Proverbs 2

1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,

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

2 That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:

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

3 For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:

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

4 If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a 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 shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.

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

6 Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.

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

7 He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that 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 Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.

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

9 Then shalt thou 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 shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:

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

11 Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,

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

12 That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

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

13 Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:

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

14 Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:

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

15 Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.

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

16 That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:

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

17 And forsaketh 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 hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell. (questioned)

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

19 None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall 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 That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the 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 they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.

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

22 But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do 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.