Solomona 5
1 E KUU keiki, e hoolohe mai i ko'u naauao, E haliu mai hoi kou pepeiao i ko'u iko:
My son, attend to my wisdom, [and] bow thy ear to my understanding:
2 I malama oe i ke aoia mai, E hoopaa hoi kou mau lehelehe i ka ike.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 No ka mea, o na lehelehe o ka wahine hookamakama he meli ia e kulu ana, A ua oi aku ka pahee o kona waha i ko ka aila.
For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] a honey-comb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
4 Aka, na awahia kona hope, e like me ka laau awaawa, Oioi hoi o like me ka pahikaua oi lua.
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. (Sheol h7585)
6 I ole oe e noonoo i ke ala o ko ola, He loli wale kona noho ana i ole oe e ike aku.
Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
7 Ano la, e na keiki, hoolohe mai ia'u, Mai haliu ae mai ka olelo aku a kuu waha.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 E hooneenee loa aku i kou hele ana mai ona aku, Mai hookokoke aku oe i ka puka o kona hale:
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 O haawi oe i kou nani i na mea e, A me kon mau makahiki hoi i ka mea aloha ole:
Lest thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel:
10 O lako hoi na mea e i kou mau mea maikai; A me na hale o ka malihini i kau waiwai;
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors [be] in the house of a stranger;
11 A uwe oe i kou hope, I ka pau ana o kou io a me kou kino;
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 A e olelo hoi, Auwe ko'u inaina aku i ka ike, A me ka hoowahawaha ana o ko'u naau i ke aoia mai!
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 Aole au i hoolohe i ka leo o ka'u mau kumu, Aole hoi i haliu aku ko'u pepeiao i ka poe i ao mai ia'u!
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me!
14 Mai noho au ma na hewa a pau loa, Mawaena o ke anaina a me ka ahakanaka.
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 E ia u oe i ka wai noloko ae o kou punawai, A i na waikahe hoi noloko ae o kou kahawai.
Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.
16 E hu aku iwaho kou mau lokowai, A kahe na auwai ma na alanui.
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Nau wale iho no lakou, Aole na ka poe malihini pu me oe.
Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.
18 E hoomaikaiia kou punawai; A e olioli oe me ka wahine o kou wa ui.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 He dia aloha ia a me ka ibeka oluolu; E maona oe i na la a pau i kona waiu, E ana mau oe i kona aloha.
[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 No ke aha la e ona oe, e kuu keiki, i ka wahine e, A e apo oe i ka wahine a hai ma kou umauma?
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 No ka mea, e kau pono ana na maka o Iehova i ka aoao o ke kanaka, E ike ana no hoi i kona mau aoao a pau,
For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 E puni ka mea hewa i kona hala iho, E heiia hoi oia i ka hei o kona hewa iho.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
23 E make oia me ke ao ole ia mai; A e hele hewa oia i ka nui o kona naaupo ana.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
