1 Ko te tangata he maha nei ngā riringa i tōna hē, ā, ka whakapakeke i tōna kakī
2 Ka whakanuia te hunga tika, ka koa te iwi;
3 Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te whakaaro nui e whakahari ana i tōna pāpā;
4 Mā te whakawā a te kīngi e mau ai te whenua;
5 Ko te tangata e whakapati ana ki tōna hoa,
6 He rore kei roto i te hē o te tangata kino;
7 E mahara ana te tangata tika ki te take a te rawakore;
8 Mā ngā tāngata whakahī e tahu te pā kia mura;
9 Ki te totohe te tangata whakaaro nui ki te tangata wairangi,
10 E mauāhara ana te tangata whakaheke toto ki te tangata i te ngākau tapatahi;
11 E puakina ana e te wairangi tōna riri katoa ki waho;
12 Ki te whakarongo te rangatira ki te teka,
13 E tūtaki ana te rawakore rāua ko te kaitūkino ki a rāua;
14 Ko te kīngi e pono ana tāna whakawā mō ngā rawakore,
15 Ko te whiu, ko te riri i te hē, he mea hōmai ērā i te whakaaro nui;
16 Ka tokomaha te hunga kino, ka nui te hē;
17 Pākia tāu tama, ā, ka whai okiokinga koe i a ia;
18 Ki te kāhore he whakakitenga, ka kore te iwi e tūpato;
19 Ehara te kupu i te papaki mō te pononga;
20 Ka kite rānei koe i te tangata kaikā ki te kōrero?
21 Ko te tangata e penapena ana i tāna pononga mai o te tamarikitanga,
22 He whakaoho whawhai tā te tangata pukuriri;
23 Ka whakaititia iho te tangata e tōna whakapehapeha;
24 Ko te tangata e whakauru ana ki tā te tāhae, e kino ana ki tōna ake wairua;
25 He rore e hōmai ana e te wehi ki te tangata;
26 He tokomaha e whai ana kia paingia e te rangatira;
27 He mea whakarihariha ki te hunga tika te tangata whakahaere hē;