1 Ko ngā kupu a Akuru tama a Iakehe; ko te poropititanga.
2 He pono ko ahau te mea pōauau rawa o ngā tāngata,
3 Kīhai hoki ahau i whakaakona ki te whakaaro nui,
4 Ko wai kua piki atu ki te rangi, ā, heke mai ai anō?
5 Ko ngā kupu katoa a te Atua he mea whakamātau;
6 Kaua e tāpiritia ētahi kupu ki āna,
7 E rua ngā mea kua īnoia e ahau i a koe;
8 Whakamataratia atu i ahau te horihori me te kōrero teka;
9 Kei mākona ahau, ā, ka whakakāhore ki a koe,
10 Kaua e kōrerotia te pononga ki tōna ariki,
11 Tērā te whakatupuranga, he kanga tā rātou i tō rātou pāpā,
12 Tērā te whakatupuranga, he mā ki tā rātou nā titiro,
13 Tērā te whakatupuranga, nā, te whakakake o ō rātou kanohi.
14 Tērā te whakatupuranga, ko ō rātou niho ānō he hoari,
15 E rua ngā tamāhine a te ngata,
16 ko te rua tūpāpaku; ko te kōpū pakoko;
17 Ko te kanohi e whakahī ana ki te pāpā,
18 E toru ngā mea he whakamīharo rawa, e kore e taea e ahau,
19 ko te huarahi o te ēkara i te rangi;
20 He pērā anō te huarahi o te wahine pūremu:
21 E toru ngā mea e korikori ai te whenua;
22 ko te pononga ina whakakīngitia ia;
23 ko te wahine whakarihariha ina whiwhi i te tāne;
24 E whā ngā mea ririki i runga i te whenua,
25 ko ngā pōpokorua ehara i te iwi kaha,
26 ko ngā koni, he iwi ngoikore,
27 ko ngā māwhitiwhiti, kāhore ō rātou kīngi,
28 ko te mokomoko, ko ōna peke hei pupuri māna;
29 E toru ngā mea, he tau tā rātou hīkoi,
30 ko te raiona, ko te mea kaha rawa o ngā kararehe,
31 ko te kurī horo; ko te koati toa anō hoki;
32 Ki te mea he mahi kūware tau i a koe i whakaneke ake ai i a koe,
33 He pono hoki ki te hurihia te waiū ka puta mai he pata,