Lea Fakatātā 7
1 ʻE hoku foha, ke ke maʻu ʻeku ngaahi lea, pea ke tānaki kiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau.
My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
2 Fai ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau pea moʻui ai! Pea tokangaʻi ʻa ʻeku fono ʻo hangē ko ho kanoʻi mata.
Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.
3 Nonoʻo ia ki ho louhiʻi nima, tohi ia ki he kakano ʻo ho loto.
Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
4 Ke ke lea ʻo pehē ki he poto, “Ko hoku tokoua koe;” pea ke ui ʻae ʻilo ko ho kāinga fefine:
Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
5 Koeʻuhi ke na fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, mei he muli ʻoku fakaoloolo ʻaki ʻene ngaahi lea.
That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.
6 He naʻaku sio atu mei he matapā ʻa hoku fale mei he matapā sioʻata.
As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my windowe,
7 Pea naʻaku vakai ki he kakai vale, pea ne u ʻiloʻi ʻi he kau talavou ʻae tangata talavou ʻoku masiva ʻi he poto,
And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,
8 Naʻe ʻalu atu ʻi he hala ʻo ofi ki hono ʻapi; ʻo ne ʻalu ʻi he hala ki hono fale,
Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,
9 ʻI he efiafi poʻuli, ʻi he pō ʻuliʻuli mo fakapoʻuli:
In the twilight in the euening, when the night began to be blacke and darke.
10 Pea vakai, naʻe fakafetaulaki mai kiate ia ʻae fefine ʻoku kofu ʻi he kofu ʻoe faʻa feʻauaki, ʻo loto kākā.
And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.
11 (ʻOku faʻa longoaʻa ia mo angamālohi, ʻoku ʻikai nofo hono vaʻe ʻi hono fale:
(She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.
12 Ko eni ʻoku ʻituʻa, ko ʻena ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi hala, ʻoku ne nofo toitoi ʻi he tuliki kotoa pē.)
Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)
13 Pea naʻa ne puke ia, pea ʻuma ki ai, pea ʻi he mata fiematamuʻa naʻa ne pehē kiate ia,
So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said vnto him,
14 “ʻOku ou maʻu ʻae ngaahi foaki fakalelei; pea kuo u fakamoʻoni ki heʻeku ngaahi fuakava ʻi he ʻaho ni.
I haue peace offerings: this day haue I payed my vowes.
15 Ko ia kuo u haʻu ai ke ta feʻilongaki mo koe, ke kumi ʻi he feinga ki ho mata, pea ko eni kuo u maʻu koe.
Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.
16 Kuo u teuteu hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae ngaahi puipui matamatalelei, mo e tongi fakasanisani, mo e tupenu lelei mei ʻIsipite.
I haue deckt my bed with ornaments, carpets and laces of Egypt.
17 Kuo u fakanamu kakala ʻa hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae mula, mo e ʻalosi, pea mo e sinamoni.
I haue perfumed my bedde with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.
18 Haʻu, ke ta fakafonu ʻakitaua ʻi he ʻofa ʻo aʻu ki he ʻapongipongi: ke ta fakafiemālie ʻakitaua ʻi heʻeta fai ʻofa.
Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance.
19 He ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ʻapi ʻae tangataʻeiki, kuo ʻalu ia ʻo fononga mamaʻo:”
For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off.
20 Kuo ne ʻave mo ia ʻae kato paʻanga, pea ʻe ʻikai haʻu ia kaeʻoua ke hokosia hono ʻaho kuo ne lea ki ai.
He hath taken with him a bagge of siluer, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 Naʻa ne fakavaivaiʻi ia ʻaki ʻa ʻene ngaahi lea matamatalelei, ʻo ne maʻu ia ʻi he fakaoloolo ʻa hono ngutu.
Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.
22 Ko ia naʻa ne ʻalu muimui leva ʻiate ia, ʻo hangē ko e pulu ke tāmateʻi, pea hangē ko e vale ki he tautea ʻoe ʻakau fakamaau vaʻe;
And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,
23 Kaeʻoua ke ʻasi ʻae ngahau ki hono ʻate; ʻio, ʻo hangē ko e manu ʻoku ʻoho vave ki he tauhele, ʻo ʻikai ke ne ʻilo ko e meʻa ke ʻosi ai ʻene moʻui.
Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
24 ʻE fānau, ke mou fanongo eni kiate au, pea mou tokanga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.
25 ʻOua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu atu ho loto ki hono hala, ʻoua naʻa mou hē ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.
26 He kuo lī hifo ʻe ia ʻae toko lahi kuo lavea; ʻio, kuo tāmateʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau tangata mālohi toko lahi.
For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her.
