Lea Fakatātā 4
1 ʻAe fānau, mou fanongo ki he akonaki ʻae tamai, pea tokanga ke ʻilo ʻae poto.
Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
2 He ʻoku ou foaki ʻae akonaki lelei kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoua naʻa mou liʻaki ʻa ʻeku fono.
For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.
3 He ko e foha au ʻo ʻeku tamai, ko e pele mo e ʻofeina taha pe au ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻeku faʻē.
For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,
4 Naʻa ne akonakiʻi foki au, ʻo ne pehē mai, “Tuku ke maʻu ʻi ho loto ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea: tauhi ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau, ka ke moʻui.”
When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
5 Ke ke maʻu ʻae poto, pea maʻu mo e ʻilo: ʻoua naʻa ngalo ia; pea ʻoua naʻa ke fakaholomui mei he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.
6 ʻOua naʻa liʻaki ia, pea te ne fakamoʻui koe: ke ke ʻofa kiate ia, pea te ne tauhi kiate koe.
Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
7 Ko e poto ko e meʻa ʻoku fungani hake ia; ko ia ke ke maʻu ʻae poto: pea ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke maʻu, ke ke maʻu mo e ʻilo.
Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
8 Fakahikihikiʻi ia, pea te ne hakeakiʻi koe: pea ʻi hoʻo fāʻufua kiate ia, te ne fakaongoongolelei koe.
Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
9 ʻE ai ʻe ʻia ʻae teunga matamatalelei ki ho ʻulu: ko e tatā ʻoe nāunau te ne foaki kiate koe.”
She shall giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie.
10 ʻE hoku foha, fanongo, pea ke maʻu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi tala, pea ʻe hoko ai ʻo lahi ʻae ngaahi taʻu ʻo hoʻo moʻui.
Heare, my sonne, and receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.
11 Kuo u akonakiʻi koe ʻi he hala ʻoe poto; pea kuo u tataki koe ʻi he ngaahi ʻaluʻanga totonu.
I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse.
12 ʻOka ke ka ʻeveʻeva ʻe ʻikai ʻefihia ho vaʻe; pea ʻoka ke ka lele ʻe ʻikai te ke hinga.
Whe thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.
13 Puke ke maʻu ʻae akonaki; ʻoua naʻa tukuange ia: kuku maʻu ia; he ko hoʻo moʻui ia.
Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.
14 ʻOua naʻa ke ʻalu atu ki he hala ʻoe angahala, pea ʻoua naʻa ʻeveʻeva ʻi he ʻaluʻanga ʻoe kakai angakovi.
Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.
15 Fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai, ʻoua naʻa ke ofi ki ai, tafoki mei ai, pea ʻalu atu pe.
Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
16 He ʻoku ʻikai te nau mohe, ka ʻi heʻenau lavaʻi ʻae kovi; pea ʻi he ʻikai te nau fakahinga ha niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai ai te nau faʻa mohe.
For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.
17 He ʻoku nau kai ʻae mā ʻoe fai kovi, ʻonau inu ʻi he uaine ʻoe fakamālohi.
For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.
18 Ka ko e hala ʻoe angatonu ʻoku tatau ia mo e ulo ʻoe maama, ʻaia ʻoku ʻāsili pe ʻene ulo ʻo aʻu ki he haohaoa ʻoe ʻaho.
But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.
19 ʻOku tatau mo e poʻuli ʻae hala ʻoe angahala: ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻaia ʻoku nau tūkia ai.
The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.
20 ʻE hoku foha, tokanga ki heʻeku ngaahi lea; fakatokangaʻi ho telinga ki heʻeku ngaahi tala.
My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
21 Ke ʻoua naʻa mole atu ia mei ho mata; ke maʻu ia ʻi he kakano ʻo ho loto.
Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.
22 He ko e moʻui ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ia, pea ko e faitoʻo ki honau kakano.
For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.
23 Ke ke tauhi fakamātoato ki ho loto; he ʻoku tupu mei ai ʻae ikuʻanga ʻoe moʻui.
Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
24 Ke liʻaki ke mamaʻo ʻiate koe ʻae ngutu ʻoku kovi, mo e loungutu paongataʻa.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.
25 Ke sio totonu atu pe ho mata, pea ke hangatonu ki muʻa ho laumata ʻiate koe.
Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.
26 Fakakaukau ki he ʻalunga ʻo ho vaʻe, pea ʻe fakatonutonu ai ho ngaahi hala kotoa pē.
Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.
27 ʻOua naʻa afe ki he nima toʻomataʻu pe ki he toʻohema: ka ke fakatafoki ho vaʻe mei he kovi.
Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.
