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He Īnoi mō te Rapunga Utu
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi: Aratakiti. He Mikitama. Nā Rāwiri.
1 He kōrero puku rānei tā koutou i te pono?
He tika rānei tā koutou whakarite, e ngā tama a te tangata?
2 He pono, e mahia ana e koutou te hē i roto i te ngākau,
e pāunatia ana e koutou te tutū a ō koutou ringa i runga i te whenua.
3 He tangata kē te hunga hara nō te kōpū mai anō;
whānau kau kua kotiti kē, kua kōrero teka.
4 Ko tō rātou paihana he rite ki tō te nākahi,
kei te neke turi e puru nei i tōna taringa;
5 e kore nei e whakarongo ki te reo o te kaiwhakawai,
ahakoa tino mātau ia ki te whakawai.
6 Whatia, e te Atua, ō rātou niho i roto i ō rātou māngai;
kōwhakia, e Ihowā, ngā niho nunui o ngā kūao raiona.
7 Kia mimiti rātou, ānō he wai e heke atu ana;
ka whakatikaia āna pere, kia rite ki te mea kua pōutoa.
8 Kia memeha haere, ā, kia pahure, ānō he ngata;
kia rite ki te mea mate roto a te wahine, kāhore nei i kite i te rā.
9 E kore e tukua kia rongo ā koutou kōhua i ngā tātarāmoa,
ka kāhakina rātou e ia i roto i te āwhiowhio, te mea kaiota, te mea e wera ana.
10 Ka hari te tangata tika ua kite i te utu;
ka horoia e ia ōna waewae ki ngā toto o te tangata hara.
11 Ā, ka mea te tangata, “Koia, ka whai utu te tangata tika;
inā, he Atua anō tēnei e whakawā ana i te whenua.”