Proverbs 6

1 My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

‌ʻE hoku foha, kapau kuo ke hoko ko e fetongi ki ho kāinga, kapau kuo ke fekuku nima mo ha muli,

2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Tā kuo tauheleʻi koe ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea mei ho ngutu, kuo ke fihia koe ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻa ho ngutu.

3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

‌ʻE 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.

4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

‌ʻOua naʻa tuku ke mohe ho mata, pe tuku ke tulemohe ho laumata.

5 Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

Fakamoʻui koe ʻo hangē ko e kāseli mei he nima ʻoe tangata tuli manu, pea hangē ko e manupuna mei he nima ʻoe tangata tauhele.

6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

‌ʻA koe ko e fakapikopiko, ʻalu ki he lō; tokanga ki heʻene anga, pea ke poto ai;

7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

‌ʻAia ʻoku ʻikai hano fakahinohino, pe enginaki, pe ha pule,

8 She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.

Ka ʻoku ne tokonaki ʻene meʻakai ʻi he faʻahitaʻu mafana, ʻo ne tānaki ʻene meʻakai ʻi he ututaʻu.

9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

‌ʻA koe ko e fakapikopiko, ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo mohe? Te ke toki tuʻu hake ʻafē mei hoʻo mohe?

10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

“ʻE toe siʻi pe ʻae mohe, ʻe toe siʻi mo e moʻumohea, ʻe toe siʻi mo e fehulunaki ʻoe nima ke mohe:”

11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

Pea pehē, ʻe haʻu ai hoʻo masiva ʻo hangē ha taha ʻoku fononga mai, pea mo hoʻo paea ʻo hangē ha tangata ʻoku toʻo mahafu.

12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

‌ʻOku ʻalu mo e ngutu kovi, ʻae tangata ʻoku angakovi, mo e tangata angahala.

13 Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;

‌ʻOku kakamo ʻe ia ʻaki hono mata, ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻe ia hono vaʻe, ʻoku ako ʻaki ʻe ia hono louhiʻi nima;

14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

‌ʻOku ʻi hono loto ʻae kovi, ʻoku ne fakatupu maʻuaipē ʻae kovi; ʻoku tūtuuʻi ʻe ia ʻae maveuveu.

15 For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

Ko ia ʻe hoko fakafokifā ai ʻa ʻene malaʻia; ʻe maumau fakafokifā ia taʻehanofakamoʻui.

16 Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

‌ʻOku fehiʻa ʻa Sihova ki he meʻa ni ʻe ono: ʻio, ko e meʻa ʻe fitu ʻoku fakalielia ʻi hono ʻao:

17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

Ko e mata fielahi, ko e ʻelelo ʻoku loi, mo e nima ʻoku lilingi ʻae toto ʻoe taʻehalaia,

18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

Ko e loto ʻoku fakatupu ʻae ngaahi mahalo kovi, mo e vaʻe ʻoku veʻe vave ki he fai kovi,

19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

Ko e fakamoʻoni loi ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi loi, mo ia ʻoku fakatupu maveuveu ʻi he kāinga.

20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

‌ʻE hoku foha, ke ke tauhi ʻae fekau ʻa hoʻo tamai, pea ʻoua naʻa liʻaki ʻae fono ʻa hoʻo faʻē:

21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

Nonoʻo maʻuaipē ia ki ho loto, pea kahoa ʻaki ia ʻi ho kia.

22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

‌ʻOka 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.

23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

He 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:

24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

Ke fakahaofi koe mei he fefine angahala, mei he lea fakaoloolo ʻae fefine muli.

25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

‌ʻOua naʻa ke holi ʻi ho loto ki hono fakaʻofoʻofa; pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ke ne kākaaʻi koe ʻaki hono laumata.

26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

He 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.

27 May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?

‌ʻE faʻa ʻai ʻe ha tangata ʻae afi ki hono fatafata, pea ʻikai vela hono ngaahi kofu?

28 Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?

‌ʻE ʻeveʻeva ha taha ʻi he funga maka vela, ka ʻe ʻikai vela hono vaʻe?

29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

‌ʻOku pehē ʻaia ʻoku ʻalu atu ki he uaifi ʻo hono kaungāʻapi; ʻe ʻikai tonuhia ia ʻoku ala ki ai.

30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

‌ʻOku ʻikai fehiʻa ʻae kakai ki ha kaihaʻa, ʻo kapau kuo ne kaihaʻa ke fakafiemālie hono loto ʻi heʻene feinga fiekaia;

31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

Kā, ʻoka ʻilo ia, ʻe totongi ʻe ia ke liunga fitu; ʻe ʻatu ʻe ia ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ʻo hono fale.

32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

Ka ko ia ʻoku tonofefine, ʻoku masiva poto: ko ia ʻoku ne fai ia ʻoku fakaʻauha ʻe ia hono laumālie ʻoʻona.

33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

‌ʻE lavea ai ia mo ongoongo kovi: pea ʻe ʻikai holoholoʻi ʻa hono manukia.

34 For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.

He ko e fuaʻa ko e fakalili ia ʻoe tangata: ko ia ʻe ʻikai te ne toe mamae ai ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe totongi.

35 He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

‌ʻE ʻikai tokangaʻi ʻe ia ha tukungoue; pea ʻe ʻikai fiemālie ia ʻi hoʻo foaki lahi.