Lea Fakatātā 20
1 Ko e meʻa manuki ʻae kava, pea ko e meʻa fakatupu lili ʻae kava mālohi: pea ko ia kuo kākaaʻi ʻaki ia ʻoku taʻepoto.
Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.
2 Ko e tuputāmaki ʻoe tuʻi ʻoku hangē ko e ngungulu ʻae laione; pea ko ia ʻoku ne fakatupu ʻene houhau ʻoku fai angahala ia ki hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
3 Ko e meʻa ongoongolelei ʻi ha tangata ke ne tuku ʻae kē: ka ʻoku fie kau ai ʻae vale kotoa pē.
It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
4 ʻOku ʻikai ke keli ʻae fakapikopiko koeʻuhi ko e momoko; ko ia te ne faʻa kole ai ʻi he ututaʻu, ka ʻe ʻikai maʻu ha meʻa.
Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
5 ʻOku hangē ko e vai loloto ʻae poto ʻi he loto ʻoe tangata; ka ʻe fusi hake ia ʻe he tangata faʻa fakakaukau.
Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
6 ʻOku tokolahi ʻae kakai ʻoku taki taha viki ʻi heʻene lelei ʻaʻana: ka ko hai ʻoku ne faʻa ʻilo ki ha tangata angatonu.
Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
7 ʻOku ʻeveʻeva ʻae tangata angatonu ʻi heʻene māʻoniʻoni: ʻoku monūʻia ʻa ʻene fānau kimui ʻiate ia.
The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
8 Ko e tuʻi ʻoku nofo ʻi he nofoʻa ʻoe fakamaau, ʻoku ne fakahēʻi ʻae kovi ʻaki hono fofonga.
The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
9 Ko hai ʻoku ne faʻa lea ʻo pehē, “Kuo u fakamaʻa hoku loto, ʻoku ou maʻa au mei heʻeku angahala?”
Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
10 Ko e faikehekehe ʻi he fakamamafa meʻa, mo e faikehekehe ʻi he fuofua meʻa, ʻoku fakatou fakalielia tatau kia Sihova.
Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
11 Naʻa mo e tamasiʻi, ʻoku ʻilo ia ʻi heʻene faianga; pe ʻoku maʻa ʻene ngāue, pe ʻoku totonu ia.
By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
12 Kuo fakatou ngaohi ʻe Sihova ʻae telinga ke fanongo mo e mata ke sio ʻaki.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
13 ʻOua naʻa ke manako ki he mohe, telia naʻa ke hoko ʻo masiva ai: ke ʻā pe ho mata, pea ʻe fakamākona koe ʻaki ʻae mā.
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
14 ʻOku pehē ʻe ia ʻoku fakatau, “Ko e meʻa noa pe ʻena, ko e meʻa noa pe ʻena,” ka ʻoka ʻalu ia ʻi hono hala, ʻoku ne toki polepole.
It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
15 ʻOku ai ʻae koula, pea taʻefaʻalaua ʻae ngaahi maka koloa; ka ko e teunga mahuʻinga ʻae loungutu ʻoe poto.
There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
16 Ke toʻo pe ʻae kofu ʻoʻona ʻoku tongia ha taha ʻoku taʻeʻiloʻi: pea ke maʻu mei ai ʻae tuku paʻanga ko e langomekina ʻoe fefine muli.
Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
17 Ko e mā ʻoku maʻu ʻi he kākā ʻoku ifoifo lelei ki he tangata: ka ʻe toki fakafonu kimui ʻa hono ngutu ʻaki ʻae pata.
The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 ʻOku tuʻumaʻu ʻae tuʻutuʻuni kotoa pē ʻi he fakakaukau: pea ka hoko ʻae tau, ke tomuʻa fakakaukau lelei ki ai.
Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
19 Ko ia ʻoku ʻalu fano ko e faʻa fafana ʻoku fakahā ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi tala fufū: ko ia ʻoua naʻa ke kau kiate ia ʻoku faʻa lapu ʻaki hono loungutu.
Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
20 Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku kape ki heʻene tamai pe ki heʻene faʻē, ʻe tāmateʻi ke mate ʻa hono maama ʻi he fakapoʻuli ʻoe ʻuliʻuli.
He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
21 ʻE faʻa maʻu fakavave ha tofiʻa ʻi he kamataʻanga: ka e ʻikai fakamonūʻia ia ʻi hono ikuʻanga.
The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
22 ʻOua naʻa ke pehē ʻe koe, “Te u totongi ʻeau ki he kovi;” ka ke tatali pe kia Sihova, pea te ne fakamoʻui koe.
Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.
23 Ko e faikehekehe ʻi he fakamamafa meʻa, koe fakalielia ia kia Sihova: pea ko e meʻa fakamamafa kākā ʻoku ʻikai lelei ia.
Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
24 ʻOku pule pe ʻa Sihova ki he tangata ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga: pea ko ia, ʻe faʻa ʻiloʻi fēfē ʻe he tangata ʻa hono hala ʻoʻona?
The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
25 Ko e kai ʻoe meʻa ʻoku tapu ko e tauhele ia ki he tangata kuo ne fai ia: pea ʻoku pehē foki ʻae fai ʻoe fuakava, kae toki fehuʻi kimui ki hono ʻuhinga.
It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
26 ʻOku fakamovetevete ʻae angahala ʻe he tuʻi ʻoku poto; ʻo ne taʻomi ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae meʻa teka.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
27 Ko e laumālie ʻoe tangata ko e maama ia meia Sihova, ʻoku fakamaama ʻae potu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi loto ʻiate ia.
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
28 ʻOku fakamoʻui ʻae tuʻi ʻe he ʻaloʻofa mo e moʻoni: pea ʻoku fokotuʻumaʻu hono nofoʻa ʻi he ʻaloʻofa.
Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
29 Ko e toulekeleka ʻoe kau talavou ʻa honau mālohi: pea ko e meʻa matamatalelei ʻi he kau mātuʻa ko honau ʻuluhinā.
The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
30 Ko e lavea ʻoku toka ʻuli ko e faitoʻo ia ki he kovi: ʻoku pehē foki hono ʻaonga ʻoe tautea ki he ngaahi potu ʻi loto.
The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.
