¹¶ Kua oti i te whakaaro nui tetahi whare mona te hanga, e whitu nga pou kua oti te tarai e ia:

¹Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;

²Kua oti ana kararehe te patu e ia; whakananu rawa tana waina; kua oti ano tana tepu te whakapai.

²she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;

³Kua unga e ia ana kotiro, e karanga ana ia i runga i nga wahi tiketike rawa o te pa.

³she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,

⁴Ki te mea he kuware tetahi, me peka mai ia ki konei: ko te tangata maharakore, ko tana kupu tenei ki a ia,

⁴Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,

⁵Haere mai, kainga taku taro, inumia hoki te waina kua oti nei te whakananu e ahau.

⁵Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.

⁶Kati ra, e te hunga kuware, kia ora ai koutou; haere hoki i te ara o te matauranga.

⁶Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

⁷Ko ia e papaki ana i te tangata whakahihi, ka whakama; a ko ia e riri ana i te tangata kino, ka piri mai he he ki a ia.

⁷He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.

⁸Kaua e riria te tangata whakahi, kei kino ia ki a koe: riria ko te tangata whakaaro nui, a ka aroha ia ki a koe.

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.

⁹Hoatu te mohio ki te tangata whakaaro nui, a ka neke ake ona whakaaro; whakaakona te tangata tika, a ka nui ake tona mohio.

⁹Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.

¹⁰Ko te timatanga o te whakaaro nui ko te wehi ki a Ihowa; ko te matauranga, ko te mohio ki te Mea Tapu.

¹⁰The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.

¹¹Maku hoki ka maha ai ou ra, maku ka neke ake ai nga tau e ora ai koe.

¹¹For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

¹²Ki te nui ou whakaaro, mou ano ou whakaaro nui; ki te whakahi koe, mau anake tau pikaunga.

¹²If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

¹³¶ Ko te wahine wairangi, he mangai nui ia; he kuware ia, kahore ona mohio ki te aha, ki te aha.

¹³The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.

¹⁴Noho ana ia i te kuwaha o tona whare i runga i te nohoanga i nga wahi tiketike o te pa;

¹⁴And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵Kia karanga atu ai ia ki nga tangata e haere ana i te ara, e maro tonu ana o ratou huarahi,

¹⁵to call passers-by who go right on their ways:

¹⁶Ko te kuware, peka mai ki konei; tena ko te tangata whakaarokore, ko tana kupu tenei ki a ia,

¹⁶Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

¹⁷He reka te wai tahae, a he ahuareka te taro kai huna.

¹⁷Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.

¹⁸Te mohio ia kei reira nga tupapaku; kei te reinga riro ana i karanga ai.

¹⁸But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.