Whakatauki 1
1 Ko nga whakatauki a Horomona tama a Rawiri, kingi o Iharaira;
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, 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 discern the words of understanding;
3 E riro mai ai te ako a te ngakau mahara, te tika, te whakawa, te mea ano e rite ana;
to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
4 Hei hoatu i te ngakau tupato ki nga kuware, i te matauranga, i te ngarahu pai ki te taitamariki;
to give prudence to the simple, to the young man 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:
He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain 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 an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
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 Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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 forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
9 Ka waiho hoki ena hei pare ataahua mo tou matenga, hei mekameka whakapaipai mo tou kaki.
for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 E taku tama, ki te whakawaia koe e te hunga hara, kaua e whakaae.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent 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 say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
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)
let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, 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 precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Maka mai tou wahi ki roto ki to matou; kia kotahi te putea ma tatou katoa.
cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
15 E taku tama, kaua e haere tahi i te ara me ratou; kaiponuhia tou waewae i to ratou huarahi;
— my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back 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 to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17 He maumau hoki te hora o te kupenga ki te tirohanga a tetahi manu.
For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
18 Ko ratou, he whakaheke i o ratou toto ano i whakapapa ai ratou; he whakamate i a ratou ano i piri ai ratou.
And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly 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 of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
20 E hamama ana te whakaaro nui i te huarahi; e puaki ana tona reo i nga waharoa;
Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
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;
she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
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, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish 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 you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.
24 I karanga atu hoki ahau, heoi kihai koutou i pai mai; i totoro atu toku ringa, a kihai tetahi i whai whakaaro mai;
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
25 Heoi whakakahoretia iho e koutou toku whakaaro katoa, kihai hoki i aro ki taku ako:
and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 Mo reira ka kata ahau i te ra o to koutou aitua; ka tawai ina pa te pawera ki a koutou.
I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear 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 fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
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 upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.
29 Mo ratou i kino ki te matauranga; kihai hoki i whiriwhiria e ratou te wehi ki a Ihowa;
Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
30 Kihai i aro mai ki oku whakaaro; whakahawea ana ratou ki taku kupu riri katoa.
they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
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 way, and be filled with their own devices.
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 turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.
33 Ko te tangata ia e rongo ana ki ahau, ka au tona noho, ka tea hoki i te wehi ki te kino.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.
