Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you.
E taku tama, puritia aku kupu, huna aku whakahau ki roto ki a koe.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
Puritia aku whakahau, a ka ora; taku ture, ano ko te whatupango o tou kanohi.
3 Bind them on your fingers, write them on the table of your heart.
Herea ki ou maihao; tuhituhia, ko tou ngakau ano hei papa.
4 Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:
Ki atu ki te whakaaro nui, He tuahine koe noku; kiia hoki te matauranga ko tou whanaunga wahine:
5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words.
Kia ai enei hei tiaki i a koe kei he i te wahine ke, i te wahine ke, he korero whakapati nei ana.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
I titiro atu hoki ahau i te matapihi o toku whare i roto i toku whakakahokaho;
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
A i matakitaki ahau i roto i nga kuware, i kite i roto i nga taitama, i tetahi tamaiti kahore rawa he whakaaro,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
E haere ana i te ara i te wahi tata e piko atu ai ki a ia, a haere ana ia i te ara ki tona whare.
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
I te kakarauritanga, i te ahiahi o te ra, i te titiwhatanga o te po, i te pouri kerekere.
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart.
Na, kua tutaki tetahi wahine ki a ia, he kakahu puremu tona, he ngakau hianga.
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
He mangai koroki tona, he tohetohe; ko ona waewae, kahore e tau ki tona whare:
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
Inaianei kei nga ara ia, inamata kei nga waharoa, e tauwhanga ana i nga kokinga katoa.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
Koia i hopukia ai ia e ia, kei te kihi i a ia, a ka mea atu ki a ia, me te whakatoi ano i tona mata,
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
He patunga mo te pai kei ahau; no tenei ra nei ahau i whakamana ai i aku kupu taurangi;
15 Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
Koia ahau i haere mai ai ki te whakatau i a koe, ki te ata rapu i tou mata, a ka kitea nei koe e ahau.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
Ko toku moenga kua horahia e ahau, whakapaipai rawa ki te kaitaka, ki nga kakahu purepure no te rinena o Ihipa.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Kua ruia e ahau toku moenga ki nga mea whakakakara, ki te maira, ki te aroe, ki te hinamona.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Haere mai, kia whaowhina taua ki te aroha, a ao noa; kia ora o taua ngakau i te aroha.
19 For the manager is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
Kahore hoki taku tane i te whare: kua riro ia, he haere tawhiti:
20 He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
I maua atu e ia he putea moni i tona ringa; ka hoki mai ano ia i te kowhititanga o te marama.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
He maha no ana korero whakawai, riro ana ia i a ia ki tana; na te whakapati a ona ngutu ka kumea atu ia e ia.
22 He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Haere tonu ia i muri i a ia, ano he kau e haere ana kia patua, he kuware ranei e haere ana ki nga rakau here waewae e whiua ai te he;
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.
A tu noa te tao ki tona ate puta rawa; rite tonu ia ki te manu e hohoro ana ki te mahanga, te mohio he matenga tera mona.
24 Listen to me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
No reira, e aku tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau, maharatia nga kupu a toku mangai.
25 Let not your heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Kei peau ke tou ngakau ki ona ara, kei kotiti ke ki ona huarahi.
26 For she has cast down many wounded: yes, many strong men have been slain by her.
He tokomaha hoki nga tangata i tu, i hinga i a ia, ae ra, he ope nui rawa tana i patu ai.
