1 Ko tā te wāina he whakahī, ko tā te wai kaha he ngangau;

ā, ko te hunga katoa e whakapōhēhētia ana e tērā, kāhore ō rātou whakaaro nui.

2 Ānō he raiona e hāmama ana te wehi o te kīngi;

ko te tangata e whakaoho ana i a ia kia riri, e hara ana ki tōna wairua ake.

3 He whakahōnore mō te tangata te noho wātea mai i te ngangare;

engari ko ngā wairangi he kōwhetewhete tonu.

4 Kāhore te māngere e parau, he mea ki te hōtoke;

nō reira ka pākiki kai māna i te kotinga wīti, ā, kāhore e whiwhi.

5 He wai hōhonu te whakaaro i roto i te ngākau o te tangata;

e utuhia anō ia e te tangata mātau.

6 Ko tā te tini o te tangata he kauwhau i tōna atawhai ake;

ko wai ia e kite i te tangata pono?

7 Ko te tangata tika, e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,

ka manaakitia āna tamariki i muri i a ia.

8 Ko te kīngi e noho ana i runga i te torōna whakawā,

tītaritaria ana e ōna kanohi ngā hē katoa.

9 Ko wai e mea, "Kua mā i ahau tōku ngākau,

kua tahia atu ōku hara"?

10 Ko ngā pāuna huhua, ko ngā mēhua huhua,

he rite tahi taua rua, he mea whakarihariha anake ki a Ihowā.

11 He tamariki nei anō ka mōhiotia ki āna hanga,

he mā rānei, he tika rānei tāna mahi.

12 Ko te taringa rongo, ko te kanohi titiro,

nā Ihowā rāua ngātahi i hanga.

13 Kaua e matenuitia te moe, kei rawakoretia koe;

titiro ōu kanohi, ā, ka mākona koe i te taro.

14 "Ehara ehara," e ai tā te kaihoko;

tōna haerenga atu ia, kei te whakamanamana.

15 He kōura tēnā me te tini o te rupi;

engari he taonga utu nui ngā ngutu o te mātauranga.

16 Tangohia te kākahu o te kaiwhakakapi mō te tangata kē;

puritia hoki te tangata i taunahatia hei whakakapi mō ngā tāngata kē.

17 He reka ki te tangata te taro o te teka;

muri iho ka kī tōna māngai i te kirikiri.

18 Mā te rūnanga ka ū ai ngā whakaaro;

kia pai hoki te ngārahu ina anga ki te whawhai.

19 Ko te tangata e kōpikopiko ana ki te kawekawe kōrero, ka whākina e ia ngā kōrero ngaro;

nā reira kaua e raweke atu ki te tangata ngutu hāmama.

20 Ko te tangata e kanga ana i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea,

ka tineia tōna rama i roto i te pōuri kerekere.

21 I te tīmatanga e hohoro mai pea te taonga;

e kore ia tōna mutunga e whakapaingia.

22 Kaua e mea, "Ka utua e ahau te kino";

tāria tā Ihowā, ā, kei a ia he oranga mōu.

23 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā taimaha rerekē;

ā, e kore hoki te pāuna tinihanga e pai.

24 Nā Ihowā ngā hāereerenga o te tangata;

nā, mā te aha te tangata ka mātau ai ki tōna ara?

25 Hei rore ki te tangata te oho noa ake ki te mea, "He tapu!"

ā, i muri i ngā kī taurangi, kia uiui.

26 Ka tītaritaria e te kīngi whakaaro nui te hunga kino,

ā, ka hurihia hoki e ia te wīra patu wīti ki runga ki a rātou.

27 He rama nā Ihowā te manawa o te tangata,

e rapu ana i ngā mea katoa i roto rawa i te kōpū.

28 Hei kaitiaki mō te kīngi te atawhai me te pono;

e tautokona ake ana hoki tōna torōna e te atawhai.

29 Ko te korōria o ngā taitama ko tō rātou kaha;

ā, ko te ātaahua o ngā kaumātua ko te upoko hina.

30 E tahia atu ana te kino e ngā kārawarawa o te patunga;

ā, e tae rawa ana ngā whiu ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.