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Te Kohinga Tuatahi a ngā Whakatauki a Horomona
1 Ko ngā whakatauki a Horomona.
He tama whakaaro nui, ka koa te pāpā;
tēnā he tama kūware, he utanga nui mō tōna whaea.
2 Kāhore he rawa o ngā taonga o te kino;
mā te tika ia te oranga ake i te mate.
3 E kore a Ihowā e tuku i te wairua o te tangata tika kia hemokai;
ka panā atu ia e ia te hiahia o te hunga kino.
4 He rawakore te tukunga iho o te ringa ngehe;
mā te ringa kakama ia ka hua te taonga.
5 He kohi raumati tā tama ngākau mahara;
he whakamā ia te rawa a tama moe ngahuru.
6 He manaaki kei te tumuaki o te tangata tika;
he ārita ia kei te waha o te tangata kino, taupoki ai.
7 Ka manaakitia te maharatanga ki te tangata tika;
ka pirau ia te ingoa o te hunga kino.
8 He ngākau whakaaro, ka tahuritia te whakahau;
he ngutu wairangi, ka hinga.
9 Ko te tangata haere tika, e haere ora ana;
ko te tangata parori kē ōna ara, ka mōhiotia ia.
10 Mā te whakakini o te kanohi ka puta ai te pōuri;
ko te ngutu wairangi ia, ka hinga.
11 He puna ora te māngai o te tangata tika;
tēnā ko te māngai o te hunga kino,
ka taupokina tērā e te mahi nanakia.
12 Ko tō te mauāhara he whakaoho i ngā totohe;
ko tō te aroha he hīpoki i ngā hē katoa.
13 E kitea te whakaaro nui ki ngā ngutu o te tangata mātau;
ko te rākau ia te mea mō te tuarā o te ngākaukore.
14 Rongoā ai te hunga whakaaro nui i te mātauranga;
he whakangaromanga ia kei te hori tonu, te māngai o te wairangi.
15 Ko ōna rawa te pā kaha o te tangata taonga;
tēnā ko te hunga kore taonga, hei whakangaromanga tō rātou rawakore.
16 Ko te mahi a te tangata tika e ahu ana ki te ora;
ko ngā hua o te kino ki te hara.
17 Kei te ara ki te ora te tangata e pupuri ana i te kupu ako;
ko te tangata ia e kore e pai kia rīria tōna hē, ka kotiti kē.
18 Ko te tangata e huna ana i te mauāhara he ngutu teka;
ā, he kūware te tangata e whakapuaki ana i te ngautuarā.
19 E kore ngā kupu maha e hapa i te kino;
he mahara nui ia te tangata he ngutu kokopi nei ōna.
20 He hiriwa pai rawa te arero o te tangata tika;
ko te ngākau o te hunga kino, he hauwarea rawa.
21 He tokomaha e whāngaia ana e ngā ngutu o te tangata tika;
ka mate ia te hunga kūware, he kore nō te ngākau mahara.
22 Ka hua te taonga i tā Ihowā manaaki;
kāhore hoki e kīnakitia e ia ki te pōuri.
23 Hei tākaro mā te wairangi te mahi hē;
mā te tangata mātau ia ko te whakaaro nui.
24 Ko tā te tangata kino i wehi ai ka tae anō ki a ia;
ā, ko tā te hunga tika i hiahia ai, ka hōmai.
25 Pahure rawa ake te tūkauati kua kore te hunga kino;
tēnā ko te tangata tika he tūranga pūmau tērā.
26 He winika ki ngā niho, he paowa ki ngā kanohi;
koia anō te māngere ki ōna kaiunga.
27 Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā e whakaroa ana i ngā rā;
ka whakapotoa mai ia ngā tau o te hunga kino.
28 Tūmanako atu te hunga tika, koa iho;
tūmanako atu te hunga kino, ngaro iho.
29 He kaha mō te tangata tika tā Ihowā ara;
he whakangaromanga ia mō ngā kaimahi i te kino.
30 E kore te tangata tika e whakangāueuetia ā ake ake;
e kore ia e nohoia e te hunga kino te whenua.
31 Ko te māngai o te tangata tika hua ana te whakaaro nui;
ka tapahia ia te arero whanokē.
32 E mōhio ana ngā ngutu o te tangata tika ki ngā mea ka manakohia;
he whanokē ia e whakapuakina ana e te māngai o te hunga kino.