Whakatauki21
1Kei roto te ngākau o te kīngi i te ringa o Ihowā ānō he awa rerenga wai;e whakaangahia ana e ia ki ngā wāhi katoa e pai ai ia.2Ko ngā ara katoa o te tangata, tika kau ki ōna kanohi ake;ko Ihowā ia hei pāuna i ngā ngākau.3Ko te mahi i te tika, i te whakawā,ki tā Ihowā, pai atu i te patunga tapu.4He kanohi whakakake, he ngākau whakapehapeha,ā, ko te rama hoki o te hunga kino, he hara kau.5Ko ngā whakaaro o te tangata uaua e ahu anake ana ki te hua o te taonga;ko te hunga tākare katoa ia e whawhai kau ana ki te mūhore.6E rite ana tā te arero teka āmi i te taonga ki te mamaoa e āia noatia ana;ko te hunga e rapu ana i ērā e rapu ana i te mate.7Mā te pāhua a te hunga kino e tahi atu rātou;mō rātou kāhore e pai ki te whakawā.8He ara tino kōpikopiko tō te tangata e waha ana i te hara;tēnā ko te tangata mā, he tika tāna mahi.9He pai kē te noho i te kokonga o te tuanui,i te noho tahi me te wahine ngangare i roto i te whare māhorahora.10Ko tā te wairua o te tangata kino he hiahia ki te kino;e kore ōna kanohi e manako ki tōna hoa.11Ki te whiua te tangata whakahī, ka whai whakaaro te kūware;ā, ki te whakaakona te tangata whakaaro nui, ka whiwhi ia ki te mātauranga.12Ka āta whakaaroa e te tangata tika te whare o te tangata kino;te pēheatanga e whakatakā ai te hunga kino ki te mate mō rātou.13Ko te tangata e puru ana i ōna taringa ki te karanga a te rawakore,tērā hoki ia e karanga, heoi e kore e whakarangona.14Mā te mea hōmai puku ka mārie ai te riri,mā te moni whakapati hoki i roto i te uma ka mārie ai te āritarita kaha.15He mahi koa nā te tangata tika te whakawā;mō ngā kaimahi ia i te kino, ko te whakangaromanga.16Ko te tangata e kotiti kē ana i te huarahi o te mahara,ka noho ia i te whakaminenga o ngā tūpāpaku.17Ko te tangata matenui ki ngā āhuareka, ka rawakore;ā, ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te wāina, ki te hinu, e kore e whai taonga.18Hei utu te tangata kino mō te tangata tika;ā, ka haere mai te tangata kōpeka hei whakakapi mō te tangata tū tika.19He pai kē te noho i te koraha,i te noho tahi me te wahine tohetohe, wahine pukukino.20Kei te nohoanga o te tangata whakaaro nui te taonga mōmōhanga me te hinu;heoi maumauria ake e te wairangi.21Ko te tangata e whai ana i te tika, i te atawhai,ka whiwhi ki te ora, ki te tika, ki te hōnore.22Ka pikitia e te tangata whakaaro nui te pā o ngā mārohirohi,ka taka hoki i a ia te kaha i whakawhirinaki ai rātou.23Ko te tangata e tiaki ana i tōna māngai,i tōna arero, e tiaki ana i tōna wairua kei raru.24Ko te tangata whakakake, whakapehapeha, ko te tangata whakahī tōna ingoa,e mahi ana ia i runga i te whakahirahira o tōna whakamanamana.25Ka mate te tangata māngere i tōna hiahia anō;e kore hoki ōna ringa e pai ki te mahi.26Tērā te hanga he kaiapo tonu ā pau noa te rā;ko tā te tangata tika ia he hōmai, kāhore hoki āna kaiponu.27He mea whakarihariha te whakahere a te tangata kino;tērā noa ake ina hē te whakaaro i kawea mai ai e ia.28Ka mate te kaiwhakaatu teka;nā, ko te tangata whakarongo, ka kōrero, kāhore he kaiwhakahē.29Ka whakamārō te tangata kino i tōna mata;tēnā ko te tangata tika, ka whakapai i ōna ara.30I tō Ihowā aroaro kāhore he whakaaro nui,kāhore he mātauranga, kāhore he kupu mōhio, e tū.31Kua rite noa ake he hōiho mō te rā o te whawhai;kei a Ihowā ia te whakaoranga.