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Te Tono a Wahine Whakaaronui
1 Kua oti i te whakaaro nui tētahi whare mōna te hanga,
e whitu ngā pou kua oti te tārai e ia.
2 Kua oti āna kararehe te patu e ia, whakananu rawa tāna wāina;
kua oti anō tāna tēpu te whakapai.
3 Kua ungā e ia āna kōtiro, e karanga ana ia
i runga i ngā wāhi tiketike rawa o te pā.
4 “Ki te mea he kūware tētahi, me peka mai ia ki konei!”
Ko te tangata maharakore, ko tāna kupu tēnei ki a ia,
5 “Haere mai, kainga tāku taro,
inumia hoki te wāina kua oti nei te whakananu e ahau.
6 Kāti rā, e te hunga kūware, kia ora ai koutou;
haere hoki i te ara o te mātauranga.”
Te Tangata Whakaaronui me te Tangata Whakahīhī
7 Ko ia e papaki ana i te tangata whakahīhī, ka whakamā;
ā, ko ia e riri ana i te tangata kino, ka piri mai he hē ki a ia.
8 Kaua e rīria te tangata whakahī, kei kino ia ki a koe;
rīria ko te tangata whakaaro nui, ā, ka aroha ia ki a koe.
9 Hoatu te mōhio ki te tangata whakaaro nui, ā, ka neke ake ōna whakaaro;
whakaakona te tangata tika, ā, ka nui ake tōna mōhio.
10 Ko te tīmatanga o te whakaaro nui ko te wehi ki a Ihowā;
ko te mātauranga, ko te mōhio ki te Mea Tapu.
11 Māku hoki ka maha ai ōu rā,
māku ka neke ake ai ngā tau e ora ai koe.
12 Ki te nui ōu whakaaro, mōu anō ōu whakaaro nui;
ki te whakahī koe, māu anake tāu pīkaunga.
He Tono a Wahine Kūware
13 Ko te wahine wairangi, he māngai nui ia;
he kūware ia, kāhore ōna mōhio ki te aha, ki te aha.
14 Noho ana ia i te kūwaha o tōna whare
i runga i te nohoanga i ngā wāhi tiketike o te pā;
15 kia karanga atu ai ia ki ngā tāngata e haere ana i te ara,
e mārō tonu ana ō rātou huarahi,
16 “Ko te kūware, peka mai ki konei!”
Tēnā ko te tangata whakaarokore,
ko tāna kupu tēnei ki a ia,
17 “He reka te wai tāhae,
ā, he āhuareka te taro kai huna.”
18 Tē mōhio ia kei reira ngā tūpāpaku;
kei te rēinga riro ana i karanga ai.