Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Kei whakamanamana koe ki te ra apopo; kahore hoki koe e mohio ko te aha e puta mai i roto i te ra.
2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
Ma tetahi atu tangata te whakamoemiti mou, kaua ma tou mangai ake; ma te tangata ke, kaua ma ou ngutu ake.
3 A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
He taimaha te kohatu, he taimaha ano te kirikiri; he taimaha atu ia i a raua tahi te pukuriri o te wairangi.
4 Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
He mea nanakia te riri, he rutaki te aritarita; ko wai ia e tu i mua i te hae?
5 Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
He pai ke te riri matanui i te aroha huna.
6 The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
Ko nga patu a te hoa aroha he mea na te pono: ko nga kihi ia a te hoariri auau rawa.
7 The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
E ngaruru ana te wairua makona ki te honikoma: engari ki te wairua hiakai, reka kau nga mea kawa katoa.
8 As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
Rite tonu ki te manu e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona kohanga te tangata e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona wahi.
9 As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
He whakahari ngakau te hinu me te whakakakara; he pera ano nga ahuareka o to te tangata hoa aroha i ahu mai i nga tikanga mateoha i whakatakotoria e tona ngakau.
10 Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
Ko tou hoa aroha ake, a ko te hoa hoki o tou papa, kaua e whakarerea; kaua hoki e haere ki te whare o tou tuakana i te ra e mate ai koe: he pai ke hoki te hoa e tata ana i te tuakana i tawhiti.
11 My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
E taku tama, kia whakaaro nui, kia koa ai toku ngakau, kia whakahoki kupu ai hoki ahau ki te hunga e tawai ana ki ahau.
12 A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
E kite atu ana te tangata tupato i te he, a ka huna i a ia: tena ko te kuware, haere tonu atu, mamae tonu atu.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
Tangohia te kakahu o te kaiwhakakapi mo te tangata ke; tona taunaha ano hoki mo ta te wahine ke.
14 He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
Ko te tangata e maranga ana i te atatu, he nui hoki tona reo ki te manaaki i tona hoa ka kiia tana he kanga.
15 A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
He maturuturu e puputu tonu ana i te ra nui te ua, he wahine ngangare, rite tonu raua:
16 He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te pehi i a ia, e mea ana ki te pehi i te hau, a ka tutaki tona ringa matau ki te hinu.
17 Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
Ko te rino hei whakakoi mo te rino; waihoki ko te tangata ano hei whakakoi i te mata o tona hoa.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ona hua: ka whakahonoretia te tangata e whakaaro ana ki tona rangatira.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
He pera i te wai, tiro atu, tiro mai he kanohi, ka pena ano to te tangata ngakau ki te tangata.
20 The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
Ko te reinga, ko te whakangaromanga, e kore e makona; e kore ano hoki e makona nga kanohi o te tangata. (Sheol h7585)
21 As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
Ko te oko tahu para mo te hiriwa, ko te oumu mo te koura; a, ko te whakanui i a ia, hei whakamatautau mo te tangata.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
Ahakoa i tukua e koe te wairangi ki te tuki i roto i te kumete i waenga i nga witi pepe, e kore tona whakaarokore e riro.
23 Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
Kia anga nui koa kia mohio ki te ahua o au hipi, a kia pai te tiaki i au kahui kau:
24 For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
E kore hoki te taonga e mau tonu; e mau ianei te karauna ki nga whakatupuranga katoa?
25 The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
Kua whaiti te hei, e kitea ana te tupu hou, a e kohikohia ana nga otaota o nga maunga.
26 The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
Hei mea kakahu mou nga reme, a koe nga koati hei utu mo te mara.
27 And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
A tera te waiu koati, he nui noa atu hei kai mau, hei kai hoki ma tou whare, hei oranga ano hoki mo au kotiro.
