1 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te pāuna hē;

engari te taimaha tika tāna i pai ai.

2 Ka tae te whakapehapeha, ka tae anō te whakamā;

kei te hunga whakaiti ia te whakaaro nui.

3 Ko tō rātou ngākau tapatahi hei ārahi i te hunga tika;

ka ai anō ko te whanokē ia o te hunga poka kē hei whakangaro mō rātou.

4 E kore te taonga e whai mana i te rā o te riri;

kei te tika ia he oranga ake i te mate.

5 Mā te tika o te ngākau tapatahi ka tika ai tōna ara;

ka hinga ia te tangata kino i runga i tōna kino.

6 Mā te tika o te hunga tika ka mawhiti ai rātou;

ka mau ia ngā poka kē i runga i tō rātou kino.

7 I te matenga o te tangata kino, kore iho āna mea i tūmanako atu ai;

kāhore noa iho he tūmanakohanga mā te hunga hē.

8 Ka mawhiti te tangata tika i roto i te raru,

ā, ka riro te tangata kino hei whakakapi mō tōna tūranga.

9 Hei huna mō tōna hoa te māngai o te tangata whakapono kore;

nā, mā te mōhio te hunga tika ka mawhiti ai.

10 Ka pai te hunga tika, ka hari te pā;

ka whakangaromia te hunga kino, ka tangi te umere.

11 Mā te manaaki o te hunga tika ka kake ai te pā;

ka pakaru ia i te māngai o te hunga kino.

12 Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki tōna hoa he maharakore;

tēnā ko te tangata mātau, whakarongo puku ana.

13 Ko te tangata haere, ka kawekawe kōrero e whāki ana i ngā mea ngaro;

ko te tangata i te wairua pono, e hīpoki ana i te kōrero.

14 Ki te kāhore he mōhio hei ārahi, ka hinga te iwi;

he ora ia kei ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro tokomaha.

15 Ko te tangata ko tāna nei hei whakakapi mō tā te tangata kē, ka mamae;

kei te ora ia te tangata e kino ana ki te tikanga whakakapi tūranga.

16 Ka mau te korōria i te wahine tikanga pai;

ka mau hoki te taonga i ngā tāngata taikaha.

17 He atawhai i tōna wairua tā te tangata atawhai;

ā, he whakararu i ōna kikokiko tā te tangata nanakia.

18 Ko te mahi a te tangata kino e utua ana ki te teka;

ko te utu ia mō te kaiwhakatakoto i te tika, ū rawa.

19 Ko te tangata ū ki te tika, ka whiwhi ki te ora;

ā, ko te tangata e whai ana i te kino e mea ana i te mate mōna.

20 Ko tā Ihowā e whakarihariha ai he ngākau whanokē;

ko tāna e āhuareka ai ko te hunga e tika ana tō rātou ara.

21 Ahakoa awhi ngā ringa ki a rāua,

e kore te tangata kino e waiho kia kore e whiua;

ka mawhiti ia te uri o te hunga tika.

22 Rite tonu ki te whakakai kōura i te ihu o te poaka

te wahine ātaahua kāhore nei ōna ngārahu pai.

23 Ko tā te hunga tika e minamina ai, ko te pai anake;

ko te tūmanako ia a te hunga kino, ko te riri.

24 Tērā tētahi kei te rui, ā, tāpiritia mai ana anō;

tērā tētahi kei te kaiponu i te mea e tika ana,

heoi rawakore noa iho.

25 Ko te wairua ohaoha ka mōmona;

ko te tangata e whakamākūkū ana, ka whakamākūkūria anō ia.

26 Ko te tangata e kaiponu ana i te wīti, ka kangā tērā e te nuinga;

ka tau ia te manaaki ki runga ki te māhunga o te tangata e hoko atu ana.

27 Ko te tangata e āta rapu ana i te pai, e rapu ana i te whakapai;

ko te tangata ia e rapu ana i te hē, ka tae tērā ki a ia.

28 Ko te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki ōna taonga, ka taka;

nā, ko te hunga tika ka rite tō rātou tupu ki tō te rau matomato.

29 Ko te tangata e whakararu ana i tōna whare, he hau te taonga e whakarērea iho mōna;

hei pononga anō te kūware mā te ngākau whakaaro nui.

30 Ko ngā hua o te tangata tika he rākau nō te ora;

ka hopu wairua anō te tangata whakaaro tika.

31 Nanā, he utu anō tō te tangata tika i runga i te whenua;

nui atu ia tō te tangata kino rāua ko te tangata hara.