1 He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui?

He pūmau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.

2 E whakatakoto ana tōu arero i ngā mea nanakia,

e mahi hīanga ana, ānō he heu koi.

3 E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai,

te teka i te kōrero tika. Hera

4 E te arero hīanga,

e arohaina ana e koe ngā kupu horomiti katoa.

5 Ka whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu;

ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka tākiritia atu i tōu nohoanga,

ka hūtia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora. Hera

6 E kite hoki te hunga tika, ā, ka wehi;

ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,

7 "Inanā, ko te tangata tēnei

kīhai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mōna;

otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o āna taonga,

whakapakari ana i runga i tāna mahi kino."

8 Ko ahau ia, e rite ana ki te ōriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua;

ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.

9 Ka whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nāu hoki tēnei i mea;

ka tūmanako anō ki tōu ingoa;

he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tāu hunga tapu.