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i ka noonoo ana, e imi no i ka naauao o ka poe kahiko a pau,
a e hoʻopaʻa i nā wānana.
39: 2. E mālama ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo a ka poʻe kaulana
ʻo ia, aia nō ia ma laila.
39:3 E ʻimi ʻo ia i nā mea huna o nā ʻōlelo kupapaʻu, a e kamaʻilio i loko
nane pouli.
39:4. E lawelawe no ia iwaena o na kanaka nui, a e hoikeia mai imua o na'lii
hele ma nā ʻāina ʻē; no ka mea, ua hoao oia i ka maikai a me ka
ino iwaena o na kanaka.
39:5 E hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona naʻau e hoʻi koke i ka Haku nāna i hana, a
e pule aku imua o ka Mea Kiekie, a e hamama kona waha i ka pule, a
e pule aku no kona hewa.
39:6 Ke makemake ka Haku nui, e hoopihaia oia me ka uhane o
naauao: e ninini mai oia i na olelo naauao, a e hoomaikai aku ia ia
ka Haku ma kana pule.
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e noonoo.
39:8 E hōʻike mai ʻo ia i kāna mea i aʻo ai, a e kaena ʻo ia i ka
kanawai o ka berita o ka Haku.
39:9. He nui ka poe e mahalo aku i kona naauao; a i ka wa e mau ai ko ke ao nei,
ʻaʻole ia e holoi ʻia; aole e pau kona hoomanao ana, a me kona
e ola ka inoa mai ia hanauna aku ia hanauna aku.
39: 10. E hōʻike nā lāhui i kona akamai, a e haʻi aku ke anaina
kona hoomaikai ana.
39:11 LK Inā make ʻo ia, e waiho ʻo ia i ka inoa ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi tausani
e ola, e hoomahuahua no ia.
39:12 LK He mea hou aku kaʻu e ʻōlelo ai, aʻu i noʻonoʻo ai. no ka mea, ua piha au
ka mahina i ka piha.
39:13 LK ʻĒ, e hoʻolohe mai iaʻu, e nā keiki hemolele
ke kahawai o ke kula.
39:14 LK ʻĒ, hāʻawi mai ʻoe i mea ʻala e like me ka libano,
e hoonani, e hoolea, e hoomaikai ia Iehova i kona mau mea a pau
hana.
39:15 LK E hoʻomaikaʻi i kona inoa, a e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā ia me nā mele o kou mau lehelehe.
a me nā lira, a i ka hoʻoleʻa ʻana iā ia, e ʻōlelo ʻoukou penei;
39:16 LK ʻĒ, maikaʻi loa nā hana a pau a ka Haku
e hookoia na kauoha i ka wa pono.
39:17 LK ʻAʻohe mea e ʻōlelo, he aha kēia? No ke aha ia? no ka manawa
E ʻimi ʻia lākou a pau i ka pono: Ma kāna kauoha ka wai
ku iho la me he puu la, a ma na olelo a kona waha, na waihona o
wai.
39:18 LK Ma kāna kauoha i hana ʻia ai nā mea a pau āna i makemake ai. a ʻaʻohe mea e hiki ke keʻakeʻa,
i kona wa e hoola ai.
39:19 LK ʻO nā hana a nā mea ʻiʻo a pau aia i mua ona, ʻaʻohe mea hiki ke hūnā ʻia mai kāna
maka.
39:20 LK ʻIke ʻo ia mai ka wā kahiko a i ka manawa pau ʻole. ʻaʻohe mea kupanaha
imua ona.
39:21 LK ʻAʻole pono e ʻōlelo ke kanaka, He aha kēia? No ke aha ia? no ka mea, nana i hana
na mea a pau no ko lakou hoohana ana.
39:22 LK ʻO kona hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i uhi i ka ʻāina maloʻo me he muliwai lā,
39:23 LK ʻĒ, e like me kāna i hoʻolilo ai i ka wai i paʻakai, pēlā nō e loaʻa ai i nā lāhui kanaka
kona inaina.
39:24 LK E like me kona mau ʻaoʻao i maopopo i ka mea hemolele; pela lakou i mea e hina ai
ka poe hewa.
39:25 LK ʻĒ, ʻo nā mea maikaʻi i hana ʻia mai kinohi mai
no ka poe hewa.
39:26 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka wai, ke ahi, ka mea nui.
ka hao, a me ka paakai, ka palaoa o ka palaoa, ka meli, ka waiu, a me ke koko o ka huawaina,
a me ka aila, a me ka lole.
39:27 LK ʻĒ, no ka poʻe pono kēia mau mea a pau
lilo i mea ino.
39:28 LK ʻĒ, ua hana ʻia nā ʻuhane no ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana
ma na hahau eha; i ka wā luku, ninini lākou i ko lākou ikaika,
a e hoopau i ka inaina o ka mea nana lakou i hana.
39:29 LK ʻO ke ahi, ka huahekili, ka wī, a me ka make
ka hoopai ana;
39:30 LK ʻĒ, nā niho o nā holoholona hihiu, nā moʻo huelo ʻawaʻawa, nā nahesa, a me ka pahi kaua e hoʻopaʻi ana.
ka poe hewa i ka make.
39:31 LK ʻOliʻoli lākou i kāna kauoha, a mākaukau lākou
honua, i ka wā e pono ai; a hiki mai ko lakou manawa, aole lakou
e haihai i kana olelo.
39:32 LK No laila, mai kinohi mai, ua paʻa koʻu manaʻo
mea, a ua waiho ma ka palapala.
39:33 LK ʻAe, maikaʻi nā hana a pau a ka Haku
i ka manawa pono.
39:34 LK ʻAʻole hiki i ke kanaka ke ʻōlelo, ʻoi aku ka hewa o kēia
e apono pono ia na mea a pau.
39:35 LK No laila, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻoukou iā Iēhova me ka naʻau a me ka waha
e hoomaikai aku i ka inoa o ka Haku.