1Ko te tangata he maha nei ngā riringa i tōna hē, ā, ka whakapakeke i tōna kakī ka whatia ohoreretia ia – tē taea te rongoā.
2Ka whakanuia te hunga tika, ka koa te iwi; ka kīngi te tangata kino, ka auē te iwi.
3Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te whakaaro nui e whakahari ana i tōna pāpā; ko te tangata ia e piri ana ki ngā wāhine kairau, he maumau taonga tāna.
4Mā te whakawā a te kīngi e mau ai te whenua; ka whakatakā ia e te tangata e tango ana i ngā mea hōmai noa.
5Ko te tangata e whakapati ana ki tōna hoa, e whakatakoto kupenga ana mō ōna waewae.
6He rore kei roto i te hē o te tangata kino; ko te tangata tika ia he waiata tāna, he koa.
7E mahara ana te tangata tika ki te take a te rawakore; kāhore o te tangata kino whakaaro kia mōhiotia e ia.
8Mā ngā tāngata whakahī e tahu te pā kia mura; ko tā te hunga whakaaro nui ia he whakatahuri atu i te riri.
9Ki te totohe te tangata whakaaro nui ki te tangata wairangi, ahakoa riri ia, kata rānei, kāhore he tānga.
10E mauāhara ana te tangata whakaheke toto ki te tangata i te ngākau tapatahi; tēnā ko te hunga tika, ka whai rātou kia whakaorangia ia.
11E puakina ana e te wairangi tōna riri katoa ki waho; e puritia mai ana ia e te tangata whakaaro nui, e pēhia ana.
12Ki te whakarongo te rangatira ki te teka, he kino katoa āna tāngata.
13E tūtaki ana te rawakore rāua ko te kaitūkino ki a rāua; ko Ihowā te kaiwhakamārama o ngā kanohi ō rāua tokorua.
14Ko te kīngi e pono ana tāna whakawā mō ngā rawakore, ka whakapūmautia tōna torōna ake ake.
15Ko te whiu, ko te riri i te hē, he mea hōmai ērā i te whakaaro nui; tēnā ko te tamaiti mahue noa, ka whakamā a ia tōna whaea.
16Ka tokomaha te hunga kino, ka nui te hē; ka kite ia te hunga tika i tō rātou hinganga.
17Pākia tāu tama, ā, ka whai okiokinga koe i a ia; āe rā, he āhuareka tāna e hōmai ai ki tōu wairua.
18Ki te kāhore he whakakitenga, ka kore te iwi e tūpato; ko te kaipupuri ia i te ture, ka hari ia.
19Ehara te kupu i te papaki mō te pononga; ahakoa hoki ia mātau, e kore ia e rongo.
20Ka kite rānei koe i te tangata kaikā ki te kōrero? Engari, te wairangi ka tōtika ake i a ia.
21Ko te tangata e penapena ana i tāna pononga mai o te tamarikitanga, ka waiho ia e ia i te mutunga hei tama tupu.
22He whakaoho whawhai tā te tangata pukuriri; he nui rawa hoki te hē o te tangata āritarita.
23Ka whakaititia iho te tangata e tōna whakapehapeha; ka whai hōnore ia te tangata ngākau pāpaku.
24Ko te tangata e whakauru ana ki tā te tāhae, e kino ana ki tōna ake wairua; e rongo ana ia i te kanga, kāhore e kīkī.
25He rore e hōmai ana e te wehi ki te tangata; ko te tangata ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā ka mawhiti.
26He tokomaha e whai ana kia paingia e te rangatira; otiia i ahu mai i a Ihowā te whakawā mō te tangata.
27He mea whakarihariha ki te hunga tika te tangata whakahaere hē; ā, he mea whakarihariha hoki ki te tangata kino te tangata he tika tōna ara.