1 E tāku tama, ki te mea ko tāu hei whakakapi mō tā tōu hoa,
2 kua oti koe te māhanga e ngā kupu a tōu māngai,
3 Meinga tēnei ināianei, e tāku tama, kia ora ai koe,
4 Kei tukua iho te moe ki ōu kanohi;
5 Whakaora i a koe ānō he anaterope i roto i te ringa o te kaiwhai,
6 Haere ki te pōpokorua, e te tangata māngere,
7 Kāhore nei ōna kaitohutohu,
8 heoi, e mahi kai ana māna i te raumati,
9 Kia pēhea ake te roa o tāu takoto, e te tangata māngere?
10 Kia iti ake nei te wāhi e parangia ai, kia iti ake nei te moe,
11 nā, ka rite ki te kaipāhua te putanga mai o te mūhore ki a koe,
12 Ko te tangata kāhore ōna painga, ko te tangata hara,
13 e whakakini ana ōna kanohi, e kōrero ana ōna waewae,
14 kei roto te whanokē i tōna ngākau,
15 Mō reira ka huaki tata te aituā ki a ia;
16 E ono ngā mea e kino ana ki a Ihowā;
17 ko te kanohi whakakake, ko te arero teka,
18 he ngākau e whakatakoto ana i ngā whakaaro kikino,
19 he kaiwhakaatu teka e kōrero teka ana,
20 E tāku tama, puritia te whakahau a tōu pāpā,
21 Kia mau tonu te tākai ki tōu ngākau,
22 Ko tōu kaiārahi anō tērā ina haere koe;
23 He rama hoki te whakahau, ā, he mārama te ture;
24 Hei tiaki i a koe kei hē i te wahine kino,
25 Kei hiahia koe ki tōna ātaahua i roto i tōu ngākau;
26 Ko te tukunga iho o te tangata he wāhi taro, he mea mō te wahine kairau;
27 E taea rānei e te tangata te tango i te ahi ki roto ki tōna uma,
28 E taea rānei e tētahi te haere i runga i ngā waro ratarata,
29 Ka pērā anō te tangata e haere ana ki te wahine a tōna hoa;
30 E kore e whakahāweatia e te tangata te tāhae,
31 Otiia ki te kitea ia, kia takiwhitu āna e whakautu ai;
32 Ko te tangata e pūremu ana ki te wahine, kāhore ōna mōhio;
33 He kaiākiko, he whakamā te wāhi mōna;
34 He riri nui hoki nā te tangata te hae;
35 E kore ia e manako ki tētahi utu;