Proverbs 7
1 My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
ʻE hoku foha, ke ke maʻu ʻeku ngaahi lea, pea ke tānaki kiate koe ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fekau.
2 Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.
Fai ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau pea moʻui ai! Pea tokangaʻi ʻa ʻeku fono ʻo hangē ko ho kanoʻi mata.
3 Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Nonoʻo ia ki ho louhiʻi nima, tohi ia ki he kakano ʻo ho loto.
4 Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
Ke ke lea ʻo pehē ki he poto, “Ko hoku tokoua koe;” pea ke ui ʻae ʻilo ko ho kāinga fefine:
5 That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.
Koeʻuhi ke na fakamoʻui koe mei he fefine muli, mei he muli ʻoku fakaoloolo ʻaki ʻene ngaahi lea.
6 As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my windowe,
He naʻaku sio atu mei he matapā ʻa hoku fale mei he matapā sioʻata.
7 And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,
Pea naʻaku vakai ki he kakai vale, pea ne u ʻiloʻi ʻi he kau talavou ʻae tangata talavou ʻoku masiva ʻi he poto,
8 Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,
Naʻe ʻalu atu ʻi he hala ʻo ofi ki hono ʻapi; ʻo ne ʻalu ʻi he hala ki hono fale,
9 In the twilight in the euening, when the night began to be blacke and darke.
ʻI he efiafi poʻuli, ʻi he pō ʻuliʻuli mo fakapoʻuli:
10 And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.
Pea vakai, naʻe fakafetaulaki mai kiate ia ʻae fefine ʻoku kofu ʻi he kofu ʻoe faʻa feʻauaki, ʻo loto kākā.
11 (She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.
(ʻOku faʻa longoaʻa ia mo angamālohi, ʻoku ʻikai nofo hono vaʻe ʻi hono fale:
12 Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)
Ko eni ʻoku ʻituʻa, ko ʻena ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi hala, ʻoku ne nofo toitoi ʻi he tuliki kotoa pē.)
13 So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said vnto him,
Pea naʻa ne puke ia, pea ʻuma ki ai, pea ʻi he mata fiematamuʻa naʻa ne pehē kiate ia,
14 I haue peace offerings: this day haue I payed my vowes.
“ʻOku ou maʻu ʻae ngaahi foaki fakalelei; pea kuo u fakamoʻoni ki heʻeku ngaahi fuakava ʻi he ʻaho ni.
15 Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.
Ko ia kuo u haʻu ai ke ta feʻilongaki mo koe, ke kumi ʻi he feinga ki ho mata, pea ko eni kuo u maʻu koe.
16 I haue deckt my bed with ornaments, carpets and laces of Egypt.
Kuo u teuteu hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae ngaahi puipui matamatalelei, mo e tongi fakasanisani, mo e tupenu lelei mei ʻIsipite.
17 I haue perfumed my bedde with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.
Kuo u fakanamu kakala ʻa hoku mohenga ʻaki ʻae mula, mo e ʻalosi, pea mo e sinamoni.
18 Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance.
Haʻu, ke ta fakafonu ʻakitaua ʻi he ʻofa ʻo aʻu ki he ʻapongipongi: ke ta fakafiemālie ʻakitaua ʻi heʻeta fai ʻofa.
19 For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off.
He ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ʻapi ʻae tangataʻeiki, kuo ʻalu ia ʻo fononga mamaʻo:”
20 He hath taken with him a bagge of siluer, and will come home at the day appointed.
Kuo ne ʻave mo ia ʻae kato paʻanga, pea ʻe ʻikai haʻu ia kaeʻoua ke hokosia hono ʻaho kuo ne lea ki ai.
21 Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.
Naʻa ne fakavaivaiʻi ia ʻaki ʻa ʻene ngaahi lea matamatalelei, ʻo ne maʻu ia ʻi he fakaoloolo ʻa hono ngutu.
22 And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,
Ko ia naʻa ne ʻalu muimui leva ʻiate ia, ʻo hangē ko e pulu ke tāmateʻi, pea hangē ko e vale ki he tautea ʻoe ʻakau fakamaau vaʻe;
23 Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
Kaeʻoua ke ʻasi ʻae ngahau ki hono ʻate; ʻio, ʻo hangē ko e manu ʻoku ʻoho vave ki he tauhele, ʻo ʻikai ke ne ʻilo ko e meʻa ke ʻosi ai ʻene moʻui.
24 Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.
ʻE fānau, ke mou fanongo eni kiate au, pea mou tokanga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.
ʻOua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu atu ho loto ki hono hala, ʻoua naʻa mou hē ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
26 For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her.
He kuo lī hifo ʻe ia ʻae toko lahi kuo lavea; ʻio, kuo tāmateʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau tangata mālohi toko lahi.
