Provérbios 24

1 Don’t be envious of evil men,

neither desire to be with them;

2 for their hearts plot violence

and their lips talk about mischief.

3 Through wisdom a house is built;

by understanding it is established;

4 by knowledge the rooms are filled

with all rare and beautiful treasure.

5 A wise man has great power.

A knowledgeable man increases strength,

6 for by wise guidance you wage your war,

and victory is in many advisors.

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool.

He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.

8 One who plots to do evil

will be called a schemer.

9 The schemes of folly are sin.

The mocker is detested by men.

10 If you falter in the time of trouble,

your strength is small.

11 Rescue those who are being led away to death!

Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

12 If you say, "Behold, we didn’t know this,"

doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it?

He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it?

Shall he not give to every man according to his work?

13 My son, eat honey, for it is good,

the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;

14 so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul.

If you have found it, then there will be a reward:

Your hope will not be cut off.

15 Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous.

Don’t destroy his resting place;

16 for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again,

but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

17 Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.

Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,

18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him,

and he turn away his wrath from him.

19 Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers,

neither be envious of the wicked;

20 for there will be no reward to the evil man.

The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

21 My son, fear Yahweh and the king.

Don’t join those who are rebellious,

22 for their calamity will rise suddenly.

Who knows what destruction may come from them both?

23 These also are sayings of the wise:

To show partiality in judgment is not good.

24 He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous,"

peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—

25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,

and a rich blessing will come on them.

26 An honest answer

is like a kiss on the lips.

27 Prepare your work outside,

and get your fields ready.

Afterwards, build your house.

28 Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause.

Don’t deceive with your lips.

29 Don’t say, "I will do to him as he has done to me;

I will repay the man according to his work."

30 I went by the field of the sluggard,

by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.

Its surface was covered with nettles,

and its stone wall was broken down.

32 Then I saw, and considered well.

I saw, and received instruction:

33 a little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the hands to sleep,

34 so your poverty will come as a robber

and your want as an armed man.

1 Kei hae koe ki te hunga kino,

kaua hoki e hiahia hei hoa mō rātou.

2 Ko tā tō rātou ngākau hoki e whakaaro ai, he tūkino,

ko tā ō rātou ngutu e kōrero ai, he whanokē.

3 Mā te whakaaro nui ka hangā ai te whare,

ā, mā te mātauranga ka ū ai.

4 Mā te mōhio hoki ka kī ai ngā rūma

i ngā taonga utu nui katoa, i ngā mea āhuareka.

5 He kaha te tangata whakaaro nui;

āe, e whakanuia ana e te tangata mōhio te kaha.

6 Nā, kia pai te ngārahu ina anga koe ki te whawhai;

kei te tokomaha hoki o ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro te ora.

7 He tiketike rawa te whakaaro nui mō te wairangi;

e kore e kuihi tōna māngai i te kūwaha.

8 Ko te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te kino,

ka kīia he whanokē.

9 He hara te whakaaro wairangi;

he mea whakarihariha anō ki te tangata te tangata whakahī.

10 Ki te ngoikore koe i te rā o te hē,

he iti tōu kaha.

11 Whakaorangia te hunga e kawea atu ana ki te mate,

ā, puritia mai hoki e koe te hunga e meatia ana kia whakamatea.

12 Ki te mea koe, "Nanā, kīhai tēnei i mōhiotia e mātou";

kāhore ianei te kaipāuna ngākau i te whakaaro ki tērā?

Ā, ko te kaitiaki o tōu wairua, kāhore rānei ia e mōhio,

e kore rānei e hōmai e ia ki te tangata kia rite ki tāna mahi?

13 Kainga, e tāku tama, te honi, he pai hoki;

me te honikoma, he mea reka hoki ki tōu māngai.

14 Ka mōhio ai koe ki te whakaaro nui, he mea ki tōu wairua;

ki te kitea e koe, he tukunga iho anō tōna, e kore hoki tāu i tūmanako ai e hātepea.

15 Kaua, e te tangata kino, e whanga ki te nohoanga o te tangata tika;

kei tūkino koe ki tōna takotoranga.

16 E hinga ana hoki te tangata tika, e whitu hinganga, ka ara ake anō;

ka whakatakā ia te hunga kino e te hē.

17 Kaua e harakoa ki te hinga tōu hoariri,

kaua hoki tōu ngākau e hari ina taka ia;

18 kei kite a Ihowā, ā, ka hē ki tāna titiro,

ā, ka tahuri atu tōna riri i a ia.

19 Kei mamae koe, he mea mō ngā kaimahi i te kino,

kei hae hoki ki te hunga kino.

20 Kāhore hoki he mutunga pai ki te tangata kino;

ka keto hoki te rama a te hunga kino.

21 E tāku tama, e wehi ki a Ihowā, ki te kīngi hoki;

ā, kaua e whakauru noa atu ki te hunga e mea ana ki te whakaputa kē.

22 Nō te mea ka puta tata te aituā mō rātou;

ā, ko wai ka mōhio ki te whakangaromanga ō rāua tokorua?

Ētahi atu Whakatauki Whakaaronui

23 He whakatauki anō hoki ēnei nā te hunga whakaaro nui:

Ehara i te mea pai kia whakaaro ki te kanohi tāngata ina whakawā.

24 Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te tangata kino, "He tika koe,"

ka kanga ngā iwi ki a ia, ka whakarihariha ngā tauiwi ki a ia.

25 Otiia ka koa ngā ngākau o te hunga e rīria ai tōna hē,

ka tau iho anō hoki te manaaki pai ki runga ki a rātou.

26 Ka kihia e ia ngā ngutu e whakahoki ana

i ngā kupu tika.

27 Meinga kia takoto pai tāu mahi i waho,

kia rite hoki hei meatanga māu i te māra;

muri iho ka hanga i tōu whare.

28 Kaua koe e tū hei kaiwhakaatu hē mō tōu hoa, i te mea kāhore he take;

ā, kaua e tinihanga ki ōu ngutu.

29 Kaua e kī, "Ka meatia anō e ahau ki a ia tāna i mea ai ki ahau;

ka rite ki tā te tangata mahi tāku e whakahoki ai ki a ia."

30 I haere ahau i te taha o te māra a te māngere,

i te taha hoki o te māra wāina a te tangata kāhore ōna mahara;

31 nā, kua tupuria katoatia e te tātarāmoa,

kapi tonu te mata o te māra i te ongaonga,

ā, ko tō reira taiepa kōhatu kua oti te wāhi.

32 Kātahi ahau ka titiro, ka āta whakaaroaro;

ka kite ahau, ā, ka hopu mai hei ako mōku.

33 Kia iti ake nei te wāhi e parangia ai, kia iti ake nei te moe,

kia iti ake te kōtuituitanga o ngā ringa ka moe ai.

34 Ka pērā te haerenga mai o tōu mūhore ānō he kaipāhua;

o tōu rawakore hoki ānō he tangata mau patu.