Whakatauki 4

¹Whakarongo, e āku tamariki, ki te whakaako a te matua, tahuri mai hoki kia mātauria ai ngā whakaaro mōhio.

²He pai hoki te kupu mōhio ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou, kaua tāku ture e whakarērea.

³He tama anō hoki ahau ki tōku pāpā, ā, he ngāwari, he mea kotahi e matenuitia ana e tōku whaea,

⁴i whakaako anō ia i ahau, i mea ki ahau, “Puritia āku kupu e tōu ngākau; kia mau ki āku whakahau, ā, e ora koe.

⁵Whāia mōu te whakaaro nui, whāia mōu te mātauranga; kaua e wareware ki tērā, kaua hoki e neke atu i ngā kupu a tōku māngai.

⁶Kaua ia e whakarērea, ā, māna koe e tiaki; arohaina ia, ā, māna koe e mau ai.

⁷Ko te whakaaro nui te tino mea: Nō reira whāia mōu te whakaaro nui, ā, i ōu whiwhinga katoa, kia whiwhi koe ki te mātauranga.

⁸Whakanuia ia, ā, māna koe ka kake ai; ka whakahōnore ia i a koe ki te awhitia e koe.

⁹Ka hōmai e ia he pare ātaahua ki tōu māhunga, ka pōtaea anō koe e ia ki te karauna whakapaipai.”

¹⁰Whakarongo, e tāku tama, maharatia āku kupu, ā, he maha ngā tau e ora ai koe.

¹¹He mea whakaako koe nāku ki te ara o te whakaaro nui; he mea ārahi koe nāku i ngā ara o te tika.

¹²Ka haere koe, e kore ōu takahanga e whakakikītia mai; ki te rere koe, e kore koe e tūtuki.

¹³Kia mau ki te ako, kaua e tukua atu; matapoporetia iho, ko tōu oranga hoki ia.

¹⁴Kaua e haere i te ara o te hunga kino, kaua hoki e takahia te huarahi o te hunga hē.

¹⁵Anga kē ake; kaua e tika nā reira; peka ake i taua ara, haere tonu atu.

¹⁶E kore hoki rātou e moe ki te kore e oti tētahi mahi hē mā rātou; riro rawa tō rātou moe, ki te kāhore tētahi tangata e hinga i a rātou.

¹⁷Nō te kino hoki te taro e kainga ana e rātou, nō te nanakia te wāina e inumia ana e rātou.

¹⁸Ko te huarahi ia o te hunga tika, koia anō kei te mārama e whiti ana, ā, ka neke haere tonu ake tōna mārama, ā taea noatia te tino rā.

¹⁹Ko te ara o te hunga kino, me he pōuri, e kore rātou e mōhio ki te mea i tūtuki ai rātou.

²⁰E tāku tama, tahuri ki āku kupu; anga mai tōu taringa ki āku kōrero.

²¹Kei kotiti kē ēnei i ōu kanohi; puritia i waenganui o tōu ngākau.

²²He oranga ēnei mō te hunga e kitea ai, he rongoā mō ō rātou kikokiko katoa.

²³Kia pau ōu mahara ki te tiaki i tōu ngākau, nō reira hoki ngā putanga o te ora.

²⁴Whakarērea te māngai whanokē, kia matara rawa i a koe ngā ngutu tutū.

²⁵Kia hāngai tonu te titiro whakamua a ōu kanohi, kia titiro ōu kamo ki mua tonu i a koe.

²⁶Whakatikaia te huarahi o ōu waewae, kia ū anō hoki ōu ara katoa.

²⁷Kaua e peka ki matau, ki mauī; kia anga kē tōu waewae i te kino.