Proverbs 4
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
1E HOOLOHE mai, e na keiki, i ke ao ana a ka makua, E haliu mai hoi e ike i ka naauao.
2for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
2No ka mea, he ike pono ka'u e haawi aku nei ia oukou, Mai haalele oukou i ko'u kanawai.
3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
3No ka mea, he keiki no wau a ko'u makua, He malamia, a he hanaukahi imua o ko'u makuwahine.
4He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
4Ao mai la oia, i mai la ia'u, E hoopaa kou naau i ka'u olelo; E malama hoi i ka'u mau kauoha i ola oe.
5Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
5E imi i ka naauao, e imi hoi i ka ike a loaa; Mai hoopoina, mai waiho wale i na olelo a ko'u waha.
6Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
6Mai haalele oe ia mea, a nana oe e malama mai; E aloha oe ia ia, a nana oe e kiai mai.
7Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
7O ka naauao ka mea nui, e imi i ka naauao a loaa: Me na mea a pau au e imi ai, E imi pu i ka ike a loaa.
8Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
8E hoonani oe ia ia, nana oe e hookiekie ae; E hoohanohano ia oe i kou wa e hoopaa aku ai ia ia
9She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
9E haawi mai ia i lei aloha no kou poe; He lei hanohano hoi kana e haawi mai ai ia oe.
10Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
10E hoolohe mai, e kuu keiki, e hoopaa i ka'u olelo; A e nui ae hoi ia oe na makahiki o kou ola ana.
11I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
11E ao aku au ia oe ma ka aoao naauao, E kuhikuhi hoi au ia oe ma ko ala pololei.
12When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
12I kou hele ana, aole e hihia kou kapuwai; A ina o holo oe aole o hina.
13Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
13E hoopaa oe i ke aoia mai, mai hookuu oe; E malama oe ia ia, no ka mea, he ola ia nou.
14Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
14Ma ke alanui o ka poe hewa, mai hele oe, Mai hele hoi ma ka aoao o ka poe hewa.
15Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
15E haalele ia wahi, mai maalo ilaila, E huli ae mai ia wahi mai, a e hele aku.
16For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
16No ka mea, aole o lakou hiamoe, ke hana hewa ole aku; Ua lele hoi ka hiamoe, ke hoohina ole ia kekahi e lakou.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
17No ka mea, ai lakou i ka berena no ka hewa, Inu hoi lakou i ka waina no ke kaili wale,
18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
18Aka, o ke ala o ka poe pono, ua like ia me ka malamalama e aa ana, E mahuahua mau ana i ke awakea loa.
19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
19O ka aoao o ka poe hewa, ua like ia me ka pouli: Aole i ike i ko lakou mea e hina ai.
20My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
20E kuu keiki e, e haliu mai ka'u olelo, I ka'u olelo hoi o huli mai ai i ka pepeiao.
21Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
21Mai noho a nalowale ia mai kou mau maka aku; E malama oe ia iloko o kou naau.
22For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
22No ka mea, he ola ia no na mea i loaa'i ia, He laau hoola hoi no ke kino a pau.
23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
23E kiai oe i kou naau me ka malama loa; No ka mea, noloko olaila ka waipuna o ke ola.
24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
24E waiho aku oe i ku waha wahahee wale, E haalele loa hoi i na lehelehe hoopunipuni.
25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
25I nana pono ae kou mau maka, I pololei hoi kou mau lihilihi mamua ou.
26Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
26E hoopololei ae i ke ala no kou mau kapuwai, A e pololei hoi kou hele ana a pau.
27Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
27Mai huli ae oe i ka lima akau aole hoi i ka lima hema; E huli nae kou wawae mai ka hewa aku.
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