Lea Fakatātā 2
1 ʻE hoku foha, kapau te ke maʻu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea, mo fakafufū ʻiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau;
son: child my if to take: recieve word my and commandment my to treasure with you
2 Koeʻuhi ke fakatokangaʻi ho telinga ki he poto, pea ke tokanga ai ho loto ki he faʻa fakakaukau;
to/for to listen to/for wisdom ear your to stretch heart your to/for understanding
3 ʻIo, kapau te ke tangi ki he ʻilo, pea ke hiki hake ho leʻo ke maʻu ʻae fakakaukau:
that if: except if: except to/for understanding to call: call out to/for understanding to give: cry out voice your
4 Kapau te ke kumi ki ai ʻo hangē ko e siliva, pea hakule ki ai ʻo hangē ko e koloa kuo fufū;
if to seek her like/as silver: money and like/as treasure to search her
5 Te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae manavahē kia Sihova, pea maʻu ʻae ʻiloʻi ʻoe ʻOtua.
then to understand fear LORD and knowledge God to find
6 He ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ʻae poto: ʻoku haʻu mei hono fofonga ʻae ʻilo mo e fakakaukau.
for LORD to give: give wisdom from lip his knowledge and understanding
7 ʻOku tokonaki ʻe ia ʻae poto ʻaonga maʻa e kakai māʻoniʻoni: ko e fakaū ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻi he angatonu.
(to treasure *Q(K)*) to/for upright wisdom shield to/for to go: walk integrity
8 ʻOku ne tauhi ʻae hala ʻoe fakamaau; pea ʻoku ne maluʻi ʻae hala ʻo ʻene kakai māʻoniʻoni.
to/for to watch way justice and way: journey (pious his *Q(K)*) to keep: guard
9 Pea te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e fakamaau, mo e fai totonu; ʻio, ʻae hala lelei kotoa pē.
then to understand righteousness and justice and uprightness all track good
10 ʻOka hū ʻae poto ki ho loto, pea mālie ʻae ʻilo ki ho laumālie;
for to come (in): come wisdom in/on/with heart your and knowledge to/for soul your be pleasant
11 ʻE fakamoʻui koe ʻe he faʻa fakakaukau, pea ʻe tauhi koe ʻe he poto:
plot to keep: guard upon you understanding to watch you
12 Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he hala ʻoe tangata kovi, mei he tangata ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa kovi;
to/for to rescue you from way: conduct bad: evil from man: anyone to speak: speak perversity
13 ʻAia ʻoku liʻaki ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, kae ʻalu ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoe fakapoʻuli;
[the] to leave: forsake way uprightness to/for to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct darkness
14 ʻAia ʻoku fiefia ke fai kovi, pea ʻoku fiemālie ʻi he talangataʻa ʻae angahala;
[the] glad to/for to make: do bad: evil to rejoice in/on/with perversity bad: evil
15 Pea ʻoku pikopiko hono ngaahi hala, pea kovi ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga:
which way their twisted and be devious in/on/with track their
16 Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, ʻio, mei he muli ʻoku lea fakaoloolo;
to/for to rescue you from woman be a stranger from foreign word her to smooth
17 ʻAia kuo ne liʻaki ʻae fakahinohino ʻi heʻene kei siʻi, pea kuo ne fakangalongaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa hono ʻOtua.
[the] to leave: forsake tame youth her and [obj] covenant God her to forget
18 He ʻoku tahifohifo hono fale ki he mate, pea mo hono ʻalunga ki he kakai mate.
for to sink to(wards) death house: home her and to(wards) shade track her
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.
all to come (in): come her not to return: return [emph?] and not to overtake way life
20 Koeʻuhi ke ke ʻeveʻeva koe ʻi he hala ʻae kakai angalelei, pea ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaluʻanga ʻoe māʻoniʻoni.
because to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct pleasant and way righteous to keep: obey
21 Koeʻuhi ʻe nofo ʻae angatonu ʻi he fonua, pea ʻe nofomaʻu ʻi ai ʻae haohaoa.
for upright (to dwell *L(bah)*) land: country/planet and unblemished: blameless to remain in/on/with her
22 Ka ʻe motuhi atu ʻae angahala mei he māmani, pea ʻe taʻaki fuʻu hake mei ai ʻae fai kovi.
and wicked from land: country/planet to cut: eliminate and to act treacherously to pull from her
