Proverbs 5

Maori Bible

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

²Kia u ai koe ki te ngarahu pai, kia mau ai te matauranga i ou ngutu.

³Ko nga ngutu hoki o te wahine ke, kei te maturuturunga iho o te honikoma, ngawari iho tona mangai i te hinu.

⁴He kawa rawa hoki tona mutunga i te taru kawa; he koi, ano he hoari matarua.

⁵Ko ona waewae e heke ana ki te mate, mau pu te reinga i ona takahanga;

⁶Heoi kahore i kitea e ia te ara totika ki te ora: he kotiti ke ona ara, a kahore ia i te matau.

⁷Na reira, e aku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau, kei mahue hoki nga kupu a toku mangai.

⁸Kia matara tou ara i a ia, kaua hoki e tata ki te tatau o tona whare;

⁹Kei hoatu tou honore ki nga tangata ke, ou tau ki te hunga nanakia:

¹⁰Kei makona nga tangata ke i tou kaha, kei riro ou mauiui ki te whare o te tangata ke;

¹¹A ka tangi koe i tou whakamutunga, ina poto ou kikokiko me tou tinana.

¹²A ka mea, Katae toku kino ki te ako; katae te mauiui o toku ngakau ki te tohutohu!

¹³Kihai hoki ahau i whakarongo ki te reo o oku kaiwhakaako, kihai toku taringa i anga ki te hunga e tohutohu ana i ahau.

¹⁴Wahi iti kei nga kino katoa ahau i waenganui o te whakaminenga, o te huihui.

¹⁵Inumia he wai i roto i tau ake rua, me nga wai rere ano i roto i tau ake poka.

¹⁶Kia tohatoha noa atu koia au puna wai, nga awa wai i nga huarahi?

¹⁷Waiho ena mau anake, kauaka ma koutou tahi ko nga tangata ke.

¹⁸Kia manaakitia tau puna wai: kia koa ano koe ki te wahine o tou taitamarikitanga.

¹⁹Kia 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.

²⁰He aha oti koe, e taku tama, ka matenui ai ki te wahine ke, i awhi ai i te uma o te wahine ke?

²¹Kei mua hoki i nga kanohi o Ihowa nga ara o te tangata, a e meinga ana e ia kia papatairite ona ara katoa.

²²Ko ona kino ano hei hopu i te tangata kino, hei taura ona hara e mau ai ia.

²³Ka mate ia, he mea kihai i whakaakona, ka pohehe i te nui o tona wairangi.

Proverbs 5

New International Version

Warning Against Adultery

5 My son,^(A) pay attention to my wisdom,
    turn your ear to my words^(B) of insight,
²that you may maintain discretion
    and your lips may preserve knowledge.
³For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;^(C)
⁴but in the end she is bitter as gall,^(D)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.
⁵Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.^(E)
⁶She gives no thought to the way of life;
    her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.^(F)

⁷Now then, my sons, listen^(G) to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.
⁸Keep to a path far from her,^(H)
    do not go near the door of her house,
⁹lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity^[a] to one who is cruel,
¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.^(I)
¹¹At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
¹²You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!^(J)
¹³I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
¹⁴And I was soon in serious trouble^(K)
    in the assembly of God’s people.”^(L)

¹⁵Drink water from your own cistern,
    running water from your own well.
¹⁶Should your springs overflow in the streets,
    your streams of water in the public squares?
¹⁷Let them be yours alone,
    never to be shared with strangers.
¹⁸May your fountain^(M) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.^(N)
¹⁹A loving doe, a graceful deer^(O)—
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
²⁰Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

²¹For your ways are in full view^(P) of the Lord,
    and he examines^(Q) all your paths.^(R)
²²The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;^(S)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.^(T)
²³For lack of discipline they will die,^(U)
    led astray by their own great folly.^(V)