Lea Fakatātā 2
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
World English Bible
1ʻE hoku foha, kapau te ke maʻu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea, mo fakafufū ʻiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau;
1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2Koeʻuhi ke fakatokangaʻi ho telinga ki he poto, pea ke tokanga ai ho loto ki he faʻa fakakaukau;
2so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3ʻIo, kapau te ke tangi ki he ʻilo, pea ke hiki hake ho leʻo ke maʻu ʻae fakakaukau:
3yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4Kapau te ke kumi ki ai ʻo hangē ko e siliva, pea hakule ki ai ʻo hangē ko e koloa kuo fufū;
4if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5Te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae manavahē kia Sihova, pea maʻu ʻae ʻiloʻi ʻoe ʻOtua.
5then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6He ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ʻae poto: ʻoku haʻu mei hono fofonga ʻae ʻilo mo e fakakaukau.
6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7ʻOku tokonaki ʻe ia ʻae poto ʻaonga maʻa e kakai māʻoniʻoni: ko e fakaū ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻi he angatonu.
7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8ʻOku ne tauhi ʻae hala ʻoe fakamaau; pea ʻoku ne maluʻi ʻae hala ʻo ʻene kakai māʻoniʻoni.
8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
9Pea te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e fakamaau, mo e fai totonu; ʻio, ʻae hala lelei kotoa pē.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10ʻOka hū ʻae poto ki ho loto, pea mālie ʻae ʻilo ki ho laumālie;
10For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11ʻE fakamoʻui koe ʻe he faʻa fakakaukau, pea ʻe tauhi koe ʻe he poto:
11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he hala ʻoe tangata kovi, mei he tangata ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa kovi;
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13ʻAia ʻoku liʻaki ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, kae ʻalu ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoe fakapoʻuli;
13who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
14ʻAia ʻoku fiefia ke fai kovi, pea ʻoku fiemālie ʻi he talangataʻa ʻae angahala;
14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15Pea ʻoku pikopiko hono ngaahi hala, pea kovi ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga:
15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, ʻio, mei he muli ʻoku lea fakaoloolo;
16to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17ʻAia kuo ne liʻaki ʻae fakahinohino ʻi heʻene kei siʻi, pea kuo ne fakangalongaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa hono ʻOtua.
17who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
18He ʻoku tahifohifo hono fale ki he mate, pea mo hono ʻalunga ki he kakai mate.
18for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19ʻOku ʻikai toe foki mai ha taha ʻoku ʻalu atu kiate ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke puke ʻekinautolu ki he ngaahi hala ʻoe moʻui.
19None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20Koeʻuhi ke ke ʻeveʻeva koe ʻi he hala ʻae kakai angalelei, pea ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaluʻanga ʻoe māʻoniʻoni.
20Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21Koeʻuhi ʻe nofo ʻae angatonu ʻi he fonua, pea ʻe nofomaʻu ʻi ai ʻae haohaoa.
21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22Ka ʻe motuhi atu ʻae angahala mei he māmani, pea ʻe taʻaki fuʻu hake mei ai ʻae fai kovi.
22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
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