1 E tāku tama, kei wareware ki tāku ture;
2 Kātahi ka nui ake ngā rā roa mōu,
3 Kei whakarērea koe e te atawhai, e te pono;
4 Pēnei ka whiwhi koe ki te atawhai,
5 Whakapaua tōu ngākau ki te whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā,
6 I ōu ara katoa whakaaro ki a ia,
7 Kei whakaaro ki a koe he mōhio koe;
8 hei ora tēnā ki tōu pito,
9 Kia whai korōria a Ihowā i ōu rawa,
10 ā, ka kī āu toa i ngā mea maha,
11 E tāku tama, kaua e whakahāwea ki tā Ihowā papaki;
12 Ka ākona hoki e Ihowā tāna e aroha ai,
13 Ka hari te tangata kua kitea nei e ia te whakaaro nui,
14 pai atu hoki te hokohoko o tērā i tō te hiriwa e hokohokona nei,
15 Nui atu ōna utu i o ngā rupi;
16 Kei tōna ringa matau ngā rā roa;
17 Ko ōna ara he ara āhuareka,
18 He rākau ia nō te ora ki te hunga e ū ana ki a ia;
19 Nā te whakaaro nui o Ihowā i whakatūria ai e ia te whenua;
20 He mōhio nōna i pakaru ai ngā rire,
21 E tāku tama, kei kotiti kē ēnā i ōu kanohi:
22 kei ēnā he oranga mō tōu wairua,
23 Pēnei ka haere koe i tōu ara, tē ai he wehi,
24 Ka takoto koe, e kore e wehi,
25 Kaua e wehi i te mataku huaki tata,
26 Ko Ihowā hoki hei okiokinga mōu,
27 Kaua e kaiponuhia te pai ki te hunga i tika nei mā rātou,
28 Kaua e mea ki tōu hoa, “Haere, ka hoki mai ai,
29 Kei whakatakoto i te kino mō tōu hoa,
30 Kei ngangau pokanoa ki te tangata,
31 Kei hae ki te tangata nanakia,
32 He mea whakarihariha hoki te whanokē ki a Ihowā;
33 He kanga nā Ihowā kei roto i te whare o te tangata kino,
34 He pono ka whakahī ia ki te hunga whakahī,
35 Ka whiwhi te hunga whakaaro nui ki te korōria;