Provérbios 22

1 A good name is more desirable than great riches,

and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

2 The rich and the poor have this in common:

Yahweh is the maker of them all.

3 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;

but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh

is wealth, honor, and life.

5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked;

whoever guards his soul stays far from them.

6 Train up a child in the way he should go,

and when he is old he will not depart from it.

7 The rich rule over the poor.

The borrower is servant to the lender.

8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,

and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed,

for he shares his food with the poor.

10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;

yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

11 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully

is the king’s friend.

12 Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge,

but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!

I will be killed in the streets!"

14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit.

He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;

the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,

both come to poverty.

17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.

Apply your heart to my teaching.

18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,

if all of them are ready on your lips.

19 I teach you today, even you,

so that your trust may be in Yahweh.

20 Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things

of counsel and knowledge,

21 To teach you truth, reliable words,

to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

22 Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor;

and don’t crush the needy in court;

23 for Yahweh will plead their case,

and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

24 Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man.

Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,

25 lest you learn his ways

and ensnare your soul.

26 Don’t you be one of those who strike hands,

of those who are collateral for debts.

27 If you don’t have means to pay,

why should he take away your bed from under you?

28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone

which your fathers have set up.

29 Do you see a man skilled in his work?

He will serve kings.

He won’t serve obscure men.

1 Engari te ingoa pai e whiriwhiria rawatia i ngā taonga nui,

me te manakohanga aroha i te hiriwa, i te kōura.

2 Ka tūtataki te tangata taonga rāua ko te rawakore;

ko Ihowā te kaihanga ō rātou katoa.

3 Ko te tangata tūpato, ka kitea atu e ia te hē, ka huna i a ia;

ko ngā kūware, haere tonu atu, mamae tonu atu.

4 Ko te hua o te māhaki, ā, ko te wehi ki a Ihowā,

he taonga, he hōnore, he ora.

5 He tātarāmoa, he māhanga kei te ara o te whanokē;

ko te tangata ia e tiaki ana i tōna wairua, ka matara atu i ēnā.

6 Whakatupuria ake te tamaiti i te ara e haere ai ia,

ā, ka kaumātua, e kore e mahue i a ia.

7 E whakatakoto tikanga ana te tangata taonga mō ngā rawakore;

ā, ko te tangata i te nama, hei pononga ia mā te tangata nāna i whakatārewa mai.

8 Ko te kairui o te kino, ka kokoti i te hē;

ā, ka kāhore noa iho te patu o tōna riri.

9 Ko te kanohi ohaoha, ka manaakitia tērā;

e hoatu ana hoki e ia tētahi wāhi o tāna taro mā te rawakore.

10 Peia atu te tangata whakahī, ā, ka riro te ngangare;

ka mutu anō hoki te totohe me te whakahāwea.

11 Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te ngākau mā,

ko te kīngi he hoa mōna, mō te āhuareka o ōna ngutu.

12 Mā ngā kanohi o Ihowā e tiaki te tangata whai mātauranga,

e whakatakā ana hoki e ia ngā kupu a te tangata kōpeka.

13 E mea ana te māngere, "He raiona kei waho;

ka whakamatea ahau ki ngā huarahi!"

14 He poka hōhonu te māngai o ngā wāhine kē;

ka taka ki roto tā Ihowā tangata e whakarihariha ai.

15 Paihere rawa te wairangi ki roto ki te ngākau o te tamaiti,

otiia, mā te rākau o te whiu e pei kia matara atu i a ia.

16 Ko te tangata e tūkino ana i te rawakore kia maha atu ai he taonga māna,

me te tangata hoki e hoatu mea ana ki te tangata taonga,

ka tutuki rāua ki te mūhore kau.

He Whakatauki a te Hunga Whakaaronui

17 Anga mai tōu taringa, whakarongo mai hoki ki ngā kupu a te hunga whakaaro nui,

kia tahuri mai hoki tōu ngākau ki tōku mātauranga.

18 He mea āhuareka hoki, mehemea ka puritia e koe i roto i tōu kōpū,

ki te ū ngātahi rāua ki runga ki ōu ngutu.

19 Kia okioki ai koe ki a Ihowā,

koia i whakakitea ai e ahau aua mea ki a koe i tēnei rā – ki a koe nā anō.

20 He teka ianei hira rawa ngā mea kua tuhituhia atu nei e ahau ki a koe,

he kupu ako, he kupu mōhio;

21 kia mōhio ai koe ki te tūturutanga o ngā kupu o te pono,

kia whakahokia ai e koe he kupu pono

ki te hunga e ngare ana i a koe?

22 Kaua e pāhuatia te rawakore, nō te mea he rawakore ia,

kaua hoki e whakatupuria kinotia te tangata iti i te kūwaha.

23 Nō te mea ka tohea e Ihowā tā rātou tohe,

ka pāhuatia anō hoki e ia te wairua o te hunga e pāhua ana i a rātou.

24 Kaua e whakahoa ki te tangata pukuriri;

kei haere tahi hoki koe i te tangata āritarita;

25 kei ākona e koe ōna ara,

ā, ka riro i a koe he māhanga mō tōu wairua.

26 Kei uru koe ki roto ki te hunga papaki ringa,

ki ngā kaiwhakakapi tūranga rānei mō te moni tārewa;

27 ki te kāhore āu mea hei utu,

hei aha i tangohia ai e ia tōu moenga i raro i a koe?

28 Kaua e whakanekehia atu te rohe tawhito

i whakatakotoria e ōu mātua.

29 Kei te kite rānei koe i tētahi tangata e uaua ana ki tāna mahi?

Ka tū ia ki te aroaro o ngā kīngi;

e kore ia e tū ki te aroaro o ngā ware.