Proverbs 8
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
1ʻIkai ʻoku kalanga ʻae poto? Pea ʻai mai ʻe he faʻa ʻilo hono leʻo?
2On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
2ʻOku tuʻu ia ʻi he tumutumu ʻoe ngaahi potu māʻolunga, mo e ngaahi potu ʻi he ngaahi veʻe hala.
3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
3ʻOku ne kalanga ʻi he ngaahi matapā, mo e ngaahi matanikolo, ʻi he ava ʻoe ngaahi matapā.
4“I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
4“ʻAe kau tangata, ʻoku ou ui kiate kimoutolu! Pea ʻoku hiki hake hoku leʻo ki he fānau ʻae tangata,
5You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
5ʻAe kau sesele, mou ʻilo ʻae poto: pea ke maʻu ʻekimoutolu, ko e kau vale, ʻae loto faʻa ʻilo.
6Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
6Fanongo; he te u lea ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lelei; pea ʻe mafaʻa hoku loungutu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa totonu.
7For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
7Pea ʻe lea ʻaki ʻae moʻoni ʻe hoku ngutu; pea ko e meʻa fakalielia ki hoku loungutu ʻae kovi.
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
8ʻOku ʻi he māʻoniʻoni ʻae ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻa hoku ngutu; ʻoku ʻikai ha pikopiko pe ha kākā ʻi ai.
9They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
9ʻOku ʻilongofua kotoa pē kiate ia ʻoku poto, pea totonu kiate kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ʻae ʻilo.
10Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
10Maʻuā ʻeku akonaki, kae siʻaki ʻae siliva; pea ke lelei hake ʻae maʻu ʻoe ʻilo ʻi he koula lelei.
11For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
11“He ʻoku lelei hake ʻae poto ʻi he ngaahi maka koloa; pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa tatau mo ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke faʻa holi ki ai.
12“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
12Ko au poto ʻoku ma nonofo mo faʻa filioʻi, pea u maʻu ʻae ʻilo ʻi he fakatupu meʻa foʻou.
13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
13Ko e manavahē kia Sihova, ko e fehiʻa ia ki he kovi: ko e fielahi, mo e fakapuhopuhā, mo e angakovi mo e ngutu kovi, ʻoku ou fehiʻa ki ai.
14Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
14ʻOku ʻaʻaku ʻae akonaki, mo e poto moʻoni: ko au ko e faʻa ʻilo, ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae mālohi.
15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
15Ko e meʻa ʻiate au ʻoku pule ai ʻae ngaahi tuʻi, pea fai fakamaau ʻe he houʻeiki.
16By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
16ʻOku pule ʻae houʻeiki ʻiate au, mo e kakai ʻeiki, mo e kau fakamaau kotoa pē ʻo māmani.
17I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
17ʻOku ou ʻofa kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate au; pea ʻe maʻu au ʻekinautolu ʻoku kumi tōtōaki kiate au.
18With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
18ʻOku ʻiate au ʻae koloa mo e ongoongolelei; ʻio, ʻae koloa taʻepopo mo e māʻoniʻoni.
19My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
19ʻOku lelei hake ʻi he koula ʻa hoku fua, ʻio, ʻi he koula lelei; mo ʻeku koloa ʻi he siliva lelei.
20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,
20ʻOku ou takimuʻa ʻi he hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he loto hala ʻoe fakamaau:
21that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
21Koeʻuhi ke u pule ke maʻu ʻae koloa moʻoni ʻekinautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate au; pea te u fakafonu honau tukunga koloa.
22“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
22“Naʻe maʻu au ʻe Sihova ʻi he kamataʻanga ʻo hono hala, ʻi muʻa ange ʻi heʻene ngaahi ngāue ʻi muʻa.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
23Naʻe fokotuʻu au talu mei muʻa, mei he kamataʻanga ʻi he teʻeki ai ʻa māmani.
24When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
24Naʻe fanauʻi au ʻi he teʻeki ke ai ha loloto; ʻi he teʻeki ai ha matavai ʻoku fonu ʻi he vai.
25Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;
25ʻI he teʻeki ke tuʻumaʻu ʻae ngaahi moʻunga; naʻe fanauʻi au ʻi he teʻeki ai ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga:
26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
26ʻI he teʻeki ai te ne ngaohi ʻa māmani, pe ko e potu maʻalaʻala, pe ko e potu lahi ʻoe efu ʻo māmani.
27When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
27ʻI heʻene teuteu ʻae ngaahi langi, naʻaku ʻi ai au: pea ʻi heʻene tuku ʻae ngataʻanga ʻoe funga loloto:
28when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
28ʻI heʻene fokotuʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻao ʻi ʻolunga: ʻi heʻene fakamālohi ʻae ngaahi matavai ʻoe loloto:
29when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
29ʻI heʻene tuku ki he tahi ʻene fono, ke ʻoua naʻa laka mai ia ʻi he meʻa kuo ne fekau: ʻi heʻene tuʻutuʻuni ʻae ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo māmani.
30then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
30Naʻaku ʻi ai mo ia, ʻo hangē ha taha kuo tupu hake mo ia: ko hono fiefiaʻanga au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, pe naʻaku fiefia maʻuaipē i hono ʻao;
31rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
31Naʻaku fiefia ʻi he ngaahi potu ʻo māmani ʻoku kakai, pea naʻe ʻi he fānau ʻae tangata ʻa ʻeku fiefiaʻanga.
32“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
32“Ko ia, ʻE fānau, mou fanongo mai kiate au: he ʻoku monūʻia ia ʻoku tokanga ki hoku ngaahi hala.
33Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
33Mou fanongo ki he akonaki, pea mou poto, pea ʻoua naʻa mou taʻetokanga ki ai.
34Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
34ʻOku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku fanongo kiate au, ʻo ne tatali ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi hoku ngaahi matapā, ʻo ne nofo ʻi hoku veʻe matapā.
35For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from the LORD.
35He ko ia ʻoku ne maʻu au ʻoku ne maʻu ʻae moʻui, pea ʻe ʻiate ia ʻae ongoongolelei meia Sihova.”
36But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
36Ka ko ia ʻoku fai angahala kiate au, ʻoku ne fai kovi ki hono laumālie ʻoʻona: ʻoku ʻofa ki he mate ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku fehiʻa kiate au.
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