Lea Fakatātā 5
1 ʻE hoku foha, tokanga ki heʻeku poto, pea ke fakaongo ho telinga ki heʻeku ʻilo:
My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, and incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.
2 Koeʻuhi ke ke tokangaʻi ʻae fakapotopoto, pea ke maʻu pe ʻi ho loungutu ʻae ʻilo.
That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
3 He ʻoku toʻi ʻae loungutu ʻoe fefine muli ʻo hangē ko e ngeʻesi ʻoe honi, pea ʻoku molemole lahi hake ʻi he lolo ʻa hono ngutu:
For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
4 Ka ʻoku tatau mo e kona ʻīʻī ʻa hono ikuʻanga, ʻo māsila ʻo hangē ha heletā fakatoumata.
But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.
Her feete goe downe to death, and her steps take holde on hell. (Sheol h7585)
6 Pea telia naʻa ke fakakaukau ki he hala ʻoe moʻui, ʻoku fakafihi ʻe ia hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, ke ʻoua naʻa ke ʻiloʻi ia.
She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.
7 Ko ia ʻae fānau, ke mou fanongo kiate au, pea ʻoua naʻa mou hē mei he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.
8 Ke fakamamaʻo ʻaupito ho hala meiate ia, pea ʻoua naʻa ke ofi ki he matapā ʻo hono fale:
Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,
9 Telia naʻa ke foaki ho ongolelei ki ha kakai kehe, pea moho ngaahi taʻu ki he kakai loto fakafasifasi:
Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:
10 Telia naʻa pito ʻae kau muli ʻi ho mālohi; pea ʻe ʻi he fale ʻoe muli hoʻo ngaahi ngāue;
Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,
11 Pea ke tangi mamahi ʻamui, ʻoka kai ʻo ʻosi ho kakano mo ho sino,
And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)
12 ʻo ke pehē ai, “ʻOiauē, naʻe lahi ʻeku fehiʻa ki he akonaki, pea naʻe manukiʻi ʻe hoku loto ʻae valoki;
And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
13 Pea naʻe ʻikai teu talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo hoku kau akonaki, pe fakatokangaʻi hoku telinga kiate kinautolu naʻa nau ako kiate au!
And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me!
14 Naʻaku meimei kau ʻi he kovi kotoa pē, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe haʻohaʻonga mo e fakatahaʻanga.”
I was almost brought into all euil in ye mids of the Congregation and assemblie.
15 Inu ʻae vai mei ho lepa pe ʻoʻou, mo e vaitafe mei he vai keli pe ʻoʻou.
Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.
16 Ke tafe atu ho ngaahi mangamangaʻi vai, mo e vaitafe ʻoe ngaahi vai ki he ngaahi hala.
Let thy fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes.
17 Ke tuku ia ko hoʻo meʻa ʻaʻau pe, pea ʻoua naʻa kau ai mo koe ha muli.
But let them bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers with thee.
18 Ke monūʻia ho matavai: pea ke fiefia koe ʻi ho uaifi [ʻaia naʻa ke maʻu ]ʻi hoʻo kei talavou.
Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
19 Ke tatau pe ia mo e hainite ʻofa mo e kāseli fakaʻofoʻofa; pea ke fiemālie maʻuaipē koe ʻi hono fatafata; pea ke fakafiefiaʻi koe ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi heʻene ʻofa.
Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.
20 ʻE hoku foha, ko e hā ka ke ka hē ai ʻi he fefine muli, pea fāʻufua ki he fatafata ʻoe muli?
For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?
21 He ʻoku tokaimaʻananga ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻae ngaahi hala ʻoe tangata, pea ʻoku vakai ʻe ia ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.
22 ʻE moʻua ʻae angahala ʻi heʻene ngaahi hia ʻaʻana, pea ʻe haʻisia ʻaki ia ʻae afo ʻo ʻene angahala.
His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
23 ʻE mate taʻeakonekina ia; pea ʻe hē ia ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻo ʻene vale.
Hee shall die for fault of instruction, and shall goe astray through his great follie.
