Lea Fakatātā 5
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Berean Standard Bible
1ʻE hoku foha, tokanga ki heʻeku poto, pea ke fakaongo ho telinga ki heʻeku ʻilo:
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
2Koeʻuhi ke ke tokangaʻi ʻae fakapotopoto, pea ke maʻu pe ʻi ho loungutu ʻae ʻilo.
2that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3He ʻoku toʻi ʻae loungutu ʻoe fefine muli ʻo hangē ko e ngeʻesi ʻoe honi, pea ʻoku molemole lahi hake ʻi he lolo ʻa hono ngutu:
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
4Ka ʻoku tatau mo e kona ʻīʻī ʻa hono ikuʻanga, ʻo māsila ʻo hangē ha heletā fakatoumata.
4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5ʻOku ʻalu hifo hono vaʻe ki he mate, ʻoku fakatau atu ʻa ʻene ngaahi laka ki heli.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
6Pea telia naʻa ke fakakaukau ki he hala ʻoe moʻui, ʻoku fakafihi ʻe ia hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, ke ʻoua naʻa ke ʻiloʻi ia.
6She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
7Ko ia ʻae fānau, ke mou fanongo kiate au, pea ʻoua naʻa mou hē mei he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
7So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
8Ke fakamamaʻo ʻaupito ho hala meiate ia, pea ʻoua naʻa ke ofi ki he matapā ʻo hono fale:
8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
9Telia naʻa ke foaki ho ongolelei ki ha kakai kehe, pea moho ngaahi taʻu ki he kakai loto fakafasifasi:
9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
10Telia naʻa pito ʻae kau muli ʻi ho mālohi; pea ʻe ʻi he fale ʻoe muli hoʻo ngaahi ngāue;
10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
11Pea ke tangi mamahi ʻamui, ʻoka kai ʻo ʻosi ho kakano mo ho sino,
11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
12ʻo ke pehē ai, “ʻOiauē, naʻe lahi ʻeku fehiʻa ki he akonaki, pea naʻe manukiʻi ʻe hoku loto ʻae valoki;
12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
13Pea naʻe ʻikai teu talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo hoku kau akonaki, pe fakatokangaʻi hoku telinga kiate kinautolu naʻa nau ako kiate au!
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
14Naʻaku meimei kau ʻi he kovi kotoa pē, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe haʻohaʻonga mo e fakatahaʻanga.”
14I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
15Inu ʻae vai mei ho lepa pe ʻoʻou, mo e vaitafe mei he vai keli pe ʻoʻou.
15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
16Ke tafe atu ho ngaahi mangamangaʻi vai, mo e vaitafe ʻoe ngaahi vai ki he ngaahi hala.
16Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
17Ke tuku ia ko hoʻo meʻa ʻaʻau pe, pea ʻoua naʻa kau ai mo koe ha muli.
17Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18Ke monūʻia ho matavai: pea ke fiefia koe ʻi ho uaifi ʻaia naʻa ke maʻu ʻi hoʻo kei talavou.
18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
19Ke tatau pe ia mo e hainite ʻofa mo e kāseli fakaʻofoʻofa; pea ke fiemālie maʻuaipē koe ʻi hono fatafata; pea ke fakafiefiaʻi koe ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi heʻene ʻofa.
19A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
20ʻE hoku foha, ko e hā ka ke ka hē ai ʻi he fefine muli, pea fāʻufua ki he fatafata ʻoe muli?
20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21He ʻoku tokaimaʻananga ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻae ngaahi hala ʻoe tangata, pea ʻoku vakai ʻe ia ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
22ʻE moʻua ʻae angahala ʻi heʻene ngaahi hia ʻaʻana, pea ʻe haʻisia ʻaki ia ʻae afo ʻo ʻene angahala.
22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
23ʻE mate taʻeakonekina ia; pea ʻe hē ia ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻo ʻene vale.
23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
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