Proverbs 5

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

E taku tama, tahuri ki oki whakaaro nui, kia anga tou taringa ki toku matauranga:

That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Kia u ai koe ki te ngarahu pai, kia mau ai te matauranga i ou ngutu.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Ko nga ngutu hoki o te wahine ke, kei te maturuturunga iho o te honikoma, ngawari iho tona mangai i te hinu.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

He kawa rawa hoki tona mutunga i te taru kawa; he koi, ano he hoari matarua.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Ko ona waewae e heke ana ki te mate, mau pu te reinga i ona takahanga;

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Heoi kahore i kitea e ia te ara totika ki te ora: he kotiti ke ona ara, a kahore ia i te matau.

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Na reira, e aku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau, kei mahue hoki nga kupu a toku mangai.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Kia matara tou ara i a ia, kaua hoki e tata ki te tatau o tona whare;

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Kei hoatu tou honore ki nga tangata ke, ou tau ki te hunga nanakia:

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

Kei makona nga tangata ke i tou kaha, kei riro ou mauiui ki te whare o te tangata ke;

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

A ka tangi koe i tou whakamutunga, ina poto ou kikokiko me tou tinana.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

A ka mea, Katae toku kino ki te ako; katae te mauiui o toku ngakau ki te tohutohu!

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Kihai hoki ahau i whakarongo ki te reo o oku kaiwhakaako, kihai toku taringa i anga ki te hunga e tohutohu ana i ahau.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Wahi iti kei nga kino katoa ahau i waenganui o te whakaminenga, o te huihui.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Inumia he wai i roto i tau ake rua, me nga wai rere ano i roto i tau ake poka.

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Kia tohatoha noa atu koia au puna wai, nga awa wai i nga huarahi?

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Waiho ena mau anake, kauaka ma koutou tahi ko nga tangata ke.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Kia manaakitia tau puna wai: kia koa ano koe ki te wahine o tou taitamarikitanga.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Kia rite ia ki taua mea ahuareka, ki te hata, ki te mea ataahua ki te anaterope; kia makona koe i ona u i nga wa katoa, kia matenuitia tonutia e koe tona aroha.

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

He aha oti koe, e taku tama, ka matenui ai ki te wahine ke, i awhi ai i te uma o te wahine ke?

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Kei mua hoki i nga kanohi o Ihowa nga ara o te tangata, a e meinga ana e ia kia papatairite ona ara katoa.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Ko ona kino ano hei hopu i te tangata kino, hei taura ona hara e mau ai ia.

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Ka mate ia, he mea kihai i whakaakona, ka pohehe i te nui o tona wairangi.