Whakatauki 30 - Maori Bible 2012(MRI2012)

Ngā Whakatauki a Akuru

1Ko ngā kupu a Akuru tama a Iakehe; ko te poropititanga.

I kōrero taua tangata ki a Itiere,

ki a Itiere rāua ko Ukara:

2He pono ko ahau te mea pōauau rawa o ngā tāngata,

kāhore hoki he mātauranga tangata i roto i ahau.

3Kīhai hoki ahau i whakaakona ki te whakaaro nui,

kīhai anō i mōhio ki te Mea Tapu.

4Ko wai kua piki atu ki te rangi, ā, heke mai ai anō?

Ko wai kua pūpū i te hau ki roto ki ōna ringa?

Nā wai i takai ngā wai ki roto ki tōna kākahu?

Nā wai i whakapūmau ngā pito katoa o te whenua?

Ko wai tōna ingoa,

ā, ko wai hoki te ingoa o tāna tama?

Ki te mōhiotia e koe!

5Ko ngā kupu katoa a te Atua he mea whakamātau;

he whakangungu rākau ia ki te hunga katoa e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.

6Kaua e tāpiritia ētahi kupu ki āna,

kei rīria e ia tōu hē, ā, ka kitea koe he tangata kōrero teka.

7E rua ngā mea kua īnoia e ahau i a koe;

kaua ēnā e kaiponuhia i ahau i mua i tōku matenga:

8Whakamataratia atu i ahau te horihori me te kōrero teka;

kaua e hōmai te rawakore ki ahau, te taonga rānei;

whāngaia ahau ki te kai e rite ana māku.

9Kei mākona ahau, ā, ka whakakāhore ki a koe,

ka mea, “Ko wai a Ihowā?”

Kei rawakore rānei ahau, ā, ka whānako,

ka whakahua noa hoki i te ingoa o tōku Atua.

10Kaua e kōrerotia te pononga ki tōna ariki,

kei kanga ia i a koe, ā, ko koe e hē.

11Tērā te whakatupuranga, he kanga tā rātou i tō rātou pāpā,

kāhore hoki e manaaki i tō rātou whaea.

12Tērā te whakatupuranga, he mā ki tā rātou nā titiro,

otirā kāhore anō kia horoia atu tō rātou paru.

13Tērā te whakatupuranga, nā, te whakakake o ō rātou kanohi.

Kua whakarewaina ake hoki ō rātou kamo!

14Tērā te whakatupuranga, ko ō rātou niho ānō he hoari,

ko ō rātou niho pūrākau ānō he māripi,

hei horo i te hunga iti i runga i te whenua,

i ngā rawakore hoki i roto i ngā tāngata.

15E rua ngā tamāhine a te ngata,

ko tā rāua karanga, “Hōmai, hōmai.”

E toru ngā mea e kore rawa e mākona,

āe rā, e whā ngā mea e kore e kī, “Kāti”:

16ko te rua tūpāpaku; ko te kōpū pakoko;

ko te whenua kīhai i pukuwaitia,

ā, ko te ahi e kore nei e kī, “Kāti!”

17Ko te kanohi e whakahī ana ki te pāpā,

e whakahāwea ana ki te whakarongo ki tōna whaea,

mā ngā raweni o te awaawa ia e tīkaro,

ā, mā ngā pī ēkara e kai.

18E toru ngā mea he whakamīharo rawa, e kore e taea e ahau,

āe rā, e whā kāhore e mōhiotia e ahau:

19ko te huarahi o te ēkara i te rangi;

ko te huarahi o te nākahi i runga i te kāmaka;

ko te huarahi o te kaipuke i waenga moana;

ā, ko te huarahi o te tangata ki te kōtiro.

20He pērā anō te huarahi o te wahine pūremu:

ka kai ia, ā, ka horoi i tōna māngai,

ā, ka kī, “Kāhore āku mahi hē.”

21E toru ngā mea e korikori ai te whenua;

ā, e whā, he mea e kore e manawanuitia e ia:

22ko te pononga ina whakakīngitia ia;

ko te wairangi hoki ina mākona i te taro;

23ko te wahine whakarihariha ina whiwhi i te tāne;

ā, ko te pononga wahine ina tuku iho māna ngā mea a tōna rangatira.

24E whā ngā mea ririki i runga i te whenua,

he nui noa atu ia ngā whakaaro:

25ko ngā pōpokorua ehara i te iwi kaha,

heoi e mea ana i te kai mā rātou i te raumati;

26ko ngā koni, he iwi ngoikore,

heoi e hanga ana i ō rātou whare ki te kāmaka;

27ko ngā māwhitiwhiti, kāhore ō rātou kīngi,

heoi haere rōpū ana rātou katoa;

28ko te mokomoko, ko ōna peke hei pupuri māna;

otiia kei roto ia i ngā whare kīngi.

29E toru ngā mea, he tau tā rātou hīkoi,

āe rā, e whā he huatau ki te haere:

30ko te raiona, ko te mea kaha rawa o ngā kararehe,

e kore nei e tahuri mai i te aroaro o tētahi;

31ko te kurī horo; ko te koati toa anō hoki;

ā, ko te kīngi, kāhore nei tētahi e maranga ake ki a ia.

32Ki te mea he mahi kūware tau i a koe i whakaneke ake ai i a koe,

ki te mea rānei i whakaaro kino koe,

kōpania tōu ringa ki tōu māngai.

33He pono hoki ki te hurihia te waiū ka puta mai he pata,

ā, ki te kōwiria te ihu ka puta mai he toto;

waihoki ki te ākina te riri ka puta he whawhai.