Whakatauki17
1Ko te maramara kai, ko te mea maroke me te āta noho hei kīnaki,pai atu i te whare kī i ngā hākari a te ngangare.2Hei rangatira te pononga mahara mō te tama i whakamā ai;ka whai wāhi anō ia i roto i tō ngā tēina.3Ko te oko tahu para mō te hiriwa, ko te oumu mō te kōura;ko Ihowā ia hei whakamātau mō ngā ngākau.4Ko te kaimahi i te hē ka tahuri ki tā te ngutu kino;ā, ka whai taringa te teka ki tā te arero whanokē.5Ko te taunu ki te rawakore he tāwai ki tōna Kaihanga;ko te tangata e koa ana ki ngā aituā, e kore e kore te whiua.6Hei karauna mō ngā koroheke ngā tamariki a ngā tamariki;nā, ko te korōria o ngā tamariki ko ō rātou mātua.7E kore te reo rangatira e tau ki te kūware;hore rawa anō hoki te ngutu teka ki te rangatira.8Ko te tangata i te mea hōmai noa, he kōhatu whakapaipai tērā ki tāna titiro;tōna tahuritanga ake ki hea, ki hea, ka whiwhi ki te pai.9Ko te tangata e hīpoki ana i te hē, e whai ana i te aroha;tēnā ko te tangata kōrerorero, e wehewehe ana i ngā hoa tupu.10Ko te ngotonga o te kupu riri ki roto ki te tangata mātau,nui atu i tō ngā whiu kotahi rau ki roto ki te whakaarokore.11He whakakeke kau tā te tangata kino e whai ai;nō reira ka tukua atu he karere nanakia ki a ia.12Kia tūtaki ki te tangata te pea kua tangohia āna kūao;pai atu i te whakaarokore i a ia e wairangi ana.13Ko te tangata e hōmai ana i te kino hei utu mō te pai,e kore te kino e neke atu i tōna whare.14Ko te tīmatanga o te totohe i rite ki te tangata e tuku ana i te wai kia rere;nā reira waiho atu te totohe i te mea kīanō i oho te ngangare.15Ko te tangata e whakatika ana i tā te tangata kino,me ia e whakahē ana i tā te tangata tika,he rite tahi taua rua, he mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā.16Hei aha te utu i te ringa o te kūware,hei hoko i te whakaaro nui, kāhore nei hoki ōna mātauranga?17E aroha ana te hoa i ngā wā katoa;nā, ko te teina, ko te tuakana, i whānau tērā mō ngā aituā.18Ko tā te tangata ngākaukore he papaki ringa;kua waiho hei whakakapi tūranga i te aroaro o tōna hoa.19Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te ngangare e aroha ana ki te kino;ko te tangata e whakarewa ana i tōna kūwaha e rapu ana i te whakangaromanga.20Ko te ngākau parori kē e kore e kite i te pai;ko te tangata he whanokē tōna arero ka taka ki te kino.21Ka whānau he whakaarokore mā tētahi tangata, hei whakapōuri tērā mōna;e kore anō hoki e koa te pāpā o te pōauau.22He rongoā pai te ngākau koa;ki te marū ia te wairua, ka maroke ngā wheua.23E tango ana te tangata kino i te mea whakapati i te uma,hei whakapeau kē i ngā ara o te whakarite whakawā.24Kei te aroaro o te tangata mātau ngā whakaaro nui;kei ngā pito ia o te whenua ngā kanohi o te whakaarokore.25Ko te tamaiti whakaarokore he mea whakapōuri i tōna pāpā,he mea whakakawa i te ngākau o tōna whaea.26Ehara anō hoki i te mea pai kia whiua te tangata tika,kia patua rānei ngā rangatira mō te tika.27He mātauranga tō te tangata e tohu ana i āna kupu;ā, he whakaaro tō te tangata i te wairua manawanui.28Ko te wairangi nei anō, ki te whakarongo puku, ka kīia he whakaaro nui;ki te kokopi ōna ngutu, ka kīia ia he tūpato.