1 Kei whakamanamana koe ki te ra apopo; kahore hoki koe e mohio ko te aha e puta mai i roto i te ra.

2 Ma tetahi atu tangata te whakamoemiti mou, kaua ma tou mangai ake; ma te tangata ke, kaua ma ou ngutu ake.

3 He taimaha te kohatu, he taimaha ano te kirikiri; he taimaha atu ia i a raua tahi te pukuriri o te wairangi.

4 He mea nanakia te riri, he rutaki te aritarita; ko wai ia e tu i mua i te hae?

5 He pai ke te riri matanui i te aroha huna.

6 Ko nga patu a te hoa aroha he mea na te pono: ko nga kihi ia a te hoariri auau rawa.

7 E ngaruru ana te wairua makona ki te honikoma: engari ki te wairua hiakai, reka kau nga mea kawa katoa.

8 Rite tonu ki te manu e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona kohanga te tangata e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona wahi.

9 He whakahari ngakau te hinu me te whakakakara; he pera ano nga ahuareka o to te tangata hoa aroha i ahu mai i nga tikanga mateoha i whakatakotoria e tona ngakau.

10 Ko tou hoa aroha ake, a ko te hoa hoki o tou papa, kaua e whakarerea; kaua hoki e haere ki te whare o tou tuakana i te ra e mate ai koe: he pai ke hoki te hoa e tata ana i te tuakana i tawhiti.

11 E taku tama, kia whakaaro nui, kia koa ai toku ngakau, kia whakahoki kupu ai hoki ahau ki te hunga e tawai ana ki ahau.

12 E kite atu ana te tangata tupato i te he, a ka huna i a ia: tena ko te kuware, haere tonu atu, mamae tonu atu.

13 Tangohia te kakahu o te kaiwhakakapi mo te tangata ke; tona taunaha ano hoki mo ta te wahine ke.

14 Ko te tangata e maranga ana i te atatu, he nui hoki tona reo ki te manaaki i tona hoa ka kiia tana he kanga.

15 He maturuturu e puputu tonu ana i te ra nui te ua, he wahine ngangare, rite tonu raua:

16 Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te pehi i a ia, e mea ana ki te pehi i te hau, a ka tutaki tona ringa matau ki te hinu.

17 Ko te rino hei whakakoi mo te rino; waihoki ko te tangata ano hei whakakoi i te mata o tona hoa.

18 Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ona hua: ka whakahonoretia te tangata e whakaaro ana ki tona rangatira.

19 He pera i te wai, tiro atu, tiro mai he kanohi, ka pena ano to te tangata ngakau ki te tangata.

20 Ko te reinga, ko te whakangaromanga, e kore e makona; e kore ano hoki e makona nga kanohi o te tangata.

21 Ko te oko tahu para mo te hiriwa, ko te oumu mo te koura; a, ko te whakanui i a ia, hei whakamatautau mo te tangata.

22 Ahakoa i tukua e koe te wairangi ki te tuki i roto i te kumete i waenga i nga witi pepe, e kore tona whakaarokore e riro.

23 Kia anga nui koa kia mohio ki te ahua o au hipi, a kia pai te tiaki i au kahui kau:

24 E kore hoki te taonga e mau tonu; e mau ianei te karauna ki nga whakatupuranga katoa?

25 Kua whaiti te hei, e kitea ana te tupu hou, a e kohikohia ana nga otaota o nga maunga.

26 Hei mea kakahu mou nga reme, a koe nga koati hei utu mo te mara.

27 A tera te waiu koati, he nui noa atu hei kai mau, hei kai hoki ma tou whare, hei oranga ano hoki mo au kotiro.

1 Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

3 A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

4 Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

5 Better is open protest than love kept secret.

6 The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

7 The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

8 Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

9 Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

10 Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

12 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

14 He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.

15 Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.

16 He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

17 Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.

18 Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

19 Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

20 The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

21 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

24 For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

25 The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.

26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:

27 There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.