Proverbs 20
1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.
Ko e meʻa manuki ʻae kava, pea ko e meʻa fakatupu lili ʻae kava mālohi: pea ko ia kuo kākaaʻi ʻaki ia ʻoku taʻepoto.
2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoever] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
Ko e tuputāmaki ʻoe tuʻi ʻoku hangē ko e ngungulu ʻae laione; pea ko ia ʻoku ne fakatupu ʻene houhau ʻoku fai angahala ia ki hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
3 [It is] an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Ko e meʻa ongoongolelei ʻi ha tangata ke ne tuku ʻae kē: ka ʻoku fie kau ai ʻae vale kotoa pē.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
ʻOku ʻikai ke keli ʻae fakapikopiko koeʻuhi ko e momoko; ko ia te ne faʻa kole ai ʻi he ututaʻu, ka ʻe ʻikai maʻu ha meʻa.
5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
ʻOku hangē ko e vai loloto ʻae poto ʻi he loto ʻoe tangata; ka ʻe fusi hake ia ʻe he tangata faʻa fakakaukau.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
ʻOku tokolahi ʻae kakai ʻoku taki taha viki ʻi heʻene lelei ʻaʻana: ka ko hai ʻoku ne faʻa ʻilo ki ha tangata angatonu.
7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
ʻOku ʻeveʻeva ʻae tangata angatonu ʻi heʻene māʻoniʻoni: ʻoku monūʻia ʻa ʻene fānau kimui ʻiate ia.
8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Ko e tuʻi ʻoku nofo ʻi he nofoʻa ʻoe fakamaau, ʻoku ne fakahēʻi ʻae kovi ʻaki hono fofonga.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Ko hai ʻoku ne faʻa lea ʻo pehē, “Kuo u fakamaʻa hoku loto, ʻoku ou maʻa au mei heʻeku angahala?”
10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
Ko e faikehekehe ʻi he fakamamafa meʻa, mo e faikehekehe ʻi he fuofua meʻa, ʻoku fakatou fakalielia tatau kia Sihova.
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [is] pure, and whether [it is] right.
Naʻa mo e tamasiʻi, ʻoku ʻilo ia ʻi heʻene faianga; pe ʻoku maʻa ʻene ngāue, pe ʻoku totonu ia.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Kuo fakatou ngaohi ʻe Sihova ʻae telinga ke fanongo mo e mata ke sio ʻaki.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
ʻOua naʻa ke manako ki he mohe, telia naʻa ke hoko ʻo masiva ai: ke ʻā pe ho mata, pea ʻe fakamākona koe ʻaki ʻae mā.
14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.
ʻOku pehē ʻe ia ʻoku fakatau, “Ko e meʻa noa pe ʻena, ko e meʻa noa pe ʻena,” ka ʻoka ʻalu ia ʻi hono hala, ʻoku ne toki polepole.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
ʻOku ai ʻae koula, pea taʻefaʻalaua ʻae ngaahi maka koloa; ka ko e teunga mahuʻinga ʻae loungutu ʻoe poto.
16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Ke toʻo pe ʻae kofu ʻoʻona ʻoku tongia ha taha ʻoku taʻeʻiloʻi: pea ke maʻu mei ai ʻae tuku paʻanga ko e langomekina ʻoe fefine muli.
17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Ko e mā ʻoku maʻu ʻi he kākā ʻoku ifoifo lelei ki he tangata: ka ʻe toki fakafonu kimui ʻa hono ngutu ʻaki ʻae pata.
18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
ʻOku tuʻumaʻu ʻae tuʻutuʻuni kotoa pē ʻi he fakakaukau: pea ka hoko ʻae tau, ke tomuʻa fakakaukau lelei ki ai.
19 He that goeth about [as] a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Ko ia ʻoku ʻalu fano ko e faʻa fafana ʻoku fakahā ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi tala fufū: ko ia ʻoua naʻa ke kau kiate ia ʻoku faʻa lapu ʻaki hono loungutu.
20 Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku kape ki heʻene tamai pe ki heʻene faʻē, ʻe tāmateʻi ke mate ʻa hono maama ʻi he fakapoʻuli ʻoe ʻuliʻuli.
21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
ʻE faʻa maʻu fakavave ha tofiʻa ʻi he kamataʻanga: ka e ʻikai fakamonūʻia ia ʻi hono ikuʻanga.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
ʻOua naʻa ke pehē ʻe koe, “Te u totongi ʻeau ki he kovi;” ka ke tatali pe kia Sihova, pea te ne fakamoʻui koe.
23 Divers weights [are] an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
Ko e faikehekehe ʻi he fakamamafa meʻa, koe fakalielia ia kia Sihova: pea ko e meʻa fakamamafa kākā ʻoku ʻikai lelei ia.
24 Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
ʻOku pule pe ʻa Sihova ki he tangata ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga: pea ko ia, ʻe faʻa ʻiloʻi fēfē ʻe he tangata ʻa hono hala ʻoʻona?
25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
Ko e kai ʻoe meʻa ʻoku tapu ko e tauhele ia ki he tangata kuo ne fai ia: pea ʻoku pehē foki ʻae fai ʻoe fuakava, kae toki fehuʻi kimui ki hono ʻuhinga.
26 A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
ʻOku fakamovetevete ʻae angahala ʻe he tuʻi ʻoku poto; ʻo ne taʻomi ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae meʻa teka.
27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Ko e laumālie ʻoe tangata ko e maama ia meia Sihova, ʻoku fakamaama ʻae potu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi loto ʻiate ia.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
ʻOku fakamoʻui ʻae tuʻi ʻe he ʻaloʻofa mo e moʻoni: pea ʻoku fokotuʻumaʻu hono nofoʻa ʻi he ʻaloʻofa.
29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
Ko e toulekeleka ʻoe kau talavou ʻa honau mālohi: pea ko e meʻa matamatalelei ʻi he kau mātuʻa ko honau ʻuluhinā.
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Ko e lavea ʻoku toka ʻuli ko e faitoʻo ia ki he kovi: ʻoku pehē foki hono ʻaonga ʻoe tautea ki he ngaahi potu ʻi loto.
