Lea Fakatātā 7
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1ʻE hoku foha, ke ke maʻu ʻeku ngaahi lea, pea ke tānaki kiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau.
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
2Fai ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau pea moʻui ai! Pea tokangaʻi ʻa ʻeku fono ʻo hangē ko ho kanoʻi mata.
2Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:
3Nonoʻo ia ki ho louhiʻi nima, tohi ia ki he kakano ʻo ho loto.
3Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.
4Ke ke lea ʻo pehē ki he poto, “Ko hoku tokoua koe;” pea ke ui ʻae ʻilo ko ho kāinga fefine:
4Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,
5Koeʻuhi ke na fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, mei he muli ʻoku fakaoloolo ʻaki ʻene ngaahi lea.
5That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.
6He naʻaku sio atu mei he matapā ʻa hoku fale mei he matapā sioʻata.
6For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,
7Pea naʻaku vakai ki he kakai vale, pea ne u ʻiloʻi ʻi he kau talavou ʻae tangata talavou ʻoku masiva ʻi he poto,
7And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,
8Naʻe ʻalu atu ʻi he hala ʻo ofi ki hono ʻapi; ʻo ne ʻalu ʻi he hala ki hono fale,
8Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.
9ʻI he efiafi poʻuli, ʻi he pō ʻuliʻuli mo fakapoʻuli:
9In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,
10Pea vakai, naʻe fakafetaulaki mai kiate ia ʻae fefine ʻoku kofu ʻi he kofu ʻoe faʻa feʻauaki, ʻo loto kākā.
10And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot’s attire prepared to deceive souls; talkative and wandering,
11(ʻOku faʻa longoaʻa ia mo angamālohi, ʻoku ʻikai nofo hono vaʻe ʻi hono fale:
11Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,
12Ko eni ʻoku ʻituʻa, ko ʻena ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi hala, ʻoku ne nofo toitoi ʻi he tuliki kotoa pē.)
12Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.
13Pea naʻa ne puke ia, pea ʻuma ki ai, pea ʻi he mata fiematamuʻa naʻa ne pehē kiate ia,
13And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:
14“ʻOku ou maʻu ʻae ngaahi foaki fakalelei; pea kuo u fakamoʻoni ki heʻeku ngaahi fuakava ʻi he ʻaho ni.
14I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.
15Ko ia kuo u haʻu ai ke ta feʻilongaki mo koe, ke kumi ʻi he feinga ki ho mata, pea ko eni kuo u maʻu koe.
15Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.
16Kuo u teuteu hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae ngaahi puipui matamatalelei, mo e tongi fakasanisani, mo e tupenu lelei mei ʻIsipite.
16I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.
17Kuo u fakanamu kakala ʻa hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae mula, mo e ʻalosi, pea mo e sinamoni.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Haʻu, ke ta fakafonu ʻakitaua ʻi he ʻofa ʻo aʻu ki he ʻapongipongi: ke ta fakafiemālie ʻakitaua ʻi heʻeta fai ʻofa.
18Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.
19He ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ʻapi ʻae tangataʻeiki, kuo ʻalu ia ʻo fononga mamaʻo:”
19For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.
20Kuo ne ʻave mo ia ʻae kato paʻanga, pea ʻe ʻikai haʻu ia kaeʻoua ke hokosia hono ʻaho kuo ne lea ki ai.
20He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon.
21Naʻa ne fakavaivaiʻi ia ʻaki ʻa ʻene ngaahi lea matamatalelei, ʻo ne maʻu ia ʻi he fakaoloolo ʻa hono ngutu.
21She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.
22Ko ia naʻa ne ʻalu muimui leva ʻiate ia, ʻo hangē ko e pulu ke tāmateʻi, pea hangē ko e vale ki he tautea ʻoe ʻakau fakamaau vaʻe;
22Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,
23Kaeʻoua ke ʻasi ʻae ngahau ki hono ʻate; ʻio, ʻo hangē ko e manu ʻoku ʻoho vave ki he tauhele, ʻo ʻikai ke ne ʻilo ko e meʻa ke ʻosi ai ʻene moʻui.
23Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.
24ʻE fānau, ke mou fanongo eni kiate au, pea mou tokanga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
24Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25ʻOua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu atu ho loto ki hono hala, ʻoua naʻa mou hē ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
25Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.
26He kuo lī hifo ʻe ia ʻae toko lahi kuo lavea; ʻio, kuo tāmateʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau tangata mālohi toko lahi.
26For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her.
27Ko hono fale ko e hala ia ki heli, ʻoku ʻalu hifo ia ki he nofoʻanga ʻoe mate.
27Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.
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