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Me Whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā
1 E tāku tama, kei wareware ki tāku ture;
kia puritia hoki āku whakahau e tōu ngākau.
2 Kātahi ka nui ake ngā rā roa mōu,
ngā tau e ora ai, me te āta noho.
3 Kei whakarērea koe e te atawhai, e te pono;
heia ki tōu kakī;
tuhituhia iho ko tōu ngākau ānō hei papa.
4 Pēnei ka whiwhi koe ki te atawhai,
ki te mātauranga pai i te aroaro o te Atua, o te tangata.
5 Whakapaua tōu ngākau ki te whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā,
kaua hoki e okioki ki tōu mātauranga ake.
6 I ōu ara katoa whakaaro ki a ia,
ā, māna e whakatika ōu huarahi.
7 Kei whakaaro ki a koe he mōhio koe;
e wehi ki a Ihowā, kia mawehe i te kino;
8 hei ora tēnā ki tōu pito,
hei mākūkū ki ōu wheua.
9 Kia whai korōria a Ihowā i ōu rawa,
i ngā mātāmua anō hoki o āu hua katoa;
10 ā, ka kī āu toa i ngā mea maha,
ka pakaru anō hoki āu rua wāina i te wāina.
11 E tāku tama, kaua e whakahāwea ki tā Ihowā papaki;
kei ngākaukore anō koe ina ākona e ia.
12 Ka ākona hoki e Ihowā tāna e aroha ai,
ka pērā tāna me tā te matua ki te tamaiti
e matenuitia ana e ia.
Te Rahinga Tūturu
13 Ka hari te tangata kua kitea nei e ia te whakaaro nui,
me te tangata anō kua whiwhi ki te mātauranga,
14 pai atu hoki te hokohoko o tērā i tō te hiriwa e hokohokona nei,
ōna hua i te kōura parakore.
15 Nui atu ōna utu i o ngā rupi;
e kore anō hoki ngā mea katoa e minaminatia e koe e rite ki a ia.
16 Kei tōna ringa matau ngā rā roa;
kei tōna mauī ngā taonga me te korōria.
17 Ko ōna ara he ara āhuareka,
ko ōna ara katoa he rangimārie.
18 He rākau ia nō te ora ki te hunga e ū ana ki a ia;
ka hari te tangata e pupuri ana i a ia.
Te Pūtakenga Tapu o te Whakaaronui
19 Nā te whakaaro nui o Ihowā i whakatūria ai e ia te whenua;
nā tōna mōhio tāna whakapūmautanga i ngā rangi.
20 He mōhio nōna i pakaru ai ngā rire,
i māturuturu ai te tōmairangi o ngā kapua.
Te Maru Tūturu
21 E tāku tama, kei kotiti kē ēnā i ōu kanohi:
puritia te whakaaro nui me te ngārahu pai,
22 kei ēnā he oranga mō tōu wairua,
he whakapaipai mō tōu kakī.
23 Pēnei ka haere koe i tōu ara, tē ai he wehi,
e kore anō tōu waewae e tūtuki.
24 Ka takoto koe, e kore e wehi,
inā, ka takoto koe, ka reka anō tāu moe.
25 Kaua e wehi i te mataku huaki tata,
i te whakangaromanga rānei o te hunga kino ina pā mai.
26 Ko Ihowā hoki hei okiokinga mōu,
ā, māna e tiaki tōu waewae kei mau.
27 Kaua e kaiponuhia te pai ki te hunga i tika nei mā rātou,
i ngā wā e taea ai e tōu ringa.
28 Kaua e mea ki tōu hoa, “Haere, ka hoki mai ai,
ā, āpōpō ka hoatu e ahau,”
i te mea kei a koe anō te mea e takoto ana.
29 Kei whakatakoto i te kino mō tōu hoa,
kei te noho hū noa nā hoki ia i tōu taha.
30 Kei ngangau pokanoa ki te tangata,
ki te mea kāhore āna mahi kino ki a koe.
31 Kei hae ki te tangata nanakia,
kaua hoki e whiriwhiria tētahi o ōna ara.
32 He mea whakarihariha hoki te whanokē ki a Ihowā;
kei te hunga tika ia tōna whakaaro ngaro.
33 He kanga nā Ihowā kei roto i te whare o te tangata kino,
he mea manaaki ia nāna te nohoanga o te hunga tika.
34 He pono ka whakahī ia ki te hunga whakahī,
ka puta ia tōna atawhai ki te hunga whakaiti.
35 Ka whiwhi te hunga whakaaro nui ki te korōria;
he whakamā ia te whakanui o ngā wairangi.