1 Ko te tangata tū kē, e whai ana i tā tōna ake hiahia,
2 Kāhore o te whakaarokore āhuareka ki te mātauranga;
3 I te taenga mai o te tangata kino ka tae mai anō te whakahāwea,
4 He wai hōhonu ngā kupu a te māngai o te tangata;
5 Ehara i te mea pai te whakapai ki te kanohi o te tangata kino,
6 E uru ana ngā ngutu o te whakaarokore ki te totohe,
7 Hei huna anō mōna te māngai o te whakaarokore;
8 Ānō he kai reka ngā kupu a te kawe kōrero;
9 Ko te tangata anō hoki e māngere ana ki tāna mahi,
10 Hei pourewa kaha te ingoa o Ihowā;
11 Ko ngā rawa o te tangata taonga hei pā kaha mōna,
12 I mua ake o te whakangaromanga ka whakakake te ngākau o te tangata;
13 Ko te tangata e whakahoki kupu ana i te mea kāhore anō ia i rongo noa,
14 E whakamanawanui te wairua o te tangata ki tōna mate;
15 Ka whiwhi te ngākau o te tangata mātau ki te mōhio;
16 Mā te mea tuku noa a te tangata ka wātea ai he wāhi mōna,
17 Ko te tangata nāna te kupu tuatahi i te whakawā me te mea kei a ia te tika;
18 Mā te rota e mutu ai ngā tautohe,
19 Ko te tuakana, teina rānei, i whakatakariritia, pakeke atu i te pā kaha;
20 Ka kī te kōpū o te tangata i ngā hua o tōna māngai,
21 Ko te mate, ko te ora kei te arero;
22 Ko te tangata kua kite i te wahine māna,
23 He īnoi tā te rawakore hanga he taikaha ia
24 Ko te tangata tini ngā hoa aroha e whai ana i te hē mōna;