Lea Fakatātā 4
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1ʻAe fānau, mou fanongo ki he akonaki ʻae tamai, pea tokanga ke ʻilo ʻae poto.
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2He ʻoku ou foaki ʻae akonaki lelei kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoua naʻa mou liʻaki ʻa ʻeku fono.
2For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
3He ko e foha au ʻo ʻeku tamai, ko e pele mo e ʻofeina taha pe au ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻeku faʻē.
3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
4Naʻa ne akonakiʻi foki au, ʻo ne pehē mai, “Tuku ke maʻu ʻi ho loto ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea: tauhi ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau, ka ke moʻui.”
4And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;
5Ke ke maʻu ʻae poto, pea maʻu mo e ʻilo: ʻoua naʻa ngalo ia; pea ʻoua naʻa ke fakaholomui mei he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
5Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
6ʻOua naʻa liʻaki ia, pea te ne fakamoʻui koe: ke ke ʻofa kiate ia, pea te ne tauhi kiate koe.
6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.
7Ko e poto ko e meʻa ʻoku fungani hake ia; ko ia ke ke maʻu ʻae poto: pea ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke maʻu, ke ke maʻu mo e ʻilo.
7The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
8Fakahikihikiʻi ia, pea te ne hakeakiʻi koe: pea ʻi hoʻo fāʻufua kiate ia, te ne fakaongoongolelei koe.
8Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
9ʻE ai ʻe ʻia ʻae teunga matamatalelei ki ho ʻulu: ko e tatā ʻoe nāunau te ne foaki kiate koe.”
9She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'
10ʻE hoku foha, fanongo, pea ke maʻu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi tala, pea ʻe hoko ai ʻo lahi ʻae ngaahi taʻu ʻo hoʻo moʻui.
10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
11Kuo u akonakiʻi koe ʻi he hala ʻoe poto; pea kuo u tataki koe ʻi he ngaahi ʻaluʻanga totonu.
11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
12ʻOka ke ka ʻeveʻeva ʻe ʻikai ʻefihia ho vaʻe; pea ʻoka ke ka lele ʻe ʻikai te ke hinga.
12When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13Puke ke maʻu ʻae akonaki; ʻoua naʻa tukuange ia: kuku maʻu ia; he ko hoʻo moʻui ia.
13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.
14ʻOua naʻa ke ʻalu atu ki he hala ʻoe angahala, pea ʻoua naʻa ʻeveʻeva ʻi he ʻaluʻanga ʻoe kakai angakovi.
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
15Fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai, ʻoua naʻa ke ofi ki ai, tafoki mei ai, pea ʻalu atu pe.
15Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
16He ʻoku ʻikai te nau mohe, ka ʻi heʻenau lavaʻi ʻae kovi; pea ʻi he ʻikai te nau fakahinga ha niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai ai te nau faʻa mohe.
16For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17He ʻoku nau kai ʻae mā ʻoe fai kovi, ʻonau inu ʻi he uaine ʻoe fakamālohi.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18Ka ko e hala ʻoe angatonu ʻoku tatau ia mo e ulo ʻoe maama, ʻaia ʻoku ʻāsili pe ʻene ulo ʻo aʻu ki he haohaoa ʻoe ʻaho.
18But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19ʻOku tatau mo e poʻuli ʻae hala ʻoe angahala: ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻaia ʻoku nau tūkia ai.
19The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
20ʻE hoku foha, tokanga ki heʻeku ngaahi lea; fakatokangaʻi ho telinga ki heʻeku ngaahi tala.
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21Ke ʻoua naʻa mole atu ia mei ho mata; ke maʻu ia ʻi he kakano ʻo ho loto.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22He ko e moʻui ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ia, pea ko e faitoʻo ki honau kakano.
22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23Ke ke tauhi fakamātoato ki ho loto; he ʻoku tupu mei ai ʻae ikuʻanga ʻoe moʻui.
23Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.
24Ke liʻaki ke mamaʻo ʻiate koe ʻae ngutu ʻoku kovi, mo e loungutu paongataʻa.
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25Ke sio totonu atu pe ho mata, pea ke hangatonu ki muʻa ho laumata ʻiate koe.
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26Fakakaukau ki he ʻalunga ʻo ho vaʻe, pea ʻe fakatonutonu ai ho ngaahi hala kotoa pē.
26Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27ʻOua naʻa afe ki he nima toʻomataʻu pe ki he toʻohema: ka ke fakatafoki ho vaʻe mei he kovi.
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
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