1 Kei hae koe ki te hunga kino,
2 Ko tā tō rātou ngākau hoki e whakaaro ai, he tūkino,
3 Mā te whakaaro nui ka hangā ai te whare,
4 Mā te mōhio hoki ka kī ai ngā rūma
5 He kaha te tangata whakaaro nui;
6 Nā, kia pai te ngārahu ina anga koe ki te whawhai;
7 He tiketike rawa te whakaaro nui mō te wairangi;
8 Ko te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te kino,
9 He hara te whakaaro wairangi;
10 Ki te ngoikore koe i te rā o te hē,
11 Whakaorangia te hunga e kawea atu ana ki te mate,
12 Ki te mea koe, “Nanā, kīhai tēnei i mōhiotia e mātou”;
13 Kainga, e tāku tama, te honi, he pai hoki;
14 Ka mōhio ai koe ki te whakaaro nui, he mea ki tōu wairua;
15 Kaua, e te tangata kino, e whanga ki te nohoanga o te tangata tika;
16 E hinga ana hoki te tangata tika, e whitu hinganga, ka ara ake anō;
17 Kaua e harakoa ki te hinga tōu hoariri,
18 kei kite a Ihowā, ā, ka hē ki tāna titiro,
19 Kei mamae koe, he mea mō ngā kaimahi i te kino,
20 Kāhore hoki he mutunga pai ki te tangata kino;
21 E tāku tama, e wehi ki a Ihowā, ki te kīngi hoki;
22 Nō te mea ka puta tata te aituā mō rātou;
23 He whakatauki anō hoki ēnei nā te hunga whakaaro nui:
24 Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te tangata kino, “He tika koe,”
25 Otiia ka koa ngā ngākau o te hunga e rīria ai tōna hē,
26 Ka kihia e ia ngā ngutu e whakahoki ana
27 Meinga kia takoto pai tāu mahi i waho,
28 Kaua koe e tū hei kaiwhakaatu hē mō tōu hoa, i te mea kāhore he take;
29 Kaua e kī, “Ka meatia anō e ahau ki a ia tāna i mea ai ki ahau;
30 I haere ahau i te taha o te māra a te māngere,
31 nā, kua tupuria katoatia e te tātarāmoa,
32 Kātahi ahau ka titiro, ka āta whakaaroaro;
33 Kia iti ake nei te wāhi e parangia ai, kia iti ake nei te moe,
34 Ka pērā te haerenga mai o tōu mūhore ānō he kaipāhua;