Whakatauki 22 - Maori Bible 2012(MRI2012)

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

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

2Ka tūtataki te tangata taonga rāua ko te rawakore;

ko Ihowā te kaihanga ō rātou katoa.

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

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

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

he taonga, he hōnore, he ora.

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

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

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

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

7E 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.

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

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

9Ko te kanohi ohaoha, ka manaakitia tērā;

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

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

ka mutu anō hoki te totohe me te whakahāwea.

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

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

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

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

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

ka whakamatea ahau ki ngā huarahi!”

14He poka hōhonu te māngai o ngā wāhine kē;

ka taka ki roto tā Ihowā tangata e whakarihariha ai.

15Paihere 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.

16Ko 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

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

kia tahuri mai hoki tōu ngākau ki tōku mātauranga.

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

ki te ū ngātahi rāua ki runga ki ōu ngutu.

19Kia 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.

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

he kupu ako, he kupu mōhio;

21kia 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?

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

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

23Nō 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.

24Kaua e whakahoa ki te tangata pukuriri;

kei haere tahi hoki koe i te tangata āritarita;

25kei ākona e koe ōna ara,

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

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

ki ngā kaiwhakakapi tūranga rānei mō te moni tārewa;

27ki te kāhore āu mea hei utu,

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

28Kaua e whakanekehia atu te rohe tawhito

i whakatakotoria e ōu mātua.

29Kei 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.

Blog
About Us
Message
Site Map

Who We AreWhat We EelieveWhat We Do

Terms of UsePrivacy Notice

2025 by iamachristian.org,Inc All rights reserved.

Home
Gospel
Question
Blog
Help