1Nā Rāwiri: he Makiri. Ka hari te tangata kua oti tāna hē te muru, tōna hara te hīpoki.
2Ka hari te tangata kāhore nei e whakairia e Ihowā he hara ki a ia, ā, kāhore he hīanga i tōna wairua.
3I ahau kīhai i kuihi, ngahengahe kau ōku iwi i tāku auētanga i te rā roa.
4Nō tōu ringa i taimaha ki ahau i te ao, i te pō; kua whakaputaina kētia tōku mākūkūranga, ānō nā te maroketanga o te raumati. Hera
5I whākina e ahau tōku hara ki a koe, kīhai hoki i huna i tōku kino; i mea ahau, “Ka whākina āku mahi tutū ki a Ihowā,” ā, murua ana e koe te kino o tōku hara. Hera
6Mō konei ka īnoi ki a koe ngā tāngata tapu katoa i te wā e kitea ai koe; he pono ka ngawhā ngā wai nui, e kore e tata ki a ia.
7Ko koe tōku piringa; māu ahau e whakaora i te pōuri, māu ahau e karapoti ki ngā waiata whakaora. Hera
8Ka tohutohungia koe e ahau, ka whakaakona koe ki te ara e haere ai koe; mā tōku kanohi koe e ārahi.
9Kei rite koutou ki te hōiho, ki te muera rānei, kāhore nei he mātauranga; he mea kuku nei ō rāua kauae ki te paraire, ki te mōkā hei pupuri mai; ki te kore hoki, e kore e tata ki a koe.
10He tini ngā mea whakapōuri mō te tangata hara; ko te tangata ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā, ka karapotia e te atawhai.
11Kia koa ki a Ihowā, whakamanamana, e te hunga tika; kia hari, hāmama, e te hunga ngākau tika katoa.