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He Kīngi e Tika ana te Whakahaere
1 Nanā, ka kīngi te kīngi i runga i te tika,
ka whakahaere tikanga anō ngā rangatira i runga i te whakawā.
2 Ā, ka ai he tangata hei kuhunga ina pā te hau,
hei piringa kei mate i te tūpuhi;
ka rite ki ngā awa wai i te wāhi maroke,
ki te ata o te kōhatu nui i te whenua ngaunga rā.
3 Nā, e kore e atarua ngā kanohi o te hunga kite;
ka whakarongo anō te hunga i te taringa rongo.
4 Ka mātauria anō te mātauranga e te ngākau o te hunga pōnānā,
ā, ka hohoro te arero o ngā reo kīkiki ki te kōrero mārama.
5 E kore te wairangi e kīia i muri he ohaoha,
e kore anō te kaiponu e kīia he atawhai.
6 Ka kōrero hoki te tangata nanakia i te nanakia,
ā, ka mahi tōna ngākau i te kino,
kia whakahāwea ai ki te tapu,
kia puta kē ai tāna kōrero ki a Ihowā,
kia noho tahanga ai i a ia te wairua o te tangata matekai,
kia mōtī ai hoki he wai mō te tangata matewai.
7 He kino hoki ngā hanga a te kaiponu;
e whakatakotoria ana e ia he whakaaro kino,
he kōrero teka e hē ai te hunga iti,
ahakoa e tika ana anō ngā kōrero a te rawakore.
8 He ohaoha ia ngā tikanga a te ohaoha;
ā, ka ū ia ki ngā mahi ohaoha.
Ngā Wāhine o Hiruhārama
9 Whakatika e ngā wāhine e noho pai ana,
whakarongo ki tōku reo;
e ngā tamāhine whakaarokore,
kia whai taringa, ki āku kupu.
10 He maha ngā rā i tua atu i te tau
e raruraru ai koutou, e ngā wāhine maharakore;
nō te mea ka kore te whakinga wāina,
e kore hoki e tae mai te kohikohinga.
11 E wiri, e ngā wāhine e noho hūmārie ana;
pōkaikaha noa iho, e te hunga maharakore;
whakarērea ngā kākahu, noho tahanga,
whītikiria he kākahu taratara ki ō koutou hope.
12 Ka papaki rātou ki ngā uma mō ngā māra ātaahua,
mō te wāina hua,
13 ka puta ake te tātarāmoa me te tūmatakuru
ki te oneone o tāku iwi,
inā, ki runga ki ngā whare koa katoa
o te pā hari.
14 Nō te mea ka mahue te whare kīngi,
ka whakarērea te pā tokomaha;
ko te puke me te pourewa
ka waiho hei ana ā ake ake,
hei mea e koa ai ngā kāihe mohoao,
hei wāhi kai mā ngā kāhui;
15 kia ringihia mai rā anō i runga te wairua ki a tātou,
kia meinga rā anō te koraha hei māra whai hua,
kia kīia anō te māra whai hua he ngahere.
Te Rangimārie o te Kīngitanga a Ihowā
16 Ko reira te whakawā noho ai ki te koraha,
ā, hei kāinga te māra hua mō te tika.
17 Ā, ko te mahi a te tika he rongo mau;
ko te whakaotinga o te tika he āta noho, he ngākau ū ā ake ake.
18 Ka noho hoki tāku iwi ki te nohoanga o te rongo mau,
ki ngā kāinga e ū ai te ngākau,
ki ngā okiokinga hūmārie.
19 Ka tārere iho ia te whatu i te hinganga o te ngahere;
ā, ka whakahoroa rawatia te pā ki raro.
20 Anō te hari o koutou,
o te hunga e whakatō ana ki te taha o ngā wai katoa,
e tuku atu ana i ngā waewae o te kau, o te kāihe.