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.