Solomona 2
1 E KUU keiki, ina e lawe oe i ka'u mau olelo, A e waiho pu me oe i ko'u kanawai;
My son, if thou will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee,
2 E haliu mai kou pepeiao i ka naauao, A e huli kou naau i ka ike;
so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,
3 Ina paha e hea aku oe i ka ike, A e o aku kou leo i ka naauao;
yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding,
4 Ina e imi aku oe ia ia me he kala la, A e huli hoi ia ia me he waiwai huna la;
if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,
5 Alaila, e ike oe i ka makau ia Iehova, A e loaa ia oe ka ike i ke Akua.
then thou shall understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
6 No ka mea, na Iehova e haawi mai i ka naauao; Mai kona waha mai ka ike a me ka noiau.
For Jehovah gives wisdom. Out of his mouth is knowledge and understanding.
7 Hoano e oia i ke ola no ka poe pono; He paku ia no ka poe hele pololei;
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright, a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 E malama i na ala o ka mea hoopono, E kiai hoi i ka aoao o kona poe haipule.
that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his sanctified.
9 Alaila, e ike oe i ka pono a me ka hoopono, A me ka pololei a me na aoao maikai a pau.
Then thou shall understand righteousness and justice and equity, yea, every good path.
10 No ka mea, e komo ka naauao iloko o kou naau, E ono hoi ka ike i kou uhane.
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul,
11 Na ke akamai oe e malama aku, O ka noiau hoi ke kiai ia oe,
discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee,
12 E hoopakele ia oe mai ka aoao hewa aku, Mai ke kanaka hoi i wahahee ka olelo:
to deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13 Haalele lakou i ka aoao pololei, I hele ai hoi ma na ala o ka pouli.
who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 Olioli lakou ke hana hewa, Hauoli hoi lakou i ka ino o ka mea aia.
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 O lakou ke hookekee i ko lakou hele ana, Kekee wale hoi ma ko lakou aoao:
who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16 I hoopakeleia oe i ka wahine e, I ka wahine malihini i hoomalimali ka olelo.
to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,
17 Oia ka i haalele i ke alakai o kona wa opiopio, A hoopoina hoi i ka berita o kona Akua.
who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God
18 No ka mea, e hina ana kona hale ilalo i ka make, A o kona mau ala hoi ma kahi o ka poe make.
(for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;
19 O ka poe a pau e komo aku io na la, aole e hoi hou mai, Aole hoi e hiki aku lakou i ke ala o ke ola.
none who go to her return again, nor do they attain to the paths of life),
20 I hele oe ma ke ala o ka poe pono, I malama hoi oe i ka aoao o ka poe pololei.
that thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 No ka mea, e noho paa ka poe maikai ma ka aina, A e mau no malaila ka poe pololei.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 Aka, e okiia ana ka poe hewa mailoko aku o ka aina, A e uhukiia hoi ka poe lawehala malaila aku.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
