1 I mea ahau i roto i tōku ngākau, “Tēnā rā, ka whakamātauria koe e ahau ki te koa; nā, te āhuareka māu.” Heoi, he horihori anō hoki tēnei.
2 Ko te kata, kīia iho e ahau “He haurangi;” ko te koa, “He mahi aha tāna?”
3 I whai ahau i roto i tōku ngākau me pēhea te whakaahuareka i tōku kikokiko ki te wāina – me te whakahaere anō ia a tōku ngākau i ahau i runga i te whakaaro nui – ā, me pēhea tāku hopu i te wairangi, kia kitea rā anō e ahau he aha rā tēnā mea pai a ngā tama a te tangata e mahia nei i raro i te rangi i ngā rā katoa e ora nei rātou.
4 I mahia e ahau ētahi mahi nunui māku; i hangā e ahau ētahi whare mōku; i whakatōkia e ahau ētahi māra wāina māku.
5 I hangā e ahau ētahi kāri māku, me ētahi māra rākau, whakatōkia iho e ahau ki reira ngā tū rākau katoa e whai hua ana.
6 I hangā e ahau he poka wai māku hei whakamākūkū mai i reira i te ngahere, i te wāhi i whakatupuria ai ngā rākau.
7 I hokona e ahau he pononga tāne, he pononga wāhine, ā, he pononga anō i whānau ki tōku whare; he tini hoki āku kāhui kau, āku kāhui hipi, maha atu i ā te hunga katoa i mua atu i ahau i Hiruhārama.
8 I āmenea mai anō e ahau he hiriwa, he kōura, me te taonga i rawe ki ngā kīngi, ki ngā kāwanatanga; i meatia anō e ahau he kaiwaiata, tāne, he kaiwaiata wāhine, me ngā āhuareka anō a ngā tama a te tangata, te tini o te wāhine iti.
9 Heoi, kua nui ahau, neke noa ake ana āku i ā te hunga katoa i mua ake i ahau i Hiruhārama, me te mau anō hoki tōku whakaaro nui.
10 Ko ngā mea katoa anō hoki i hiahiatia e ōku kanohi,
11 Kātahi ahau ka titiro ki ngā mahi katoa i mahia e ōku ringa,
12 I anga anō ahau ki te mātakitaki ki te whakaaro nui,
13 Kātahi ahau ka kite, hira ake te whakaaro nui i te wairangi;
14 Ko te tangata whakaaro nui,
15 Kātahi ahau ka kī ake i roto i tōku ngākau,
16 Nō te mea kāhore he maharatanga ki te tangata whakaaro nui,
17 Nā, kua kino ahau ki te ora; nō te mea he hē ki ahau te mahi e mahia ana i raro i te rā; he horihori katoa hoki, he whai kau i te hau.
18 I kino anō hoki ahau ki tōku māuiui i māuiui ai ahau i raro i te rā; inā hoki me waiho iho e ahau mā te tangata i muri i ahau.
19 Ko wai hoki e mōhio ana hei tangata whakaaro nui rānei ia, hei wairangi rānei? Otiia, hei a ia te tikanga mō ōku māuiui katoa i māuiui ai ahau, i nui ai anō hoki ōku whakaaro i raro i te rā. He horihori anō hoki tēnei.
20 Nā, ka anga ahau, ka mea kia whakaparahako tōku ngākau ki te māuiui katoa i māuiui ai ahau i raro i te rā.
21 Tēnei hoki tētahi tangata kei runga nei i te whakaaro nui tāna mahi, kei runga i te mātauranga, kei runga i te mōhio; otiia ka waiho e ia hei wāhi mā te tangata kīhai nei i mahi. He horihori anō tēnei, he hē nui.
22 He aha oti te tukunga iho ki te tangata o tōna māuiui katoa, o te ngana o tōna ngākau i māuiui ai ia i raro i te rā?
23 He pōuri kau hoki ōna rā katoa, he ngākau mamae tōna raruraru, e kore anō hoki tōna ngākau e okioki i te pō. Nā, he horihori anō hoki tēnei.
24 Kāhore he mea pai mā te tangata i tua atu i te kai, i te inu, i te mea kia whiwhi tōna wairua i te pai i roto i tōna māuiui. I kite anō hoki ahau i tēnei, nō te ringa o te Atua tēnei.
25 Ko wai oti e nui atu tāna kai, ko wai e reka ake i ahau?
26 Ki te tangata hoki e pai ana ki tō te Atua aroaro e hōmai ana e ia he whakaaro nui, he mātauranga, he koa; ki te tangata hara ia e hōmai ana e ia he raruraru, ki te kohikohi, ki te āmene mea mai, hei hoatutanga māna ki te tangata e pai ana ki tō te Atua aroaro. He horihori anō hoki tēnei, he whai i te hau.