Solomona 26
1 E LIKE me ka hau i ke kau, E like me ka ua i ka wa e ohi ai, Pela i ku ole ai ka hanohano i ka mea lapuwale.
In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.
2 E like me ka zepora e auwana ana, E like me ka derora e lele ana, Pela ka poino, aole ia e hiki wale mai.
Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.
3 I mea hahau no ka lio, i kaulawaha no ka hoki, I laau hahau hoi no ke kua o na mea lapuwale.
A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.
4 Mai olelo aku i ka mea lapuwale e like me kona naaupo ana, O like oe me ia.
Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.
5 E olelo no i ka mea lapuwale e like me kona naaupo ana, O naauao oia i kona maka iho.
Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
6 O ka mea oki ne i na wawae a loaa ia ia ka poino, Oia ka i kauoha aku i na manao ma ka lima o ka mea lapuwale.
Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.
7 E lawe aku i na wawae o ka mea oopa, A me ka olelonane mailoko ae o ka waha o ka poe lapuwale.
In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.
8 E like me ka nakii ana i ka iliili ma ka maa a paa, Pela ka haawi ana i ka hanohano no ka mea lapuwale.
Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.
9 O ka mea oioi e o ana i ka lima o ka mea ona, Oia ka olelonane ma ka waha o ka poe lapuwale.
In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish.
10 O ka mea nui nana i hana na mea a pau, Oia ka mea nana e hoopai i ka mea lapuwale a e hoopai hoi i ka poe lawehala.
Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.
11 E like me ka ilio i hoi hou aku i kona luai, Pela ka mea naaupo e hoi hou ana i kona lapuwale.
Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.
12 Ua ike anei oe i ke kanaka naauao i kona manao iho? He lana ka manao no ka mea naaupo aole nona.
Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.
13 I ae la ka mea palaualelo, He liona ma ke ala, He liona iwaena o ke kuamoo.
The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.”
14 O ka luli ana o ke pani ma kona ami, Oia ka mea palaualelo ma kona moena.
Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed.
15 Hookomo ka mea palaualelo i kona lima iloko o ke pa, A he mea kaumaha ia ia ke hapai hou ae ia i kona waha.
The lazy one conceals his hand under his arms, and it is a labor for him to move it to his mouth.
16 He naauao loa ka mea pulaualelo i kona manao iho, Mamua o na kanaka ehiku e hoike ana i ka oiaio.
The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.
17 O ka mea lalau i ka ilio ma na pepeiao, Oia ka mea e maalo ana, a lawe pu i ka hakaka pili ole ia ia.
Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another.
18 E like me ka mea e hooleilei ana i na ihe wela, a me na pua a me ka make;
Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death,
19 Pela ke kanaka e hoopunipuni ana i kona hoanoho, I ae la hoi, Aole anei he paani ko'u?
so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, “I did it jokingly.”
20 I ole ka wahie, e pio no ke ahi, I ole ka mea holoholo olelo, pau ka hakaka.
When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.
21 O ka nanahu i na nanahu wela, a me ka wahie i ke ahi, Oia ke kanaka huhu e hookonokono ana i ka hakaka.
Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels.
22 O na olelo a ka mea holoholo olelo, Ua like no ia me na olelo paani, Komo ilalo nae ia a iloko lilo o ka opu.
The words of a whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self.
23 O ke kala maemae ole i hoopiliia me kahi pohue, Oia na lehelehe e alohaloha ana me ka naau ino.
In the same manner as an earthen vessel, if it were adorned with impure silver, conceited lips are allied with a wicked heart.
24 O ka mea inaina, huna oia ma kona mau lehelehe, A iloko ona iho i waiho ai oia i ka hoopunipuni.
An enemy is known by his lips, though it is from his heart that he draws out deceit.
25 Ina i oluolu kana olelo, mai manaoio aku ia ia; No ka mea, ehiku mau mea ino iloko o kona naau.
When he will have lowered his voice, do not believe him, for there are seven vices in his heart.
26 O ka mea i hunaia kona inaina i ka hoopunipuni, E hoikeia kona hewa imua o ke anaina kanaka.
Whoever covers hatred with deceit, his malice shall be revealed in the assembly.
27 O ka mea eli i ka lua, oia ke haule ilaila; O ka mea olokaa i ka pohaku, e hoi hou mai ia maluna ona.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.
28 O ke elelo wahahee, oia ke inaina aku i ka mea poino malaila; O ka waha malimali, oia ke hana i ka mea e make ai.
A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.
