Provérbios 21

1 The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses.

He turns it wherever he desires.

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,

but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

3 To do righteousness and justice

is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

4 A high look and a proud heart,

the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;

and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away,

because they refuse to do what is right.

8 The way of the guilty is devious,

but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop

than to share a house with a contentious woman.

10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;

his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

11 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom.

When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked,

and brings the wicked to ruin.

13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,

he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

14 A gift in secret pacifies anger,

and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice;

but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding

shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man.

He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,

the treacherous for the upright.

19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,

than with a contentious and fretful woman.

20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise,

but a foolish man swallows it up.

21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness

finds life, righteousness, and honor.

22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty,

and brings down the strength of its confidence.

23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue

keeps his soul from troubles.

24 The proud and arrogant man—"Scoffer" is his name—

he works in the arrogance of pride.

25 The desire of the sluggard kills him,

for his hands refuse to labor.

26 There are those who covet greedily all day long;

but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination—

how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

28 A false witness will perish.

A man who listens speaks to eternity.

29 A wicked man hardens his face;

but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

30 There is no wisdom nor understanding

nor counsel against Yahweh.

31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle;

but victory is with Yahweh.

1 Kei roto te ngākau o te kīngi i te ringa o Ihowā ānō he awa rerenga wai;

e whakaangahia ana e ia ki ngā wāhi katoa e pai ai ia.

2 Ko ngā ara katoa o te tangata, tika kau ki ōna kanohi ake;

ko Ihowā ia hei pāuna i ngā ngākau.

3 Ko te mahi i te tika, i te whakawā,

ki tā Ihowā, pai atu i te patunga tapu.

4 He kanohi whakakake, he ngākau whakapehapeha,

ā, ko te rama hoki o te hunga kino, he hara kau.

5 Ko ngā whakaaro o te tangata uaua e ahu anake ana ki te hua o te taonga;

ko te hunga tākare katoa ia e whawhai kau ana ki te mūhore.

6 E rite ana tā te arero teka āmi i te taonga ki te mamaoa e āia noatia ana;

ko te hunga e rapu ana i ērā e rapu ana i te mate.

7 Mā te pāhua a te hunga kino e tahi atu rātou;

mō rātou kāhore e pai ki te whakawā.

8 He ara tino kōpikopiko tō te tangata e waha ana i te hara;

tēnā ko te tangata mā, he tika tāna mahi.

9 He pai kē te noho i te kokonga o te tuanui,

i te noho tahi me te wahine ngangare i roto i te whare māhorahora.

10 Ko tā te wairua o te tangata kino he hiahia ki te kino;

e kore ōna kanohi e manako ki tōna hoa.

11 Ki te whiua te tangata whakahī, ka whai whakaaro te kūware;

ā, ki te whakaakona te tangata whakaaro nui, ka whiwhi ia ki te mātauranga.

12 Ka āta whakaaroa e te tangata tika te whare o te tangata kino;

te pēheatanga e whakatakā ai te hunga kino ki te mate mō rātou.

13 Ko te tangata e puru ana i ōna taringa ki te karanga a te rawakore,

tērā hoki ia e karanga, heoi e kore e whakarangona.

14 Mā te mea hōmai puku ka mārie ai te riri,

mā te moni whakapati hoki i roto i te uma ka mārie ai te āritarita kaha.

15 He mahi koa nā te tangata tika te whakawā;

mō ngā kaimahi ia i te kino, ko te whakangaromanga.

16 Ko te tangata e kotiti kē ana i te huarahi o te mahara,

ka noho ia i te whakaminenga o ngā tūpāpaku.

17 Ko te tangata matenui ki ngā āhuareka, ka rawakore;

ā, ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te wāina, ki te hinu, e kore e whai taonga.

18 Hei utu te tangata kino mō te tangata tika;

ā, ka haere mai te tangata kōpeka hei whakakapi mō te tangata tū tika.

19 He pai kē te noho i te koraha,

i te noho tahi me te wahine tohetohe, wahine pukukino.

20 Kei te nohoanga o te tangata whakaaro nui te taonga mōmōhanga me te hinu;

heoi maumauria ake e te wairangi.

21 Ko te tangata e whai ana i te tika, i te atawhai,

ka whiwhi ki te ora, ki te tika, ki te hōnore.

22 Ka pikitia e te tangata whakaaro nui te pā o ngā mārohirohi,

ka taka hoki i a ia te kaha i whakawhirinaki ai rātou.

23 Ko te tangata e tiaki ana i tōna māngai,

i tōna arero, e tiaki ana i tōna wairua kei raru.

24 Ko te tangata whakakake, whakapehapeha, ko te tangata whakahī tōna ingoa,

e mahi ana ia i runga i te whakahirahira o tōna whakamanamana.

25 Ka mate te tangata māngere i tōna hiahia anō;

e kore hoki ōna ringa e pai ki te mahi.

26 Tērā te hanga he kaiapo tonu ā pau noa te rā;

ko tā te tangata tika ia he hōmai, kāhore hoki āna kaiponu.

27 He mea whakarihariha te whakahere a te tangata kino;

tērā noa ake ina hē te whakaaro i kawea mai ai e ia.

28 Ka mate te kaiwhakaatu teka;

nā, ko te tangata whakarongo, ka kōrero, kāhore he kaiwhakahē.

29 Ka whakamārō te tangata kino i tōna mata;

tēnā ko te tangata tika, ka whakapai i ōna ara.

30 I tō Ihowā aroaro kāhore he whakaaro nui,

kāhore he mātauranga, kāhore he kupu mōhio, e tū.

31 Kua rite noa ake he hōiho mō te rā o te whawhai;

kei a Ihowā ia te whakaoranga.