Proverbs 27:22
If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- כָּתַשׁkâthashto butt or pound
- עֱלִיʻĕlîya pestle (as lifted)
- מַכְתֵּשׁmaktêsha mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)
- רִיפָהrîyphâh(only plural), grits (as pounded)
- אִוֶּלֶתʼivvelethsilliness
- אֱוִילʼĕvîyl(figuratively) silly
- תָּוֶךְtâveka bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
Ko e ngaahi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi 'oku tu'u 'i he tu'a 'o e veesi ni. 'E ha'u 'a e fakahoa lea-ki-he-lea mo e liliu lea-ki-he-lea.
Ngaahi fetuʻutaki veesi
Pro 23:35, Jer 5:3, Isa 1:5, Rev 16:10–11, Jer 44:15–16, Exo 14:5, Exo 12:30, 2Ch 28:22–23