¹¶ Ki te noho tahi korua ko te rangatira ki te kai, ata whakaaroa marietia tera i tou aroaro:

¹When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;

²Whakapakia he maripi ki tou korokoro, ki te mea he tangata kakai koe.

²and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

³Kaua e hiahia ki ana mea reka: he kai tinihanga hoki era.

³Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

⁴¶ Kaua e taruke ki te mea taonga: kati tau mea ki tou matauranga.

⁴Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

⁵E anga mai ranei ou kanohi ki taua mea korekore nei? He pono hoki ka whai parirau te taonga, koia ano kei te ekara, rere ana whaka te rangi.

⁵wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

⁶¶ Kaua e kainga te kai a te tangata kanohi kino, kei minamina hoki koe ki ana mea reka.

⁶Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

⁷Ko tana hoki e mea ai i roto i a ia, pera tonu ia: E kai, e inu; koia tana kupu ki a koe; kahore ia ona ngakau ki a koe.

⁷For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

⁸Ko te kongakonga i kainga e koe, ka ruakina e koe, ka maumauria ano hoki au kupu reka.

⁸Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.

⁹¶ Kaua e korero ki nga taringa o te kuware; ka whakahawea hoki ia ki te whakaaro nui o au kupu.

⁹Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰¶ Kei whakanekehia e koe te rohe tawhito; kei haere koe ki nga mara a te pani:

¹⁰Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹No te mea he kaha to ratou kaiwhakaora; ka tohea e ia ta ratou tohe ki a koe.

¹¹for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.

¹²¶ Anga atu tou ngakau ki te ako, me ou taringa ki nga kupu o te matauranga.

¹²Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

¹³Kaua e tohungia te whiu ki te tamaiti: ki te patua hoki ia e koe ki te rakau, e kore ia e mate.

¹³Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:

¹⁴Tatatia ia e koe ki te rakau, a ka whakaorangia e koe tona wairua i te reinga.

¹⁴thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

¹⁵E taku tama, ki te whakaaro nui tou ngakau, ka koa hoki toku ngakau, ae ra, toku nei ano:

¹⁵My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;

¹⁶Ae ra, ka hari oku whatumanawa, ina korero ou ngutu i nga mea tika.

¹⁶and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.

¹⁷¶ Kei hae tou ngakau ki te hunga hara; engari kia wehi koe ki a Ihowa, a pau noa te ra.

¹⁷Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;

¹⁸He pono hoki tera ano he whakautu; e kore ano hoki tau i tumanako ai e hatepea atu.

¹⁸for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

¹⁹¶ Whakarongo ra, e taku tama, kia whai whakaaro hoki koe, a whakatikaia tou ngakau i te ara.

¹⁹Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.

²⁰Kei uru ki te hunga kakai waina; ki te hunga pukukai kikokiko:

²⁰Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.

²¹No te mea ka tutuki tahi te tangata inu raua ko te tangata kakai ki te rawakore; he tawhetawhe hoki te kakahu a te momoe mo te tangata.

²¹For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

²²Whakarongo ki tou papa nana koe; kaua hoki e whakahawea ki tou whaea ina ruruhi ia.

²²Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

²³Hokona te pono, kaua hoki e whakawhitiwhitia; ae ra, te whakaaro nui, te ako hoki, me te matauranga.

²³Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.

²⁴Nui atu hoki te koa o te papa o te tangata tika; a, ko te tangata e whanau he tama whakaaro nui mana, ka hari ia ki a ia.

²⁴The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:

²⁵Kia hari tou papa raua ko tou whaea, ina, kia koa te wahine i whanau ai koe.

²⁵let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

²⁶E taku tama, homai tou ngakau ki ahau, kia manako ano hoki ou kanohi ki aku ara.

²⁶My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

²⁷No te mea he rua hohonu te wahine kairau; he poka kuiti te wahine ke.

²⁷For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

²⁸Ae ra, ka whanga ia ano he kaipahua, a ka whakatokomahatia e ia nga tangata poka ke.

²⁸She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

²⁹¶ Ko wai e aue? Ko wai e tangi? Ko wai e totohe? Ko wai e ngangautia? Ko wai e maru, he mea takekore? Ko wai e whero tonu ona kanohi?

²⁹Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?

³⁰Ko te hunga e noho roa ana ki te waina; ko te hunga e haere ana ki te rapu i te waina whakaranu.

³⁰-- They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.

³¹Kaua e titiro ki te waina i te mea e whero ana, ina puta tona kara i roto i te kapu, ina mania tona heke.

³¹Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:

³²Tona tukunga iho ano he nakahi e ngau ana, koia ano kei te wero a te neke.

³²at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

³³E kite hoki ou kanohi i nga mea rereke, a ka puta he kupu rereke i tou ngakau.

³³Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;

³⁴Ae ra, ka rite koe ki te tangata e takoto ana i waenga moana, ki te tangata ranei e takoto ana i te tihi o te rewa.

³⁴and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

³⁵A ka mea koe, Patua ana ahau e ratou, a kihai ahau i mamae; tatatia ana ahau e ratou, a kihai ahau i mohio: a hea ahau ara ake ai? Ka rapua ano e ahau.

³⁵-- ''They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''