Proverbs 4
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence.
1E HOOLOHE mai, e na keiki, i ke ao ana a ka makua, E haliu mai hoi e ike i ka naauao.
2I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.
2No ka mea, he ike pono ka'u e haawi aku nei ia oukou, Mai haalele oukou i ko'u kanawai.
3For I also was my father’s son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:
3No ka mea, he keiki no wau a ko'u makua, He malamia, a he hanaukahi imua o ko'u makuwahine.
4And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
4Ao mai la oia, i mai la ia'u, E hoopaa kou naau i ka'u olelo; E malama hoi i ka'u mau kauoha i ola oe.
5Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.
5E imi i ka naauao, e imi hoi i ka ike a loaa; Mai hoopoina, mai waiho wale i na olelo a ko'u waha.
6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.
6Mai haalele oe ia mea, a nana oe e malama mai; E aloha oe ia ia, a nana oe e kiai mai.
7The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.
7O ka naauao ka mea nui, e imi i ka naauao a loaa: Me na mea a pau au e imi ai, E imi pu i ka ike a loaa.
8Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.
8E hoonani oe ia ia, nana oe e hookiekie ae; E hoohanohano ia oe i kou wa e hoopaa aku ai ia ia
9She shall give to thy head increase of graces, and protect thee with a noble crown.
9E haawi mai ia i lei aloha no kou poe; He lei hanohano hoi kana e haawi mai ai ia oe.
10Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee.
10E hoolohe mai, e kuu keiki, e hoopaa i ka'u olelo; A e nui ae hoi ia oe na makahiki o kou ola ana.
11I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity:
11E ao aku au ia oe ma ka aoao naauao, E kuhikuhi hoi au ia oe ma ko ala pololei.
12Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock.
12I kou hele ana, aole e hihia kou kapuwai; A ina o holo oe aole o hina.
13Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.
13E hoopaa oe i ke aoia mai, mai hookuu oe; E malama oe ia ia, no ka mea, he ola ia nou.
14Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.
14Ma ke alanui o ka poe hewa, mai hele oe, Mai hele hoi ma ka aoao o ka poe hewa.
15Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
15E haalele ia wahi, mai maalo ilaila, E huli ae mai ia wahi mai, a e hele aku.
16For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.
16No ka mea, aole o lakou hiamoe, ke hana hewa ole aku; Ua lele hoi ka hiamoe, ke hoohina ole ia kekahi e lakou.
17They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.
17No ka mea, ai lakou i ka berena no ka hewa, Inu hoi lakou i ka waina no ke kaili wale,
18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.
18Aka, o ke ala o ka poe pono, ua like ia me ka malamalama e aa ana, E mahuahua mau ana i ke awakea loa.
19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.
19O ka aoao o ka poe hewa, ua like ia me ka pouli: Aole i ike i ko lakou mea e hina ai.
20My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.
20E kuu keiki e, e haliu mai ka'u olelo, I ka'u olelo hoi o huli mai ai i ka pepeiao.
21Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:
21Mai noho a nalowale ia mai kou mau maka aku; E malama oe ia iloko o kou naau.
22For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.
22No ka mea, he ola ia no na mea i loaa'i ia, He laau hoola hoi no ke kino a pau.
23With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.
23E kiai oe i kou naau me ka malama loa; No ka mea, noloko olaila ka waipuna o ke ola.
24Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.
24E waiho aku oe i ku waha wahahee wale, E haalele loa hoi i na lehelehe hoopunipuni.
25Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.
25I nana pono ae kou mau maka, I pololei hoi kou mau lihilihi mamua ou.
26Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.
26E hoopololei ae i ke ala no kou mau kapuwai, A e pololei hoi kou hele ana a pau.
27Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.
27Mai huli ae oe i ka lima akau aole hoi i ka lima hema; E huli nae kou wawae mai ka hewa aku.
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