Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
ʻE hoku foha, ke ke maʻu ʻeku ngaahi lea, pea ke tānaki kiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.
Fai ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau pea moʻui ai! Pea tokangaʻi ʻa ʻeku fono ʻo hangē ko ho kanoʻi mata.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
Nonoʻo ia ki ho louhiʻi nima, tohi ia ki he kakano ʻo ho loto.
4 Say to wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
Ke ke lea ʻo pehē ki he poto, “Ko hoku tokoua koe;” pea ke ui ʻae ʻilo ko ho kāinga fefine:
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
Koeʻuhi ke na fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, mei he muli ʻoku fakaoloolo ʻaki ʻene ngaahi lea.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
He naʻaku sio atu mei he matapā ʻa hoku fale mei he matapā sioʻata.
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Pea naʻaku vakai ki he kakai vale, pea ne u ʻiloʻi ʻi he kau talavou ʻae tangata talavou ʻoku masiva ʻi he poto,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house.
Naʻe ʻalu atu ʻi he hala ʻo ofi ki hono ʻapi; ʻo ne ʻalu ʻi he hala ki hono fale,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
ʻI he efiafi poʻuli, ʻi he pō ʻuliʻuli mo fakapoʻuli:
10 And behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.
Pea vakai, naʻe fakafetaulaki mai kiate ia ʻae fefine ʻoku kofu ʻi he kofu ʻoe faʻa feʻauaki, ʻo loto kākā.
11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
(ʻOku faʻa longoaʻa ia mo angamālohi, ʻoku ʻikai nofo hono vaʻe ʻi hono fale:
12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Ko eni ʻoku ʻituʻa, ko ʻena ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi hala, ʻoku ne nofo toitoi ʻi he tuliki kotoa pē.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said to him,
Pea naʻa ne puke ia, pea ʻuma ki ai, pea ʻi he mata fiematamuʻa naʻa ne pehē kiate ia,
14 [I have] peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
“ʻOku ou maʻu ʻae ngaahi foaki fakalelei; pea kuo u fakamoʻoni ki heʻeku ngaahi fuakava ʻi he ʻaho ni.
15 Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Ko ia kuo u haʻu ai ke ta feʻilongaki mo koe, ke kumi ʻi he feinga ki ho mata, pea ko eni kuo u maʻu koe.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
Kuo u teuteu hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae ngaahi puipui matamatalelei, mo e tongi fakasanisani, mo e tupenu lelei mei ʻIsipite.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Kuo u fakanamu kakala ʻa hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae mula, mo e ʻalosi, pea mo e sinamoni.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Haʻu, ke ta fakafonu ʻakitaua ʻi he ʻofa ʻo aʻu ki he ʻapongipongi: ke ta fakafiemālie ʻakitaua ʻi heʻeta fai ʻofa.
19 For the good-man [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
He ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ʻapi ʻae tangataʻeiki, kuo ʻalu ia ʻo fononga mamaʻo:”
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
Kuo ne ʻave mo ia ʻae kato paʻanga, pea ʻe ʻikai haʻu ia kaeʻoua ke hokosia hono ʻaho kuo ne lea ki ai.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.
Naʻa ne fakavaivaiʻi ia ʻaki ʻa ʻene ngaahi lea matamatalelei, ʻo ne maʻu ia ʻi he fakaoloolo ʻa hono ngutu.
22 He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Ko ia naʻa ne ʻalu muimui leva ʻiate ia, ʻo hangē ko e pulu ke tāmateʻi, pea hangē ko e vale ki he tautea ʻoe ʻakau fakamaau vaʻe;
23 Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
Kaeʻoua ke ʻasi ʻae ngahau ki hono ʻate; ʻio, ʻo hangē ko e manu ʻoku ʻoho vave ki he tauhele, ʻo ʻikai ke ne ʻilo ko e meʻa ke ʻosi ai ʻene moʻui.
24 Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
ʻE fānau, ke mou fanongo eni kiate au, pea mou tokanga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
ʻOua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu atu ho loto ki hono hala, ʻoua naʻa mou hē ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yes, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
He kuo lī hifo ʻe ia ʻae toko lahi kuo lavea; ʻio, kuo tāmateʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau tangata mālohi toko lahi.
