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He Whakatūpato kei Pūremu
1 E tāku tama, tahuri ki ōku whakaaro nui;
kia anga tōu taringa ki tōku mātauranga,
2 kia ū ai koe ki te ngārahu pai,
mau ai te mātauranga i ōu ngutu.
3 Ko ngā ngutu hoki o te wahine kē, kei te māturuturunga iho o te honikoma,
ngāwari iho tōna māngai i te hinu;
4 he kawa rawa hoki tōna mutunga i te taru kawa,
he koi, ānō he hoari matarua.
5 Ko ōna waewae e heke ana ki te mate;
mau pū te rēinga i ōna takahanga.
6 Heoi, kāhore i kitea e ia te ara tōtika ki te ora;
he kotiti kē ōna ara, ā, kāhore ia i tē mātau.
7 Nā reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau,
kei mahue hoki ngā kupu a tōku māngai.
8 Kia matara tōu ara i a ia,
kaua hoki e tata ki te tatau o tōna whare;
9 kei hoatu tōu hōnore ki ngā tāngata kē,
ōu tau ki te hunga nanakia.
10 Kei mākona ngā tāngata kē i tōu kaha,
kei riro ōu māuiui ki te whare o te tangata kē;
11 ā, ka tangi koe i tōu whakamutunga,
ina poto ōu kikokiko me tōu tinana,
12 ā, ka mea, “Kātae tōku kino ki te ako;
kātae te māuiui o tōku ngākau ki te tohutohu!
13 Kīhai hoki ahau i whakarongo ki te reo o ōku kaiwhakaako,
kīhai tōku taringa i anga ki te hunga e tohutohu ana i ahau.
14 Wāhi iti kei ngā kino katoa ahau
i waenganui o te whakaminenga, o te huihui.”
15 Inumia he wai i roto i tāu ake rua,
me ngā wai rere anō i roto i tāu ake poka.
16 Kia tohatoha noa atu koia āu puna wai,
ngā awa wai i ngā huarahi?
17 Waiho ēnā māu anake,
kauaka mā koutou tahi ko ngā tāngata kē.
18 Kia manaakitia tāu puna wai;
kia koa anō koe ki te wahine o tōu taitamarikitanga.
19 Kia rite ia ki taua mea āhuareka, ki te hāta,
ki te mea ātaahua ki te anaterope.
Kia mākona koe i ōna ū i ngā wā katoa,
kia matenuitia tonutia e koe tōna aroha.
20 He aha oti koe, e tāku tama, ka matenui ai ki te wahine kē,
i awhi ai i te uma o te wahine kē?
21 Kei mua hoki i ngā kanohi o Ihowā ngā ara o te tangata,
ā, e meinga ana e ia kia papatairite ōna ara katoa.
22 Ko ōna kino anō hei hopu i te tangata kino,
hei taura ōna hara e mau ai ia.
23 Ka mate ia, he mea kīhai i whakaakona,
ka pōhēhē i te nui o tōna wairangi.