Lea Fakatātā 7
1 ʻE hoku foha, ke ke maʻu ʻeku ngaahi lea, pea ke tānaki kiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau.
O son my keep words my and commandments my you will treasure with you.
2 Fai ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau pea moʻui ai! Pea tokangaʻi ʻa ʻeku fono ʻo hangē ko ho kanoʻi mata.
Keep commandments my and live and instruction my like [the] pupil of eyes your.
3 Nonoʻo ia ki ho louhiʻi nima, tohi ia ki he kakano ʻo ho loto.
Bind them on fingers your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
4 Ke ke lea ʻo pehē ki he poto, “Ko hoku tokoua koe;” pea ke ui ʻae ʻilo ko ho kāinga fefine:
Say to wisdom [are] sister my you and a relative to discernment you will call.
5 Koeʻuhi ke na fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, mei he muli ʻoku fakaoloolo ʻaki ʻene ngaahi lea.
To keep you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.
6 He naʻaku sio atu mei he matapā ʻa hoku fale mei he matapā sioʻata.
For at [the] window of house my through lattice my I looked down.
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 saw among the naive people I observed among the sons a youth lacking of heart.
8 Naʻe ʻalu atu ʻi he hala ʻo ofi ki hono ʻapi; ʻo ne ʻalu ʻi he hala ki hono fale,
[who] was passing by In the street beside corner her and [the] direction of house her he strode.
9 ʻI he efiafi poʻuli, ʻi he pō ʻuliʻuli mo fakapoʻuli:
At twilight in [the] evening of [the] day in [the] middle of [the] night and darkness.
10 Pea vakai, naʻe fakafetaulaki mai kiate ia ʻae fefine ʻoku kofu ʻi he kofu ʻoe faʻa feʻauaki, ʻo loto kākā.
And there! a woman to meet him [the] garment of a prostitute and guarded of heart.
11 (ʻOku faʻa longoaʻa ia mo angamālohi, ʻoku ʻikai nofo hono vaʻe ʻi hono fale:
[is] boisterous She and rebellious in house her not they stay feet her.
12 Ko eni ʻoku ʻituʻa, ko ʻena ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi hala, ʻoku ne nofo toitoi ʻi he tuliki kotoa pē.)
A time - in the street a time in the open places and beside every corner she lies in wait.
13 Pea naʻa ne puke ia, pea ʻuma ki ai, pea ʻi he mata fiematamuʻa naʻa ne pehē kiate ia,
And she takes hold on him and she kisses him she has made firm face her and she said to him.
14 “ʻOku ou maʻu ʻae ngaahi foaki fakalelei; pea kuo u fakamoʻoni ki heʻeku ngaahi fuakava ʻi he ʻaho ni.
Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] on me this day I have paid vows my.
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.
There-fore I have come out to meet you to seek face your and I have found you.
16 Kuo u teuteu hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae ngaahi puipui matamatalelei, mo e tongi fakasanisani, mo e tupenu lelei mei ʻIsipite.
Coverings I have spread couch my colored fabrics linen of Egypt.
17 Kuo u fakanamu kakala ʻa hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae mula, mo e ʻalosi, pea mo e sinamoni.
I have sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon.
18 Haʻu, ke ta fakafonu ʻakitaua ʻi he ʻofa ʻo aʻu ki he ʻapongipongi: ke ta fakafiemālie ʻakitaua ʻi heʻeta fai ʻofa.
Come! let us take our fill of love until the morning let us delight ourselves with love.
19 He ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ʻapi ʻae tangataʻeiki, kuo ʻalu ia ʻo fononga mamaʻo:”
For not the husband [is] in house his he has gone on a journey from a distance.
20 Kuo ne ʻave mo ia ʻae kato paʻanga, pea ʻe ʻikai haʻu ia kaeʻoua ke hokosia hono ʻaho kuo ne lea ki ai.
[the] bag of Money he has taken in hand his to [the] day of the full moon he will come house his.
21 Naʻa ne fakavaivaiʻi ia ʻaki ʻa ʻene ngaahi lea matamatalelei, ʻo ne maʻu ia ʻi he fakaoloolo ʻa hono ngutu.
She turns him with [the] greatness of persuasiveness her with [the] seductiveness of lips her she impels 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;
[he is] walking Behind her suddenly like an ox [which] to [the] slaughter it goes and like an anklet to [the] chastening of a fool.
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.
Until it will pierce an arrow liver his as hurries a bird into a trap and not he knows that [is] for life his it.
24 ʻE fānau, ke mou fanongo eni kiate au, pea mou tokanga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
And therefore O children listen to me and be attentive to [the] words of mouth my.
25 ʻOua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu atu ho loto ki hono hala, ʻoua naʻa mou hē ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
May not it turn aside to ways her heart your may not it go astray in pathways her.
26 He kuo lī hifo ʻe ia ʻae toko lahi kuo lavea; ʻio, kuo tāmateʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau tangata mālohi toko lahi.
For many slain [ones] she has made fall and [are] numerous all killed [men] her.
