Eclesiastes
10:1 Na nalo make ka mea e pilau ai ka mea poni
ʻono: pēlā ka mea lapuwale iki i ka mea i kaulana no ka naʻauao a me ka naʻauao
hanohano.
10:2 Aia ma kona lima akau ka naau o ke kanaka naauao; aka, o ka naau o ka naaupo ma kona hema.
10:3 ʻAe, i ka wā e hele ai ka mea naʻaupō ma ke ala, ua pau kona naʻauao
ia ia, a olelo aku la ia i na mea a pau, he naaupo ia.
10:4 Ina e ku e mai ka manao o ke alii ia oe, mai haalele oe i kou wahi;
no ka mea, ʻo ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, he mea ia e hoʻomaha ai i nā hewa nui.
10:5 Aia kekahi hewa aʻu i ʻike ai ma lalo o ka lā, me he hewa lā
mai ke alii mai.
10:6 Ua hoonohoia ka naaupo ma ka hanohano nui, a noho ka poe waiwai ma kahi haahaa.
10:7 Ua ʻike au i nā kauā ma luna o nā lio, a me nā aliʻi e hele ana me he poʻe kauwā lā
ka honua.
10: 8. O ka mea i eli i ka lua, e haule no ia iloko; a o ka mea wawahi i ka pa, a
e nahu mai ka nahesa iā ia.
10: 9. ʻO ka mea e wehe i nā pōhaku, e ʻeha ʻo ia me ia; a ʻo ka mea ʻoki lāʻau
e pilikia ana ia mea.
10:10 Ina paha he hao ka hao, aole oia i hookala i ka maka,
oi aku ka ikaika: aka, o ka naauao ka mea e pono ai ke alakai.
10:11 He oiaio, e nahu mai ka nahesa me ka hoowalewale ole; a ʻo ka mea ʻakaʻaka ʻaʻole
ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
10:12 ʻO nā ʻōlelo a ka waha o ke kanaka naʻauao, he lokomaikaʻi; aka, o ka lehelehe o ka naaupo
e ale ia ia iho.
10:13 ʻO ka mua o nā ʻōlelo a kona waha, he lapuwale ia, a ʻo ka hope
He pupule kolohe kana olelo.
10:14 ʻO ka mea naʻaupō hoʻi i ka ʻōlelo. a he aha
e hiki mai ana mahope ona, nawai la e hai aku ia ia?
10:15 ʻO ka hana a ka poʻe naʻaupō e hoʻoluhi iā lākou a pau, no ka mea, ua ʻike ʻo ia
ʻaʻole pehea e hele ai i ke kūlanakauhale.
10:16 LK Auwe ʻoe, e ka ʻāina, ke kamaliʻi kou aliʻi, a ʻai kou mau aliʻi i loko.
ke kakahiaka!
10:17 p.
ʻAi nā aliʻi i ka manawa pono, no ka ikaika, ʻaʻole no ka ʻona.
10:18 No ka molowa loa, popopo ka hale; a ma ka palaualelo o ka
nā lima e hāʻule ana ka hale.
10:19 He ʻahaʻaina no ka ʻakaʻaka, a ʻo ka waina ka mea e ʻoliʻoli ai;
na mea a pau.
10:20 Mai hōʻino aku i ke aliʻi, ʻaʻole ma kou manaʻo. mai hoino oe i ka poe waiwai iloko ou
keena moe: no ka mea, e lawe ka manu o ka lewa i ka leo, a me ka mea
He mau ʻēheu e haʻi aku ia mea.