Whakatauki 1
1 Ko nga whakatauki a Horomona tama a Rawiri, kingi o Iharaira;
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel:
2 E mohiotia ai te whakaaro nui, te ako; e kitea ai nga kupu o te matauranga;
To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the sayings of understanding;
3 E riro mai ai te ako a te ngakau mahara, te tika, te whakawa, te mea ano e rite ana;
To accept the instruction of intelligence, righteousness, and justice, and equity;
4 Hei hoatu i te ngakau tupato ki nga kuware, i te matauranga, i te ngarahu pai ki te taitamariki;
To give to the simple prudence, to the youth knowledge and discretion.
5 Kia whakarongo ai te tangata whakaaro nui, kia nui ake ai tona mohio; kia whiwhi ai te tangata tupato ki nga whakaaro mohio:
The wise will hear, and will increase [his] information; and the man of understanding will obtain wise counsels:
6 E mohio ai ia ki te whakatauki, ki te kupu whakarite, ki nga kupu a nga whakaaro nui, ki a ratou korero whakapeka.
To understand a proverb, and a sage sentence; the words of the wise, and their riddles.
7 Ko te wehi ki a Ihowa te timatanga o te matauranga; e whakahawea ana te whakaarokore ki te whakaaro nui, ki te ako.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: wisdom and instruction fools [alone] despise.
8 Whakarongo, e taku tama, ki te ako a tou papa, kaua hoki e whakarerea te ture a tou whaea;
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and cast not off the teaching of thy mother;
9 Ka waiho hoki ena hei pare ataahua mo tou matenga, hei mekameka whakapaipai mo tou kaki.
For a wreath of grace are they unto thy head, and chains for thy throat.
10 E taku tama, ki te whakawaia koe e te hunga hara, kaua e whakaae.
My son, if sinners wish to entice thee, consent thou not.
11 Ki te mea ratou, Tatou ka haere, ka whakapapa atu, ka whakaheke toto; kia whanga puku tatou, he mea takekore, mo te tangata harakore:
If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;
12 Horomia oratia ratou e tatou, peratia me ta te rua tupapaku; ka riro tinana ratou, ka pera me te hunga e heke atu ana ki te poka: (Sheol h7585)
We will swallow them up like the grave alive; and the men of integrity, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 Ka kitea e tatou nga taonga utu nui katoa, ka whakakiia o tatou whare ki ta tatou e pahua ai:
We shall find all [kinds of] precious wealth, we will fill our houses with booty;
14 Maka mai tou wahi ki roto ki to matou; kia kotahi te putea ma tatou katoa.
Thy lot must thou cast in our midst; one purse shall be for us all:
15 E taku tama, kaua e haere tahi i te ara me ratou; kaiponuhia tou waewae i to ratou huarahi;
My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path;
16 E rere ana hoki o ratou waewae ki te kino, e hohoro ana ratou ki te whakaheke toto.
For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17 He maumau hoki te hora o te kupenga ki te tirohanga a tetahi manu.
For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird:
18 Ko ratou, he whakaheke i o ratou toto ano i whakapapa ai ratou; he whakamate i a ratou ano i piri ai ratou.
While they lie in wait for their [own] blood; they watch in concealment for their [own] lives.
19 Ka pena nga huarahi o te hunga apo taonga; ko te ora ano o ona rangatira e tangohia.
So are the paths of every one that is greedy after [unlawful] gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it.
20 E hamama ana te whakaaro nui i te huarahi; e puaki ana tona reo i nga waharoa;
Wisdom crieth loudly without; in the public places she uttereth her voice;
21 E karanga ana ia i te tino wahi whakaminenga; i te wahi tuwhera o nga kuwaha, i roto i te pa, e puaki ana ana kupu;
At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches:
22 E te hunga kuware, kia pehea ake te roa o to koutou aroha ki te kuwaretanga? O te hiahia ranei o te hunga whakahi ki to ratou whakahi? O te whakakino ranei a te hunga wairangi ki te matauranga?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Tahuri mai ki taku ako: na ka ringihia e ahau toku wairua ki a koutou, ka whakaaturia aku kupu ki a koutou.
Turn back to my admonition: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 I karanga atu hoki ahau, heoi kihai koutou i pai mai; i totoro atu toku ringa, a kihai tetahi i whai whakaaro mai;
Whereas I called, and ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and no man was attentive;
25 Heoi whakakahoretia iho e koutou toku whakaaro katoa, kihai hoki i aro ki taku ako:
And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition:
26 Mo reira ka kata ahau i te ra o to koutou aitua; ka tawai ina pa te pawera ki a koutou.
[Therefore] I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride [you] when your terror cometh;
27 Ina tae mai to koutou pawera ano he tupuhi, a ka pa mai to koutou aitua ano he paroro; ina tae mai te pouri me te ngakau mamae ki a koutou.
When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.
28 Ko reira ratou karanga ai ki ahau, a e kore ahau e whakahoki kupu atu; ka rapu nui ratou i ahau, otiia e kore ahau e kitea e ratou:
Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me;
29 Mo ratou i kino ki te matauranga; kihai hoki i whiriwhiria e ratou te wehi ki a Ihowa;
For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;
30 Kihai i aro mai ki oku whakaaro; whakahawea ana ratou ki taku kupu riri katoa.
[That] they would not attend to my counsel: [that] they rejected all my admonition.
31 Na reira ka kai ratou i nga hua o to ratou nei ara, ka whakakiia ano hoki ki nga mea i titoa e ratou.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.
32 Ko te tahuritanga atu hoki o nga kuware hei patu i a ratou; ko te ngakau warea ano hoki o nga wairangi hei huna i a ratou.
For the defection of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will cause them to be lost.
33 Ko te tangata ia e rongo ana ki ahau, ka au tona noho, ka tea hoki i te wehi ki te kino.
But he that hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from the dread of evil.
