1Ko ngā whakatakataka a te ngākau nā te tangata;
engari, ko te kupu whakahoki a te arero nā Ihowā.
2Ko ngā ara katoa o te tangata he mā ki ōna ake kanohi;
ko Ihowā ia ki te pāuna i ngā wairua.
3Utaina āu mahi ki runga ki a Ihowā,
ā, ka whakapūmautia ōu whakaaro.
4He mea hanga nā Ihowā ngā mea katoa mō tōna tutukitanga, mō tōna;
āe rā, ko te tangata kino hoki mō te rā o te kino.
5He mea whakarihariha nā Ihowā te hunga ngākau whakakake katoa;
ahakoa pupuri te ringa ki te ringa, e kore ia e kore te whiua.
6Ko te mahi tohu tangata me te pono hei pure mō te kino;
mā te wehi hoki ki a Ihowā ka mawehe atu ai te tangata i te kino.
7Ki te pai a Ihowā ki ngā ara o te tangata,
ka meinga e ia ōna hoariri nei anō kia mau te rongo ki a ia.
8He pai ake te mea iti i runga i te tika,
i ngā hua maha ki te kāhore he tika.
9Ko te ngākau o te tangata hei whakaaro i tōna ara;
ko Ihowā ia hei whakatika i tōna hīkoi.
10He kupu atua kei ngā ngutu o te kīngi;
e kore tōna māngai e poka kē ina whakawā.
11Ko te taimaha tika, ko te pāuna tika, nā Ihowā;
he mahi nāna ngā kōhatu katoa o te pūtea.
12He mea whakarihariha ki ngā kīngi te mahi i te kino;
nā te tika hoki i ū ai te torōna.
13He mea āhuareka ki ngā kīngi ngā ngutu tika;
e aroha ana hoki rātou ki te tangata e kōrero tika ana.
14Ko te riri o te kīngi ānō he karere mō te mate;
engari ka whakamārietia e te tangata whakaaro nui.
15He ora kei te mārama o te mata o te kīngi;
ā, ko tana manako he rite ki te kapua o tō muri ua.
16Ko te whiwhi ki te whakaaro nui, ānō te pai!
Pai atu i te whiwhi ki te kōura;
ko te whiwhi hoki ki te mātauranga te mea e hiahiatia nuitia atu i te hiriwa.
17Ko te huanui o te hunga tika he mawehe atu i te kino,
ko te tangata e whai whakaaro ana ki tōna ara, ka mau tōna wairua.
18Haere ai te whakakake i mua o te whakangaromanga,
te wairua whakapehapeha i mua i te hinganga.
19Ko te ngākau whakaiti i waenga i te hunga rawakore,
pai atu i te uru ki te tūwhanga taonga a te hunga whakakake.
20Ko te tangata e tahuri ana ki te kupu, ka kite i te pai;
ā, ko te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā, ka hari.
21Ka kīia te whakaaro nui he mātau;
mā te reka hoki o ngā ngutu ka neke ai te mōhio.
22Ko te mātauranga te puna o te ora mō te tangata i whiwhi ki tērā;
ko te ako ia mō te hunga wairangi ko tō rātou wairangi anō.
23Mā te ngākau o te tangata whakaaro nui e tohutohu tōna māngai,
e āpiti hoki he kupu mōhio ki ōna ngutu.
24Ko ngā kupu matareka ānō kei te honikoma,
he reka ki te wairua, he rongoā ki ngā wheua.
25Tērā he ara e tika ana ki te titiro a te tangata;
ko tōna mutunga ia ko ngā ara ki te mate.
26Ko te hiahia o te tangata e mahi ana, e mahi ana mōna;
nō te mea e akiakina ana ia e tōna māngai.
27E whakatakoto ana te tangata tikangakore i te kino,
ā, kei ōna ngutu ānō he ahi e kā ana.
28Ko tā te tangata whanokē he tītaritari i te raruraru;
ko tā te tangata kawekawe kōrero he wehewehe i ngā hoa tupu.
29Whakawai ai te tangata nanakia i tōna hoa,
kawe ai i a ia ki te huarahi kāhore i pai.
30Ko te tangata e whakamoe ana i ōna kanohi, e mea ana kia whakaaroa ai e ia ngā mea whanokē;
ko te tangata e kokopi ana i ōna ngutu e whakatutuki ana i te kino.
31He karauna korōria te māhunga hina,
e ka kitea i runga i te ara o te tika.
32Engari rawa te tangata manawanui i te tangata kaha,
te tangata e pēhia ana e ia tōna wairua i te tangata i horo ai te pā.
33E makā ana te rota ki roto ki te kokorutanga o te kākahu;
kei a Ihowā ia te tikanga katoa.
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