Proverbs 28
1 The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer, And the righteous is confident as a young lion.
E rere ana te hunga kino i te mea kahore he kaiwhai: ko te tangata tika ano ia, ano he raiona te maia.
2 By the transgression of a land its heads are many, And by an understanding man, Who knows right—it is prolonged.
He he no tetahi whenua i tokomaha ai ona rangatira; na kia ai he tangata e mahara ana, e matau ana, ka mau roa ai tona ahua.
3 A man—poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
Ko te tangata rawakore e tukino ana i nga ware, ko tona rite kei te ua ta e kore ai te kai.
4 Those forsaking the Law praise the wicked, Those keeping the Law plead against them.
Ko te hunga e whakarere ana i te ture, he whakamoemiti ta ratou ki te tangata kino: ko ta nga kaipupuri ia o te ture he ngangare ki a ratou.
5 Evil men do not understand judgment, And those seeking YHWH understand all.
E kore te hunga kino e mohio ki te whakawa: ko te hunga ia e rapu ana i a Ihowa, ka mohio ratou ki nga mea katoa.
6 Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
He pai ki te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tona tapatahi, i te tangata he parori ke ona ara, ahakoa he whai taonga ia.
7 Whoever is keeping the Law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons Causes his father to blush.
Ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te ture, he tamaiti mohio ia; engari ko te tangata whakahoa ki te hunga kakai, ka whakama tona papa i a ia.
8 Whoever is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, Gathers it for one favoring the poor.
Ko te tangata e whakanui ana i ona rawa ki te moni whakatupu, ki te whakapiki utu, e kohia ana e ia era ma te tangata e atawhaitia ai te rawakore.
9 Whoever is turning his ear from hearing the Law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
Ko te tangata e tahuri ke ana tona taringa, a kahore e rongo ki te ture, ko tana inoi nei ano he mea whakarihariha.
10 Whoever is causing the upright to err in an evil way, He falls into his own pit, And the perfect inherits good.
Ko te tangata i meinga ai te hunga tika kia kotiti ke ki te ara he, ka taka a ia ano ki tana ake poka: ka whiwhi ia te hunga ngakau tapatahi ki te pai.
11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searches him.
Ki te whakaaro a te tangata taonga he nui tona whakaaro mohio; otiia e rapua ana tana e te rawakore whai whakaaro.
12 In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
Nui atu te ataahua, ina koa te hunga tika: engari ki te ara te hunga kino, ka huna nga tangata i a ratou.
13 Whoever is covering his transgressions does not prosper, And he who is confessing and forsaking has mercy.
Ko te tangata e hipoki ana i ona he, e kore tana e kake; ko te tangata ia e whaki ana, a e whakarere ana, ka tohungia.
14 O the blessedness of a man fearing continually, And whoever is hardening his heart falls into evil.
Ka hari te tangata e wehi tonu ana: ko te tangata ia e whakapakeke ana i tona ngakau, ka taka ki te kino.
15 A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
E rite ana ki te raiona e hamama ana, ki te pea e kopikopiko ana, te tangata kino e kingi ana ki te iwi rawakore.
16 A leader lacking understanding multiplies oppressions, Whoever is hating dishonest gain prolongs days.
Ko te rangatira kore whakaaro he nui ano tana tukino: ko te tangata ia e kino ana ki te apo ka roa ona ra.
17 A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Flees to the pit, [and] none takes hold on him [to help].
Ko te tangata e waha ana i te toto o te tangata, ka rere ia ki roto ki te rua; kaua tetahi e pupuri i a ia.
18 Whoever is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falls at once.
Ko te tangata he tapatahi nei te haere, ka ora: ko te tangata ia he parori ke ona ara, hinga tonu iho.
19 Whoever is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoever is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.
Ko te tangata e ngaki ana i tona oneone, ka makona i te taro; ko te tangata ia e whai ana i te hunga wairangi, ka whiwhi nui ki te rawakore.
20 A steadfast man has multiplied blessings, And whoever is hastening to be rich is not acquitted.
Ko te tangata pono, ka nui nga manaaki mona: ko te tangata ia e hikaka ana ki te mea taonga, e kore ia e kore te whiwhi i te he.
21 [It] is not good to discern faces, And a man transgresses for a piece of bread.
Ko te whakapai kanohi ehara i te mea pai: ehara ano hoki i te mea pai kia he te tangata mo te kongakonga taro.
22 The man [with] an evil eye [is] troubled for wealth, And he does not know that want meets him.
Ko te tangata he kino tona kanohi e takare tonu ana ki te taonga; kahore hoki ia e whakaaro ka tae mai te kore o te rawa ki a ia.
23 Whoever is reproving a man finds grace afterward, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
Ko te tangata i riria ai te he o tetahi ka nui atu te manako ki a ia i muri iho, i te manako ki te tangata i whakapati nei tona arero.
24 Whoever is robbing his father or his mother, And is saying, “It is not transgression,” He is a companion to a destroyer.
Ko te tangata e pahua ana i tona papa, i tona whaea, a e ki ana, Ehara i te he; he hoa ia no te kaiwhakangaro.
25 Whoever is proud in soul stirs up contention, And whoever is trusting on YHWH is made fat.
Ko ta te tangata ngakau apo he whakapatari pakanga: ko te tangata ia e okioki ana ki a Ihowa ka tetere.
26 Whoever is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoever is walking in wisdom is delivered.
He kuware te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki tona ake ngakau: ko te tangata ia e haere ana i runga i te whakaaro nui, ka mawhiti.
27 Whoever is giving to the poor has no lack, And whoever is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
Ko te tangata e hoatu ana ki te rawakore, e kore ia e hapa; ko te tangata ia e kaupare ana i ona kanohi, ka maha nga kanga mona.
28 A man is hidden in the rising of the wicked, And the righteous multiply in their destruction!
Ka ara te hunga kino, ka huna nga tangata i a ratou: na ki te ngaro ratou, ka tupu te hunga tika.
