Whakatauki28
1E rere ana te hunga kino i te mea kāhore he kaiwhai;ko te tangata tika anō ia, ānō he raiona te māia.2He hē nō tētahi whenuai tokomaha ai ōna rangatira;nā, kia ai he tangata e mahara ana, e mātau ana,ka mau roa ai tōna āhua.3Ko te tangata rawakore e tūkino ana i ngā ware,ko tōna rite kei te ua tā e kore ai te kai.4Ko te hunga e whakarere ana i te ture,he whakamoemiti tā rātou ki te tangata kino;ko tā ngā kaipupuri ia o te ture he ngangare ki a rātou.5E kore te hunga kino e mōhio ki te whakawā:ko te hunga ia e rapu ana i a Ihowā, ka mōhio rātou ki ngā mea katoa.6He pai kē te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,i te tangata he parori kē ōna ara, ahakoa he whai taonga ia.7Ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te ture, he tamaiti mōhio ia;engari ko te tangata whakahoa ki te hunga kakai,ka whakamā tōna pāpā i a ia.8Ko te tangata e whakanui ana i ōna rawa ki te moni whakatupu, ki te whakapiki utu,e kohia ana e ia ērā mā te tangata e atawhaitia ai te rawakore.9Ko te tangata e tahuri kē ana tōna taringa,ā, kāhore e rongo ki te ture, ko tāna īnoi nei ānō he mea whakarihariha.10Ko te tangata i meinga ai te hunga tika,kia kotiti kē ki te ara hē, ka taka a ia anō ki tāna ake poka;ka whiwhi ia te hunga ngākau tapatahi ki te pai.11Ki te whakaaro a te tangata taonga he nui tōna whakaaro mōhio;otiia e rapua ana tāna e te rawakore whai whakaaro.12Nui atu te ātaahua, ina koa te hunga tika;engari ki te ara te hunga kino, ka huna ngā tāngata i a rātou.13Ko te tangata e hīpoki ana i ōna hē, e kore tāna e kake;ko te tangata ia e whāki ana, ā, e whakarere ana, ka tohungia.14Ka hari te tangata e wehi tonu ana;ko te tangata ia e whakapakeke ana i tōna ngākau, ka taka ki te kino.15E rite ana ki te raiona e hāmama ana, ki te pea e kōpikopiko ana,te tangata kino e kīngi ana ki te iwi rawakore.16Ko te rangatira kore whakaaro he nui anō tāna tūkino;ko te tangata ia e kino ana ki te apo ka roa ōna rā.17Ko te tangata e waha ana i te toto o te tangata,ka rere ia ki roto ki te rua;kaua tētahi e pupuri i a ia.18Ko te tangata he tapatahi nei te haere, ka ora;ko te tangata ia he parori kē ōna ara, hinga tonu iho.19Ko te tangata e ngaki ana i tōna oneone, ka mākona i te taro;ko te tangata ia e whai ana i te hunga wairangi, ka whiwhi nui ki te rawakore.20Ko te tangata pono, ka nui ngā manaaki mōna;ko te tangata ia e hīkaka ana ki te mea taonga, e kore ia e kore te whiwhi i te hē.21Ko te whakapai kanohi ehara i te mea pai –ehara anō hoki i te mea pai kia hē te tangata mō te kongakonga taro.22Ko te tangata he kino tōna kanohi e tākare tonu ana ki te taonga;kāhore hoki ia e whakaaro ka tae mai te kore o te rawa ki a ia.23Ko te tangata i rīria ai te hē o tētahi, ka nui atu te manako ki a ia i muri iho,i te manako ki te tangata i whakapati nei tōna arero.24Ko te tangata e pāhua ana i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea,ā, e kī ana, “Ehara i te hē,”he hoa ia nō te kaiwhakangaro.25Ko tā te tangata ngākau apo he whakapātari pakanga;ko te tangata ia e okioki ana ki a Ihowā ka tetere.26He kūware te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki tōna ake ngākau;ko te tangata ia e haere ana i runga i te whakaaro nui, ka mawhiti.27Ko te tangata e hoatu ana ki te rawakore, e kore ia e hapa;ko te tangata ia e kaupare ana i ōna kanohi, ka maha ngā kanga mōna.28Ka ara te hunga kino, ka huna ngā tāngata i a rātou;nā, ki te ngaro rātou, ka tupu te hunga tika.