ʻŌlelo ʻōlelo
23: 1. Ke noho oe e ai me ke alii, e noonoo pono i ka mea
imua ou.
23:2 A e kau i ka pahi ma kou ʻāʻī, inā he kanaka ʻai ʻoe.
23:3 Mai makemake ʻoe i kāna mea ʻai, no ka mea, he ʻai hoʻopunipuni lākou.
23:4 Mai hooikaika oe i ka waiwai.
23:5 E kau anei kou mau maka i ka mea ole? no ka waiwai oiaio
hana lakou i mau eheu; lele lakou me he aeto la i ka lani.
23:6 Mai ʻai ʻoe i ka berena a ka mea maka hewa, ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake
kana mea ai ono.
23:7 No ka mea, e like me kona manao iloko o kona naau, pela no ia.
oe; aka, aole me oe kona naau.
23:8 ʻO ka ʻai āu i ʻai ai, e luaʻi ʻoe, a e pau kou ʻono.
huaolelo.
23:9 Mai ʻōlelo ʻoe ma nā pepeiao o ka mea naʻaupō;
huaolelo.
23:10 Mai hoʻoneʻe i ka palena ʻāina kahiko. mai komo i na kula o ka
makua ole:
23:11 No ka mea, he mana ko lakou Hoolapanai; nana no e hooponopono i ko lakou hihia me oe.
23:12. E hoʻopili i kou naʻau i ke aʻo ʻana, a me kou mau pepeiao i nā ʻōlelo a
ʻike.
23:13 Mai ʻauʻa ʻoe i ke aʻo ʻana mai ke keiki
kookoo, aole ia e make.
23:14 ʻO ʻoe e hahau iā ia me ka lāʻau, a e hoʻopakele ʻoe i kona ʻuhane mai ka pō.
23:15 LK E kaʻu keiki, inā naʻauao kou naʻau, e hauʻoli nō koʻu naʻau.
23:16 LK ʻAe, e hauʻoli koʻu ʻōpū, ke ʻōlelo nei kou mau lehelehe i nā mea pololei.
23:17 Mai lili kou naau i ka poe hewa, aka, e makau oe ia Iehova
a pau ka la.
23:18 LK He ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ka hopena. a ʻaʻole e ʻoki ʻia kou manaʻolana.
23:19 LK E hoʻolohe mai ʻoe, e kaʻu keiki, e naʻauao, a e alakaʻi i kou naʻau ma ke ala.
23:20 LK Mai noho pū me ka poʻe inu waina. iwaena o ka poe uhauha i ka io.
23:21 LK No ka mea, ʻilihune ka mea ʻona a me ka mea ʻai.
e hoaahu i ke kanaka i na lole weluwelu.
23:22 LK E hoʻolohe i kou makua kāne nāna ʻoe, a mai hoʻowahāwahā i kou makuahine.
ua elemakule.
23:23 LK E kūʻai i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, mai kūʻai aku. a me ka naauao, a me ke ao ana, a
ka hoomaopopo ana.
23:24 ʻO ka makua o ka poʻe pono, e hauʻoli nui ia;
E hauʻoli ke keiki naʻauao iā ia.
23:25 LK ʻOliʻoli kou makua kāne a me kou makuahine, a ʻo ka mea nāna ʻoe i hānau
e hauoli.
23:26 E kaʻu keiki, hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kou naʻau, a e nānā mai kou mau maka i koʻu mau ʻaoʻao.
23:27 No ka mea, he lua hohonu ka wahine hookamakama. a he lua haiki ka wahine malihini.
23:28 A hoʻohālua ʻo ia me he pio lā,
iwaena o na kanaka.
23:29 LK ʻĒ, ʻo wai ka ʻino? Owai ke kaumaha? ʻO wai ka mea hakakā? ʻO wai ka mea ʻōhumu?
ʻO wai ka ʻeha kumu ʻole? ʻO wai ka ʻulaʻula o nā maka?
23:30 LK ʻO ka poʻe e noho lōʻihi ana i ka waina. ka poe hele e imi i ka waina i huiia.
23:31 LK Mai nānā ʻoe i ka waina i ka wā ʻulaʻula
ke kiaha, i kona neenee pono ana ia ia iho.
23:32 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ia ka nahu e like me ka nahesa,
23:33 LK E ʻike nō kou mau maka i nā wahine ʻē, a e ʻōlelo kou naʻau
na mea kolohe.
23:34 LK ʻAe.
ka mea e moe ana ma ka piko o ka kia.
23:35 LK ʻĒ, ua hahau mai lākou iaʻu, ʻaʻole au i maʻi. ia lakou
hahau mai ia'u, aole au i ike: ahea la au e ala ai? E ʻimi nō au
hou.