Proverbs 2
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
1E KUU keiki, ina e lawe oe i ka'u mau olelo, A e waiho pu me oe i ko'u kanawai;
2so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
2E haliu mai kou pepeiao i ka naauao, A e huli kou naau i ka ike;
3yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
3Ina paha e hea aku oe i ka ike, A e o aku kou leo i ka naauao;
4if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
4Ina e imi aku oe ia ia me he kala la, A e huli hoi ia ia me he waiwai huna la;
5then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
5Alaila, e ike oe i ka makau ia Iehova, A e loaa ia oe ka ike i ke Akua.
6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
6No ka mea, na Iehova e haawi mai i ka naauao; Mai kona waha mai ka ike a me ka noiau.
7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
7Hoano e oia i ke ola no ka poe pono; He paku ia no ka poe hele pololei;
8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
8E malama i na ala o ka mea hoopono, E kiai hoi i ka aoao o kona poe haipule.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
9Alaila, e ike oe i ka pono a me ka hoopono, A me ka pololei a me na aoao maikai a pau.
10For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
10No ka mea, e komo ka naauao iloko o kou naau, E ono hoi ka ike i kou uhane.
11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
11Na ke akamai oe e malama aku, O ka noiau hoi ke kiai ia oe,
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
12E hoopakele ia oe mai ka aoao hewa aku, Mai ke kanaka hoi i wahahee ka olelo:
13who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
13Haalele lakou i ka aoao pololei, I hele ai hoi ma na ala o ka pouli.
14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
14Olioli lakou ke hana hewa, Hauoli hoi lakou i ka ino o ka mea aia.
15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
15O lakou ke hookekee i ko lakou hele ana, Kekee wale hoi ma ko lakou aoao:
16to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
16I hoopakeleia oe i ka wahine e, I ka wahine malihini i hoomalimali ka olelo.
17who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
17Oia ka i haalele i ke alakai o kona wa opiopio, A hoopoina hoi i ka berita o kona Akua.
18for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
18No ka mea, e hina ana kona hale ilalo i ka make, A o kona mau ala hoi ma kahi o ka poe make.
19None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
19O ka poe a pau e komo aku io na la, aole e hoi hou mai, Aole hoi e hiki aku lakou i ke ala o ke ola.
20Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
20I hele oe ma ke ala o ka poe pono, I malama hoi oe i ka aoao o ka poe pololei.
21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
21No ka mea, e noho paa ka poe maikai ma ka aina, A e mau no malaila ka poe pololei.
22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
22Aka, e okiia ana ka poe hewa mailoko aku o ka aina, A e uhukiia hoi ka poe lawehala malaila aku.
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