Provérbios 8

1 Doesn’t wisdom cry out?

Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?

2 On the top of high places by the way,

where the paths meet, she stands.

3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,

at the entry doors, she cries aloud:

4 "I call to you men!

I send my voice to the sons of mankind.

5 You simple, understand prudence!

You fools, be of an understanding heart!

6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things.

The opening of my lips is for right things.

7 For my mouth speaks truth.

Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness.

There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

9 They are all plain to him who understands,

right to those who find knowledge.

10 Receive my instruction rather than silver,

knowledge rather than choice gold.

11 For wisdom is better than rubies.

All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

12 "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling.

Find out knowledge and discretion.

13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil.

I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

14 Counsel and sound knowledge are mine.

I have understanding and power.

15 By me kings reign,

and princes decree justice.

16 By me princes rule,

nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.

17 I love those who love me.

Those who seek me diligently will find me.

18 With me are riches, honor,

enduring wealth, and prosperity.

19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold,

my yield than choice silver.

20 I walk in the way of righteousness,

in the middle of the paths of justice,

21 that I may give wealth to those who love me.

I fill their treasuries.

22 "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work,

before his deeds of old.

23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,

before the earth existed.

24 When there were no depths, I was born,

when there were no springs abounding with water.

25 Before the mountains were settled in place,

before the hills, I was born;

26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,

nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

27 When he established the heavens, I was there.

When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

28 when he established the clouds above,

when the springs of the deep became strong,

29 when he gave to the sea its boundary,

that the waters should not violate his commandment,

when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

30 then I was the craftsman by his side.

I was a delight day by day,

always rejoicing before him,

31 rejoicing in his whole world.

My delight was with the sons of men.

32 "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,

for blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 Hear instruction, and be wise.

Don’t refuse it.

34 Blessed is the man who hears me,

watching daily at my gates,

waiting at my door posts.

35 For whoever finds me finds life,

and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul.

All those who hate me love death."

Te Karanga o te Whakaaronui

1 He teka ianei kei te karanga te whakaaro nui,

e puaki ana anō te reo o te mātauranga?

2 I runga i ngā wāhi tiketike tōna tūranga,

i te ara i te tūtakitanga o ngā huarahi;

3 hāmama ana ia i te taha o ngā kūwaha,

i te ngutu o te pā, i te tomokanga atu i ngā tatau:

4 "Ki a koutou, e ngā tāngata, tāku karanga;

ki ngā tama anō a te tangata tōku reo.

5 E ngā kūware, kia mātau koutou ki te ngārahu tūpato;

e ngā wairangi, kia mōhio te ngākau.

6 Whakarongo mai, ka kōrerotia hoki e ahau ngā mea pai rawa;

ko tā ōku ngutu e whakapuaki ai ko ngā mea e rite ana.

7 He pono hoki te kōrero a tōku māngai;

he mea whakarihariha anō te kino ki ōku ngutu.

8 Kei runga i te tika ngā kupu katoa a tōku māngai;

kāhore he whakapeka, he whanokē rānei, i roto.

9 Ko ēnei katoa he mārama ki te tangata e mātau ana,

he tika ki te hunga i kitea ai te mōhio.

10 Manakohia mai tāku ako, kaua te hiriwa;

ko te mātauranga, nui atu i te kōura pai rawa.

11 Pai atu hoki te whakaaro nui i ngā rupi;

e kore hoki ngā mea katoa e minaminatia nei e tau hei whakarite mōna.

12 "Kua meinga e ahau, e te whakaaro nui, ko te ngārahu pai hei nohoanga mōku,

e kitea ana e ahau te mōhio me te āta whakaaro.

13 Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā koia tēnā ko te kino ki te hē.

E kino ana ahau ki te whakapehapeha, ki te whakakake,

ki te ara hē, ki te māngai whanokē.

14 Ko te whakaaro tika, ko te whakaaro nui, nāku;

ko ahau te mātauranga, kei ahau te kaha.

15 Nāku ngā kīngi i kīngi ai,

nāku ngā rangatira i whakatakoto ai i te tika.

16 Nāku i whai rangatiratanga ai ngā rangatira,

ngā tāngata nunui, arā ngā kaiwhakawā katoa o te whenua.

17 E arohaina ana e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau;

ko te hunga hoki e āta rapu ana i ahau, e kite rātou i ahau.

18 He taonga, he korōria kei ahau,

āe rā, he rawa mau tonu, he tika.

19 Pai atu ōku hua i te kōura, āe rā, i te kōura parakore;

ko ngā mea e puta ana i ahau, pai atu i te hiriwa kōwhiri.

20 Kei ngā ara o te tika ahau e haere ana,

kei waenganui i ngā huarahi o te whakawā;

21 kia meinga ai e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau kia whiwhi ki te rawa,

kia whakakīia ai e ahau ā rātou takotoranga taonga."

Te Pūtakenga mai o te Whakaaronui

22 "I a Ihowā ahau, nō te tīmatanga rā anō o ōna ara,

nō mua atu i āna mahi o neherā.

23 Nōnamata riro ahau i whakaritea ai,

nō te tīmatanga, nō mua atu i te whenua.

24 I te mea kāhore anō ngā rire, kua whānau ahau;

i te mea kīanō he puna whai wai.

25 Nō mua atu i te whakaūnga o ngā maunga,

nō mua i ngā pukepuke tōku whānautanga;

26 i te mea kāhore anō i hangā noatia e ia te whenua, me ngā pārae,

me te tīmatanga o te puehu o te ao.

27 I tāna whakatūranga i ngā rangi, i reira anō ahau;

i tāna whakaritenga i te awhi mō te mata o te rire;

28 i tāna whakapūmautanga i ngā rangi i runga;

i te totōtanga o ngā puna o te rire;

29 i tāna rohenga mai i te moana,

kei takahia tāna kupu e ngā wai;

i tāna waitohutanga i ngā tūranga o te whenua,

30 i reira ahau i tōna taha, he tohunga ki ngā mahi;

he ahau nōna i ia rā, i ia rā,

e koa ana i ngā wā katoa i tōna aroaro;

31 e koa ana ki tāna ao,

ā, ko tāku i āhuareka ai ko ngā tama a te tangata.

32 "Nō reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau;

ka hari hoki te hunga e pupuri ana i ōku ara.

33 Whakarongo mai ki te ako, kia whai whakaaro ai koutou;

kaua hoki e paopaongia.

34 Ka hari te tangata e whakarongo ana ki ahau,

e tatari ana i ōku tatau i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā,

e whanga ana i ngā pou o ōku kūwaha.

35 Ko te tangata hoki e kite ana i ahau, e kite ana i te ora,

ka whiwhi anō ia ki tā Ihowā manako mai.

36 Ko te tangata ia e hara ana ki ahau, he mahi nanakia tāna ki tōna wairua ake;

ko te hunga katoa e kino ana ki ahau, e aroha ana ki te mate."