Solomona 4
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1E HOOLOHE mai, e na keiki, i ke ao ana a ka makua, E haliu mai hoi e ike i ka naauao.
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence.
2No ka mea, he ike pono ka'u e haawi aku nei ia oukou, Mai haalele oukou i ko'u kanawai.
2I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.
3No ka mea, he keiki no wau a ko'u makua, He malamia, a he hanaukahi imua o ko'u makuwahine.
3For I also was my father’s son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:
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.
4And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
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.
5Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6Mai haalele oe ia mea, a nana oe e malama mai; E aloha oe ia ia, a nana oe e kiai mai.
6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.
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.
7The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.
8E hoonani oe ia ia, nana oe e hookiekie ae; E hoohanohano ia oe i kou wa e hoopaa aku ai ia ia
8Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.
9E haawi mai ia i lei aloha no kou poe; He lei hanohano hoi kana e haawi mai ai ia oe.
9She shall give to thy head increase of graces, and protect thee with a noble crown.
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.
10Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee.
11E ao aku au ia oe ma ka aoao naauao, E kuhikuhi hoi au ia oe ma ko ala pololei.
11I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity:
12I kou hele ana, aole e hihia kou kapuwai; A ina o holo oe aole o hina.
12Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock.
13E hoopaa oe i ke aoia mai, mai hookuu oe; E malama oe ia ia, no ka mea, he ola ia nou.
13Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.
14Ma ke alanui o ka poe hewa, mai hele oe, Mai hele hoi ma ka aoao o ka poe hewa.
14Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.
15E haalele ia wahi, mai maalo ilaila, E huli ae mai ia wahi mai, a e hele aku.
15Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
16No ka mea, aole o lakou hiamoe, ke hana hewa ole aku; Ua lele hoi ka hiamoe, ke hoohina ole ia kekahi e lakou.
16For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.
17No ka mea, ai lakou i ka berena no ka hewa, Inu hoi lakou i ka waina no ke kaili wale,
17They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.
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.
18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.
19O ka aoao o ka poe hewa, ua like ia me ka pouli: Aole i ike i ko lakou mea e hina ai.
19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.
20E kuu keiki e, e haliu mai ka'u olelo, I ka'u olelo hoi o huli mai ai i ka pepeiao.
20My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.
21Mai noho a nalowale ia mai kou mau maka aku; E malama oe ia iloko o kou naau.
21Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:
22No ka mea, he ola ia no na mea i loaa'i ia, He laau hoola hoi no ke kino a pau.
22For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.
23E kiai oe i kou naau me ka malama loa; No ka mea, noloko olaila ka waipuna o ke ola.
23With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.
24E waiho aku oe i ku waha wahahee wale, E haalele loa hoi i na lehelehe hoopunipuni.
24Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.
25I nana pono ae kou mau maka, I pololei hoi kou mau lihilihi mamua ou.
25Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.
26E hoopololei ae i ke ala no kou mau kapuwai, A e pololei hoi kou hele ana a pau.
26Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.
27Mai huli ae oe i ka lima akau aole hoi i ka lima hema; E huli nae kou wawae mai ka hewa aku.
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.
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