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1 He pai kē te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,
i te ngutu whanokē, i te whakaarokore.
2 Nā, ehara hoki i te mea pai kia kaua he mātauranga mō te wairua;
ā, ko te tangata e hohoro ana ōna waewae, ka hara.
3 E whakaparoritia ana te ara o te tangata e tōna wairangi;
e amuamu ana hoki tōna ngākau ki a Ihowā.
4 Mā te rawa ka tokomaha atu ai ngā hoa aroha;
e wehea atu ana ia, te rawakore i tōna hoa aroha.
5 E kore te kaiwhakapae teka e whakaharakoretia;
e kore hoki e mawhiti te tangata kōrero teka.
6 He tokomaha e whai kia manakohia e te tangata ringa mahora;
he hoa aroha hoki ngā tāngata katoa nō te tangata e hōmai mea ana.
7 E kino ana ngā tēina katoa o te rawakore ki a ia;
nā, nui kē atu te mataratanga atu o ōna hoa i a ia!
Whai noa āna kupu i a rātou,
heoi kua riro rātou.
8 Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te whakaaro nui mōna, e aroha ana ki tōna wairua ake;
ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te mātauranga, ka tūtaki ki te pai.
9 E kore te kaiwhakapae teka e whakaharakoretia;
ka hunā hoki te tangata kōrero teka.
10 E kore e tau te noho rangatira ki te whakaarokore;
he makere rawa te noho ko te pononga hei rangatira mō ngā rangatira.
11 Ko te ngārahu tūpato ka pupuri i tōna riri;
ā, hei whakakorōria mōna te whakarere noa iho i te hē.
12 Ko te riri o te kīngi rite tonu ki te hāmama o te raiona;
ko tana manako ia ānō he tōmairangi i runga i te tarutaru.
13 He aituā mō tōna pāpā te tamaiti whakaarokore;
ā, ko ngā ngangare a te wahine, me te māturuturu pūputu tonu.
14 He whare, he taonga i tuku iho i ngā mātua;
ko te hoa wahine mahara i a Ihowā.
15 Mā te māngere e mea kia moe i te moe reka;
ka matekai hoki te wairua o te rōrā.
16 Ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te whakahau e pupuri ana i tōna wairua;
engari, ko te tangata kore whakaaro ki ōna ara ka mate.
17 Ko te tangata e ohaoha ana ki te rawakore e whakatārewa moni ana ki a Ihowā,
ā, ka utua ki a ia tāna mahi atawhai.
18 Pākia tāu tama, i te mea kua whai manakohanga;
kaua hoki tōu ngākau e whai tonu i te whakangaromanga mōna.
19 Ko te tangata riri nui māna e waha tōna hē;
ki te whakaora hoki koe i a ia, ka waiho tonu tēnā hei mahi māu.
20 Whakarongo ki te kupu tohutohu, tahuri mai hoki ki te ako,
kia whai whakaaro ai koe i tōu mutunga iho.
21 He maha ngā whakaaro i roto i te ngākau o te tangata;
e tū tonu ana ia tā Ihowā tikanga.
22 Ko te hiahia o te tangata te aronga o tana atawhai;
engari te rawakore i te tangata teka.
23 Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā te ara ki te ora;
ā, ko te tangata kei a ia tērā, ka noho mākona;
e kore tētahi hē e pā ki a ia.
24 E kuhua ana e te māngere tōna ringa ki te rīhi,
e kore rawa nei e whakahokia e ia ki tōna māngai.
25 Pākia te tangata whakahī, ā, ka tūpato ngā kūware;
ākona hoki te tangata mahara, ā, ka mōhio ia ki te mātauranga.
26 Ko te tangata e pāhua ana i tōna pāpā, e pei atu ana hoki i tōna whaea,
he tama ia e whakamā ai, e ingoa kino ai hoki.
27 Kāti, e tāku tama, te whakarongo ki te ako
hei mea kau e kotiti atu ai i ngā kupu o te mātauranga.
28 E whakahī ana te kaiwhakaatu hē ki te whakawā;
e horomia ana hoki te kino e te māngai o te hunga kino.
29 Kua rite he whakawā mō ngā whakahī,
he whiu mō te tuarā o ngā whakaarokore.