1 E tāku tama, ki te tango koe i āku kupu,

ki te huna i āku whakahau ki roto ki a koe,

2 ā, ka tahuri tōu taringa ki te whakaaro nui,

ka anga anō tōu ngākau ki te mātauranga;

3 āe rā, ki te mea ka kārangarangatia e koe te mātauranga,

ā, ka puaki tōu reo ki te ngākau mōhio;

4 ki te rapua hoki ia e koe ānō he hiriwa,

ki te kimihia ānō he taonga huna –

5 ko reira koe mātau ai ki te wehi o Ihowā,

kite ai i te mōhio ki te Atua.

6 Mā Ihowā hoki e hōmai te whakaaro nui;

nō tōna māngai te mātauranga me te ngākau mōhio.

7 E rongoātia ana e ia te whakaaro nui mā te hunga tika;

he whakangungu rākau ia mō te hunga he tapatahi nei te haere,

8 kia tiakina ai e ia ngā ara o te whakawā,

kia tohungia ai te ara o tāna hunga tapu.

9 Ko reira koe mōhio ai ki te tika, ki te whakawā, ki te mea anō e rite ana,

āe rā, ki ngā ara pai katoa.

10 Ka uru hoki te whakaaro nui ki roto ki tōu ngākau,

ā, ka reka te mātauranga ki tōu wairua;

11 ka ai te ngārahu pai hei tiaki i a koe,

te ngākau mōhio hei pupuri i a koe;

12 hei kukume mai i a koe i te ara o te kino,

i te tangata e puta kē ana āna kōrero;

13 i te hunga e whakarere nei i ngā ara o te tika,

e haere ana i ngā ara o te pōuri;

14 e koa ana, i a rātou e mahi ana i te kino,

e hari ana ki ngā tikanga parori kē o te kino;

15 he ara kōpikopiko ō rātou,

he whanokē rātou i ō rātou huarahi;

16 hei whakaora i a koe i te wahine tauhou,

i te wahine tauhou e whakapati nei ki āna kupu.

17 Kua whakarērea nei e ia te hoa o tōna tamāhinetanga,

kua wareware ki te kawenata o tōna Atua.

18 E heke atu ana hoki tōna whare ki te mate,

ōna ara ki ngā tūpāpaku.

19 Ko te hunga katoa e haere atu ana ki a ia e kore e hoki mai;

e kore anō e mau i a rātou ngā ara o te ora.

20 Ā, ka haere koe i ngā ara o ngā tāngata pai,

ka mau anō ki ngā ara o te hunga tika.

21 Ka noho hoki te hunga tika ki te whenua;

ka mau te hunga ngākau tapatahi ki reira.

22 Ka hātepea atu ia te hunga kino i runga i te whenua,

ka hūtia atu i reira te hunga he kōpeka tā rātou mahi.