¹¶ Ko nga whakatauki a Horomona tama a Rawiri, kingi o Iharaira;

¹The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

²E mohiotia ai te whakaaro nui, te ako; e kitea ai nga kupu o te matauranga;

²To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

³E riro mai ai te ako a te ngakau mahara, te tika, te whakawa, te mea ano e rite ana;

³To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

⁴Hei hoatu i te ngakau tupato ki nga kuware, i te matauranga, i te ngarahu pai ki te taitamariki;

⁴To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

⁵Kia whakarongo ai te tangata whakaaro nui, kia nui ake ai tona mohio; kia whiwhi ai te tangata tupato ki nga whakaaro mohio:

⁵A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

⁶E mohio ai ia ki te whakatauki, ki te kupu whakarite, ki nga kupu a nga whakaaro nui, ki a ratou korero whakapeka.

⁶To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

⁷¶ Ko te wehi ki a Ihowa te timatanga o te matauranga; e whakahawea ana te whakaarokore ki te whakaaro nui, ki te ako.

⁷The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

⁸Whakarongo, e taku tama, ki te ako a tou papa, kaua hoki e whakarerea te ture a tou whaea;

⁸My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

⁹Ka waiho hoki ena hei pare ataahua mo tou matenga, hei mekameka whakapaipai mo tou kaki.

⁹For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

¹⁰¶ E taku tama, ki te whakawaia koe e te hunga hara, kaua e whakaae.

¹⁰My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

¹¹Ki te mea ratou, Tatou ka haere, ka whakapapa atu, ka whakaheke toto; kia whanga puku tatou, he mea takekore, mo te tangata harakore:

¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

¹²Horomia oratia ratou e tatou, peratia me ta te rua tupapaku; ka riro tinana ratou, ka pera me te hunga e heke atu ana ki te poka:

¹²Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

¹³Ka kitea e tatou nga taonga utu nui katoa, ka whakakiia o tatou whare ki ta tatou e pahua ai:

¹³We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

¹⁴Maka mai tou wahi ki roto ki to matou; kia kotahi te putea ma tatou katoa.

¹⁴Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

¹⁵E taku tama, kaua e haere tahi i te ara me ratou; kaiponuhia tou waewae i to ratou huarahi;

¹⁵My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

¹⁶E rere ana hoki o ratou waewae ki te kino, e hohoro ana ratou ki te whakaheke toto.

¹⁶For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

¹⁷He maumau hoki te hora o te kupenga ki te tirohanga a tetahi manu.

¹⁷Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

¹⁸Ko ratou, he whakaheke i o ratou toto ano i whakapapa ai ratou; he whakamate i a ratou ano i piri ai ratou.

¹⁸And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

¹⁹Ka pena nga huarahi o te hunga apo taonga; ko te ora ano o ona rangatira e tangohia.

¹⁹So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

²⁰¶ E hamama ana te whakaaro nui i te huarahi; e puaki ana tona reo i nga waharoa;

²⁰Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

²¹E karanga ana ia i te tino wahi whakaminenga; i te wahi tuwhera o nga kuwaha, i roto i te pa, e puaki ana ana kupu;

²¹She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

²²E te hunga kuware, kia pehea ake te roa o to koutou aroha ki te kuwaretanga? O te hiahia ranei o te hunga whakahi ki to ratou whakahi? O te whakakino ranei a te hunga wairangi ki te matauranga?

²²How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

²³Tahuri mai ki taku ako: na ka ringihia e ahau toku wairua ki a koutou, ka whakaaturia aku kupu ki a koutou.

²³Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

²⁴I karanga atu hoki ahau, heoi kihai koutou i pai mai; i totoro atu toku ringa, a kihai tetahi i whai whakaaro mai;

²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

²⁵Heoi whakakahoretia iho e koutou toku whakaaro katoa, kihai hoki i aro ki taku ako:

²⁵But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

²⁶Mo reira ka kata ahau i te ra o to koutou aitua; ka tawai ina pa te pawera ki a koutou.

²⁶I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

²⁷Ina tae mai to koutou pawera ano he tupuhi, a ka pa mai to koutou aitua ano he paroro; ina tae mai te pouri me te ngakau mamae ki a koutou.

²⁷When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

²⁸Ko reira ratou karanga ai ki ahau, a e kore ahau e whakahoki kupu atu; ka rapu nui ratou i ahau, otiia e kore ahau e kitea e ratou:

²⁸Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

²⁹Mo ratou i kino ki te matauranga; kihai hoki i whiriwhiria e ratou te wehi ki a Ihowa;

²⁹For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

³⁰Kihai i aro mai ki oku whakaaro; whakahawea ana ratou ki taku kupu riri katoa.

³⁰They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

³¹Na reira ka kai ratou i nga hua o to ratou nei ara, ka whakakiia ano hoki ki nga mea i titoa e ratou.

³¹Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

³²Ko te tahuritanga atu hoki o nga kuware hei patu i a ratou; ko te ngakau warea ano hoki o nga wairangi hei huna i a ratou.

³²For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

³³Ko te tangata ia e rongo ana ki ahau, ka au tona noho, ka tea hoki i te wehi ki te kino.

³³But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.