1 He pai kē te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,
2 Nā, ehara hoki i te mea pai kia kaua he mātauranga mō te wairua;
3 E whakaparoritia ana te ara o te tangata e tōna wairangi;
4 Mā te rawa ka tokomaha atu ai ngā hoa aroha;
5 E kore te kaiwhakapae teka e whakaharakoretia;
6 He tokomaha e whai kia manakohia e te tangata ringa mahora;
7 E kino ana ngā tēina katoa o te rawakore ki a ia;
8 Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te whakaaro nui mōna, e aroha ana ki tōna wairua ake;
9 E kore te kaiwhakapae teka e whakaharakoretia;
10 E kore e tau te noho rangatira ki te whakaarokore;
11 Ko te ngārahu tūpato ka pupuri i tōna riri;
12 Ko te riri o te kīngi rite tonu ki te hāmama o te raiona;
13 He aituā mō tōna pāpā te tamaiti whakaarokore;
14 He whare, he taonga i tuku iho i ngā mātua;
15 Mā te māngere e mea kia moe i te moe reka;
16 Ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te whakahau e pupuri ana i tōna wairua;
17 Ko te tangata e ohaoha ana ki te rawakore e whakatārewa moni ana ki a Ihowā,
18 Pākia tāu tama, i te mea kua whai manakohanga;
19 Ko te tangata riri nui māna e waha tōna hē;
20 Whakarongo ki te kupu tohutohu, tahuri mai hoki ki te ako,
21 He maha ngā whakaaro i roto i te ngākau o te tangata;
22 Ko te hiahia o te tangata te aronga o tana atawhai;
23 Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā te ara ki te ora;
24 E kuhua ana e te māngere tōna ringa ki te rīhi,
25 Pākia te tangata whakahī, ā, ka tūpato ngā kūware;
26 Ko te tangata e pāhua ana i tōna pāpā, e pei atu ana hoki i tōna whaea,
27 Kāti, e tāku tama, te whakarongo ki te ako
28 E whakahī ana te kaiwhakaatu hē ki te whakawā;
29 Kua rite he whakawā mō ngā whakahī,