1imwi vanakomana, inzwai kurairira kwababa venyu; Teererai, muzive njere.
1¶ Whakarongo, e aku tamariki, ki te whakaako a te matua, tahuri mai hoki kia matauria ai nga whakaaro mohio.
2nekuti ndinokupai dzidziso yakanaka; Regai kurasha murayiro wangu.
2He pai hoki te kupu mohio ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou, kaua taku ture e whakarerea.
3nekuti ini ndakanga ndiri mwanakomana kuna baba vangu, Mwana oga akadikamwa kwazvo, namai vangu;
3He tama ano hoki ahau ki toku papa, a he ngawari, he mea kotahi e matenuitia ana e toku whaea.
4Ivo baba vakandidzidzisa, vakati kwandiri, moyo wako ngaunyatsobata mashoko angu; Chengeta mirairo yangu, urarame.
4I whakaako ano ia i ahau, i mea ki ahau, Puritia aku kupu e tou ngakau; kia mau ki aku whakahau, a e ora koe.
5Zviwanire uchenjeri, zviwanire njere; Regai kukangamwa kana kutsauka pamashoko omuromo wangu;
5Whaia mou te whakaaro nui, whaia mou te matauranga; kaua e wareware ki tera, kaua hoki e neke atu i nga kupu a toku mangai.
6Usahurasha, hugokuchengeta; Uhude, hugokurinda.
6Kaua ia e whakarerea, a mana koe e tiaki; arohaina ia, a mana koe e mau ai.
7Uchenjeri chinhu chikuru kune zvose; saka uzviwanire uchenjeri; Uzviwanire njere nezvose zvaunazvo.
7Ko te whakaaro nui te tino mea; no reira whaia mau te whakaaro nui; a i ou whiwhinga katoa, kia whiwhi koe ki te matauranga.
8Uhukudze, hugokukwiridza iwe; Huchakuvigira kukudzwa, kana uchihumbundikira.
8Whakanuia ia, a mana koe ka kake ai; ka whakahonore ia i a koe ki te awhitia e koe.
9Huchapa musoro wako chishongo chakanaka; Huchakuisira korona inobwinya.
9Ka homai e ia he pare ataahua ki tou mahunga, ka potaea ano koe e ia ki te karauna whakapaipai.
10Chinzwa iwe mwanakomana wangu, ugamuchire zvandinoreva; Makore oupenyu hwako agova mazhinji.
10Whakarongo, e taku tama, maharatia aku kupu, a he maha nga tau e ora ai koe.
11Ndakakudzidzisa panzira youchenjeri; Ndakakufambisa pamakwara akarurama.
11He mea whakaako koe naku ki te ara o te whakaaro nui; he mea arahi koe naku i nga ara o te tika.
12Kana uchifamba, tsoka dzako hadzingapinganidzwi; Kana uchimhanya, haungagumburwi.
12Ka haere koe, e kore ou takahanga e whakakikitia mai; ki te rere koe, e kore koe e tutuki.
13Natsa kubata kurairirwa; usakuregedza; Ukuchengete, nekuti ndihwo hupenyu hwako.
13Kia mau ki te ako, kaua e tukua atu; matapoporetia iho, ko tou oranga hoki ia.
14Usapinda pagwara ravakaipa, Usafamba nenzira yavakashata.
14¶ Kaua e haere i te ara o te hunga kino, kaua hoki e takahia te huarahi o te hunga he.
15Uinzvenge, usapinda pairi; Tsauka pairi, upfuure hako.
15Anga ke ake, kaua e tika na reira; peka ake i taua ara, haere tonu atu.
16nekuti havavati, kana vasingaiti zvakashata; Vanotorerwa hope dzavo, kana vasingagumbusi vamwe.
16E kore hoki ratou e moe ki te kore e oti tetahi mahi he ma ratou; riro rawa to ratou moe, ki te kahore tetahi tangata e hinga i a ratou.
17nekuti vanodya zvokudya zvezvakaipa, Nokumwa waini yokumanikidza.
17No te kino hoki te taro e kainga ana e ratou, no te nanakia te waina e inumia ana e ratou.
18Asi gwara ravakarurama rakaita sechiedza chamambakwedza, Chinoramba chichiwedzera kubwinya kusvikira pamasikati makuru.
18Ko te huarahi ia o te hunga tika, koia ano kei te marama e whiti ana, a ka neke haere tonu ake tona marama, a taea noatia te tino ra.
19Nzira yavakaipa yakaita serima; Havazivi chingavagumbusa.
19Ko te ara o te hunga kino, me he pouri; e kore ratou e mohio ki te mea i tutuki ai ratou.
20Mwanakomana wangu, teerera mashoko angu; Rerekera nzeve yako kune zvandinoreva.
20¶ E taku tama, tahuri ki aku kupu; anga mai tou taringa ki aku korero.
21Urambe uchitarira, Uachengete mukati momoyo wako.
21Kei kotiti ke enei i ou kanohi; puritia i waenganui o tou ngakau.
22nekuti ndihwo hupenyu kuna vanowawana, Noukukutu bwemuviri yavo yose.
22He oranga enei mo te hunga e kitea ai, he rongoa mo o ratou kikokiko katoa.
23Chengeta moyo wako kupfuura zvose zvinofanira kurindwa; nekuti mukati mawo ndimo mune zvitubu zvoupenyu.
23Kia pau ou mahara ki te tiaki i tou ngakau; no reira hoki nga putanga o te ora.
24Bvisa kwauri nhema dzomuromo, Kutsauka kwemiromo ngakuve kure newe.
24Whakarerea te mangai whanoke, kia matara rawa i a koe nga ngutu tutu.
25Meso ako ngaarurame pakutarira; Mafungiro ameso ako ngaatarire mberi kwako.
25Kia hangai tonu te titiro whakamua a ou kanohi; kia titiro ou kamo ki mua tonu i a koe.
26Gadzirira tsoka dzako gwara; Nzira dzako dzose dzive dzakasimba.
26Whakatikaia te huarahi o ou waewae, kia u ano hoki ou ara katoa.
27Usatsaukira kurudyi kana kuruboshwe; Rutsoka rwako urubvise pane zvakaipa.
27Kaua e peka ki matau, ki maui; kia anga ke tou waewae i te kino.