Whakatauki 1
1 Ko nga whakatauki a Horomona tama a Rawiri, kingi o Iharaira;
The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
2 E mohiotia ai te whakaaro nui, te ako; e kitea ai nga kupu o te matauranga;
To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:
3 E riro mai ai te ako a te ngakau mahara, te tika, te whakawa, te mea ano e rite ana;
To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
4 Hei hoatu i te ngakau tupato ki nga kuware, i te matauranga, i te ngarahu pai ki te taitamariki;
To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
5 Kia whakarongo ai te tangata whakaaro nui, kia nui ake ai tona mohio; kia whiwhi ai te tangata tupato ki nga whakaaro mohio:
(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided: )
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 get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
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 the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
8 Whakarongo, e taku tama, ki te ako a tou papa, kaua hoki e whakarerea te ture a tou whaea;
My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
9 Ka waiho hoki ena hei pare ataahua mo tou matenga, hei mekameka whakapaipai mo tou kaki.
For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
10 E taku tama, ki te whakawaia koe e te hunga hara, kaua e whakaae.
My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
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 make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, 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 overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death; (Sheol h7585)
13 Ka kitea e tatou nga taonga utu nui katoa, ka whakakiia o tatou whare ki ta tatou e pahua ai:
Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;
14 Maka mai tou wahi ki roto ki to matou; kia kotahi te putea ma tatou katoa.
Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:
15 E taku tama, kaua e haere tahi i te ara me ratou; kaiponuhia tou waewae i to ratou huarahi;
My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
16 E rere ana hoki o ratou waewae ki te kino, e hohoro ana ratou ki te whakaheke toto.
For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.
17 He maumau hoki te hora o te kupenga ki te tirohanga a tetahi manu.
Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
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 they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
19 Ka pena nga huarahi o te hunga apo taonga; ko te ora ano o ona rangatira e tangohia.
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
20 E hamama ana te whakaaro nui i te huarahi; e puaki ana tona reo i nga waharoa;
Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;
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;
Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:
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, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
23 Tahuri mai ki taku ako: na ka ringihia e ahau toku wairua ki a koutou, ka whakaaturia aku kupu ki a koutou.
Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
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 your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
25 Heoi whakakahoretia iho e koutou toku whakaaro katoa, kihai hoki i aro ki taku ako:
You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
26 Mo reira ka kata ahau i te ra o to koutou aitua; ka tawai ina pa te pawera ki a koutou.
So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
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 comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on 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 I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
29 Mo ratou i kino ki te matauranga; kihai hoki i whiriwhiria e ratou te wehi ki a Ihowa;
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
30 Kihai i aro mai ki oku whakaaro; whakahawea ana ratou ki taku kupu riri katoa.
They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
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.
So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.
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 back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
33 Ko te tangata ia e rongo ana ki ahau, ka au tona noho, ka tea hoki i te wehi ki te kino.
But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.
