1 Ki te noho tahi kōrua ko te rangatira ki te kai,
2 whakapākia he māripi ki tōu korokoro,
3 Kaua e hiahia ki āna mea reka;
4 Kaua e tāruke ki te mea taonga;
5 E anga mai rānei ōu kanohi ki taua mea korekore nei?
6 Kaua e kainga te kai a te tangata kanohi kino,
7 Ko tāna hoki e mea ai i roto i a ia, pērā tonu ia,
8 Ko te kongakonga i kainga e koe, ka ruakina e koe,
9 Kaua e kōrero ki ngā taringa o te kūware;
10 Kei whakanekehia e koe te rohe tawhito;
11 nō te mea he kaha tō rātou kaiwhakaora;
12 Anga atu tōu ngākau ki te ako,
13 Kaua e tohungia te whiu ki te tamaiti;
14 Tātātia ia e koe ki te rākau,
15 E tāku tama, ki te whakaaro nui tōu ngākau,
16 āe rā, ka hari ōku whatumanawa,
17 Kei hae tōu ngākau ki te hunga hara;
18 He pono hoki tērā ānō he whakautu;
19 Whakarongo rā, e tāku tama, kia whai whakaaro hoki koe,
20 Kei uru ki te hunga kakai wāina;
21 nō te mea ka tutuki tahi te tangata inuinu rāua ko te tangata kakai ki te rawakore;
22 Whakarongo ki tōu pāpā nāna koe;
23 Hokona te pono, kaua hoki e whakawhitiwhitia;
24 Nui atu hoki te koa o te pāpā o te tangata tika;
25 Kia hari tōu pāpā rāua ko tōu whaea,
26 E tāku tama, hōmai tōu ngākau ki ahau,
27 Nō te mea he rua hōhonu te wahine kairau;
28 Āe rā, ka whanga ia ānō he kaipāhua,
29 Ko wai e auē? Ko wai e tangi?
30 Ko te hunga e noho roa ana ki te wāina;
31 Kaua e titiro ki te wāina i te mea e whero ana,
32 Tōna tukunga iho ānō he nākahi e ngau ana,
33 E kite hoki ōu kanohi i ngā mea rerekē,
34 Āe rā, ka rite koe ki te tangata e takoto ana i waenga moana,
35 Ā, ka mea koe, “Patua ana ahau e rātou, ā, kīhai ahau i mamae;