1 E rere ana te hunga kino i te mea kāhore he kaiwhai;
2 He hē nō tētahi whenua
3 Ko te tangata rawakore e tūkino ana i ngā ware,
4 Ko te hunga e whakarere ana i te ture,
5 E kore te hunga kino e mōhio ki te whakawā:
6 He pai kē te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,
7 Ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te ture, he tamaiti mōhio ia;
8 Ko te tangata e whakanui ana i ōna rawa ki te moni whakatupu, ki te whakapiki utu,
9 Ko te tangata e tahuri kē ana tōna taringa,
10 Ko te tangata i meinga ai te hunga tika,
11 Ki te whakaaro a te tangata taonga he nui tōna whakaaro mōhio;
12 Nui atu te ātaahua, ina koa te hunga tika;
13 Ko te tangata e hīpoki ana i ōna hē, e kore tāna e kake;
14 Ka hari te tangata e wehi tonu ana;
15 E rite ana ki te raiona e hāmama ana, ki te pea e kōpikopiko ana,
16 Ko te rangatira kore whakaaro he nui anō tāna tūkino;
17 Ko te tangata e waha ana i te toto o te tangata,
18 Ko te tangata he tapatahi nei te haere, ka ora;
19 Ko te tangata e ngaki ana i tōna oneone, ka mākona i te taro;
20 Ko te tangata pono, ka nui ngā manaaki mōna;
21 Ko te whakapai kanohi ehara i te mea pai –
22 Ko te tangata he kino tōna kanohi e tākare tonu ana ki te taonga;
23 Ko te tangata i rīria ai te hē o tētahi, ka nui atu te manako ki a ia i muri iho,
24 Ko te tangata e pāhua ana i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea,
25 Ko tā te tangata ngākau apo he whakapātari pakanga;
26 He kūware te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki tōna ake ngākau;
27 Ko te tangata e hoatu ana ki te rawakore, e kore ia e hapa;
28 Ka ara te hunga kino, ka huna ngā tāngata i a rātou;