Solomona 5
1 E KUU keiki, e hoolohe mai i ko'u naauao, E haliu mai hoi kou pepeiao i ko'u iko:
My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:
2 I malama oe i ke aoia mai, E hoopaa hoi kou mau lehelehe i ka ike.
That thou mayest preserve discretion, —and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.
3 No ka mea, o na lehelehe o ka wahine hookamakama he meli ia e kulu ana, A ua oi aku ka pahee o kona waha i ko ka aila.
For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
4 Aka, na awahia kona hope, e like me ka laau awaawa, Oioi hoi o like me ka pahikaua oi lua.
But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!
Her feet, are going down to death, —on hades, will her steps take firm hold. (Sheol h7585)
6 I ole oe e noonoo i ke ala o ko ola, He loli wale kona noho ana i ole oe e ike aku.
Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not [whither].
7 Ano la, e na keiki, hoolohe mai ia'u, Mai haliu ae mai ka olelo aku a kuu waha.
Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.
8 E hooneenee loa aku i kou hele ana mai ona aku, Mai hookokoke aku oe i ka puka o kona hale:
Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
9 O haawi oe i kou nani i na mea e, A me kon mau makahiki hoi i ka mea aloha ole:
Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
10 O lako hoi na mea e i kou mau mea maikai; A me na hale o ka malihini i kau waiwai;
Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
11 A uwe oe i kou hope, I ka pau ana o kou io a me kou kino;
So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;
12 A e olelo hoi, Auwe ko'u inaina aku i ka ike, A me ka hoowahawaha ana o ko'u naau i ke aoia mai!
And thou shalt say—How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;
13 Aole au i hoolohe i ka leo o ka'u mau kumu, Aole hoi i haliu aku ko'u pepeiao i ka poe i ao mai ia'u!
Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear:
14 Mai noho au ma na hewa a pau loa, Mawaena o ke anaina a me ka ahakanaka.
Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.
15 E ia u oe i ka wai noloko ae o kou punawai, A i na waikahe hoi noloko ae o kou kahawai.
Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
16 E hu aku iwaho kou mau lokowai, A kahe na auwai ma na alanui.
Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters:
17 Nau wale iho no lakou, Aole na ka poe malihini pu me oe.
Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee.
18 E hoomaikaiia kou punawai; A e olioli oe me ka wahine o kou wa ui.
Let thy well-spring be blessed, —and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: —
19 He dia aloha ia a me ka ibeka oluolu; E maona oe i na la a pau i kona waiu, E ana mau oe i kona aloha.
A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.
20 No ke aha la e ona oe, e kuu keiki, i ka wahine e, A e apo oe i ka wahine a hai ma kou umauma?
Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?
21 No ka mea, e kau pono ana na maka o Iehova i ka aoao o ke kanaka, E ike ana no hoi i kona mau aoao a pau,
For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, —and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
22 E puni ka mea hewa i kona hala iho, E heiia hoi oia i ka hei o kona hewa iho.
His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
23 E make oia me ke ao ole ia mai; A e hele hewa oia i ka nui o kona naaupo ana.
He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.
