Proverbiorum 7
1 Fili mi, custodi sermones meos, et præcepta mea reconde tibi. Fili,
ʻE hoku foha, ke ke maʻu ʻeku ngaahi lea, pea ke tānaki kiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau.
2 serva mandata mea, et vives; et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui:
Fai ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau pea moʻui ai! Pea tokangaʻi ʻa ʻeku fono ʻo hangē ko ho kanoʻi mata.
3 liga eam in digitis tuis, scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui.
Nonoʻo ia ki ho louhiʻi nima, tohi ia ki he kakano ʻo ho loto.
4 Dic sapientiæ: Soror mea es, et prudentiam voca amicam tuam:
Ke ke lea ʻo pehē ki he poto, “Ko hoku tokoua koe;” pea ke ui ʻae ʻilo ko ho kāinga fefine:
5 ut custodiant te a muliere extranea, et ab aliena quæ verba sua dulcia facit.
Koeʻuhi ke na fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, mei he muli ʻoku fakaoloolo ʻaki ʻene ngaahi lea.
6 De fenestra enim domus meæ per cancellos prospexi,
He naʻaku sio atu mei he matapā ʻa hoku fale mei he matapā sioʻata.
7 et video parvulos; considero vecordem juvenem,
Pea naʻaku vakai ki he kakai vale, pea ne u ʻiloʻi ʻi he kau talavou ʻae tangata talavou ʻoku masiva ʻi he poto,
8 qui transit per plateam juxta angulum et prope viam domus illius graditur:
Naʻe ʻalu atu ʻi he hala ʻo ofi ki hono ʻapi; ʻo ne ʻalu ʻi he hala ki hono fale,
9 in obscuro, advesperascente die, in noctis tenebris et caligine.
ʻI he efiafi poʻuli, ʻi he pō ʻuliʻuli mo fakapoʻuli:
10 Et ecce occurrit illi mulier ornatu meretricio, præparata ad capiendas animas: garrula et vaga,
Pea vakai, naʻe fakafetaulaki mai kiate ia ʻae fefine ʻoku kofu ʻi he kofu ʻoe faʻa feʻauaki, ʻo loto kākā.
11 quietis impatiens, nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis;
(ʻOku faʻa longoaʻa ia mo angamālohi, ʻoku ʻikai nofo hono vaʻe ʻi hono fale:
12 nunc foris, nunc in plateis, nunc juxta angulos insidians.
Ko eni ʻoku ʻituʻa, ko ʻena ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi hala, ʻoku ne nofo toitoi ʻi he tuliki kotoa pē.)
13 Apprehensumque deosculatur juvenem, et procaci vultu blanditur, dicens:
Pea naʻa ne puke ia, pea ʻuma ki ai, pea ʻi he mata fiematamuʻa naʻa ne pehē kiate ia,
14 Victimas pro salute vovi; hodie reddidi vota mea:
“ʻOku ou maʻu ʻae ngaahi foaki fakalelei; pea kuo u fakamoʻoni ki heʻeku ngaahi fuakava ʻi he ʻaho ni.
15 idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum, desiderans te videre, et reperi.
Ko ia kuo u haʻu ai ke ta feʻilongaki mo koe, ke kumi ʻi he feinga ki ho mata, pea ko eni kuo u maʻu koe.
16 Intexui funibus lectulum meum; stravi tapetibus pictis ex Ægypto:
Kuo u teuteu hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae ngaahi puipui matamatalelei, mo e tongi fakasanisani, mo e tupenu lelei mei ʻIsipite.
17 aspersi cubile meum myrrha, et aloë, et cinnamomo.
Kuo u fakanamu kakala ʻa hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae mula, mo e ʻalosi, pea mo e sinamoni.
18 Veni, inebriemur uberibus, et fruamur cupitis amplexibus donec illucescat dies.
Haʻu, ke ta fakafonu ʻakitaua ʻi he ʻofa ʻo aʻu ki he ʻapongipongi: ke ta fakafiemālie ʻakitaua ʻi heʻeta fai ʻofa.
19 Non est enim vir in domo sua: abiit via longissima:
He ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ʻapi ʻae tangataʻeiki, kuo ʻalu ia ʻo fononga mamaʻo:”
20 sacculum pecuniæ secum tulit; in die plenæ lunæ reversurus est in domum suam.
Kuo ne ʻave mo ia ʻae kato paʻanga, pea ʻe ʻikai haʻu ia kaeʻoua ke hokosia hono ʻaho kuo ne lea ki ai.
21 Irretivit eum multis sermonibus, et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum.
Naʻa ne fakavaivaiʻi ia ʻaki ʻa ʻene ngaahi lea matamatalelei, ʻo ne maʻu ia ʻi he fakaoloolo ʻa hono ngutu.
22 Statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam, et quasi agnus lasciviens, et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur:
Ko ia naʻa ne ʻalu muimui leva ʻiate ia, ʻo hangē ko e pulu ke tāmateʻi, pea hangē ko e vale ki he tautea ʻoe ʻakau fakamaau vaʻe;
23 donec transfigat sagitta jecur ejus, velut si avis festinet ad laqueum, et nescit quod de periculo animæ illius agitur.
Kaeʻoua ke ʻasi ʻae ngahau ki hono ʻate; ʻio, ʻo hangē ko e manu ʻoku ʻoho vave ki he tauhele, ʻo ʻikai ke ne ʻilo ko e meʻa ke ʻosi ai ʻene moʻui.
24 Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi me, et attende verbis oris mei.
ʻE fānau, ke mou fanongo eni kiate au, pea mou tokanga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
25 Ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua, neque decipiaris semitis ejus;
ʻOua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu atu ho loto ki hono hala, ʻoua naʻa mou hē ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
26 multos enim vulneratos dejecit, et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea.
He kuo lī hifo ʻe ia ʻae toko lahi kuo lavea; ʻio, kuo tāmateʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau tangata mālohi toko lahi.
