Lea Fakatātā 2
1 ʻE hoku foha, kapau te ke maʻu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea, mo fakafufū ʻiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau;
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
2 Koeʻuhi ke fakatokangaʻi ho telinga ki he poto, pea ke tokanga ai ho loto ki he faʻa fakakaukau;
So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;
3 ʻIo, kapau te ke tangi ki he ʻilo, pea ke hiki hake ho leʻo ke maʻu ʻae fakakaukau:
Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
4 Kapau te ke kumi ki ai ʻo hangē ko e siliva, pea hakule ki ai ʻo hangē ko e koloa kuo fufū;
If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
5 Te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae manavahē kia Sihova, pea maʻu ʻae ʻiloʻi ʻoe ʻOtua.
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6 He ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ʻae poto: ʻoku haʻu mei hono fofonga ʻae ʻilo mo e fakakaukau.
For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
7 ʻOku tokonaki ʻe ia ʻae poto ʻaonga maʻa e kakai māʻoniʻoni: ko e fakaū ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻi he angatonu.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
8 ʻOku ne tauhi ʻae hala ʻoe fakamaau; pea ʻoku ne maluʻi ʻae hala ʻo ʻene kakai māʻoniʻoni.
That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.
9 Pea te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e fakamaau, mo e fai totonu; ʻio, ʻae hala lelei kotoa pē.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.
10 ʻOka hū ʻae poto ki ho loto, pea mālie ʻae ʻilo ki ho laumālie;
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
11 ʻE fakamoʻui koe ʻe he faʻa fakakaukau, pea ʻe tauhi koe ʻe he poto:
Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
12 Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he hala ʻoe tangata kovi, mei he tangata ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa kovi;
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
13 ʻAia ʻoku liʻaki ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, kae ʻalu ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoe fakapoʻuli;
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 ʻAia ʻoku fiefia ke fai kovi, pea ʻoku fiemālie ʻi he talangataʻa ʻae angahala;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
15 Pea ʻoku pikopiko hono ngaahi hala, pea kovi ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga:
Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;
16 Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, ʻio, mei he muli ʻoku lea fakaoloolo;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
17 ʻAia kuo ne liʻaki ʻae fakahinohino ʻi heʻene kei siʻi, pea kuo ne fakangalongaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa hono ʻOtua.
That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 He ʻoku tahifohifo hono fale ki he mate, pea mo hono ʻalunga ki he kakai mate.
For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
19 ʻOku ʻikai toe foki mai ha taha ʻoku ʻalu atu kiate ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke puke ʻekinautolu ki he ngaahi hala ʻoe moʻui.
None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
20 Koeʻuhi ke ke ʻeveʻeva koe ʻi he hala ʻae kakai angalelei, pea ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaluʻanga ʻoe māʻoniʻoni.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 Koeʻuhi ʻe nofo ʻae angatonu ʻi he fonua, pea ʻe nofomaʻu ʻi ai ʻae haohaoa.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
22 Ka ʻe motuhi atu ʻae angahala mei he māmani, pea ʻe taʻaki fuʻu hake mei ai ʻae fai kovi.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.
