Solomona 7
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1E KUU keiki e, e malama oe i ka'u mau olelo, E waiho pu hoi i ka'u kauoha me oe.
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2E malama oe i ka'u kauoha i ola oe, A me ko'u kanawai hoi, e like me ke kii onohi o kou mau maka.
2Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
3E hawele oe ia mau mea ma kou mau manamanalima, E kakau hoi ia mau mea ma ka papa o kou naau.
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
4E i ae oe i ka naauao, O oe no ko'u kaikuwahine; E kapa aku oe i ka ike, he hoalauna:
4Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;
5I malamaia oe i ka wahine e, I ka malihini hoi i hoomalimali mai me kana olelo.
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.
6No ka mea, ma ka puka o ko'u hale, Ma ko'u puka makani, nana aku la au;
6For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
7Ike iho la au iwaena o ka poe noonoo ole, Ike iho la hoi au mawaena o ka poe opiopio, I kekahi kanaka ui manao ole.
7And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8Hele ae la ia ma ke ala e kokoke ana i kona huina, Hele ae la oia ma ke kuamoo e hiki aku ai i kona hale;
8Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
9I ke ahiahi, i ka napoo ana o ka la, I ke aumoe, i ka poeleele;
9In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
10Aia hoi, halawai pu me ia kekahi wahine, Ua kahiko hookamakama ia; Ua maalea kona naau.
10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
11He walaau kona a me ka hoolohe ole, Aole noho kona mau wawae ma kona hale iho.
11She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house;
12I kekahi wa mawaho oia, I kekahi wa ae ma ke alanui, A hoohalua oia ma na huina a pau.)
12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.
13Apo iho la kela ia ia a honi iho la, a Me ka maka hilahila ole, i aku la ia ia,
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him:
14He mau mohai aloha ko'u; I keia la no, mohai aku la au i ka'u mea i hoohiki ai
14'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; this day have I paid my vows.
15Nolaila, i hele mai nei au e halawai me oe, E imi hoi ia oe, a ua loaa iho nei.
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16Hohola iho la au i ko'u wahi moe me ke kapa, Me ke kapa onionio hoi mai Aigapita mai
16I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17Kopipi iho la au i ko'u wahi moe I ka mura, a me ka aloe, a me ke kinamona.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Ina kaua i maona i ke aloha a hiki i kakahiaka, E lealea kaua i ke aloha.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.
19No ka mea, o ke kane, aole ia ma kona hale, Ua hele oia ma kahi loihi e aku.
19For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
20Lawe oia i ka eke kala ma kona lima, A piha ka mahina, alaila, e hoi mai oia i kona hale.
20He hath taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.'
21Ua paa kela i ka nui o kana olelo maalea; Ua lilo hoi oia i ka malimali ana o kona mau leheiehe.
21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.
22Ukali koke oia mahope ona, E like me ka hele ana o ka bipi i kona wahi e maka ai; E like hoi me ka naaopo i hoopaiia mai ma ka laau kupee;
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
23A o aku la ka pua i kona ake, E like me ka lele ana o ka manu i ke pahele, Aole ona ike no kona oia ia.
23Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteneth to the snare — and knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.
24Ano la, e na keiki, e hoolohe mai ia'u. E maliu mai oukou i ka olelo a ko'u waha.
24Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Mai huli ae kou naau ma kona aoao; Mai hele hewa oe ma kona alanui.
25Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26No ka mea, manomano ka poe i hina ia ia me ka eha, Na mea ikaika hoi, ua pau ia ia i ka make.
26For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, a mighty host are all her slain.
27Ma kona hale ke ala e hiki ai i ka po, E iho ana ilalo i ka make.
27Her house is the way to the nether-world, going down to the chambers of death.
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