1 Kei whakamanamana koe ki te rā āpōpō;
2 Mā tētahi atu tangata te whakamoemiti mōu, kaua mā tōu māngai ake;
3 He taimaha te kōhatu, he taimaha anō te kirikiri;
4 He mea nanakia te riri, he rūtaki te āritarita;
5 He pai kē te riri matanui
6 Ko ngā patu a te hoa aroha he mea nā te pono;
7 E ngaruru ana te wairua mākona ki te honikoma;
8 Rite tonu ki te manu e ātiutiu noa atu ana i tōna kōhanga
9 He whakahari ngākau te hinu me te whakakakara;
10 Ko tōu hoa aroha ake, ā, ko te hoa hoki o tōu pāpā, kaua e whakarērea;
11 E tāku tama, kia whakaaro nui, kia koa ai tōku ngākau,
12 E kite atu ana te tangata tūpato i te hē, ā, ka huna i a ia;
13 Tangohia te kākahu o te kaiwhakakapi mō te tangata kē;
14 Ko te tangata e maranga ana i te atatū,
15 He māturuturu e pūputu tonu ana i te rā nui te ua,
16 ko te tangata e mea ana ki te pēhi i a ia,
17 Ko te rino hei whakakoi mō te rino;
18 Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ōna hua;
19 He pērā i te wai, tiro atu, tiro mai he kanohi,
20 Ko te rēinga, ko te whakangaromanga, e kore e mākona;
21 Ko te oko tahu para mō te hiriwa, ko te oumu mō te kōura;
22 Ahakoa i tukua e koe te wairangi ki te tuki i roto i te kumete
23 Kia anga nui koa kia mōhio ki te āhua o āu hipi,
24 e kore hoki te taonga e mau tonu;
25 Kua whāiti te hei, e kitea ana te tupu hou,
26 Hei mea kākahu mōu ngā reme,
27 Ā tērā te waiū koati, he nui noa atu hei kai māu,