1 Ko tā te wahine whakaaro nui he hanga i tōna whare;
2 Ko te tangata e haere ana i runga i tōna tika, e wehi ana i a Ihowā;
3 Kei te māngai o te wairangi he patu whakapehapeha;
4 Ki te kāhore he kau, ka mā te takotoranga kai;
5 E kore te kaiwhakaatu pono e teka;
6 E rapu ana te tangata whakahī i te whakaaro nui, heoi kāhore e kitea e ia;
7 Haere atu ki te aroaro o te kūware,
8 Ko te whakaaro nui o te tangata tūpato, he mātau ki tōna ara;
9 Ko tā ngā wairangi he kata ki te hē;
10 E mōhio ana te ngākau ki tōna ake mamae,
11 Ka whakangaromia te whare o te hunga kino;
12 He huarahi anō tērā e tika ana ki tā te tangata titiro,
13 Ahakoa e kata ana, e mamae ana te ngākau;
14 Ko te tangata i te ngākau tahuri kē, ka mākona i ōna ara ake;
15 Ko tā te kūware he whakapono ki ngā kupu katoa;
16 E wehi ana te tangata whakaaro nui, ka neke atu i te kino;
17 Ko te tangata riri wawe ka mahi i te wairangi;
18 He wairangi te whakarerenga iho mō ngā kūware;
19 E piko ana te hunga kino ki te aroaro o te hunga pai;
20 E kinongia ana te rawakore e tōna hoa ake nei anō;
21 Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki tōna hoa, e hara ana;
22 He teka ianei e kotiti kē ana ngā kaiwhakatakoto i te kino?
23 He hua tō ngā māuiuitanga katoa;
24 Hei karauna mō ngā whakaaro nui ō rātou taonga;
25 Ka ora ngā wairua i te kaiwhakaatu pono;
26 Ū tonu, kaha tonu te whakaaro ina wehi ki a Ihowā;
27 He puna ora te wehi ki a Ihowā,
28 Mā te nui o te iwi ka whai hōnore ai te kīngi;
29 He mātauranga nui tō te tangata manawanui;
30 He ora ki ngā kikokiko te ngākau ora;
31 Ko te tangata e tūkino ana i te ware, he tāwai tāna ki tōna Kaihanga;
32 E uakina iho ana te tangata kino i runga i tōna hē;
33 Ka noho te whakaaro nui ki te ngākau o te tangata mātau;
34 Mā te tika ka kake ai te iwi;
35 Ka manako te kīngi ki te pononga mahara;