1 Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te kupu ako e aroha ana ki te matauranga; na, ko te tangata e kore e pai kia riria tona he, he poauau tera.2 Ko te tangata pai ka whiwhi ki ta Ihowa whakapai; otiia ka whakahengia e ia te tangata ngarahu kino.3 E kore ta te tangata e u i te kino: na, ko te pakiaka o te hunga tika, e kore tera e whakakorikoria.4 He wahine e u ana tona pai, hei karauna tera ki tana tane; tena ko te wahine i whakama ai ia, hei pirau tera i roto i ona wheua.5 Ko nga whakaaro o te hunga tika he tika: ko nga whakaaro ia o te hunga kino he tinihanga.6 Ko nga kupu a te hunga kino e mea ana kia tauwhanga i te toto: ma te mangai ia o te hunga tika ratou ka ora ai.7 Ka hurihia iho te hunga kino, a kore iho; ko te whare ia o te hunga tika ka tu tonu.8 Ka rite ki tona ngarahu te whakamoemiti mo te tangata; ko te ngakau parori ki ia ka whakahaweatia.9 Ko te tangata e whakahaweatia ana, he pononga nei tana, pai ake ia i te tangata e whakanui ana i a ia ano, a kahore ana kai.10 Ko te tangata tika e whakaaro ana ia ki te ora o tana kararehe; he nanakia ia nga mahi atawhai a te hunga kino.11 Ko te tangata e mahi ana i tona oneone ka makona ia i te taro; tena ko te tangata e whai ana i te hunga tekateka noa, kahore ona ngakau mahara.12 Ko ta te tangata kino e minamina ai ko te kupenga a te hunga kino; e whai hua ana ia te pakiaka o te hunga tika.13 Ka mau te tangata kino i te pokanga ketanga o ona ngutu; ka puta mai ia te tangata tika i roto i te raru.14 Ma nga hua o tona mangai ka makona ai te tangata i te pai; ka riro mai ano i te tangata nga utu o ta ona ringa.15 He tika tonu ki ona kanohi ake te ara o te kuware: e whakarongo ana ia te tangata whakaaro nui ki te kupu whakatupato.16 Ko te kuware, e mohiotia wawetia ana tona riri: e hipokina ana ia te whakama e te tangata ngarahu tupato.17 Ko ta te tangata korero pono he whakapuaki i te tika; ko ta te kaiwhakaatu teka ia he tinihanga.18 He tangata ano ko ana korero maka noa, me te mea ko nga werohanga a te hoari; he rongoa ia te arero o te hunga whakaaro nui.19 Ka u tonu te ngutu pono a ake ake; mo naianei kau ia te arero teka.20 He tinihanga kei roto i te ngakau o nga kaitito i te kino; he koa ia to nga kaiwhakatakoto korero e mau ai te rongo.21 E kore tetahi kino e pa ki te tangata tika; engari te hunga kino ka ki i te kino.22 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowa nga ngutu teka; ko tana e ahuareka ai ko nga kaimahi i te pono.23 Hipoki ai te tangata tupato i te matauranga: e karanga nui ana ia te ngakau o nga kuware i te kuwaretanga.24 Mo te ringa o nga uaua te kingitanga; hei homai takoha ia te mangere.25 Ma te pouri i roto i te ngakau o te tangata e piko ai ia: ma te kupu pai ia ka marama ai.26 Hira ake te tangata tika i tona hoa; te hunga kino ia ka whakapohehetia e to ratou ara ano.27 Kahore te tangata mangere e tunu i tana mea i hopu ai: ma te tangata uaua ia te taonga utu nui a nga tangata.28 He ora kei te ara o te tika; kahore hoki he mate i tona ara.

1 Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.2 A good {man} obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.4 A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.5 The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.6 The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are no {more}; but the house of the righteous shall stand.8 A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.9 Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.10 A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.12 The wicked desireth the net of evil {men}; but the root of the righteous yieldeth {fruit}.13 In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous {man} shall go forth out of trouble.14 A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.16 The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent {man} covereth shame.17 He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.18 There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.20 Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy.21 There shall no evil happen to a righteous {man}; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.22 Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly.24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful {hand} shall be under tribute.25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.26 The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.27 The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.28 In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.