Lea Fakatātā 22
1 ʻOku lelei hake ʻae fili ki he hingoa ʻoku ongolelei ʻi he fili ki he koloa lahi, pea lelei hake ke ʻofeina ʻi he maʻu ʻae siliva mo e koula.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2 ʻOku nofo fakataha ʻae koloaʻia mo e masiva: ko Sihova, naʻa ne ngaohi ʻakinautolu kotoa pē.
The rich and the poor meet together. Jehovah is the maker of them all.
3 ʻOku sio mamaʻo atu ʻae tangata fakapotopoto ki he kovi, ʻo ne fufū ia mei ai: ka ʻoku mole atu pe ʻae vale, pea tautea ia.
A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
4 Ko e totongi ʻoe angavaivai mo e manavahē kia Sihova ko e koloa, mo e ongoongolelei, mo e moʻui.
The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches and honor and life.
5 ʻOku ʻi he hala ʻoe talangataʻa ʻae ʻakau talatala mo e ngaahi tauhele: ko ia ʻoku fai ke tauhi hono laumālie te ne hiki mamaʻo mei ai.
Thorns and snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
6 Akonakiʻi ʻae tamasiʻi ʻi he hala ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻalu ai: pea ka hoko ia ʻo motuʻa, ʻe ʻikai te ne foki mei ai.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 ʻOku pule ʻae koloaʻia ki he masiva, pea ko ia ʻoku nō ʻoku tamaioʻeiki kiate ia ʻoku foaki mai.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
8 Ko ia ʻoku tūtuuʻi ʻae kovi ʻe utu ʻe ia ʻae mamahi: pea ʻe ʻauha ia ʻi he meʻa tā ʻi heʻene ʻita.
He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
9 ʻE monūʻia ia ʻoku mataʻofa; he ʻoku foaki ʻe ia a ʻene mā ki he masiva.
He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
10 Ke lī kituʻa ʻaia ʻoku manuki, pea ʻe ʻalu kituʻa ʻae fakakikihi foki: ʻio, ʻe ngata ʻae feʻiteʻitani mo e lauʻikovi.
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.
11 Ko ia ʻoku ʻofa ki he loto maʻa, ʻe kāinga ʻaki ia ʻe he tuʻi koeʻuhi ko e māʻoniʻoni ʻo hono loungutu.
He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips, the king will be his friend.
12 ʻOku tauhi ʻae poto ʻe he fofonga ʻo Sihova, pea ʻoku ne fulihi ʻae ngāue ʻae angahala.
The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
13 ʻOku pehē ʻe he tangata fakapikopiko, “ʻOku ai ʻae laione ʻituʻa, pea te u mate ʻi he ngaahi hala.”
The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
14 Ko e ngutu ʻoe kau fefine kovi ko e luo taumamaʻo: pea ʻe tō ki ai ʻaia ʻoku fehiʻa ki ai ʻa Sihova.
The mouth of interloping women is a deep pit. He who is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall in it.
15 ʻOku nonoʻo ʻae vale ʻi he loto ʻoe tamasiʻi; ka ko e vaʻa ʻakau ʻoe tauteʻi ʻe kapusi mamaʻo ai ia ʻiate ia.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 Ko ia ʻoku fakamālohiʻi ʻae masiva ke tupu ai ʻene koloa, pea mo ia ʻoku foaki ki he koloaʻia, ʻe hoko moʻoni kiate ia ʻae masiva.
He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, and he who gives to a rich man, comes only to want.
17 Fakaongo ho telinga, pea fanongo ki he lea ʻae poto, pea fakatokangaʻi ho loto ki heʻeku ʻilo.
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
18 He ko e meʻa lelei ʻo kapau te ke tauhi ia ʻiate koe; pea ʻe taau ke lea ʻaki ia ʻe ho loungutu.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
19 Koeʻuhi ke ʻia Sihova hoʻo falala, ʻaia kuo u fakahā kiate koe ʻi he ʻaho ni, ʻio, kiate koe pe.
That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
20 ʻIkai kuo u tohi kiate koe ʻae ngaahi meʻa lelei, ʻi he enginaki, pea mo e poto,
Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge,
21 koeʻuhi ke u fakahā ai kiate koe ʻae moʻoni ʻoe ngaahi lea moʻoni: koeʻuhi ke ke tali ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ʻoe moʻoni ʻakinautolu ʻoku fekau mai kiate koe?
to make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou may carry back words of truth to those who send thee?
22 ʻOua naʻa kaihaʻa mei he masiva koeʻuhi ko e masiva ia: pea ʻoua naʻa fakamālohiʻi ʻaia ʻoku mamahi ʻi he matapā:
Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
23 Koeʻuhi ʻe langomakiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova, pea te ne maumauʻi ʻae laumālie ʻonautolu ʻoku maumauʻi ʻakinautolu.
For Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.
24 ʻOua naʻa ke fakakāinga mo e tangata faʻa ʻita; pea ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa ke ʻalu mo ha tangata loto lili:
Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,
25 Telia naʻa ke ako ki hono ngaahi hala, pea tauheleʻi ai ho laumālie.
lest thou learn this ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26 Ke ʻoua naʻa ke kau koe mo kinautolu ʻoku fepukeaki nima, pe ko kinautolu ʻoku fakapapau ki he fai ʻo ha totongi.
Be thou not one of those who strike hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.
27 Kapau ʻoku ʻikai hao meʻa ke totongi aki, ko e hā ʻoku ʻave ai ho mohenga mei lalo ʻiate koe?
If thou have not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28 ʻOua naʻa hiki ʻae kauʻā motuʻa, ʻaia naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe hoʻo kau mātuʻa.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29 ʻOku ke mamata ki ha tangata ʻoku faʻa fai ki heʻene ngāue? ʻE tuʻu ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi; ʻe ʻikai nofo ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai meʻavale.
See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
