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Te Painga o te Mamahitanga
1 Makā tāu taro ki te mata o ngā wai;
kia maha hoki ngā rā ka kitea anō e koe.
2 Hoatu tētahi wāhi mā te tokowhitu, āe mā te tokowaru anō hoki;
e kore hoki koe e mōhio ko tēhea kino e puta mai ki te whenua.
3 Ki te kī ngā kapua i te ua,
ka ringihia ki te whenua.
Ki te hinga hoki te rākau ki te tonga, ki te raki rānei,
ko te wāhi e hinga ai te rākau, ko reira anō ia takoto ai.
4 Ko te tangata e whai mahara ana ki te hau, e kore e rui;
ko te tangata titiro kapua e kore e kokoti.
5 Nā, ka kore anō koe e mōhio ki te huarahi o te hau,
ki te tupu rānei o ngā wheua i roto i te kōpū o te wahine hapū;
e kore anō hoki e mōhiotia e koe te mahi a te Atua,
a te kaimahi o ngā mea katoa.
6 I te ata ruia tāu purapura,
ā, i te ahiahi kaua e pēpeke tōu ringa;
kāhore hoki koe e mōhio ko tēnei rānei e tika,
ko tērā rānei, ko rāua rānei e rua ka pai ngātahi.
Te Whanaketanga me te Pakeketanga
7 He pono he āhuareka te mārama,
ā, he mea pai ki ngā kanohi te titiro ki te rā.
8 Āe rā, ki te maha ngā tau e ora ai te tangata,
kia hari ia ki aua tau katoa;
engari kia mahara ia ki ngā tau o te pōuri,
tērā hoki e maha.
Ko ngā mea e haere ake ana he horihori katoa.
9 Kia koa, e te taitamariki, ki tōu taitamarikitanga;
kia whakahari anō hoki tōu ngākau i a koe i ngā rā o tōu taitamarikitanga.
Haere hoki i ngā ara o tōu ngākau,
i te tirohanga anō a ōu kanohi;
otiia kia mōhio anō koe,
he mea ēnei katoa e riro ai koe i te Atua ki te whakawā.
10 Nō reira whakawāteatia atu te riri i tōu ngākau,
ā, whakanekehia atu te kino i tōu kikokiko;
he mea horihori nei hoki te taitamarikitanga, me te houkuratanga.