¹¶ E taku tama, puritia aku kupu, huna aku whakahau ki roto ki a koe.

¹My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

²Puritia aku whakahau, a ka ora; taku ture, ano ko te whatupango o tou kanohi.

²Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.

³Herea ki ou maihao; tuhituhia, ko tou ngakau ano hei papa.

³Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

⁴Ki atu ki te whakaaro nui, He tuahine koe noku; kiia hoki te matauranga ko tou whanaunga wahine:

⁴Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:

⁵Kia ai enei hei tiaki i a koe kei he i te wahine ke, i te wahine ke, he korero whakapati nei ana.

⁵that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.

⁶¶ I titiro atu hoki ahau i te matapihi o toku whare i roto i toku whakakahokaho;

⁶For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,

⁷A i matakitaki ahau i roto i nga kuware, i kite i roto i nga taitama, i tetahi tamaiti kahore rawa he whakaaro,

⁷and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,

⁸E haere ana i te ara i te wahi tata e piko atu ai ki a ia, a haere ana ia i te ara ki tona whare.

⁸passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

⁹I te kakarauritanga, i te ahiahi o te ra, i te titiwhatanga o te po, i te pouri kerekere.

⁹in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

¹⁰Na, kua tutaki tetahi wahine ki a ia, he kakahu puremu tona, he ngakau hianga.

¹⁰And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

¹¹He mangai koroki tona, he tohetohe; ko ona waewae, kahore e tau ki tona whare:

¹¹She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:

¹²Inaianei kei nga ara ia, inamata kei nga waharoa, e tauwhanga ana i nga kokinga katoa.

¹²now without, now in the broadways, -- and she lieth in wait at every corner.

¹³Koia i hopukia ai ia e ia, kei te kihi i a ia, a ka mea atu ki a ia, me te whakatoi ano i tona mata,

¹³And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

¹⁴He patunga mo te pai kei ahau; no tenei ra nei ahau i whakamana ai i aku kupu taurangi;

¹⁴I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:

¹⁵Koia ahau i haere mai ai ki te whakatau i a koe, ki te ata rapu i tou mata, a ka kitea nei koe e ahau.

¹⁵therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.

¹⁶Ko toku moenga kua horahia e ahau, whakapaipai rawa ki te kaitaka, ki nga kakahu purepure no te rinena o Ihipa.

¹⁶I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;

¹⁷Kua ruia e ahau toku moenga ki nga mea whakakakara, ki te maira, ki te aroe, ki te hinamona.

¹⁷I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

¹⁸Haere mai, kia whaowhina taua ki te aroha, a ao noa; kia ora o taua ngakau i te aroha.

¹⁸Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.

¹⁹Kahore hoki taku tane i te whare: kua riro ia, he haere tawhiti:

¹⁹For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;

²⁰I maua atu e ia he putea moni i tona ringa; ka hoki mai ano ia i te kowhititanga o te marama.

²⁰he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.

²¹He maha no ana korero whakawai, riro ana ia i a ia ki tana; na te whakapati a ona ngutu ka kumea atu ia e ia.

²¹With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.

²²Haere tonu ia i muri i a ia, ano he kau e haere ana kia patua, he kuware ranei e haere ana ki nga rakau here waewae e whiua ai te he;

²²He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;

²³A tu noa te tao ki tona ate puta rawa; rite tonu ia ki te manu e hohoro ana ki te mahanga, te mohio he matenga tera mona.

²³till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

²⁴¶ No reira, e aku tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau, maharatia nga kupu a toku mangai.

²⁴And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

²⁵Kei peau ke tou ngakau ki ona ara, kei kotiti ke ki ona huarahi.

²⁵Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:

²⁶He tokomaha hoki nga tangata i tu, i hinga i a ia, ae ra, he ope nui rawa tana i patu ai.

²⁶for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.

²⁷He huarahi tona whare ki te reinga, e anga ana ki raro ki nga ruma o te mate.

²⁷Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.