Whakatauki
29:1 Ko te tangata he maha nei nga riringa i tona he, a ka whakapakeke i tona kaki, ka whakapakeke i tona kaki
i whakangaromia, a kahore he rongoa.
29:2 Ka whakanuia te hunga tika, ka koa te iwi;
ko te tangata kino te kingi, ka aue te iwi.
29:3 Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te whakaaro nui e whakahari ana i tona papa;
pau ana ona rawa me nga wahine kairau.
29:4 Ma te whakawa a te kingi e mau ai te whenua;
whakataka ana.
29:5 Ko te tangata e whakapati ana ki tona hoa, e whakatakoto kupenga ana mo ona waewae.
29:6 He rore kei roto i te he o te tangata kino; ko te tangata tika ia he rore.
ka waiata, ka koa.
29:7 Ka mahara te tangata tika ki te take a te rawakore;
e kore e whakaaro ki te mohio.
29:8 Ma nga tangata whakahi e tahu te pa kia mura: ko ta te hunga whakaaro nui ia he whakatahuri atu i te riri.
29:9 Ki te totohe te tangata whakaaro nui ki te tangata wairangi, ahakoa riri ia, kata ranei,
kahore he okiokinga.
29:10 E mauahara ana te tangata whakaheke toto ki te tangata tika: tena ko te hunga tika ka whai ratou kia whakamatea.
29:11 ¶ E tuakina ana e te wairangi tona riri katoa ki waho: e puritia mai ana ia e te tangata whakaaro nui, kia taea ra ano.
muri iho.
29:12 Ki te whakarongo te rangatira ki te teka, he kino katoa ana tangata.
29:13 Ka tutaki te rawakore raua ko te kaitukino ki a raua; ko Ihowa te kaiwhakamarama mo raua tokorua
o ratou kanohi.
29:14 Ko te kingi e pono ana tana whakawa mo nga rawakore, ka waiho tona torona
whakapumautia mo ake tonu atu.
29:15 Ko te whiu, ko te riri i te he, he mea homai era i te whakaaro nui: tena ko te tamaiti mahue noa, ka mau mai i a ia
tona whaea ki te whakama.
29:16 Ka tokomaha te hunga kino, ka nui te he;
ka kite te hunga tika i to ratou hinganga.
29:17 ¶ Pakia tau tama, a ka whai okiokinga koe ia ia; ae ra, ka homai e ia he ahuareka
ki tou wairua.
29:18 Ki te kahore he whakakitenga, ka ngaro te iwi: ko te tangata ia e pupuri ana
ture, ka hari ia.
29:19 ¶ Ehara te kupu i te papaki mo te pononga: ahakoa hoki ia matau
e kore e whakautu.
29:20 Ka kite ranei koe i te tangata kaika ki te korero? ka nui ake te tumanako a
te wairangi i a ia.
29:21 Ko te tangata e penapena ana i tana pononga mai o te tamarikitanga, ka riro ia ia
hei tama mana i te roa.
29:22 He whakaoho tautohe ta te tangata pukuriri: he nui hoki te tangata aritarita.
mahi tutu.
29:23 Ka whakaititia iho te tangata e tona whakapehapeha: ka whai honore ia te hunga ngakau papaku
wairua.
29:24 Ko te tangata e whakauru ana ki ta te tahae, e kino ana ki tona ake wairua: e rongo ana ia i te kanga.
a kahore e korero.
29:25 He rore e homai ana e te wehi ki te tangata: ko te tangata ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki te
ka ora a Ihowa.
29:26 He tokomaha e whai ana kia paingia e te rangatira; engari na Ihowa te whakawa mo ia tangata
Ihowa.
29:27 He mea whakarihariha ki te hunga tika te tangata whakahaere he;
he mea whakarihariha ki te hunga kino te ara.