1 Whakarongo, e āku tamariki, ki te whakaako a te matua,
2 He pai hoki te kupu mōhio ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou,
3 He tama anō hoki ahau ki tōku pāpā,
4 i whakaako anō ia i ahau, i mea ki ahau,
5 Whāia mōu te whakaaro nui, whāia mōu te mātauranga;
6 Kaua ia e whakarērea, ā, māna koe e tiaki;
7 Ko te whakaaro nui te tino mea:
8 Whakanuia ia, ā, māna koe ka kake ai;
9 Ka hōmai e ia he pare ātaahua ki tōu māhunga,
10 Whakarongo, e tāku tama, maharatia āku kupu,
11 He mea whakaako koe nāku ki te ara o te whakaaro nui;
12 Ka haere koe, e kore ōu takahanga e whakakikītia mai;
13 Kia mau ki te ako, kaua e tukua atu;
14 Kaua e haere i te ara o te hunga kino,
15 Anga kē ake; kaua e tika nā reira;
16 E kore hoki rātou e moe ki te kore e oti tētahi mahi hē mā rātou;
17 Nō te kino hoki te taro e kainga ana e rātou,
18 Ko te huarahi ia o te hunga tika, koia anō kei te mārama e whiti ana,
19 Ko te ara o te hunga kino, me he pōuri,
20 E tāku tama, tahuri ki āku kupu;
21 Kei kotiti kē ēnei i ōu kanohi;
22 He oranga ēnei mō te hunga e kitea ai,
23 Kia pau ōu mahara ki te tiaki i tōu ngākau,
24 Whakarērea te māngai whanokē,
25 Kia hāngai tonu te titiro whakamua a ōu kanohi,
26 Whakatikaia te huarahi o ōu waewae,
27 Kaua e peka ki matau, ki mauī;