Chapter 17
1 Ko te maramara kai, ko te mea maroke me te āta noho hei kīnaki, pai atu i te whare kī i ngā hākari a te ngangare.
2 Hei rangatira te pononga mahara mō te tama i whakamā ai; ka whai wāhi anō ia i roto i tō ngā tēina.
3 Ko te oko tahu para mō te hiriwa, ko te oumu mō te kōura; ko Ihowā ia hei whakamātau mō ngā ngākau.
4 Ko te kaimahi i te hē ka tahuri ki tā te ngutu kino; ā, ka whai taringa te teka ki tā te arero whanokē.
5 Ko te taunu ki te rawakore he tāwai ki tōna Kaihanga; ko te tangata e koa ana ki ngā aituā, e kore e kore te whiua.
6 Hei karauna mō ngā koroheke ngā tamariki a ngā tamariki; nā, ko te korōria o ngā tamariki ko ō rātou mātua.
7 E kore te reo rangatira e tau ki te kūware; hore rawa anō hoki te ngutu teka ki te rangatira.
8 Ko te tangata i te mea hōmai noa, he kōhatu whakapaipai tērā ki tāna titiro; tōna tahuritanga ake ki hea, ki hea, ka whiwhi ki te pai.
9 Ko te tangata e hīpoki ana i te hē, e whai ana i te aroha; tēnā ko te tangata kōrerorero, e wehewehe ana i ngā hoa tupu.
10 Ko te ngotonga o te kupu riri ki roto ki te tangata mātau, nui atu i tō ngā whiu kotahi rau ki roto ki te whakaarokore.
11 He whakakeke kau tā te tangata kino e whai ai; nō reira ka tukua atu he karere nanakia ki a ia.
12 Kia tūtaki ki te tangata te pea kua tangohia āna kūao; pai atu i te whakaarokore i a ia e wairangi ana.
13 Ko te tangata e hōmai ana i te kino hei utu mō te pai, e kore te kino e neke atu i tōna whare.
14 Ko te tīmatanga o te totohe i rite ki te tangata e tuku ana i te wai kia rere; nā reira waiho atu te totohe i te mea kīanō i oho te ngangare.
15 Ko te tangata e whakatika ana i tā te tangata kino, me ia e whakahē ana i tā te tangata tika, he rite tahi taua rua, he mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā.
16 Hei aha te utu i te ringa o te kūware, hei hoko i te whakaaro nui, kāhore nei hoki ōna mātauranga?
17 E aroha ana te hoa i ngā wā katoa; nā, ko te teina, ko te tuakana, i whānau tērā mō ngā aituā.
18 Ko tā te tangata ngākaukore he papaki ringa; kua waiho hei whakakapi tūranga i te aroaro o tōna hoa.
19 Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te ngangare e aroha ana ki te kino; ko te tangata e whakarewa ana i tōna kūwaha e rapu ana i te whakangaromanga.
20 Ko te ngākau parori kē e kore e kite i te pai; ko te tangata he whanokē tōna arero ka taka ki te kino.
21 Ka whānau he whakaarokore mā tētahi tangata, hei whakapōuri tērā mōna; e kore anō hoki e koa te pāpā o te pōauau.
22 He rongoā pai te ngākau koa; ki te marū ia te wairua, ka maroke ngā wheua.
23 E tango ana te tangata kino i te mea whakapati i te uma, hei whakapeau kē i ngā ara o te whakarite whakawā.
24 Kei te aroaro o te tangata mātau ngā whakaaro nui; kei ngā pito ia o te whenua ngā kanohi o te whakaarokore.
25 Ko te tamaiti whakaarokore he mea whakapōuri i tōna pāpā, he mea whakakawa i te ngākau o tōna whaea.
26 Ehara anō hoki i te mea pai kia whiua te tangata tika, kia patua rānei ngā rangatira mō te tika.
27 He mātauranga tō te tangata e tohu ana i āna kupu; ā, he whakaaro tō te tangata i te wairua manawanui.
28 Ko te wairangi nei anō, ki te whakarongo puku, ka kīia he whakaaro nui; ki te kokopi ōna ngutu, ka kīia ia he tūpato.