Kekahuna 5
1 E MALAMA oe i kou wawae i kou hele ana i ka hale o ke Akua, e hoolohe koke, aole hoi oe e haawi i ka mohai a ka poe naaupo, no ka mea, aole lakou i manao pono, ua hana hewa lakou.
Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken [to his will], more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil [to themselves].
2 Mai olelo wawe kou waha, aole hoi e wikiwiki kou naau e hoopuka aku i kekahi mea imua o ke Akua; no ka mea, aia ke Akua ma ka lani, aka, eia no oe ma ka honua nei, no ia mea, e hoouuku i kau mau olelo.
Suffer not thy mouth to be rash, and let thy heart not be hasty to utter any word before God; for God is in the heavens, and thou art upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 No ka mea, no ka nui o ka hana, e hiki mai ai ka moeuhane; a o ka leo o ka naaupo, ua ikeia no ka lehulehu o kana olelo ana.
For a dream cometh through being much employed [with something], and the voice of a fool cometh with a multitude of words.
4 Ina e olelo oe e hoohiki i ke Akua, mai hoohakalia oe i ka hooko aku, no ka mea, aole oluolu ke Akua, i ka poe naaupo; e hooko aku oe i kau mea e hoohiki ai.
When thou makest a vow unto God, do not delay to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in such fools: that which thou hast vowed must thou pay.
5 Ua oi aku kou maikai ke hoohiki ole, mamua o kou maikai ke hoohiki oe, aole hoi e hooko aku.
It is better that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.
6 E malama oe i kou waha i ole e hoohihia'i kou kino; mai olelo oe imua o ke kahuna, He kuhi hewa ia. No ke aha la e huhu mai ai ke Akua i kou leo, a e hoohiolo i ka hana a kou mau lima?
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy body to sin; and say thou not before the messenger, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry because of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
7 No ka mea, ma ka lehulehu o na moenhane, a me na olelo he nui wale, aia na mea lapuwale. Aka hoi, e makau aku oe i ke Akua.
For in the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but rather fear thou God.
8 I kou ike ana i ka hooluhiia o ka poe ilihune, a me ka hookahuli ana i ka oiaio, a me ka pono ma ka aina, mai kahaha kou naau i keia, no ka mea, o ka mea kiekie o na mea kiekie a pau, oia ka mea i ike mai, a aia hoi na mea kiekie maluna o lakou.
If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteousness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter; for one that is high watcheth over the high; and over them, the highest Power.
9 O ka hua o ka honua, na na mea ia a pau; a o ke alii pu kekahi i hanaiia e ka aina.
But the advantage of a land in all things is, a king who is subject to the country.
10 O ka mea makemake i ke kala, aole pau kona ono i ke kala; a o ka mea makemake i na mea nui, aole ia e ana i ka nui o ka waiwai. He mea lapuwale keia.
He that loveth money will never be satisfied with money; nor he that loveth abundance, with any increase. Also this is vanity.
11 I ka mahuahua ana o na mea maikai, mahuahua no hoi ka poe e hoopau ana ia mau mea; a heaha ka pono i loaa mai i ka poe nana ia mau mea? O ka ike wale ana o ko lakou mau maka.
When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it [likewise] increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see [it] with his eyes?
12 Ua lea ka hiamoe o ka poe hana, ke ai unku lakou a ke ai nui hoi; aka, o ka maona nui o ka mea waiwai, he mea ia e lea ole ai kona hiamoe ana.
Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man, whether he eat little or much; but the overabundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 Eia kekahi mea pono ole a'u i ike ai malalo iho o ka la, o ka waiwai i malamaia i mea e poino ai ka poe nona ia.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely, ] riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt.
14 Aka, e pau auanei keia waiwai i ka hana pono ole; a ua hanau aku kana keiki, aka, aohe mea ma kona lima.
And these riches are lost through an unfortunate event; and he begetteth a son, and hath not the least in his hand:
15 E like me kona puka ana mai, mai ka opu mai o kona makuwahine, pela no ia e hoi hou aku ai me ke kapa ole, e like me kona puka ana mai; aole hiki ia ia ke lawe aku ma kona lima i kekahi mea ana i hana'i.
As he came forth out of his mother's womb, naked will he return to go as he came; and not the least will he carry off for his toil, which he might take away with him.
16 Eia ka mea pono ole; e like loa me kona puka ana mai, pela no kona hele ana aku. Heaha kona pono i kana hana ana no ka makani?
And also this is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so must he go: and what profit hath he that hath toiled for the wind?
17 A o kona mau la a pau, ua ai oia iloko o ka pouli, a i kona wa mai, ua kaumaha oia no ka huhu.
All his days also had he to eat in darkness, and hath had much vexation and wrath with his sickness.
18 Aia hoi, ka mea a'u i ike ai, he mea maikai keia, a he nani hoi, e ai kekahi, a e inu hoi, a e olioli i ka hana a pau ana i hana'i malalo iho o ka la, i na la a pau loa o kona ola ana a ke Akua i haawi mai ai nana; no ka mea, oia kona haawina.
Behold, what I have truly seen as a good thing, that it is fitting to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all one's toil that he taketh under the sun the number of the days of his life, which God hath given him; for this is his portion.
19 A o kela kanaka, keia kanaka, ka mea a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i ka waiwai a me ka lako, a ua ae mai hoi oia i kana ai ana, a me kona lawe ana i kona haawina, a i kona olioli ana i ka hana ana i hana'i. Oia ka mea a ke Akua i haawi mai ai.
Also every man to whom God hath given riches and property, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his toil— this is the gift of God.
20 Aole ia e hoomanao nui i na la o kona ola ana; no ka mea, ua ae mai ke Akua i ka olioli o kona naau.
Let him then remember, that the days of his life are not many, that God hath answered him with the joy of his heart.
