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 you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2 Koeʻuhi ke fakatokangaʻi ho telinga ki he poto, pea ke tokanga ai ho loto ki he faʻa fakakaukau;
so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 ʻIo, kapau te ke tangi ki he ʻilo, pea ke hiki hake ho leʻo ke maʻu ʻae fakakaukau:
yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 Kapau te ke kumi ki ai ʻo hangē ko e siliva, pea hakule ki ai ʻo hangē ko e koloa kuo fufū;
if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae manavahē kia Sihova, pea maʻu ʻae ʻiloʻi ʻoe ʻOtua.
then you will 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 gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes 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.
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who 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 saints.
9 Pea te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e fakamaau, mo e fai totonu; ʻio, ʻae hala lelei kotoa pē.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10 ʻOka hū ʻae poto ki ho loto, pea mālie ʻae ʻilo ki ho laumālie;
For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 ʻE fakamoʻui koe ʻe he faʻa fakakaukau, pea ʻe tauhi koe ʻe he poto:
Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12 Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he hala ʻoe tangata kovi, mei he tangata ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa kovi;
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13 ʻAia ʻoku liʻaki ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, kae ʻalu ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoe fakapoʻuli;
who forsake 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 perverseness of evil,
15 Pea ʻoku pikopiko hono ngaahi hala, pea kovi ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga:
who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16 Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, ʻio, mei he muli ʻoku lea fakaoloolo;
to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17 ʻAia kuo ne liʻaki ʻae fakahinohino ʻi heʻene kei siʻi, pea kuo ne fakangalongaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa hono ʻOtua.
who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets 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 leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
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 who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20 Koeʻuhi ke ke ʻeveʻeva koe ʻi he hala ʻae kakai angalelei, pea ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaluʻanga ʻoe māʻoniʻoni.
Therefore 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 will dwell in the land. The perfect will 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 will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
