Provérbios 18

1 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness,

and defies all sound judgment.

2 A fool has no delight in understanding,

but only in revealing his own opinion.

3 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes,

and with shame comes disgrace.

4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters.

The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good,

nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

6 A fool’s lips come into strife,

and his mouth invites beatings.

7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction,

and his lips are a snare to his soul.

8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:

they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

9 One who is slack in his work

is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower:

the righteous run to him, and are safe.

11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,

like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud,

but before honor is humility.

13 He who answers before he hears,

that is folly and shame to him.

14 A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness,

but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge.

The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

16 A man’s gift makes room for him,

and brings him before great men.

17 He who pleads his cause first seems right—

until another comes and questions him.

18 The lot settles disputes,

and keeps strong ones apart.

19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city.

Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

20 A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.

With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue;

those who love it will eat its fruit.

22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,

and obtains favor of Yahweh.

23 The poor plead for mercy,

but the rich answer harshly.

24 A man of many companions may be ruined,

but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

1 Ko te tangata tū kē, e whai ana i tā tōna ake hiahia,

e ngangau ana ki ngā whakaaro tōtika katoa.

2 Kāhore o te whakaarokore āhuareka ki te mātauranga;

engari kia whakakitea e ia tōna ngākau.

3 I te taenga mai o te tangata kino ka tae mai anō te whakahāwea,

me te tāwai hei hoa mō te whakamā.

4 He wai hōhonu ngā kupu a te māngai o te tangata;

he awa e rere ana te puna o te whakaaro nui.

5 Ehara i te mea pai te whakapai ki te kanohi o te tangata kino,

te whakapeau kē rānei i tā te tangata tika ina whakawā.

6 E uru ana ngā ngutu o te whakaarokore ki te totohe,

e karanga ana tōna māngai ki ngā whiu.

7 Hei huna anō mōna te māngai o te whakaarokore;

ā, ko ōna ngutu hei rore mō tōna wairua.

8 Ānō he kai reka ngā kupu a te kawe kōrero;

tae tonu iho ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.

9 Ko te tangata anō hoki e māngere ana ki tāna mahi,

hei teina ia ki te tangata maumau.

10 Hei pourewa kaha te ingoa o Ihowā;

rere ana te tangata tika ki reira, ā, ora ake.

11 Ko ngā rawa o te tangata taonga hei pā kaha mōna,

hei pā tiketike ki tōna whakaaro.

12 I mua ake o te whakangaromanga ka whakakake te ngākau o te tangata;

i mua ake anō hoki o te hōnore ko te ngākau pāpaku.

13 Ko te tangata e whakahoki kupu ana i te mea kāhore anō ia i rongo noa,

he mahi wairangi tērā nāna, he hanga whakamā.

14 E whakamanawanui te wairua o te tangata ki tōna mate;

tēnā ko te wairua marū, ko wai e kaha ki tērā?

15 Ka whiwhi te ngākau o te tangata mātau ki te mōhio;

e rapu ana hoki te taringa o ngā whakaaro nui ki te mōhio.

16 Mā te mea tuku noa a te tangata ka wātea ai he wāhi mōna,

ka kawea hoki ia e tērā ki te aroaro o ngā tāngata nunui.

17 Ko te tangata nāna te kupu tuatahi i te whakawā me te mea kei a ia te tika;

nā, ka haere mai tōna hoa, kei te rapu i te tikanga o tāna.

18 Mā te rota e mutu ai ngā tautohe,

ā, ko tērā hei tauārai i waenganui o te hunga kaha.

19 Ko te tuakana, teina rānei, i whakatakariritia, pakeke atu i te pā kaha;

ā, ko aua tū ngangare me he tūtaki tatau nō te whare rangatira.

20 Ka kī te kōpū o te tangata i ngā hua o tōna māngai,

ka mākona ia i ngā hua o ōna ngutu.

21 Ko te mate, ko te ora kei te arero;

ko te hunga e aroha ana ki tērā ka kai i ōna hua.

22 Ko te tangata kua kite i te wahine māna,

kua kite i te mea pai, kua whiwhi hoki ki tā Ihowā whakapai.

23 He īnoi tā te rawakore hanga he taikaha ia

te whakahoki a te tangata taonga.

24 Ko te tangata tini ngā hoa aroha e whai ana i te hē mōna;

tērā anō ia te hoa aroha, nui atu i tō te tuakana, i tō te teina, tōna piri mai.