Proverbs 2

1 My son, if you would accept my words, and conceal my commandments within you,

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

2 so that your ears may listen to wisdom, then bend your heart in order to know prudence.

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

3 For if you would call upon wisdom and bend your heart to prudence,

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

4 if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure,

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

5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and you will discover the knowledge of God.

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

6 For the Lord bestows wisdom, and out of his mouth, prudence and knowledge.

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

7 He will preserve the salvation of the righteous, and he will protect those who walk in simplicity:

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

8 serving the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of sanctity.

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

9 Then you shall understand justice and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

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

10 If wisdom is to enter into your heart, and if knowledge is to become pleasing to your soul,

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

11 then counsel must guard you, and prudence must serve you,

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

12 so that you may be rescued from the evil way, and from the man who speaks perversities,

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

13 from those who leave the straight path to walk in dark ways,

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

14 who rejoice when they have done evil, and who exult in the most wicked things.

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

15 Their ways are perverse, and their steps are infamous.

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

16 So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,

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

17 and who leaves behind the Guide of her youth,

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

18 and who has forgotten the covenant of her God. For her household inclines toward death, and her paths toward Hell. (questioned)

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

19 All those who enter to her will not return again, nor will they take hold of the paths 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 may you walk in the good way, and keep to the difficult paths of the just.

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

21 For those who are upright shall live upon the earth, and the simple shall continue upon it.

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

22 Yet truly, the impious shall perish from the earth, and those who act unjustly shall be taken away from it.

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