1 Whakarongo, e āku tamariki, ki te whakaako a te matua,

tahuri mai hoki kia mātauria ai ngā whakaaro mōhio.

2 He pai hoki te kupu mōhio ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou,

kaua tāku ture e whakarērea.

3 He tama anō hoki ahau ki tōku pāpā,

ā, he ngāwari, he mea kotahi e matenuitia ana e tōku whaea,

4 i whakaako anō ia i ahau, i mea ki ahau,

"Puritia āku kupu e tōu ngākau;

kia mau ki āku whakahau, ā, e ora koe.

5 Whāia mōu te whakaaro nui, whāia mōu te mātauranga;

kaua e wareware ki tērā,

kaua hoki e neke atu i ngā kupu a tōku māngai.

6 Kaua ia e whakarērea, ā, māna koe e tiaki;

arohaina ia, ā, māna koe e mau ai.

7 Ko te whakaaro nui te tino mea:

Nō reira whāia mōu te whakaaro nui,

ā, i ōu whiwhinga katoa, kia whiwhi koe ki te mātauranga.

8 Whakanuia ia, ā, māna koe ka kake ai;

ka whakahōnore ia i a koe ki te awhitia e koe.

9 Ka hōmai e ia he pare ātaahua ki tōu māhunga,

ka pōtaea anō koe e ia ki te karauna whakapaipai."

10 Whakarongo, e tāku tama, maharatia āku kupu,

ā, he maha ngā tau e ora ai koe.

11 He mea whakaako koe nāku ki te ara o te whakaaro nui;

he mea ārahi koe nāku i ngā ara o te tika.

12 Ka haere koe, e kore ōu takahanga e whakakikītia mai;

ki te rere koe, e kore koe e tūtuki.

13 Kia mau ki te ako, kaua e tukua atu;

matapoporetia iho, ko tōu oranga hoki ia.

14 Kaua e haere i te ara o te hunga kino,

kaua hoki e takahia te huarahi o te hunga hē.

15 Anga kē ake; kaua e tika nā reira;

peka ake i taua ara, haere tonu atu.

16 E kore hoki rātou e moe ki te kore e oti tētahi mahi hē mā rātou;

riro rawa tō rātou moe, ki te kāhore tētahi tangata e hinga i a rātou.

17 Nō te kino hoki te taro e kainga ana e rātou,

nō te nanakia te wāina e inumia ana e rātou.

18 Ko te huarahi ia o te hunga tika, koia anō kei te mārama e whiti ana,

ā, ka neke haere tonu ake tōna mārama, ā taea noatia te tino rā.

19 Ko te ara o te hunga kino, me he pōuri,

e kore rātou e mōhio ki te mea i tūtuki ai rātou.

20 E tāku tama, tahuri ki āku kupu;

anga mai tōu taringa ki āku kōrero.

21 Kei kotiti kē ēnei i ōu kanohi;

puritia i waenganui o tōu ngākau.

22 He oranga ēnei mō te hunga e kitea ai,

he rongoā mō ō rātou kikokiko katoa.

23 Kia pau ōu mahara ki te tiaki i tōu ngākau,

nō reira hoki ngā putanga o te ora.

24 Whakarērea te māngai whanokē,

kia matara rawa i a koe ngā ngutu tutū.

25 Kia hāngai tonu te titiro whakamua a ōu kanohi,

kia titiro ōu kamo ki mua tonu i a koe.

26 Whakatikaia te huarahi o ōu waewae,

kia ū anō hoki ōu ara katoa.

27 Kaua e peka ki matau, ki mauī;

kia anga kē tōu waewae i te kino.