupo ana.
