Lea Fakatātā 22
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1ʻOku lelei hake ʻae fili ki he hingoa ʻoku ongolelei ʻi he fili ki he koloa lahi, pea lelei hake ke ʻofeina ʻi he maʻu ʻae siliva mo e koula.
1[Melius est nomen bonum quam divitiæ multæ; super argentum et aurum gratia bona.
2ʻOku nofo fakataha ʻae koloaʻia mo e masiva: ko Sihova, naʻa ne ngaohi ʻakinautolu kotoa pē.
2Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi: utriusque operator est Dominus.
3ʻOku sio mamaʻo atu ʻae tangata fakapotopoto ki he kovi, ʻo ne fufū ia mei ai: ka ʻoku mole atu pe ʻae vale, pea tautea ia.
3Callidus vidit malum, et abscondit se; innocens pertransiit, et afflictus est damno.
4Ko e totongi ʻoe angavaivai mo e manavahē kia Sihova ko e koloa, mo e ongoongolelei, mo e moʻui.
4Finis modestiæ timor Domini, divitiæ, et gloria, et vita.
5ʻOku ʻi he hala ʻoe talangataʻa ʻae ʻakau talatala mo e ngaahi tauhele: ko ia ʻoku fai ke tauhi hono laumālie te ne hiki mamaʻo mei ai.
5Arma et gladii in via perversi; custos autem animæ suæ longe recedit ab eis.
6Akonakiʻi ʻae tamasiʻi ʻi he hala ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻalu ai: pea ka hoko ia ʻo motuʻa, ʻe ʻikai te ne foki mei ai.
6Proverbium est: adolescens juxta viam suam; etiam cum senuerit, non recedet ab ea.
7ʻOku pule ʻae koloaʻia ki he masiva, pea ko ia ʻoku nō ʻoku tamaioʻeiki kiate ia ʻoku foaki mai.
7Dives pauperibus imperat, et qui accipit mutuum servus est fœnerantis.
8Ko ia ʻoku tūtuuʻi ʻae kovi ʻe utu ʻe ia ʻae mamahi: pea ʻe ʻauha ia ʻi he meʻa tā ʻi heʻene ʻita.
8Qui seminat iniquitatem metet mala, et virga iræ suæ consummabitur.
9ʻE monūʻia ia ʻoku mataʻofa; he ʻoku foaki ʻe ia a ʻene mā ki he masiva.
9Qui pronus est ad misericordiam benedicetur: de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi. Victoriam et honorem acquiret qui dat munera; animam autem aufert accipientium.
10Ke lī kituʻa ʻaia ʻoku manuki, pea ʻe ʻalu kituʻa ʻae fakakikihi foki: ʻio, ʻe ngata ʻae feʻiteʻitani mo e lauʻikovi.
10Ejice derisorem, et exibit cum eo jurgium, cessabuntque causæ et contumeliæ.
11Ko ia ʻoku ʻofa ki he loto maʻa, ʻe kāinga ʻaki ia ʻe he tuʻi koeʻuhi ko e māʻoniʻoni ʻo hono loungutu.
11Qui diligit cordis munditiam, propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem.
12ʻOku tauhi ʻae poto ʻe he fofonga ʻo Sihova, pea ʻoku ne fulihi ʻae ngāue ʻae angahala.
12Oculi Domini custodiunt scientiam, et supplantantur verba iniqui.
13ʻOku pehē ʻe he tangata fakapikopiko, “ʻOku ai ʻae laione ʻituʻa, pea te u mate ʻi he ngaahi hala.”
13Dicit piger: Leo est foris; in medio platearum occidendus sum.
14Ko e ngutu ʻoe kau fefine kovi ko e luo taumamaʻo: pea ʻe tō ki ai ʻaia ʻoku fehiʻa ki ai ʻa Sihova.
14Fovea profunda os alienæ: cui iratus est Dominus, incidet in eam.
15ʻOku nonoʻo ʻae vale ʻi he loto ʻoe tamasiʻi; ka ko e vaʻa ʻakau ʻoe tauteʻi ʻe kapusi mamaʻo ai ia ʻiate ia.
15Stultitia colligata est in corde pueri, et virga disciplinæ fugabit eam.
16Ko ia ʻoku fakamālohiʻi ʻae masiva ke tupu ai ʻene koloa, pea mo ia ʻoku foaki ki he koloaʻia, ʻe hoko moʻoni kiate ia ʻae masiva.
16Qui calumniatur pauperem ut augeat divitias suas, dabit ipse ditiori, et egebit.]
17Fakaongo ho telinga, pea fanongo ki he lea ʻae poto, pea fakatokangaʻi ho loto ki heʻeku ʻilo.
17[Inclina aurem tuam, et audi verba sapientium: appone autem cor ad doctrinam meam,
18He ko e meʻa lelei ʻo kapau te ke tauhi ia ʻiate koe; pea ʻe taau ke lea ʻaki ia ʻe ho loungutu.
18quæ pulchra erit tibi cum servaveris eam in ventre tuo, et redundabit in labiis tuis:
19Koeʻuhi ke ʻia Sihova hoʻo falala, ʻaia kuo u fakahā kiate koe ʻi he ʻaho ni, ʻio, kiate koe pe.
19ut sit in Domino fiducia tua, unde et ostendi eam tibi hodie.
20ʻIkai kuo u tohi kiate koe ʻae ngaahi meʻa lelei, ʻi he enginaki, pea mo e poto,
20Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter, in cogitationibus et scientia:
21koeʻuhi ke u fakahā ai kiate koe ʻae moʻoni ʻoe ngaahi lea moʻoni: koeʻuhi ke ke tali ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ʻoe moʻoni ʻakinautolu ʻoku fekau mai kiate koe?
21ut ostenderem tibi firmitatem et eloquia veritatis, respondere ex his illis qui miserunt te.
22ʻOua naʻa kaihaʻa mei he masiva koeʻuhi ko e masiva ia: pea ʻoua naʻa fakamālohiʻi ʻaia ʻoku mamahi ʻi he matapā:
22Non facias violentiam pauperi quia pauper est, neque conteras egenum in porta:
23Koeʻuhi ʻe langomakiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova, pea te ne maumauʻi ʻae laumālie ʻonautolu ʻoku maumauʻi ʻakinautolu.
23quia judicabit Dominus causam ejus, et configet eos qui confixerunt animam ejus.
24ʻOua naʻa ke fakakāinga mo e tangata faʻa ʻita; pea ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa ke ʻalu mo ha tangata loto lili:
24Noli esse amicus homini iracundo, neque ambules cum viro furioso:
25Telia naʻa ke ako ki hono ngaahi hala, pea tauheleʻi ai ho laumālie.
25ne forte discas semitas ejus, et sumas scandalum animæ tuæ.
26Ke ʻoua naʻa ke kau koe mo kinautolu ʻoku fepukeaki nima, pe ko kinautolu ʻoku fakapapau ki he fai ʻo ha totongi.
26Noli esse cum his qui defigunt manus suas, et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis:
27Kapau ʻoku ʻikai hao meʻa ke totongi aki, ko e hā ʻoku ʻave ai ho mohenga mei lalo ʻiate koe?
27si enim non habes unde restituas, quid causæ est ut tollat operimentum de cubili tuo?
28ʻOua naʻa hiki ʻae kauʻā motuʻa, ʻaia naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe hoʻo kau mātuʻa.
28Ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos, quos posuerunt patres tui.
29ʻOku ke mamata ki ha tangata ʻoku faʻa fai ki heʻene ngāue? ʻE tuʻu ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi; ʻe ʻikai nofo ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai meʻavale.
29Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo? coram regibus stabit, nec erit ante ignobiles.]
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