1 Ko te tama whakaaro nui ka rongo ki tā tōna pāpā ako;
2 E kai te tangata i te pai i te hua o tōna māngai;
3 Ko te tangata e tiaki ana i tōna māngai e pupuri ana i tōna ora;
4 E hiahia ana te wairua o te tangata māngere, ā, kāhore he mea māna;
5 E kino ana te tangata tika ki te kōrero teka;
6 Ko te tika hei kaitiaki mō te tangata e tapatahi ana te ara;
7 Tērā tētahi kei te āmene taonga mōna, heoi kāhore rawa he mea i a ia;
8 Ko ngā utu mō te tangata kia ora, ko ōna rawa;
9 E koa ana te mārama o te hunga tika;
10 He totohe anake i ahu mai i te whakapehapeha;
11 Ko ngā taonga i puta mai i te whakamanamana ka iti haere;
12 He manako tāringa roa, he patu ngākau;
13 Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki te kupu, ka ngaro i a ia anō;
14 Ko te ture o te hunga whakaaro nui, he puna nō te ora,
15 Ko tō te ngārahu pai he hōmai atawhai;
16 He mahi mōhio tā te tangata tūpato;
17 Ka hinga te karere kino ki te kino;
18 Ko te tangata kāhore e pai ki te papaki, māna te rawakore, te whakamā;
19 Ko te hiahia kua rite, he reka ki te wairua;
20 Haere i te taha o te hunga whakaaro nui, ā, ka whai whakaaro koe;
21 Ka whai te kino i te hunga hara;
22 He whakarerenga iho tā te tangata pai mō ngā tamariki a ngā tamariki;
23 He nui te kai kei te ngakinga a ngā rawakore;
24 Ko te tangata e kaiponu ana i tāna whiu, e kino ana ia ki tāna tama;
25 Kai ana te tangata tika, mākona ana tōna wairua;