1 E tāku tama, tahuri ki ōku whakaaro nui;
2 kia ū ai koe ki te ngārahu pai,
3 Ko ngā ngutu hoki o te wahine kē, kei te māturuturunga iho o te honikoma,
4 he kawa rawa hoki tōna mutunga i te taru kawa,
5 Ko ōna waewae e heke ana ki te mate;
6 Heoi, kāhore i kitea e ia te ara tōtika ki te ora;
7 Nā reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau,
8 Kia matara tōu ara i a ia,
9 kei hoatu tōu hōnore ki ngā tāngata kē,
10 Kei mākona ngā tāngata kē i tōu kaha,
11 ā, ka tangi koe i tōu whakamutunga,
12 ā, ka mea, “Kātae tōku kino ki te ako;
13 Kīhai hoki ahau i whakarongo ki te reo o ōku kaiwhakaako,
14 Wāhi iti kei ngā kino katoa ahau
15 Inumia he wai i roto i tāu ake rua,
16 Kia tohatoha noa atu koia āu puna wai,
17 Waiho ēnā māu anake,
18 Kia manaakitia tāu puna wai;
19 Kia rite ia ki taua mea āhuareka, ki te hāta,
20 He aha oti koe, e tāku tama, ka matenui ai ki te wahine kē,
21 Kei mua hoki i ngā kanohi o Ihowā ngā ara o te tangata,
22 Ko ōna kino anō hei hopu i te tangata kino,
23 Ka mate ia, he mea kīhai i whakaakona,