Proverbs 4
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
1E HOOLOHE mai, e na keiki, i ke ao ana a ka makua, E haliu mai hoi e ike i ka naauao.
2For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
2No ka mea, he ike pono ka'u e haawi aku nei ia oukou, Mai haalele oukou i ko'u kanawai.
3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one 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 unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and 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 understanding; 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 will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep 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 is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
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.
8Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost 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 will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'
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 sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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 have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
11E ao aku au ia oe ma ka aoao naauao, E kuhikuhi hoi au ia oe ma ko ala pololei.
12When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
12I kou hele ana, aole e hihia kou kapuwai; A ina o holo oe aole o hina.
13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she 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.
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
14Ma ke alanui o ka poe hewa, mai hele oe, Mai hele hoi ma ka aoao o ka poe hewa.
15Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
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 cause 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.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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 righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the 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 as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
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, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto 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 thine 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 unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
22No ka mea, he ola ia no na mea i loaa'i ia, He laau hoola hoi no ke kino a pau.
23Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.
23E kiai oe i kou naau me ka malama loa; No ka mea, noloko olaila ka waipuna o ke ola.
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
24E waiho aku oe i ku waha wahahee wale, E haalele loa hoi i na lehelehe hoopunipuni.
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
25I nana pono ae kou mau maka, I pololei hoi kou mau lihilihi mamua ou.
26Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
26E hoopololei ae i ke ala no kou mau kapuwai, A e pololei hoi kou hele ana a pau.
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
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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