1 He teka ianei kei te karanga te whakaaro nui,

e puaki ana anō te reo o te mātauranga?

2 I runga i ngā wāhi tiketike tōna tūranga,

i te ara i te tūtakitanga o ngā huarahi;

3 hāmama ana ia i te taha o ngā kūwaha,

i te ngutu o te pā, i te tomokanga atu i ngā tatau:

4 "Ki a koutou, e ngā tāngata, tāku karanga;

ki ngā tama anō a te tangata tōku reo.

5 E ngā kūware, kia mātau koutou ki te ngārahu tūpato;

e ngā wairangi, kia mōhio te ngākau.

6 Whakarongo mai, ka kōrerotia hoki e ahau ngā mea pai rawa;

ko tā ōku ngutu e whakapuaki ai ko ngā mea e rite ana.

7 He pono hoki te kōrero a tōku māngai;

he mea whakarihariha anō te kino ki ōku ngutu.

8 Kei runga i te tika ngā kupu katoa a tōku māngai;

kāhore he whakapeka, he whanokē rānei, i roto.

9 Ko ēnei katoa he mārama ki te tangata e mātau ana,

he tika ki te hunga i kitea ai te mōhio.

10 Manakohia mai tāku ako, kaua te hiriwa;

ko te mātauranga, nui atu i te kōura pai rawa.

11 Pai atu hoki te whakaaro nui i ngā rupi;

e kore hoki ngā mea katoa e minaminatia nei e tau hei whakarite mōna.

12 "Kua meinga e ahau, e te whakaaro nui, ko te ngārahu pai hei nohoanga mōku,

e kitea ana e ahau te mōhio me te āta whakaaro.

13 Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā koia tēnā ko te kino ki te hē.

E kino ana ahau ki te whakapehapeha, ki te whakakake,

ki te ara hē, ki te māngai whanokē.

14 Ko te whakaaro tika, ko te whakaaro nui, nāku;

ko ahau te mātauranga, kei ahau te kaha.

15 Nāku ngā kīngi i kīngi ai,

nāku ngā rangatira i whakatakoto ai i te tika.

16 Nāku i whai rangatiratanga ai ngā rangatira,

ngā tāngata nunui, arā ngā kaiwhakawā katoa o te whenua.

17 E arohaina ana e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau;

ko te hunga hoki e āta rapu ana i ahau, e kite rātou i ahau.

18 He taonga, he korōria kei ahau,

āe rā, he rawa mau tonu, he tika.

19 Pai atu ōku hua i te kōura, āe rā, i te kōura parakore;

ko ngā mea e puta ana i ahau, pai atu i te hiriwa kōwhiri.

20 Kei ngā ara o te tika ahau e haere ana,

kei waenganui i ngā huarahi o te whakawā;

21 kia meinga ai e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau kia whiwhi ki te rawa,

kia whakakīia ai e ahau ā rātou takotoranga taonga."

22 "I a Ihowā ahau, nō te tīmatanga rā anō o ōna ara,

nō mua atu i āna mahi o neherā.

23 Nōnamata riro ahau i whakaritea ai,

nō te tīmatanga, nō mua atu i te whenua.

24 I te mea kāhore anō ngā rire, kua whānau ahau;

i te mea kīanō he puna whai wai.

25 Nō mua atu i te whakaūnga o ngā maunga,

nō mua i ngā pukepuke tōku whānautanga;

26 i te mea kāhore anō i hangā noatia e ia te whenua, me ngā pārae,

me te tīmatanga o te puehu o te ao.

27 I tāna whakatūranga i ngā rangi, i reira anō ahau;

i tāna whakaritenga i te awhi mō te mata o te rire;

28 i tāna whakapūmautanga i ngā rangi i runga;

i te totōtanga o ngā puna o te rire;

29 i tāna rohenga mai i te moana,

kei takahia tāna kupu e ngā wai;

i tāna waitohutanga i ngā tūranga o te whenua,

30 i reira ahau i tōna taha, he tohunga ki ngā mahi;

he ahau nōna i ia rā, i ia rā,

e koa ana i ngā wā katoa i tōna aroaro;

31 e koa ana ki tāna ao,

ā, ko tāku i āhuareka ai ko ngā tama a te tangata.

32 "Nō reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau;

ka hari hoki te hunga e pupuri ana i ōku ara.

33 Whakarongo mai ki te ako, kia whai whakaaro ai koutou;

kaua hoki e paopaongia.

34 Ka hari te tangata e whakarongo ana ki ahau,

e tatari ana i ōku tatau i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā,

e whanga ana i ngā pou o ōku kūwaha.

35 Ko te tangata hoki e kite ana i ahau, e kite ana i te ora,

ka whiwhi anō ia ki tā Ihowā manako mai.

36 Ko te tangata ia e hara ana ki ahau, he mahi nanakia tāna ki tōna wairua ake;

ko te hunga katoa e kino ana ki ahau, e aroha ana ki te mate."