Solomona 8
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1A OLE anei i hea mai ka naauao? Aole anei i pane mai ka ike i kona leo?
1Doth not wisdom call, and understanding put forth her voice?
2Maluna o na wahi kiekie, ma ke ala, Ma kahi o na alanui, ku ae la oia.
2In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;
3Ma na ipuka, ma ke alo o ke kulanakauhale, Ma na wahi e komo ai, kahea mai la oia.
3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
4Ke hea aku nei au ia oukou, e na kanaka; O ko'u leo hoi i na keiki a kanaka.
4'Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
5E na mea ike ole, e ike oukou i ke akamai; E hoonaauao hoi oukou, e ka poe naaupo.
5O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6E hoolohe mai, no ka mea, e hai ana au i na mea maikai; O ka oaka ana hoi o ko'u mau lehelehe ma na mea pono ia.
6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7No ka mea, e hoike mai kuu waha i ka oiaio; He mea hoopailua ka hewa i ko'u mau lehelehe.
7For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8Ma ka pono na olelo a pau a ko'u waha; Aole wahahee, aohe mea kekee malaila.
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
9Pau loa no ia i ka pololei i ka mea naauao, Ua kupono hoi i ka poe i loaa ka ike.
9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
10E koho oukou i ke aoia mai, aole ke kala, A me ka ike hoi mamua o ke gula maikai.
10Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11No ka mea, ua maikai ka naauao mamua o na momi; A o na mea i makemakeia a pau, aole i like me ia.
11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.
12Owau hoi, o ka naauao, ke pili nei i ke akamai, Ua loaa ia'u ka ike i na mea e naauao ai.
12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.
13O ka makau ia Iehova, oia ke inaina aku i ka hewa; O ka haaheo, o ka hookiekie, o ka aoao ino, O ka waha aaka, oia ka'u i hoowahawaha aku ai.
13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14Ia'u ka ike a me ke akamai; Owau no ka noonoo, ia'u hoi ka ikaika.
14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.
15Ma o'u nei no e nohoalii ai na alii, A e kau aku ai no hoi na kaukaualii i ke kanawai pono.
15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16Ma o'u nei no hoi e hoomalu ai na kiaaina, A me na'lii, a me na lunakanawai a pau o ka honua.
16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17He aloha ko'u i ka poe e aloha mai ia'u; O ka poe imi pono mai, o lakou ke loaa ia'u.
17I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
18Me au ka waiwai a me ka hanohano; O ka waiwai e mau ana hoi a me ka pono.
18Riches and honour are with me; yea, enduring riches and righteousness.
19Ua maikai ko'u hua mamua o ke gula a me ke gula maikai; He mea kohoia hoi ka waiwai ma o'u nei mamua o ke kala.
19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.
20Ma ke ala o ka pono ka'u e alakai ai, Mawaena hoi o na alanui o ka hoopono:
20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
21I hooili au i ka waiwai no ka poe aloha mai ia'u, A e hoopiha au i ko lakou waihona waiwai.
21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
22Na Iehova no wau i kinohou o kona noho ana, Mamua o kana hana ana i ka wa kahiko.
22The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
23Mai ka po mai ua hoonohoia au, Mai kinohi mai, mamua hoi o ka honua.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24I ka wa i ole ai na wahi hohonu, ua hanau no au, I wa i ole ai na puuawai i piha i ka wai.
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25Mamua o ka hoonoho ana i na mauna, Mamua o na kuahiwi ua hanau au:
25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
26Aole hoi oia i hana i ka honua a me na kula, A me kahi huna lepo iki o ka honua.
26While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27I kona hohola ana i ka lani, owau no kekahi malaila, I kona kau ana i ke kanawai maluna o ka hohonu;
27When He established the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep,
28I kona hoolewalewa ana i na ao maluna, I kona hoonoho ana i na punawai o ka hohonu;
28When He made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep showed their might,
29I kona kau ana i ke kanawai no ka moana, I ole e hu wale aku na kai mamua ona; I kona hookumu paa ana i ka honua:
29When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
30Alaila, owau pu kekahi me ia me he keiki hiwahiwa la; O kona olioli no au i kela la i keia la, E hauoli mau ana hoi imua o kona alo;
30Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him,
31E hauoli ana i na wahi i noho ai na kanaka o ka honua ona; O ko'u olioli nui hoi, aia me na keiki a kanaka.
31Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.
32Ano la, e na keiki, e hoolohe mai ia'u; Pomaikai ka poe i malama mai i ko'u aoao.
32Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me; for happy are they that keep my ways.
33E hoolohe mai i ke ao ana a e hoomanao iho, Mai pale ae oukou.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34Pomaikai ke kanaka ke lohe mai i ka'u, He kiai hoi oia, i ko'u mau puka i kela la i keia la, Ke kakali hoi oia ma na kia o ko'u mau puka.
34Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35No ka mea, o ka mea o'u i loaa ai, ua loaa ia ia ke ola, E loaa hoi ia ia ka lokomaikaiia mai e Iehova.
35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
36Aka, o ka mea i hana ino mai ia'u, ua pepehi oia i kona uhane iho; O ka poe inaina mai ia'u oia ka i koho i ka make.
36But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.'
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