Whakatauki 28
1 E rere ana te hunga kino i te mea kahore he kaiwhai: ko te tangata tika ano ia, ano he raiona te maia.
to flee and nothing to pursue wicked and righteous like/as lion to trust
2 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.
in/on/with transgression land: country/planet many ruler her and in/on/with man to understand to know right to prolong
3 Ko te tangata rawakore e tukino ana i nga ware, ko tona rite kei te ua ta e kore ai te kai.
great man be poor and to oppress poor rain to prostatrate and nothing food
4 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.
to leave: forsake instruction to boast: praise wicked and to keep: obey instruction to stir up in/on/with them
5 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.
human bad: evil not to understand justice and to seek LORD to understand all
6 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.
pleasant be poor to go: walk in/on/with integrity his from twisted way: conduct and he/she/it rich
7 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.
to watch instruction son: child to understand and to accompany be vile be humiliated father his
8 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.
to multiply substance his in/on/with interest (and increment *Q(K)*) to/for be gracious poor to gather him
9 Ko te tangata e tahuri ke ana tona taringa, a kahore e rongo ki te ture, ko tana inoi nei ano he mea whakarihariha.
to turn aside: depart ear his from to hear: hear instruction also prayer his abomination
10 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.
to wander upright in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil in/on/with pit his he/she/it to fall: fall and unblemished: blameless to inherit good
11 Ki te whakaaro a te tangata taonga he nui tona whakaaro mohio; otiia e rapua ana tana e te rawakore whai whakaaro.
wise in/on/with eye his man rich and poor to understand to search him
12 Nui atu te ataahua, ina koa te hunga tika: engari ki te ara te hunga kino, ka huna nga tangata i a ratou.
in/on/with to rejoice righteous many beauty and in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to search man
13 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.
to cover transgression his not to prosper and to give thanks and to leave: forsake to have compassion
14 Ka hari te tangata e wehi tonu ana: ko te tangata ia e whakapakeke ana i tona ngakau, ka taka ki te kino.
blessed man to dread continually and to harden heart his to fall: fall in/on/with distress: harm
15 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.
lion to groan and bear to rush to rule wicked upon people poor
16 Ko te rangatira kore whakaaro he nui ano tana tukino: ko te tangata ia e kino ana ki te apo ka roa ona ra.
leader lacking understanding and many oppression (to hate *Q(K)*) unjust-gain to prolong day
17 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.
man to oppress in/on/with blood soul: person till pit to flee not to grasp in/on/with him
18 Ko te tangata he tapatahi nei te haere, ka ora: ko te tangata ia he parori ke ona ara, hinga tonu iho.
to go: walk unblemished: blameless to save and to twist way: conduct to fall: fall in/on/with one
19 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.
to serve: labour land: soil his to satisfy food: bread and to pursue worthless to satisfy poverty
20 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.
man faithfulness many blessing and to hasten to/for to enrich not to clear
21 Ko te whakapai kanohi ehara i te mea pai: ehara ano hoki i te mea pai kia he te tangata mo te kongakonga taro.
to recognize face: kindness not pleasant and upon morsel food: bread to transgress great man
22 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.
to dismay to/for substance man bad: evil eye: appearance and not to know for poverty to come (in): come him
23 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.
to rebuke man backwards me favor to find from to smooth tongue
24 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.
to plunder father his and mother his and to say nothing transgression companion he/she/it to/for man to ruin
25 Ko ta te tangata ngakau apo he whakapatari pakanga: ko te tangata ia e okioki ana ki a Ihowa ka tetere.
broad: arrogant soul: person to stir up strife and to trust upon LORD to prosper
26 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.
to trust in/on/with heart his he/she/it fool and to go: walk in/on/with wisdom he/she/it to escape
27 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.
to give: give to/for be poor nothing need and to conceal eye his many curse
28 Ka ara te hunga kino, ka huna nga tangata i a ratou: na ki te ngaro ratou, ka tupu te hunga tika.
in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to hide man and in/on/with to perish they to multiply righteous
