1 Ko te maramara kai, ko te mea maroke me te āta noho hei kīnaki,
2 Hei rangatira te pononga mahara mō te tama i whakamā ai;
3 Ko te oko tahu para mō te hiriwa, ko te oumu mō te kōura;
4 Ko te kaimahi i te hē ka tahuri ki tā te ngutu kino;
5 Ko te taunu ki te rawakore he tāwai ki tōna Kaihanga;
6 Hei karauna mō ngā koroheke ngā tamariki a ngā tamariki;
7 E kore te reo rangatira e tau ki te kūware;
8 Ko te tangata i te mea hōmai noa, he kōhatu whakapaipai tērā ki tāna titiro;
9 Ko te tangata e hīpoki ana i te hē, e whai ana i te aroha;
10 Ko te ngotonga o te kupu riri ki roto ki te tangata mātau,
11 He whakakeke kau tā te tangata kino e whai ai;
12 Kia tūtaki ki te tangata te pea kua tangohia āna kūao;
13 Ko te tangata e hōmai ana i te kino hei utu mō te pai,
14 Ko te tīmatanga o te totohe i rite ki te tangata e tuku ana i te wai kia rere;
15 Ko te tangata e whakatika ana i tā te tangata kino,
16 Hei aha te utu i te ringa o te kūware,
17 E aroha ana te hoa i ngā wā katoa;
18 Ko tā te tangata ngākaukore he papaki ringa;
19 Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te ngangare e aroha ana ki te kino;
20 Ko te ngākau parori kē e kore e kite i te pai;
21 Ka whānau he whakaarokore mā tētahi tangata, hei whakapōuri tērā mōna;
22 He rongoā pai te ngākau koa;
23 E tango ana te tangata kino i te mea whakapati i te uma,
24 Kei te aroaro o te tangata mātau ngā whakaaro nui;
25 Ko te tamaiti whakaarokore he mea whakapōuri i tōna pāpā,
26 Ehara anō hoki i te mea pai kia whiua te tangata tika,
27 He mātauranga tō te tangata e tohu ana i āna kupu;
28 Ko te wairangi nei anō, ki te whakarongo puku, ka kīia he whakaaro nui;