Whakatauki 27
1 Kei whakamanamana koe ki te ra apopo; kahore hoki koe e mohio ko te aha e puta mai i roto i te ra.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
2 Ma tetahi atu tangata te whakamoemiti mou, kaua ma tou mangai ake; ma te tangata ke, kaua ma ou ngutu ake.
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 He taimaha te kohatu, he taimaha ano te kirikiri; he taimaha atu ia i a raua tahi te pukuriri o te wairangi.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
4 He mea nanakia te riri, he rutaki te aritarita; ko wai ia e tu i mua i te hae?
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 He pai ke te riri matanui i te aroha huna.
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6 Ko nga patu a te hoa aroha he mea na te pono: ko nga kihi ia a te hoariri auau rawa.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 E ngaruru ana te wairua makona ki te honikoma: engari ki te wairua hiakai, reka kau nga mea kawa katoa.
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Rite tonu ki te manu e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona kohanga te tangata e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona wahi.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9 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.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
10 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.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11 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.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
12 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.
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
13 Tangohia te kakahu o te kaiwhakakapi mo te tangata ke; tona taunaha ano hoki mo ta te wahine ke.
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
14 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.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
15 He maturuturu e puputu tonu ana i te ra nui te ua, he wahine ngangare, rite tonu raua:
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
16 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.
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
17 Ko te rino hei whakakoi mo te rino; waihoki ko te tangata ano hei whakakoi i te mata o tona hoa.
Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ona hua: ka whakahonoretia te tangata e whakaaro ana ki tona rangatira.
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
19 He pera i te wai, tiro atu, tiro mai he kanohi, ka pena ano to te tangata ngakau ki te tangata.
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
20 Ko te reinga, ko te whakangaromanga, e kore e makona; e kore ano hoki e makona nga kanohi o te tangata. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 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.
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
22 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.
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
23 Kia anga nui koa kia mohio ki te ahua o au hipi, a kia pai te tiaki i au kahui kau:
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
24 E kore hoki te taonga e mau tonu; e mau ianei te karauna ki nga whakatupuranga katoa?
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
25 Kua whaiti te hei, e kitea ana te tupu hou, a e kohikohia ana nga otaota o nga maunga.
The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
26 Hei mea kakahu mou nga reme, a koe nga koati hei utu mo te mara.
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
27 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.
and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
