Whakatauki5

He Whakatūpato kei Pūremu

1E tāku tama, tahuri ki ōku whakaaro nui;kia anga tōu taringa ki tōku mātauranga,2kia ū ai koe ki te ngārahu pai,mau ai te mātauranga i ōu ngutu.3Ko ngā ngutu hoki o te wahine kē, kei te māturuturunga iho o te honikoma,ngāwari iho tōna māngai i te hinu;4he kawa rawa hoki tōna mutunga i te taru kawa,he koi, ānō he hoari matarua.5Ko ōna waewae e heke ana ki te mate;mau pū te rēinga i ōna takahanga.6Heoi, kāhore i kitea e ia te ara tōtika ki te ora;he kotiti kē ōna ara, ā, kāhore ia i tē mātau.
7Nā reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau,kei mahue hoki ngā kupu a tōku māngai.8Kia matara tōu ara i a ia,kaua hoki e tata ki te tatau o tōna whare;9kei hoatu tōu hōnore ki ngā tāngata kē,ōu tau ki te hunga nanakia.10Kei mākona ngā tāngata kē i tōu kaha,kei riro ōu māuiui ki te whare o te tangata kē;11ā, ka tangi koe i tōu whakamutunga,ina poto ōu kikokiko me tōu tinana,12ā, ka mea, “Kātae tōku kino ki te ako;kātae te māuiui o tōku ngākau ki te tohutohu!13Kīhai hoki ahau i whakarongo ki te reo o ōku kaiwhakaako,kīhai tōku taringa i anga ki te hunga e tohutohu ana i ahau.14Wāhi iti kei ngā kino katoa ahaui waenganui o te whakaminenga, o te huihui.”
15Inumia he wai i roto i tāu ake rua,me ngā wai rere anō i roto i tāu ake poka.16Kia tohatoha noa atu koia āu puna wai,ngā awa wai i ngā huarahi?17Waiho ēnā māu anake,kauaka mā koutou tahi ko ngā tāngata kē.18Kia manaakitia tāu puna wai;kia koa anō koe ki te wahine o tōu taitamarikitanga.19Kia rite ia ki taua mea āhuareka, ki te hāta,ki te mea ātaahua ki te anaterope.Kia mākona koe i ōna ū i ngā wā katoa,kia matenuitia tonutia e koe tōna aroha.20He aha oti koe, e tāku tama, ka matenui ai ki te wahine kē,i awhi ai i te uma o te wahine kē?
21Kei mua hoki i ngā kanohi o Ihowā ngā ara o te tangata,ā, e meinga ana e ia kia papatairite ōna ara katoa.22Ko ōna kino anō hei hopu i te tangata kino,hei taura ōna hara e mau ai ia.23Ka mate ia, he mea kīhai i whakaakona,ka pōhēhē i te nui o tōna wairangi.