Whakatauki20
1Ko tā te wāina he whakahī, ko tā te wai kaha he ngangau;ā, ko te hunga katoa e whakapōhēhētia ana e tērā, kāhore ō rātou whakaaro nui.2Ānō he raiona e hāmama ana te wehi o te kīngi;ko te tangata e whakaoho ana i a ia kia riri, e hara ana ki tōna wairua ake.3He whakahōnore mō te tangata te noho wātea mai i te ngangare;engari ko ngā wairangi he kōwhetewhete tonu.4Kāhore te māngere e parau, he mea ki te hōtoke;nō reira ka pākiki kai māna i te kotinga wīti, ā, kāhore e whiwhi.5He wai hōhonu te whakaaro i roto i te ngākau o te tangata;e utuhia anō ia e te tangata mātau.6Ko tā te tini o te tangata he kauwhau i tōna atawhai ake;ko wai ia e kite i te tangata pono?7Ko te tangata tika, e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,ka manaakitia āna tamariki i muri i a ia.8Ko te kīngi e noho ana i runga i te torōna whakawā,tītaritaria ana e ōna kanohi ngā hē katoa.9Ko wai e mea, “Kua mā i ahau tōku ngākau,kua tahia atu ōku hara”?10Ko ngā pāuna huhua, ko ngā mēhua huhua,he rite tahi taua rua, he mea whakarihariha anake ki a Ihowā.11He tamariki nei anō ka mōhiotia ki āna hanga,he mā rānei, he tika rānei tāna mahi.12Ko te taringa rongo, ko te kanohi titiro,nā Ihowā rāua ngātahi i hanga.13Kaua e matenuitia te moe, kei rawakoretia koe;titiro ōu kanohi, ā, ka mākona koe i te taro.14“Ehara ehara,” e ai tā te kaihoko;tōna haerenga atu ia, kei te whakamanamana.15He kōura tēnā me te tini o te rupi;engari he taonga utu nui ngā ngutu o te mātauranga.16Tangohia te kākahu o te kaiwhakakapi mō te tangata kē;puritia hoki te tangata i taunahatia hei whakakapi mō ngā tāngata kē.17He reka ki te tangata te taro o te teka;muri iho ka kī tōna māngai i te kirikiri.18Mā te rūnanga ka ū ai ngā whakaaro;kia pai hoki te ngārahu ina anga ki te whawhai.19Ko te tangata e kōpikopiko ana ki te kawekawe kōrero, ka whākina e ia ngā kōrero ngaro;nā reira kaua e raweke atu ki te tangata ngutu hāmama.20Ko te tangata e kanga ana i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea,ka tineia tōna rama i roto i te pōuri kerekere.21I te tīmatanga e hohoro mai pea te taonga;e kore ia tōna mutunga e whakapaingia.22Kaua e mea, “Ka utua e ahau te kino”;tāria tā Ihowā, ā, kei a ia he oranga mōu.23He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā taimaha rerekē;ā, e kore hoki te pāuna tinihanga e pai.24Nā Ihowā ngā hāereerenga o te tangata;nā, mā te aha te tangata ka mātau ai ki tōna ara?25Hei rore ki te tangata te oho noa ake ki te mea, “He tapu!”ā, i muri i ngā kī taurangi, kia uiui.26Ka tītaritaria e te kīngi whakaaro nui te hunga kino,ā, ka hurihia hoki e ia te wīra patu wīti ki runga ki a rātou.27He rama nā Ihowā te manawa o te tangata,e rapu ana i ngā mea katoa i roto rawa i te kōpū.28Hei kaitiaki mō te kīngi te atawhai me te pono;e tautokona ake ana hoki tōna torōna e te atawhai.29Ko te korōria o ngā taitama ko tō rātou kaha;ā, ko te ātaahua o ngā kaumātua ko te upoko hina.30E tahia atu ana te kino e ngā kārawarawa o te patunga;ā, e tae rawa ana ngā whiu ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.