1Kei whakamanamana koe ki te rā āpōpō;
kāhore hoki koe e mōhio ko te aha e puta mai i roto i te rā.
2Mā tētahi atu tangata te whakamoemiti mōu, kaua mā tōu māngai ake;
mā te tangata kē, kaua mā ōu ngutu ake.
3He taimaha te kōhatu, he taimaha anō te kirikiri;
he taimaha atu ia i ā rāua tahi te pukuriri o te wairangi.
4He mea nanakia te riri, he rūtaki te āritarita;
ko wai ia e tū i mua i te hae?
5He pai kē te riri matanui
i te aroha huna.
6Ko ngā patu a te hoa aroha he mea nā te pono;
ko ngā kihi ia a te hoariri auau rawa.
7E ngaruru ana te wairua mākona ki te honikoma;
engari ki te wairua hiakai, reka kau ngā mea kawa katoa.
8Rite tonu ki te manu e ātiutiu noa atu ana i tōna kōhanga
te tangata e ātiutiu noa atu ana i tōna wāhi.
9He whakahari ngākau te hinu me te whakakakara;
he pērā anō ngā āhuareka o tō te tangata hoa aroha
i ahu mai i ngā tikanga mateoha i whakatakotoria e tōna ngākau.
10Ko tōu hoa aroha ake, ā, ko te hoa hoki o tōu pāpā, kaua e whakarērea;
kaua hoki e haere ki te whare o tōu tuakana i te rā e mate ai koe.
He pai kē hoki te hoa e tata ana
i te tuakana i tawhiti.
11E tāku tama, kia whakaaro nui, kia koa ai tōku ngākau,
kia whakahoki kupu ai hoki ahau ki te hunga e tāwai ana ki ahau.
12E kite atu ana te tangata tūpato i te hē, ā, ka huna i a ia;
tēnā ko te kūware, haere tonu atu, mamae tonu atu.
13Tangohia te kākahu o te kaiwhakakapi mō te tangata kē;
tōna taunaha anō hoki mō tā te wahine kē.
14Ko te tangata e maranga ana i te atatū,
he nui hoki tōna reo ki te manaaki i tōna hoa,
ka kīia tāna he kanga.
15He māturuturu e pūputu tonu ana i te rā nui te ua,
he wahine ngangare, rite tonu rāua;
16ko te tangata e mea ana ki te pēhi i a ia,
e mea ana ki te pēhi i te hau, ā, ka tūtaki tōna ringa matau ki te hinu.
17Ko te rino hei whakakoi mō te rino;
waihoki ko te tangata anō hei whakakoi i te mata o tōna hoa.
18Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ōna hua;
ka whakahōnoretia te tangata e whakaaro ana ki tōna rangatira.
19He pērā i te wai, tiro atu, tiro mai he kanohi,
ka pēnā anō tō te tangata ngākau ki te tangata.
20Ko te rēinga, ko te whakangaromanga, e kore e mākona;
e kore anō hoki e mākona ngā kanohi o te tangata.
21Ko te oko tahu para mō te hiriwa, ko te oumu mō te kōura;
ā, ko te whakanui i a ia, hei whakamātautau mō te tangata.
22Ahakoa i tukua e koe te wairangi ki te tuki i roto i te kumete
i waenga i ngā wīti pēpē,
e kore tōna whakaarokore e riro.
23Kia anga nui koa kia mōhio ki te āhua o āu hipi,
ā, kia pai te tiaki i āu kāhui kau;
24e kore hoki te taonga e mau tonu;
e mau ianei te karauna ki ngā whakatupuranga katoa?
25Kua whāiti te hei, e kitea ana te tupu hou,
ā, e kohikohia ana ngā otaota o ngā maunga.
26Hei mea kākahu mōu ngā reme,
ā, ko ngā koati hei utu mō te māra.
27Ā tērā te waiū koati, he nui noa atu hei kai māu,
hei kai hoki mā tōu whare,
hei oranga anō hoki mō āu kōtiro.
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