1 He teka ianei kei te karanga te whakaaro nui,
2 I runga i ngā wāhi tiketike tōna tūranga,
3 hāmama ana ia i te taha o ngā kūwaha,
4 “Ki a koutou, e ngā tāngata, tāku karanga;
5 E ngā kūware, kia mātau koutou ki te ngārahu tūpato;
6 Whakarongo mai, ka kōrerotia hoki e ahau ngā mea pai rawa;
7 He pono hoki te kōrero a tōku māngai;
8 Kei runga i te tika ngā kupu katoa a tōku māngai;
9 Ko ēnei katoa he mārama ki te tangata e mātau ana,
10 Manakohia mai tāku ako, kaua te hiriwa;
11 Pai atu hoki te whakaaro nui i ngā rupi;
12 “Kua meinga e ahau, e te whakaaro nui, ko te ngārahu pai hei nohoanga mōku,
13 Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā koia tēnā ko te kino ki te hē.
14 Ko te whakaaro tika, ko te whakaaro nui, nāku;
15 Nāku ngā kīngi i kīngi ai,
16 Nāku i whai rangatiratanga ai ngā rangatira,
17 E arohaina ana e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau;
18 He taonga, he korōria kei ahau,
19 Pai atu ōku hua i te kōura, āe rā, i te kōura parakore;
20 Kei ngā ara o te tika ahau e haere ana,
21 kia meinga ai e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau kia whiwhi ki te rawa,
22 “I a Ihowā ahau, nō te tīmatanga rā anō o ōna ara,
23 Nōnamata riro ahau i whakaritea ai,
24 I te mea kāhore anō ngā rire, kua whānau ahau;
25 Nō mua atu i te whakaūnga o ngā maunga,
26 i te mea kāhore anō i hangā noatia e ia te whenua, me ngā pārae,
27 I tāna whakatūranga i ngā rangi, i reira anō ahau;
28 i tāna whakapūmautanga i ngā rangi i runga;
29 i tāna rohenga mai i te moana,
30 i reira ahau i tōna taha, he tohunga ki ngā mahi;
31 e koa ana ki tāna ao,
32 “Nō reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau;
33 Whakarongo mai ki te ako, kia whai whakaaro ai koutou;
34 Ka hari te tangata e whakarongo ana ki ahau,
35 Ko te tangata hoki e kite ana i ahau, e kite ana i te ora,
36 Ko te tangata ia e hara ana ki ahau, he mahi nanakia tāna ki tōna wairua ake;