Proverbs 5
1 My son, listen carefully to some [more] wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
E KUU keiki, e hoolohe mai i ko'u naauao, E haliu mai hoi kou pepeiao i ko'u iko:
2 If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely [what to do], and you will know [the right things] to say [MTY].
I malama oe i ke aoia mai, E hoopaa hoi kou mau lehelehe i ka ike.
3 What an immoral woman says [to you may be] as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil [feels on your skin],
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 result [of being with her] will be bitter like gall and [injure you as badly], like being cut with a sharp two-edged sword.
Aka, na awahia kona hope, e like me ka laau awaawa, Oioi hoi o like me ka pahikaua oi lua.
5 If you go where she goes [MTY], you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight to the grave. (Sheol h7585)
Ke iho iho la kona mau wawae i ka make, E pili ana hoi kona mau kapuwai i ka lua, (Sheol h7585)
6 She is not concerned about the roads that lead to a [long] life. She walks [down] a crooked path, and she does not realize [that she is on the wrong road].
I ole oe e noonoo i ke ala o ko ola, He loli wale kona noho ana i ole oe e ike aku.
7 So now, my sons, listen to me. (Never turn aside from/always remember) [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
Ano la, e na keiki, hoolohe mai ia'u, Mai haliu ae mai ka olelo aku a kuu waha.
8 Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
E hooneenee loa aku i kou hele ana mai ona aku, Mai hookokoke aku oe i ka puka o kona hale:
9 If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your (self-respect/good reputation) and [that woman’s husband] will not act mercifully toward you; he will [kill you and] take everything that you have acquired during your life!
O haawi oe i kou nani i na mea e, A me kon mau makahiki hoi i ka mea aloha ole:
10 Foreigners will take your money, and [all] the good things that you have worked for will (end up in their hands/become their possessions).
O lako hoi na mea e i kou mau mea maikai; A me na hale o ka malihini i kau waiwai;
11 And when you are about to die, you will groan [with severe pain] because diseases [that you have gotten from being immoral] will be destroying your body.
A uwe oe i kou hope, I ka pau ana o kou io a me kou kino;
12 Then you will say, “I hated it [when people tried to] correct me. I despised [people when they] reproved/rebuked me.
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 I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who [tried to] teach me [something about my behavior].
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 [Now] I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.”
Mai noho au ma na hewa a pau loa, Mawaena o ke anaina a me ka ahakanaka.
15 Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET], enjoy [having sex] [EUP] only with your own wife.
E ia u oe i ka wai noloko ae o kou punawai, A i na waikahe hoi noloko ae o kou kahawai.
16 Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, [you should not have sex with other women]. [MET, EUP]
E hu aku iwaho kou mau lokowai, A kahe na auwai ma na alanui.
17 Enjoy [having sex] only with your wife; do not [have sex with] other women.
Nau wale iho no lakou, Aole na ka poe malihini pu me oe.
18 Let your wife be a source of great pleasure to you. (Be happy/[Enjoy sex]) with the woman whom you married when you were both young.
E hoomaikaiia kou punawai; A e olioli oe me ka wahine o kou wa ui.
19 She is as pretty and graceful [as] a young female deer. Allow her breasts to always satisfy you. Allow her lovemaking to excite you.
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 My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
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 [I say that] because Yahweh sees clearly everything that we do; he knows [where we are going on] the roads that we walk on.
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 Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are [like] ropes that bind them.
E puni ka mea hewa i kona hala iho, E heiia hoi oia i ka hei o kona hewa iho.
23 Evil men [will] die because they are unable to say “No” to their desires; they [will] (go astray/be lost) because of the foolish things that they do.
E make oia me ke ao ole ia mai; A e hele hewa oia i ka nui o kona naaupo ana.
