Proverbs 8
1 It is as if wisdom, with great understanding [of many things], is calling [PRS] out [to people].
A OLE anei i hea mai ka naauao? Aole anei i pane mai ka ike i kona leo?
2 Wisdom stands on hilltops and at crossroads.
Maluna o na wahi kiekie, ma ke ala, Ma kahi o na alanui, ku ae la oia.
3 [Wisdom also stands] at the city gates and shouts loudly,
Ma na ipuka, ma ke alo o ke kulanakauhale, Ma na wahi e komo ai, kahea mai la oia.
4 “I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people!
Ke hea aku nei au ia oukou, e na kanaka; O ko'u leo hoi i na keiki a kanaka.
5 You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding!
E na mea ike ole, e ike oukou i ke akamai; E hoonaauao hoi oukou, e ka poe naaupo.
6 Listen to me, because I have some excellent/important things to say. What I say is what is fair/right.
E hoolohe mai, no ka mea, e hai ana au i na mea maikai; O ka oaka ana hoi o ko'u mau lehelehe ma na mea pono ia.
7 I speak what is true; I detest speaking [MTY] what is false/deceptive.
No ka mea, e hoike mai kuu waha i ka oiaio; He mea hoopailua ka hewa i ko'u mau lehelehe.
8 Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives [people].
Ma ka pono na olelo a pau a ko'u waha; Aole wahahee, aohe mea kekee malaila.
9 My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right.
Pau loa no ia i ka pololei i ka mea naauao, Ua kupono hoi i ka poe i loaa ka ike.
10 [If someone offers you the kind of teaching I give] or offers you silver, choose my teaching. [If he offers to show you how to be wise] or offers you gold, choose to know how to be wise,
E koho oukou i ke aoia mai, aole ke kala, A me ka ike hoi mamua o ke gula maikai.
11 because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire [is as valuable] as being wise.
No ka mea, ua maikai ka naauao mamua o na momi; A o na mea i makemakeia a pau, aole i like me ia.
12 I, wisdom, and understanding of what is smart to do, cannot be separated. We are like two people who live in the same house. I know how to be wise and how to make smart decisions.
Owau hoi, o ka naauao, ke pili nei i ke akamai, Ua loaa ia'u ka ike i na mea e naauao ai.
13 [All the people] who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate [people who are] proud and [people] who think they are more important [than others]. I hate [people who] behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive [others].
O ka makau ia Iehova, oia ke inaina aku i ka hewa; O ka haaheo, o ka hookiekie, o ka aoao ino, O ka waha aaka, oia ka'u i hoowahawaha aku ai.
14 I give [people] good advice and I enable them to do things that are wise. I understand how things really are, and I am strong.
Ia'u ka ike a me ke akamai; Owau no ka noonoo, ia'u hoi ka ikaika.
15 When kings are wise, they rule [well]; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.
Ma o'u nei no e nohoalii ai na alii, A e kau aku ai no hoi na kaukaualii i ke kanawai pono.
16 Rulers govern their people with the help of me, wisdom, and those who have authority decide things fairly/just with my help.
Ma o'u nei no hoi e hoomalu ai na kiaaina, A me na'lii, a me na lunakanawai a pau o ka honua.
17 I, [wisdom], love [all] those who love me, and [all] those who truly seek me [will] find me.
He aloha ko'u i ka poe e aloha mai ia'u; O ka poe imi pono mai, o lakou ke loaa ia'u.
18 I enable [people] to become rich and to be honored; [I enable them to have] wealth that will last and to be successful.
Me au ka waiwai a me ka hanohano; O ka waiwai e mau ana hoi a me ka pono.
19 What I can give people is more valuable than fine/pure gold and the best silver.
Ua maikai ko'u hua mamua o ke gula a me ke gula maikai; He mea kohoia hoi ka waiwai ma o'u nei mamua o ke kala.
20 I always do what is righteous and just/fair.
Ma ke ala o ka pono ka'u e alakai ai, Mawaena hoi o na alanui o ka hoopono:
21 I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things.
I hooili au i ka waiwai no ka poe aloha mai ia'u, A e hoopiha au i ko lakou waihona waiwai.
22 Yahweh created me, [wisdom], when he began [to create the world]; he created me [to do my work] before he created anything else.
Na Iehova no wau i kinohou o kona noho ana, Mamua o kana hana ana i ka wa kahiko.
23 He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
Mai ka po mai ua hoonohoia au, Mai kinohi mai, mamua hoi o ka honua.
24 I was born before the oceans were [created], when there were no springs from which water flowed.
I ka wa i ole ai na wahi hohonu, ua hanau no au, I wa i ole ai na puuawai i piha i ka wai.
25 I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;
Mamua o ka hoonoho ana i na mauna, Mamua o na kuahiwi ua hanau au:
26 [I, wisdom], was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.
Aole hoi oia i hana i ka honua a me na kula, A me kahi huna lepo iki o ka honua.
27 I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place [in the distance] where the sky and the oceans [seem to] come together.
I kona hohola ana i ka lani, owau no kekahi malaila, I kona kau ana i ke kanawai maluna o ka hohonu;
28 I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above [the earth] and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure.
I kona hoolewalewa ana i na ao maluna, I kona hoonoho ana i na punawai o ka hohonu;
29 I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support the earth.
I kona kau ana i ke kanawai no ka moana, I ole e hu wale aku na kai mamua ona; I kona hookumu paa ana i ka honua:
30 I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him.
Alaila, owau pu kekahi me ia me he keiki hiwahiwa la; O kona olioli no au i kela la i keia la, E hauoli mau ana hoi imua o kona alo;
31 I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.
E hauoli ana i na wahi i noho ai na kanaka o ka honua ona; O ko'u olioli nui hoi, aia me na keiki a kanaka.
32 So, [you people who are like] my sons, listen to me. [I am] pleased with [all] those who obey my teachings.
Ano la, e na keiki, e hoolohe mai ia'u; Pomaikai ka poe i malama mai i ko'u aoao.
33 Listen [carefully] to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching!
E hoolohe mai i ke ao ana a e hoomanao iho, Mai pale ae oukou.
34 [I am] pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting [for me to come out].
Pomaikai ke kanaka ke lohe mai i ka'u, He kiai hoi oia, i ko'u mau puka i kela la i keia la, Ke kakali hoi oia ma na kia o ko'u mau puka.
35 Those who find me will have [a long] life, and Yahweh [will] be pleased with them.
No ka mea, o ka mea o'u i loaa ai, ua loaa ia ia ke ola, E loaa hoi ia ia ka lokomaikaiia mai e Iehova.
36 But those who stray away from me [just] harm themselves. All those who hate me, [it is as though] [IRO] they are loving death.”
Aka, o ka mea i hana ino mai ia'u, ua pepehi oia i kona uhane iho; O ka poe inaina mai ia'u oia ka i koho i ka make.
