Whakatauki18
1Ko te tangata tū kē, e whai ana i tā tōna ake hiahia,e ngangau ana ki ngā whakaaro tōtika katoa.2Kāhore o te whakaarokore āhuareka ki te mātauranga;engari kia whakakitea e ia tōna ngākau.3I te taenga mai o te tangata kino ka tae mai anō te whakahāwea,me te tāwai hei hoa mō te whakamā.4He wai hōhonu ngā kupu a te māngai o te tangata;he awa e rere ana te puna o te whakaaro nui.5Ehara i te mea pai te whakapai ki te kanohi o te tangata kino,te whakapeau kē rānei i tā te tangata tika ina whakawā.6E uru ana ngā ngutu o te whakaarokore ki te totohe,e karanga ana tōna māngai ki ngā whiu.7Hei huna anō mōna te māngai o te whakaarokore;ā, ko ōna ngutu hei rore mō tōna wairua.8Ānō he kai reka ngā kupu a te kawe kōrero;tae tonu iho ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.9Ko te tangata anō hoki e māngere ana ki tāna mahi,hei teina ia ki te tangata maumau.10Hei pourewa kaha te ingoa o Ihowā;rere ana te tangata tika ki reira, ā, ora ake.11Ko ngā rawa o te tangata taonga hei pā kaha mōna,hei pā tiketike ki tōna whakaaro.12I mua ake o te whakangaromanga ka whakakake te ngākau o te tangata;i mua ake anō hoki o te hōnore ko te ngākau pāpaku.13Ko te tangata e whakahoki kupu ana i te mea kāhore anō ia i rongo noa,he mahi wairangi tērā nāna, he hanga whakamā.14E whakamanawanui te wairua o te tangata ki tōna mate;tēnā ko te wairua marū, ko wai e kaha ki tērā?15Ka whiwhi te ngākau o te tangata mātau ki te mōhio;e rapu ana hoki te taringa o ngā whakaaro nui ki te mōhio.16Mā te mea tuku noa a te tangata ka wātea ai he wāhi mōna,ka kawea hoki ia e tērā ki te aroaro o ngā tāngata nunui.17Ko te tangata nāna te kupu tuatahi i te whakawā me te mea kei a ia te tika;nā, ka haere mai tōna hoa, kei te rapu i te tikanga o tāna.18Mā te rota e mutu ai ngā tautohe,ā, ko tērā hei tauārai i waenganui o te hunga kaha.19Ko te tuakana, teina rānei, i whakatakariritia, pakeke atu i te pā kaha;ā, ko aua tū ngangare me he tūtaki tatau nō te whare rangatira.20Ka kī te kōpū o te tangata i ngā hua o tōna māngai,ka mākona ia i ngā hua o ōna ngutu.21Ko te mate, ko te ora kei te arero;ko te hunga e aroha ana ki tērā ka kai i ōna hua.22Ko te tangata kua kite i te wahine māna,kua kite i te mea pai, kua whiwhi hoki ki tā Ihowā whakapai.23He īnoi tā te rawakore hanga he taikaha iate whakahoki a te tangata taonga.24Ko te tangata tini ngā hoa aroha e whai ana i te hē mōna;tērā anō ia te hoa aroha, nui atu i tō te tuakana, i tō te teina, tōna piri mai.