Whakatauki 7

Ngā Maneatanga Hē o te Pūremu

1 E tāku tama, puritia āku kupu,

hunā āku whakahau ki roto ki a koe.

2 Puritia āku whakahau, ā, ka ora;

tāku ture, ānō ko te whatupango o tōu kanohi.

3 Herea ki ōu maihao;

tuhituhia, ko tōu ngākau ānō hei papa.

4 Kī atu ki te whakaaro nui, "He tuahine koe nōku,"

kīia hoki te mātauranga ko tōu whanaunga wahine.

5 Kia ai ēnei hei tiaki i a koe kei hē i te wahine kē,

i te wahine kē, he kōrero whakapati nei āna.

6 I titiro atu hoki ahau i te matapihi o tōku whare

i roto i tōku whakakahokaho,

7 ā, i mātakitaki ahau i roto i ngā kūware,

i kite i roto i ngā taitama,

i tētahi tamaiti kāhore rawa he whakaaro,

8 e haere ana i te ara i te wāhi tata e piko atu ai ki a ia,

ā, haere ana ia i te ara ki tōna whare,

9 i te kākarauritanga, i te ahiahi o te rā,

i te titiwhatanga o te pō, i te pōuri kerekere.

10 Nā, kua tūtaki tētahi wahine ki a ia,

he kākahu pūremu tōna, he ngākau hīanga.

11 He māngai korokī tōna, he tohetohe;

ko ōna waewae, kāhore e tau ki tōna whare;

12 ināianei kei ngā ara ia, inamata kei ngā waharoa,

e tauwhanga ana i ngā kokinga katoa.

13 Koia i hopukia ai ia e ia, kei te kihi i a ia,

ā, ka mea atu ki a ia, me te whakatoi anō i tōna mata:

14 "He patunga mō te pai kei ahau;

nō tēnei rā nei ahau i whakamana ai i āku kupu taurangi;

15 koia ahau i haere mai ai ki te whakatau i a koe,

ki te āta rapu i tōu mata, ā, ka kitea nei koe e ahau.

16 Ko tōku moenga kua horahia e ahau,

whakapaipai rawa ki te kaitaka,

ki ngā kākahu purepure nō te rīnena o Īhipa.

17 Kua ruia e ahau tōku moenga ki ngā mea whakakakara,

ki te maira, ki te aroe, ki te hinamona.

18 Haere mai, kia whaowhina tāua ki te aroha, ā ao noa;

kia ora ō tāua ngākau i te aroha.

19 Kāhore hoki tāku tāne i te whare;

kua riro ia, he haere tawhiti.

20 I maua atu e ia he pūtea moni i tōna ringa;

ka hoki mai anō ia i te kōwhititanga o te marama."

21 He maha nō āna kōrero whakawai, riro ana ia i a ia ki tāna;

nā te whakapati a ōna ngutu ka kūmea atu ia e ia.

22 Haere tonu ia i muri i a ia,

ānō he kau e haere ana kia patua,

he kūware rānei e haere ana ki ngā rākau here waewae e whiua ai te hē,

23 ā, tū noa te tao ki tōna ate puta rawa.

Rite tonu ia ki te manu e hohoro ana ki te māhanga,

tē mōhio he matenga tērā mōna.

24 Nō reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau,

maharatia ngā kupu a tōku māngai.

25 Kei peau kē tōu ngākau ki ōna ara,

kei kotiti kē ki ōna huarahi.

26 He tokomaha hoki ngā tāngata i tū, i hinga i a ia,

āe rā, he ope nui rawa tāna i patu ai.

27 He huarahi tōna whare ki te rēinga,

e anga ana ki raro ki ngā rūma o te mate.