Whakatauki 20

¹Ko tā te wāina he whakahī, ko tā te wai kaha he ngangau; ā, ko te hunga katoa e whakapōhēhētia ana e tērā, kāhore ō rātou whakaaro nui.

²Ānō he raiona e hāmama ana te wehi o te kīngi; ko te tangata e whakaoho ana i a ia kia riri, e hara ana ki tōna wairua ake.

³He whakahōnore mō te tangata te noho wātea mai i te ngangare; engari ko ngā wairangi he kōwhetewhete tonu.

⁴Kāhore te māngere e parau, he mea ki te hōtoke; nō reira ka pākiki kai māna i te kotinga wīti, ā, kāhore e whiwhi.

⁵He wai hōhonu te whakaaro i roto i te ngākau o te tangata; e utuhia anō ia e te tangata mātau.

⁶Ko tā te tini o te tangata he kauwhau i tōna atawhai ake; ko wai ia e kite i te tangata pono?

⁷Ko te tangata tika, e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi, ka manaakitia āna tamariki i muri i a ia.

⁸Ko te kīngi e noho ana i runga i te torōna whakawā, tītaritaria ana e ōna kanohi ngā hē katoa.

⁹Ko wai e mea, “Kua mā i ahau tōku ngākau, kua tahia atu ōku hara”?

¹⁰Ko ngā pāuna huhua, ko ngā mēhua huhua, he rite tahi taua rua, he mea whakarihariha anake ki a Ihowā.

¹¹He tamariki nei anō ka mōhiotia ki āna hanga, he mā rānei, he tika rānei tāna mahi.

¹²Ko te taringa rongo, ko te kanohi titiro, nā Ihowā rāua ngātahi i hanga.

¹³Kaua e matenuitia te moe, kei rawakoretia koe; titiro ōu kanohi, ā, ka mākona koe i te taro.

¹⁴“Ehara ehara,” e ai tā te kaihoko; tōna haerenga atu ia, kei te whakamanamana.

¹⁵He kōura tēnā me te tini o te rupi; engari he taonga utu nui ngā ngutu o te mātauranga.

¹⁶Tangohia te kākahu o te kaiwhakakapi mō te tangata kē; puritia hoki te tangata i taunahatia hei whakakapi mō ngā tāngata kē.

¹⁷He reka ki te tangata te taro o te teka; muri iho ka kī tōna māngai i te kirikiri.

¹⁸Mā te rūnanga ka ū ai ngā whakaaro; kia pai hoki te ngārahu ina anga ki te whawhai.

¹⁹Ko te tangata e kōpikopiko ana ki te kawekawe kōrero, ka whākina e ia ngā kōrero ngaro; nā reira kaua e raweke atu ki te tangata ngutu hāmama.

²⁰Ko te tangata e kanga ana i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea, ka tineia tōna rama i roto i te pōuri kerekere.

²¹I te tīmatanga e hohoro mai pea te taonga; e kore ia tōna mutunga e whakapaingia.

²²Kaua e mea, “Ka utua e ahau te kino”; tāria tā Ihowā, ā, kei a ia he oranga mōu.

²³He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā taimaha rerekē; ā, e kore hoki te pāuna tinihanga e pai.

²⁴Nā Ihowā ngā hāereerenga o te tangata; nā, mā te aha te tangata ka mātau ai ki tōna ara?

²⁵Hei rore ki te tangata te oho noa ake ki te mea, “He tapu!” ā, i muri i ngā kī taurangi, kia uiui.

²⁶Ka tītaritaria e te kīngi whakaaro nui te hunga kino, ā, ka hurihia hoki e ia te wīra patu wīti ki runga ki a rātou.

²⁷He rama nā Ihowā te manawa o te tangata, e rapu ana i ngā mea katoa i roto rawa i te kōpū.

²⁸Hei kaitiaki mō te kīngi te atawhai me te pono; e tautokona ake ana hoki tōna torōna e te atawhai.

²⁹Ko te korōria o ngā taitama ko tō rātou kaha; ā, ko te ātaahua o ngā kaumātua ko te upoko hina.

³⁰E tahia atu ana te kino e ngā kārawarawa o te patunga; ā, e tae rawa ana ngā whiu ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.