Proverbs 4
1 Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Whakarongo, e aku tamariki, ki te whakaako a te matua, tahuri mai hoki kia matauria ai nga whakaaro mohio.
2 For I give you a good gift; forsake you not my law.
He pai hoki te kupu mohio ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou, kaua taku ture e whakarerea.
3 For I also was a son obedient to [my] father, and loved in the sight of [my] mother:
He tama ano hoki ahau ki toku papa, a he ngawari, he mea kotahi e matenuitia ana e toku whaea.
4 who spoke and instructed me, [saying], Let our speech be fixed in your heart, keep [our] commandments, forget them not:
I whakaako ano ia i ahau, i mea ki ahau, Puritia aku kupu e tou ngakau; kia mau ki aku whakahau, a e ora koe.
5 and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
Whaia mou te whakaaro nui, whaia mou te matauranga; kaua e wareware ki tera, kaua hoki e neke atu i nga kupu a toku mangai.
6 And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to you: love it, and it shall keep you.
Kaua ia e whakarerea, a mana koe e tiaki; arohaina ia, a mana koe e mau ai.
Ko te whakaaro nui te tino mea; no reira whaia mau te whakaaro nui; a i ou whiwhinga katoa, kia whiwhi koe ki te matauranga.
8 Secure it, and it shall exalt you: honor it, that it may embrace you;
Whakanuia ia, a mana koe ka kake ai; ka whakahonore ia i a koe ki te awhitia e koe.
9 that it may give to your head a crown of graces, and may cover you with a crown of delight.
Ka homai e ia he pare ataahua ki tou mahunga, ka potaea ano koe e ia ki te karauna whakapaipai.
10 Hear, [my] son, and receive my words; and the years of your life shall be increased, that the resources of your life may be many.
Whakarongo, e taku tama, maharatia aku kupu, a he maha nga tau e ora ai koe.
11 For I teach you the ways of wisdom; and I cause you to go in right paths.
He mea whakaako koe naku ki te ara o te whakaaro nui; he mea arahi koe naku i nga ara o te tika.
12 For when you go, your steps shall not be straitened; and when you run, you shall not be distressed.
Ka haere koe, e kore ou takahanga e whakakikitia mai; ki te rere koe, e kore koe e tutuki.
13 Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, —but keep it for yourself for your life.
Kia mau ki te ako, kaua e tukua atu; matapoporetia iho, ko tou oranga hoki ia.
14 Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.
Kaua e haere i te ara o te hunga kino, kaua hoki e takahia te huarahi o te hunga he.
15 In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not there; but turn from them, and pass away.
Anga ke ake, kaua e tika na reira; peka ake i taua ara, haere tonu atu.
16 For they can’t sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
E 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.
17 For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.
No te kino hoki te taro e kainga ana e ratou, no te nanakia te waina e inumia ana e ratou.
18 But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.
Ko 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.
19 But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.
Ko te ara o te hunga kino, me he pouri; e kore ratou e mohio ki te mea i tutuki ai ratou.
20 [My] son, attend to my speech; and apply your ear to my words:
E taku tama, tahuri ki aku kupu; anga mai tou taringa ki aku korero.
21 that your fountains may not fail you; keep them in [your] heart.
Kei kotiti ke enei i ou kanohi; puritia i waenganui o tou ngakau.
22 For they are life to those that find them, and health to all [their] flesh.
He oranga enei mo te hunga e kitea ai, he rongoa mo o ratou kikokiko katoa.
23 Keep your heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.
Kia pau ou mahara ki te tiaki i tou ngakau; no reira hoki nga putanga o te ora.
24 Remove from you a froward mouth, and put far away from you unjust lips.
Whakarerea te mangai whanoke, kia matara rawa i a koe nga ngutu tutu.
25 Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids assent [to] just [things].
Kia hangai tonu te titiro whakamua a ou kanohi; kia titiro ou kamo ki mua tonu i a koe.
26 Make straight paths for your feet, and order your ways aright.
Whakatikaia te huarahi o ou waewae, kia u ano hoki ou ara katoa.
27 Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away your foot from an evil way.
Kaua e peka ki matau, ki maui; kia anga ke tou waewae i te kino.
