Proverbs 2

1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

‌ʻE hoku foha, kapau te ke maʻu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea, mo fakafufū ʻiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau;

2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

Koeʻuhi ke fakatokangaʻi ho telinga ki he poto, pea ke tokanga ai ho loto ki he faʻa fakakaukau;

3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

‌ʻIo, kapau te ke tangi ki he ʻilo, pea ke hiki hake ho leʻo ke maʻu ʻae fakakaukau:

4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

Kapau te ke kumi ki ai ʻo hangē ko e siliva, pea hakule ki ai ʻo hangē ko e koloa kuo fufū;

5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

Te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae manavahē kia Sihova, pea maʻu ʻae ʻiloʻi ʻoe ʻOtua.

6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

He ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ʻae poto: ʻoku haʻu mei hono fofonga ʻae ʻilo mo e fakakaukau.

7 He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

‌ʻOku tokonaki ʻe ia ʻae poto ʻaonga maʻa e kakai māʻoniʻoni: ko e fakaū ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻi he angatonu.

8 He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

‌ʻOku ne tauhi ʻae hala ʻoe fakamaau; pea ʻoku ne maluʻi ʻae hala ʻo ʻene kakai māʻoniʻoni.

9 Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

Pea te ke toki ʻilo ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e fakamaau, mo e fai totonu; ʻio, ʻae hala lelei kotoa pē.

10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

‌ʻOka hū ʻae poto ki ho loto, pea mālie ʻae ʻilo ki ho laumālie;

11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

‌ʻE fakamoʻui koe ʻe he faʻa fakakaukau, pea ʻe tauhi koe ʻe he poto:

12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he hala ʻoe tangata kovi, mei he tangata ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa kovi;

13 Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

‌ʻAia ʻoku liʻaki ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, kae ʻalu ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoe fakapoʻuli;

14 Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

‌ʻAia ʻoku fiefia ke fai kovi, pea ʻoku fiemālie ʻi he talangataʻa ʻae angahala;

15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

Pea ʻoku pikopiko hono ngaahi hala, pea kovi ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga:

16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

Ke fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, ʻio, mei he muli ʻoku lea fakaoloolo;

17 Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

‌ʻAia kuo ne liʻaki ʻae fakahinohino ʻi heʻene kei siʻi, pea kuo ne fakangalongaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa hono ʻOtua.

18 For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

He ʻoku tahifohifo hono fale ki he mate, pea mo hono ʻalunga ki he kakai mate.

19 Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

‌ʻOku ʻikai toe foki mai ha taha ʻoku ʻalu atu kiate ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke puke ʻekinautolu ki he ngaahi hala ʻoe moʻui.

20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

Koeʻuhi ke ke ʻeveʻeva koe ʻi he hala ʻae kakai angalelei, pea ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaluʻanga ʻoe māʻoniʻoni.

21 For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

Koeʻuhi ʻe nofo ʻae angatonu ʻi he fonua, pea ʻe nofomaʻu ʻi ai ʻae haohaoa.

22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

Ka ʻe motuhi atu ʻae angahala mei he māmani, pea ʻe taʻaki fuʻu hake mei ai ʻae fai kovi.