1 Ko te ingoa pai, pai atu i te hinu utu nui;
2 Ko te haere ki te whare tangihanga,
3 Ko te ngākau mamae, pai atu i te kata;
4 Kei te whare tangihanga te ngākau o te hunga whakaaro nui;
5 Ko te whakarongo, ina rīria te hē e te tangata whakaaro nui,
6 Rite tonu hoki ki te papātanga o ngā tātarāmoa
7 He pono mā te pāhua ka wairangi ai te tangata whakaaro nui,
8 Ko te mutunga o te mea, pai atu i tōna tīmatanga;
9 Kei hohoro tōu wairua ki te riri;
10 Kaua e mea, “He aha ngā rangi ō mua i pai ake ai i ēnei?”
11 He pai tonu te whakaaro nui, ānō he taonga tuku iho;
12 Hei whakamarumaru iho te whakaaro nui, hei pērā hoki i te moni te whakamarumaru;
13 Whakaaroa tā te Atua mahi;
14 I te rā pai kia koa,
15 Kua kite ahau i tēnei katoa i ngā rā ōku i te horihori;
16 Kaua e whakanuia rawatia tōu tika;
17 Kaua e whakanuia rawatia tōu kino,
18 He pai ki te puritia tēnei kupu e koe;
19 Ko te whakaaro nui rahi ake tōna kaha mō te tangata whakaaro
20 Kāhore hoki he tangata tika i te whenua e mahi ana i te pai,
21 Kaua anō e whakarongo ki ngā mea katoa e kōrerotia ana;
22 he maha hoki ngā wā, e mōhio ana tōu ngākau,
23 I whakamātauria e ahau tēnei katoa, he mea whakaaro mārie; i mea ahau,
24 Ko te mea onāianei he tawhiti rawa, he hōhonu rawa hoki;
25 I anga tōku ngākau, i mea kia mōhio, kia kimihia,
26 Ā, ka kite ahau i te mea kawa atu i te mate,
27 “Nanā, kua kitea tēnei e ahau,” e ai tā te Kaikauwhau, “he mea whakarite tētahi mea ki tētahi, kia kitea ai te tikanga.
28 He mea e rapua nei anō e tōku wairua, ā, kāhore anō i kitea; kotahi te tangata i kitea e ahau i roto i te mano. Nā, i roto i ēnei katoa kāhore ahau i kite i tētahi wahine.
29 Nanā, ko tēnei anake i kitea e ahau, arā i tika te tangata i tā te Atua hanganga; engari he maha ngā tikanga i rapua e rātou.”