¹¶ E taku tama, ki te mea ko tau hei whakakapi mo ta tou hoa, ki te mea kua papaki tou ringa mo te tangata ke,

¹My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

²Kua oti koe te mahanga e nga kupu a tou mangai, kua mau koe i nga kupu a tou mangai.

²You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

³Meinga tenei inaianei, e taku tama, kia ora ai koe, he mea hoki kua taka koe ki roto ki te ringa o tou hoa; haere whakaiti i a koe, a ka tohe ki tou hoa.

³Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

⁴Kei tukua iho te moe ki ou kanohi; kei tunewha ou kamo.

⁴Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

⁵Whakaora i a koe ano he anaterope i roto i te ringa o te kaiwhai, ano he manu i roto i te ringa o te kaihopu.

⁵Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

⁶¶ Haere ki te popokorua, e te tangata mangere, matakitakina iho ona ara, kia nui ai ou whakaaro:

⁶Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

⁷Kahore nei ona kaitohutohu, ona kaitirotiro, ona rangatira,

⁸Heoi e mahi kai ana mana i te raumati, e kohikohi ana i te kai mana i te kotinga witi.

⁸provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

⁹Kia pehea ake te roa o tau takoto, e te tangata mangere? A hea koe maranga ai i tau moe?

⁹How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

¹⁰Kia iti ake nei te wahi e parangia ai, kia iti ake nei te moe, kia iti ake te kotuinga o nga ringa i a koe e takoto na:

¹⁰A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

¹¹Na ka rite ki te kaipahua te putanga mai o te muhore ki a koe, tou rawakore, ano he tangata he patu nei tana.

¹¹so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

¹²¶ Ko te tangata kahore ona painga, ko te tangata hara, e haereere ana me te mangai tu ke;

¹²A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

¹³E whakakini ana ona kanohi, e korero ana ona waewae, e tuhi ana ona maihao;

¹³who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

¹⁴Kei roto te whanoke i tona ngakau, e whakatakoto ana ia i te kino i nga wa katoa; e rui ana ia i te ngangare.

¹⁴in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵Mo reira ka huaki tata te aitua ki a ia; e kore e aha ka whatiia ia, te taea te rongoa.

¹⁵Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶E ono nga mea e kino ana ki a Ihowa; ae ra, e whitu nga mea e whakariharihangia ana e ia:

¹⁶There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷Ko te kanohi whakakake, ko te arero teka, ko nga ringa whakaheke i te toto harakore;

¹⁷haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

¹⁸He ngakau e whakatakoto ana i nga whakaaro kikino, he waewae e hohoro ana te rere ki te hianga;

¹⁸a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹He kaiwhakaatu teka e korero teka ana, ko te tangata hoki e rui ana i te ngangare ki waenganui i nga tuakana, i nga teina.

¹⁹a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

²⁰¶ E taku tama, puritia te whakahau a tou papa, kaua hoki e whakarerea te ture a tou whaea:

²⁰My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹Kia mau tonu te takai ki tou ngakau, heia ki tou kaki.

²¹Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

²²Ko tou kaiarahi ano tera ina haere koe; mana koe e tiaki ina takoto koe; ka korero mai ano ki a koe; ina ara koe.

²²When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

²³He rama hoki te whakahau; a he marama te ture; ko nga riringa hoki, e whakaako ana, he ara ki te ora;

²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

²⁴Hei tiaki i a koe kei he i te wahine kino, i te whakapati a te arero o te wahine ke.

²⁴to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

²⁵Kei hiahia koe ki tona ataahua i roto i tou ngakau; kei mau ano koe i ona kamo.

²⁵Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

²⁶Ko te tukunga iho o te tangata he wahi taro, he mea mo te wahine kairau; ko ta te wahine purema e whai ana ko te wairua utu nui.

²⁶For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

²⁷E taea ranei e te tangata te tango i te ahi ki roto ki tona uma, a e kore ona kakahu e wera?

²⁷Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

²⁸E taea ranei e tetahi te haere i runga i nga waro ratarata, a e kore ona waewae e hunua?

²⁸Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

²⁹Ka pera ano te tangata e haere ana ki te wahine a tona hoa; e kore e kore ka whiua te tangata e pa ana ki a ia.

²⁹So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

³⁰E kore e whakahaweatia e te tangata te tahae, ki te tahaetia e ia he mea e makona ai tona wairua i a hiakai ia.

³⁰Men don’t despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

³¹Otiia ki te kitea ia, kia takiwhitu ana e whakautu ai; me homai e ia nga rawa katoa o tona whare.

³¹but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

³²Ko te tangata e puremu ana ki te wahine, kahore ona mohio: ko te tangata e pera ana, kei te whakangaro ia i tona wairua.

³²He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

³³He kaiakiko, he whakama te wahi mona; e kore ano tona ingoa kino e horoia atu.

³³He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

³⁴He riri nui hoki na te tangata te hae; e kore ano e tohungia e ia i te ra rapu utu.

³⁴For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.

³⁵E kore ia e manako ki tetahi utu; e kore hoki e tatu tona ngakau, ahakoa he nui au hakari e tapae ai.

³⁵He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.