¹Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.

¹¶ Kei whakamanamana koe ki te ra apopo; kahore hoki koe e mohio ko te aha e puta mai i roto i te ra.

²Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

²¶ Ma tetahi atu tangata te whakamoemiti mou, kaua ma tou mangai ake; ma te tangata ke, kaua ma ou ngutu ake.

³A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

³¶ He taimaha te kohatu, he taimaha ano te kirikiri; he taimaha atu ia i a raua tahi te pukuriri o te wairangi.

⁴Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁴He mea nanakia te riri, he rutaki te aritarita; ko wai ia e tu i mua i te hae?

⁵Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

⁵¶ He pai ke te riri matanui i te aroha huna.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

⁶Ko nga patu a te hoa aroha he mea na te pono: ko nga kihi ia a te hoariri auau rawa.

⁷The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

⁷¶ E ngaruru ana te wairua makona ki te honikoma: engari ki te wairua hiakai, reka kau nga mea kawa katoa.

⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

⁸¶ Rite tonu ki te manu e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona kohanga te tangata e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona wahi.

⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.

⁹¶ He whakahari ngakau te hinu me te whakakakara; he pera ano nga ahuareka o to te tangata hoa aroha i ahu mai i nga tikanga mateoha i whakatakotoria e tona ngakau.

¹⁰Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

¹⁰Ko tou hoa aroha ake, a ko te hoa hoki o tou papa, kaua e whakarerea; kaua hoki e haere ki te whare o tou tuakana i te ra e mate ai koe: he pai ke hoki te hoa e tata ana i te tuakana i tawhiti.

¹¹Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.

¹¹¶ E taku tama, kia whakaaro nui, kia koa ai toku ngakau, kia whakahoki kupu ai hoki ahau ki te hunga e tawai ana ki ahau.

¹²A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

¹²¶ E kite atu ana te tangata tupato i te he, a ka huna i a ia: tena ko te kuware, haere tonu atu, mamae tonu atu.

¹³Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.

¹³¶ Tangohia te kakahu o te kaiwhakakapi mo te tangata ke; tona taunaha ano hoki mo ta te wahine ke.

¹⁴He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.

¹⁴¶ Ko te tangata e maranga ana i te atatu, he nui hoki tona reo ki te manaaki i tona hoa ka kiia tana he kanga.

¹⁵A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

¹⁵¶ He maturuturu e puputu tonu ana i te ra nui te ua, he wahine ngangare, rite tonu raua:

¹⁶whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

¹⁶Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te pehi i a ia, e mea ana ki te pehi i te hau, a ka tutaki tona ringa matau ki te hinu.

¹⁷Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

¹⁷¶ Ko te rino hei whakakoi mo te rino; waihoki ko te tangata ano hei whakakoi i te mata o tona hoa.

¹⁸Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.

¹⁸¶ Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ona hua: ka whakahonoretia te tangata e whakaaro ana ki tona rangatira.

¹⁹As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.

¹⁹¶ He pera i te wai, tiro atu, tiro mai he kanohi, ka pena ano to te tangata ngakau ki te tangata.

²⁰Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²⁰¶ Ko te reinga, ko te whakangaromanga, e kore e makona; e kore ano hoki e makona nga kanohi o te tangata.

²¹The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

²¹¶ Ko te oko tahu para mo te hiriwa, ko te oumu mo te koura; a, ko te whakanui i a ia, hei whakamatautau mo te tangata.

²²If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

²²¶ Ahakoa i tukua e koe te wairangi ki te tuki i roto i te kumete i waenga i nga witi pepe, e kore tona whakaarokore e riro.

²³Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

²³¶ Kia anga nui koa kia mohio ki te ahua o au hipi, a kia pai te tiaki i au kahui kau:

²⁴for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?

²⁴E kore hoki te taonga e mau tonu; e mau ianei te karauna ki nga whakatupuranga katoa?

²⁵The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

²⁵Kua whaiti te hei, e kitea ana te tupu hou, a e kohikohia ana nga otaota o nga maunga.

²⁶The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;

²⁶Hei mea kakahu mou nga reme, a koe nga koati hei utu mo te mara.

²⁷and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.

²⁷A tera te waiu koati, he nui noa atu hei kai mau, hei kai hoki ma tou whare, hei oranga ano hoki mo au kotiro.