1Ko ngā kupu a Kīngi Remuera; ko te poropititanga i whakaakona ai ia e tōna whaea:2He aha, e tāku tama? He aha, e te tama a tōku kōpū?Ā, he aha, e te tama a āku kupu taurangi?3Kaua e hoatu tōu kaha ki ngā wāhine,ōu ara hoki ki te mea whakangaro o ngā kīngi.4Ehara mā ngā kīngi, e Remuera,ehara mā ngā kīngi te inu wāina;ehara hoki mā ngā rangatira te mea, “Kei hea he wai kaha?”5Kei inu rātou, ā, ka wareware ki te ture,ā, ka whakapeau kē i te whakawā o te tangata e tūkinotia ana.6Hoatu he wai kaha mā te tangata e tata ana te marere,he wāina hoki ki ngā wairua pōuri;7tukua ia kia inu, kia wareware ai ki tōna rawakore,ā, kore ake he mahara ki ōna mate.8Kia puaki tōu māngai mō te wahangū,i te whakawākanga o te hunga katoa kua waiho mō te mate.9Kia puaki tōu māngai, whakaritea te whakawā i runga i te tika,tohea te tohe a te ware, a te rawakore.
Te Wahine Pai Tōna Āhua
10Ko wai e kite i te wahine e ū ana tōna pai?Ko tōna utu hoki kei runga noa atu i tō ngā rupi.11Ka whakapono te ngākau o tāna tāne ki a ia,ā, kāhore ōna hapanga i te taonga.12He pai tāna e mea ai ki a ia, kāhore hoki he kino,i ngā rā katoa e ora ai ia.13E kimi ana ia i te huruhuru hipi, i te muka,ā, ka ngākau nui te mahi a ōna ringa.14Ko tōna rite kei ngā kaipuke o ngā kaihokohoko;e mauria mai ana e ia tāna kai i tawhiti.15E maranga ana hoki ia i te mea e pō tonu ana,ā, hoatu ana e ia he kai mā tōna whare,he mahi hoki e rite ana mā āna kōtiro.16E whakaaroaro ana ia ki tētahi māra, ā, ka hokona e ia;whakatōkia ana e ia he māra wāina, he hua nā ōna ringa.17E whītiki ana ia i tōna hope ki te kaha,e mea ana i ōna tākakau kia pakari.18Ka kite ia he pai tāna i hokohoko ai;e kore tāna rama e mate i te pō.19Ka totoro atu ōna ringa ki te mea tākai miro,ka pupuri ōna ringa ki te pou muka.20Ka wherahia tōna ringa ki te ware;āe rā, ka totoro atu ōna ringa ki te rawakore.21E kore ia e wehi i te hukarere mō tōna whare;nō te mea kua kākahuria tōna whare katoa ki te ngangana.22Oti ake i a ia te whatuwhatu he whāriki mōna;he rīnena pai, he pāpura ōna kākahu.23E mōhiotia ana tāna tāne i ngā kūwaha,ina noho tahi ia ki ngā kaumātua o te whenua.24E hangā ana e ia he rīnena pai, ā, hokona atu ana;e hoatu ana e ia he whītiki ki ngā kaihoko.25He kaha, he hōnore ōna kākahu;ā, e kata ana ia ki ngā rā ō muri atu.26He nui ōna whakaaro ina puaki tōna māngai;kei tōna arero te ture o te atawhai.27Ka āta tirohia e ia ngā ara o tōna whare,e kore anō ia e kai i te taro o te māngere.28Ka whakatika āna tamariki, ā, he kupu manaaki tā rātou mōna;tāna tāne hoki, ka whakamoemiti anō ia ki a ia, ka mea:29“He tokomaha ngā tamāhine i ū te pai o tā rātou mahi,otiia, hira ake tāu i ā rātou katoa.”30He mea teka noa te manako, he mea horihori te ātaahua;tēnā ko te wahine e wehi ana i a Ihowā, ko ia e whakamoemititia.31Hoatu ki a ia o ngā hua o ōna ringa;ā, mā āna mahi ia e whakamoemiti i ngā kūwaha.