Proverbs 6
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
1ʻE hoku foha, kapau kuo ke hoko ko e fetongi ki ho kāinga, kapau kuo ke fekuku nima mo ha muli,
2you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
2Tā kuo tauheleʻi koe ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea mei ho ngutu, kuo ke fihia koe ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻa ho ngutu.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
3ʻE hoku foha, ke ke fai eni, koeʻuhi ke ke hao ʻoka ke ka tō ki he nima ʻo ho kāinga: ʻalu koe, ʻo fakavaivai koe, koeʻuhi ke ke lavaʻi ai ho kāinga.
4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
4ʻOua naʻa tuku ke mohe ho mata, pe tuku ke tulemohe ho laumata.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
5Fakamoʻui koe ʻo hangē ko e kāseli mei he nima ʻoe tangata tuli manu, pea hangē ko e manupuna mei he nima ʻoe tangata tauhele.
6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
6ʻA koe ko e fakapikopiko, ʻalu ki he lō; tokanga ki heʻene anga, pea ke poto ai;
7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
7ʻAia ʻoku ʻikai hano fakahinohino, pe enginaki, pe ha pule,
8provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
8Ka ʻoku ne tokonaki ʻene meʻakai ʻi he faʻahitaʻu mafana, ʻo ne tānaki ʻene meʻakai ʻi he ututaʻu.
9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
9ʻA koe ko e fakapikopiko, ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo mohe? Te ke toki tuʻu hake ʻafē mei hoʻo mohe?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—
10“ʻE toe siʻi pe ʻae mohe, ʻe toe siʻi mo e moʻumohea, ʻe toe siʻi mo e fehulunaki ʻoe nima ke mohe:”
11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
11Pea pehē, ʻe haʻu ai hoʻo masiva ʻo hangē ha taha ʻoku fononga mai, pea mo hoʻo paea ʻo hangē ha tangata ʻoku toʻo mahafu.
12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
12ʻOku ʻalu mo e ngutu kovi, ʻae tangata ʻoku angakovi, mo e tangata angahala.
13who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,
13ʻOku kakamo ʻe ia ʻaki hono mata, ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻe ia hono vaʻe, ʻoku ako ʻaki ʻe ia hono louhiʻi nima;
14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
14ʻOku ʻi hono loto ʻae kovi, ʻoku ne fakatupu maʻuaipē ʻae kovi; ʻoku tūtuuʻi ʻe ia ʻae maveuveu.
15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
15Ko ia ʻe hoko fakafokifā ai ʻa ʻene malaʻia; ʻe maumau fakafokifā ia taʻehanofakamoʻui.
16There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
16ʻOku fehiʻa ʻa Sihova ki he meʻa ni ʻe ono: ʻio, ko e meʻa ʻe fitu ʻoku fakalielia ʻi hono ʻao:
17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
17Ko e mata fielahi, ko e ʻelelo ʻoku loi, mo e nima ʻoku lilingi ʻae toto ʻoe taʻehalaia,
18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
18Ko e loto ʻoku fakatupu ʻae ngaahi mahalo kovi, mo e vaʻe ʻoku veʻe vave ki he fai kovi,
19a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
19Ko e fakamoʻoni loi ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi loi, mo ia ʻoku fakatupu maveuveu ʻi he kāinga.
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
20ʻE hoku foha, ke ke tauhi ʻae fekau ʻa hoʻo tamai, pea ʻoua naʻa liʻaki ʻae fono ʻa hoʻo faʻē:
21Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
21Nonoʻo maʻuaipē ia ki ho loto, pea kahoa ʻaki ia ʻi ho kia.
22When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
22ʻOka ke ka ʻalu, te ne tataki koe; ʻoka ke ka mohe, te ne tauhi koe; pea ʻoka ke ka ʻā, te mo alea mo ia.
23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
23He ko e fekau ko e tuʻunga maama ia: pea ko e fono ko e maama ia; pea ko e valoki fakapoto ko e hala ia ʻoe moʻui:
24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
24Ke fakahaofi koe mei he fefine angahala, mei he lea fakaoloolo ʻae fefine muli.
25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
25ʻOua naʻa ke holi ʻi ho loto ki hono fakaʻofoʻofa; pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ke ne kākaaʻi koe ʻaki hono laumata.
26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
26He ko e meʻa ʻi he fefine feʻauaki ʻoku fakamasivaʻi ʻae tangata ke toe siʻi ʻene konga mā: pea ʻe tuli ʻe he tonotangata ʻae moʻui mahuʻinga.
27Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
27ʻE faʻa ʻai ʻe ha tangata ʻae afi ki hono fatafata, pea ʻikai vela hono ngaahi kofu?
28Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
28ʻE ʻeveʻeva ha taha ʻi he funga maka vela, ka ʻe ʻikai vela hono vaʻe?
29So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
29ʻOku pehē ʻaia ʻoku ʻalu atu ki he uaifi ʻo hono kaungāʻapi; ʻe ʻikai tonuhia ia ʻoku ala ki ai.
30Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
30ʻOku ʻikai fehiʻa ʻae kakai ki ha kaihaʻa, ʻo kapau kuo ne kaihaʻa ke fakafiemālie hono loto ʻi heʻene feinga fiekaia;
31but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
31Kā, ʻoka ʻilo ia, ʻe totongi ʻe ia ke liunga fitu; ʻe ʻatu ʻe ia ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ʻo hono fale.
32He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
32Ka ko ia ʻoku tonofefine, ʻoku masiva poto: ko ia ʻoku ne fai ia ʻoku fakaʻauha ʻe ia hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
33He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
33ʻE lavea ai ia mo ongoongo kovi: pea ʻe ʻikai holoholoʻi ʻa hono manukia.
34For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
34He ko e fuaʻa ko e fakalili ia ʻoe tangata: ko ia ʻe ʻikai te ne toe mamae ai ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe totongi.
35He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
35ʻE ʻikai tokangaʻi ʻe ia ha tukungoue; pea ʻe ʻikai fiemālie ia ʻi hoʻo foaki lahi.
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