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.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
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.
Be not rash with thy month, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon 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 with a multitude of business; and a fool’s voice 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 vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
5 Ua oi aku kou maikai ke hoohiki ole, mamua o kou maikai ke hoohiki oe, aole hoi e hooko aku.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest 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 flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine 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 [thus it cometh to pass] through the multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but 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 seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there be higher than they.
9 O ka hua o ka honua, na na mea ia a pau; a o ke alii pu kekahi i hanaiia e ka aina.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
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 silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also 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 goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, saving the beholding [of them] 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.
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness 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 grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his 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 those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing 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 of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
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 this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboureth 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 he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed and hath sickness and wrath.
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, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all 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.
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; 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.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
