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1 He pērā i te hukarere i te raumati, i te ua hoki i te kotinga wīti,
te kore e tau o te hōnore mō te wairangi.
2 He pērā i te manu e rererere noa ana, i te warou i ōna rerenga
te kanga pokanoa; e kore e whakatau.
3 He whiu mō te hōiho, he paraire mō te kāihe,
ā, he rākau mō te tuarā o ngā wairangi.
4 Kei rite ki tōna whakaarokore tāu whakautu ki te wairangi,
kei rite hoki a koe nā ki a ia.
5 Kia rite ki tōna whakaarokore tāu whakautu ki te wairangi,
kei mea ia he whakaaro nui ia.
6 Ko te tangata e tuku kōrero ana mā te ringa o te wairangi,
e tapahi ana i ōna waewae anō, e inumia ana hoki te hē.
7 E tautau noa ana ngā waewae o te kopa;
he pērā hoki te whakatauki i te māngai o te wairangi.
8 Ko te takai mea whakapaipai i roto i te pūranga kōhatu,
ko tōna rite kei te tangata e whakakorōria ana i te wairangi.
9 E rite ana ki te tātarāmoa e wero nei i te ringa o te haurangi,
koia anō te whakatauki i te māngai o ngā wairangi.
10 Ka rite ki te kaikōpere i tū ai te katoa,
te tangata e utu ana i te wairangi
me te tangata hoki e utu ana i ngā tira haere.
11 Ka rite ki te kurī e hoki nei ki tōna ruaki,
te wairangi e tuarua ana i tōna pōauau.
12 Ka kite koe i te tangata e mea ana ki a ia he whakaaro nui?
Ki tā te whakaaro tērā e rahi ake tā te wairangi i tāna.
13 E kī ana te māngere, “He raiona kei te ara;
he raiona kei ngā waharoa.”
14 He pērā i te tatau e tāhurihuri rā i runga i ōna īnihi,
koia anō te māngere i runga i tōna moenga.
15 E kuhua ana e te māngere tōna ringa ki te rīhi;
he mahi ngenge rawa ki a ia te whakahoki mai ki tōna māngai.
16 He nui kē ake te whakaaro nui o te māngere, ki tāna nei whakaaro,
i tō ngā tāngata tokowhitu e whakaatu ana i te tikanga.
17 Ko te tangata e haere atu ana, e pokanoa ana ki te whawhai ehara nei i a ia,
ko tōna rite kei te tangata e hopu ana i te kurī ki ōna taringa.
18 Rite tonu ki te haurangi e makamaka ana i ngā mea mura,
i ngā pere, i te mate,
19 te tangata e tinihanga ana ki tōna hoa,
e mea ana, “He teka ianei he tākaro tāku?”
20 Ki te kāhore he wahie, ka mate te ahi;
ki te kore hoki he tangata kawekawe kōrero, ka mutu te ngangare.
21 He waro ki ngā ngārahu wera, he wahie ki te ahi;
he pērā te tangata totohe ki te tahu i te ngangare.
22 He rite ngā kupu a te kaikawekawe kōrero ki te maramara reka,
tae tonu iho ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.
23 He ngutu pukā me te ngākau kino,
ko te rite kei te oko oneone i whakakikoruatia ki te para hiriwa.
24 Ko te tangata mauāhara e whakaware ana ki ōna ngutu,
otiia e rongoātia ana e ia te tinihanga ki roto ki a ia;
25 ki te pai tōna reo, kaua e whakapono ki a ia;
e whitu hoki ngā mea whakarihariha kei roto i tōna ngākau.
26 Ahakoa hīpoki tōna mauāhara i a ia ki te tinihanga,
ka whakakitea nuitia tōna kino ki te aroaro o te whakaminenga.
27 Ko te tangata e keri ana i te rua, ka taka anō ki roto;
ā, ko te tangata e huri ana i te kōhatu, ka hoki mai anō ki runga ki a ia.
28 E kino ana te arero teka ki āna i kuru ai,
ā, ko tā te māngai whakapati, he mahi kia ngaro.