Kekahuna 5
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1E MALAMA oe i kou wawae i kou hele ana i ka hale o ke Akua, e hoolohe koke, aole hoi oe e haawi i ka mohai a ka poe naaupo, no ka mea, aole lakou i manao pono, ua hana hewa lakou.
1Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
2Mai olelo wawe kou waha, aole hoi e wikiwiki kou naau e hoopuka aku i kekahi mea imua o ke Akua; no ka mea, aia ke Akua ma ka lani, aka, eia no oe ma ka honua nei, no ia mea, e hoouuku i kau mau olelo.
2Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
3No ka mea, no ka nui o ka hana, e hiki mai ai ka moeuhane; a o ka leo o ka naaupo, ua ikeia no ka lehulehu o kana olelo ana.
3If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.
4Ina e olelo oe e hoohiki i ke Akua, mai hoohakalia oe i ka hooko aku, no ka mea, aole oluolu ke Akua, i ka poe naaupo; e hooko aku oe i kau mea e hoohiki ai.
4And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
5Ua oi aku kou maikai ke hoohiki ole, mamua o kou maikai ke hoohiki oe, aole hoi e hooko aku.
5Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.
6E malama oe i kou waha i ole e hoohihia'i kou kino; mai olelo oe imua o ke kahuna, He kuhi hewa ia. No ke aha la e huhu mai ai ke Akua i kou leo, a e hoohiolo i ka hana a kou mau lima?
6Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.
7No ka mea, ma ka lehulehu o na moenhane, a me na olelo he nui wale, aia na mea lapuwale. Aka hoi, e makau aku oe i ke Akua.
7If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:
8I kou ike ana i ka hooluhiia o ka poe ilihune, a me ka hookahuli ana i ka oiaio, a me ka pono ma ka aina, mai kahaha kou naau i keia, no ka mea, o ka mea kiekie o na mea kiekie a pau, oia ka mea i ike mai, a aia hoi na mea kiekie maluna o lakou.
8Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
9O ka hua o ka honua, na na mea ia a pau; a o ke alii pu kekahi i hanaiia e ka aina.
9A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.
10O ka mea makemake i ke kala, aole pau kona ono i ke kala; a o ka mea makemake i na mea nui, aole ia e ana i ka nui o ka waiwai. He mea lapuwale keia.
10Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?
11I ka mahuahua ana o na mea maikai, mahuahua no hoi ka poe e hoopau ana ia mau mea; a heaha ka pono i loaa mai i ka poe nana ia mau mea? O ka ike wale ana o ko lakou mau maka.
11Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
12Ua lea ka hiamoe o ka poe hana, ke ai unku lakou a ke ai nui hoi; aka, o ka maona nui o ka mea waiwai, he mea ia e lea ole ai kona hiamoe ana.
12There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
13Eia kekahi mea pono ole a'u i ike ai malalo iho o ka la, o ka waiwai i malamaia i mea e poino ai ka poe nona ia.
13For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
14Aka, e pau auanei keia waiwai i ka hana pono ole; a ua hanau aku kana keiki, aka, aohe mea ma kona lima.
14As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.
15E like me kona puka ana mai, mai ka opu mai o kona makuwahine, pela no ia e hoi hou aku ai me ke kapa ole, e like me kona puka ana mai; aole hiki ia ia ke lawe aku ma kona lima i kekahi mea ana i hana'i.
15A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?
16Eia ka mea pono ole; e like loa me kona puka ana mai, pela no kona hele ana aku. Heaha kona pono i kana hana ana no ka makani?
16All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.
17A o kona mau la a pau, ua ai oia iloko o ka pouli, a i kona wa mai, ua kaumaha oia no ka huhu.
17This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion.
18Aia hoi, ka mea a'u i ike ai, he mea maikai keia, a he nani hoi, e ai kekahi, a e inu hoi, a e olioli i ka hana a pau ana i hana'i malalo iho o ka la, i na la a pau loa o kona ola ana a ke Akua i haawi mai ai nana; no ka mea, oia kona haawina.
18And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.
19A o kela kanaka, keia kanaka, ka mea a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i ka waiwai a me ka lako, a ua ae mai hoi oia i kana ai ana, a me kona lawe ana i kona haawina, a i kona olioli ana i ka hana ana i hana'i. Oia ka mea a ke Akua i haawi mai ai.
19For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight,
20Aole ia e hoomanao nui i na la o kona ola ana; no ka mea, ua ae mai ke Akua i ka olioli o kona naau.
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