1 Ko tā te wāina he whakahī, ko tā te wai kaha he ngangau;
2 Ānō he raiona e hāmama ana te wehi o te kīngi;
3 He whakahōnore mō te tangata te noho wātea mai i te ngangare;
4 Kāhore te māngere e parau, he mea ki te hōtoke;
5 He wai hōhonu te whakaaro i roto i te ngākau o te tangata;
6 Ko tā te tini o te tangata he kauwhau i tōna atawhai ake;
7 Ko te tangata tika, e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,
8 Ko te kīngi e noho ana i runga i te torōna whakawā,
9 Ko wai e mea, “Kua mā i ahau tōku ngākau,
10 Ko ngā pāuna huhua, ko ngā mēhua huhua,
11 He tamariki nei anō ka mōhiotia ki āna hanga,
12 Ko te taringa rongo, ko te kanohi titiro,
13 Kaua e matenuitia te moe, kei rawakoretia koe;
14 “Ehara ehara,” e ai tā te kaihoko;
15 He kōura tēnā me te tini o te rupi;
16 Tangohia te kākahu o te kaiwhakakapi mō te tangata kē;
17 He reka ki te tangata te taro o te teka;
18 Mā te rūnanga ka ū ai ngā whakaaro;
19 Ko te tangata e kōpikopiko ana ki te kawekawe kōrero, ka whākina e ia ngā kōrero ngaro;
20 Ko te tangata e kanga ana i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea,
21 I te tīmatanga e hohoro mai pea te taonga;
22 Kaua e mea, “Ka utua e ahau te kino”;
23 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā taimaha rerekē;
24 Nā Ihowā ngā hāereerenga o te tangata;
25 Hei rore ki te tangata te oho noa ake ki te mea, “He tapu!”
26 Ka tītaritaria e te kīngi whakaaro nui te hunga kino,
27 He rama nā Ihowā te manawa o te tangata,
28 Hei kaitiaki mō te kīngi te atawhai me te pono;
29 Ko te korōria o ngā taitama ko tō rātou kaha;
30 E tahia atu ana te kino e ngā kārawarawa o te patunga;