Lea Fakatātā 27
1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
1ʻOUA naʻa ke polepole ki he ʻapongipongi; he ʻoku ʻikai siʻi te ke faʻa ʻilo ʻae meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi ha ʻaho.
2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
2Tuku ke fakamālō kiate koe ʻe ha tangata kehe, ka ʻe ʻikai ʻi ho ngutu ʻoʻou pe; ko e taha kehe, ka ʻe ʻikai ʻi ho loungutu ʻoʻou.
3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
3ʻOku mamafa ʻae maka, pea ko e meʻa mamafa mo e ʻoneʻone, ka ko e ʻita ʻae vale ʻoku mamafa hake ia ʻi ai.
4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
4ʻOku fakamālohi ʻae houhau, pea ko e meʻa fakalili ʻae ʻita; ka ko hai ʻoku faʻa kātakiʻi ʻae fuaʻa?
5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
5ʻOku lelei hake ʻae valoki ʻoku fai fakahā, ʻi he ʻofa ʻoku fakalilolilo.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
6Ko e lavea mei he kāinga ko e angatonu ia; ka ko e ngaahi ʻuma mei ha fili ko e kākā ia.
7One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
7ʻOku fehiʻa ʻaia ʻoku mākona ki he ngeʻesi ʻoe honi; ka ʻoku huʻamelie ʻae meʻa konā kotoa pē kiate ia ʻoku fiekaia.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
8ʻOku tatau mo e manupuna kuo hē mei hono pununga, ʻae tangata ko ia kuo hē mei hono nofoʻanga.
9Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
9ʻOku fakafiefiaʻi ʻae loto ʻaki ʻae lolo tākai mo e meʻa namu kakala: ʻoku pehē ʻae lelei ʻoe kāinga ki ha tangata, ko e meʻa ʻi he akonakiʻi ʻoku fai mei he loto.
10Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
10ʻOua naʻa ke siʻaki ho kāinga ʻoʻou, pe ko e kāinga ʻo hoʻo tamai; pea ʻoua naʻa ke ʻalu ki he fale ʻo ho tokoua ʻi he ʻaho ʻo hoʻo mamahi: he ʻoku lelei hake ho kaungāʻapi pe ʻoku ofi, ʻi ho tokoua ka ʻoku ne mamaʻo.
11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
11ʻE hoku foha, ke ke poto koe, pea ke fakafiefiaʻi hoku loto, koeʻuhi ke u faʻa tali ia ʻaia ʻoku manuki kiate au.
12The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
12ʻOku sio mamaʻo atu ʻae tangata fakapotopoto ki he kovi, ʻo ne fufū ia mei ai: ka ʻoku mole atu pe ʻae vale, pea tautea ia.
13Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
13Ke toʻo pe ʻae kofu ʻoʻona ʻoku tongia ha taha ʻoku ʻikai ʻiloʻi, pea ke maʻu mei ai ʻae tuku paʻanga ko e langomakiʻi ʻoe fefine muli.
14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
14Ko ia ʻoku fakamālō leʻo lahi ki hono kāinga ʻi heʻene tuʻu hake kei hengihengi, ʻe lau ia ko e fakamalaʻia kiate ia.
15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
15Ko e tō maʻu pe ʻae ʻuha ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe ʻuha lahi, ʻoku na tatau mo e fefine ʻoku faʻa kē.
16to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.
16Ko ia ʻoku ne fakafufū ia ʻoku tatau mo ʻene fakafufū ʻae matangi, pē ko e meʻa nanamu ʻi hono nima toʻomataʻu ʻaia ʻoku fakahā ia.
17Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
17ʻOku fakamāsila ʻe he ukamea ʻae ukamea; ʻoku pehē ʻae fakalelei ʻe he tangata ʻae mata ʻo hono kāinga.
18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
18Ko ia ʻoku faʻa tauhi ki he ʻakau ko e fiki te ne kai ʻe ia hono fua: pea pehē foki, ko ia ʻoku tauhi ki heʻene ʻeiki ʻe hakeakiʻi ia.
19As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
19Hangē ko e sioʻata ʻae mata ki he mata ʻi he vai, ʻoku pehē ʻae loto ʻoe tangata ki he tangata.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
20ʻOku ʻikai ke pito ʻa hētesi mo e fakaʻauha; pea pehē, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke fiemālie ʻae mata ʻoe tangata.
21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
21Hangē ko e kulo fakamaʻa ki he siliva mo e afi kakaha ki he koula; ʻoku pehē, ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻae tangata mei hono ongoongo.
22Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
22Naʻa mo hoʻo fakavolu ha vale ʻi he momosiʻanga fakataha mo e uite ʻaki ʻae meʻa momosi, ʻe ʻikai mahuʻi ʻene vale meiate ia.
23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,
23Ke ke tokanga lahi ke ʻiloʻi pe ʻoku fēfē hoʻo fanga sipi, pea vakai lahi ki hoʻo fanga manu kehekehe.
24for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
24He ʻoku ʻikai tolonga maʻuaipē ʻae koloa: pea ʻoku tolonga koā ʻae tatā fakatuʻi ki he toʻutangata kotoa pē?
25When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
25ʻOku hā mai ʻae mohuku mōmoa, mo e musie toki tupu ʻoku hā mai ia, pea ʻoku tānaki ʻae ʻakau iiki ʻoe ngaahi moʻunga.
26the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.
26ʻOku ai ʻae fanga lami koeʻuhi ke ke maʻu ho kofu, pea mo e fanga kosi ko e totongi ia ʻo hoʻo ngoue.
27There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.
27Pea ʻe lahi ʻae huʻa kosi ki hoʻo kai, mo e kai ʻa hoʻo kau nofoʻanga, pea ke moʻui ai ʻa hoʻo kau kaunanga.