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{\MTB Ko ngā

\par }{\MT Whakatauki



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ko ngā whakatauki a Horomona tama a Rāwiri, kīngi o Īharaira.


\par }{\SH Te Painga o ngā Whakatauki
\par }
{\Q \VS{2}E mōhiotia ai te whakaaro nui, te ako,

\par }{\QB e kitea ai ngā kupu o te mātauranga,


\par }{\Q \VS{3}e riro mai ai te ako a te ngākau mahara,

\par }{\QB te tika, te whakawā, te mea anō e rite ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Hei hoatu i te ngākau tūpato ki ngā kūware,

\par }{\QB i te mātauranga, i te ngārahu pai ki te taitamariki.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Kia whakarongo ai te tangata whakaaro nui, kia nui ake ai tōna mōhio;

\par }{\QB kia whiwhi ai te tangata tūpato ki ngā whakaaro mōhio;


\par }{\Q \VS{6}e mōhio ai ia ki te whakatauki, ki te kupu whakarite,

\par }{\QB ki ngā kupu a ngā whakaaro nui, ki ā rātou kōrero whakapeka.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā te tīmatanga o te mātauranga;

\par }{\QB e whakahāwea ana te whakaarokore ki te whakaaro nui, ki te ako.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\SH He Tohutohu ki ngā Taiohi
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{\Q \VS{8}Whakarongo, e tāku tama, ki te ako a tōu pāpā,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e whakarērea te ture a tōu whaea;


\par }{\Q \VS{9}ka waiho hoki ēnā hei pare ātaahua mō tōu mātenga,

\par }{\QB hei mekameka whakapaipai mō tōu kakī.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}E tāku tama, ki te whakawaia koe e te hunga hara,

\par }{\QB kaua e whakaae.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ki te mea rātou, “Tātou ka haere, ka whakapapa atu, ka whakaheke toto;

\par }{\QB kia whanga puku tātou, he mea takekore, mō te tangata harakore;


\par }{\Q \VS{12}horomia oratia rātou e tātou, pērātia me tā te rua tūpāpaku;

\par }{\QB ka riro tinana rātou, ka pērā me te hunga e heke atu ana ki te poka.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ka kitea e tātou ngā taonga utu nui katoa;

\par }{\QB ka whakakīia ō tātou whare ki tā tātou e pāhua ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Makā mai tōu wāhi ki roto ki tō mātou;

\par }{\QB kia kotahi te pūtea mā tātou katoa” –


\par }{\Q \VS{15}e tāku tama, kaua e haere tahi i te ara me rātou,

\par }{\QB kaiponuhia tōu waewae i tō rātou huarahi;


\par }{\Q \VS{16}e rere ana hoki ō rātou waewae ki te kino,

\par }{\QB e hohoro ana rātou ki te whakaheke toto.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}He maumau hoki te hora o te kupenga

\par }{\QB ki te tirohanga a tētahi manu;


\par }{\Q \VS{18}ko rātou, he whakaheke i ō rātou toto anō i whakapapa ai rātou;

\par }{\QB he whakamate i a rātou anō i piri ai rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ka pēnā ngā huarahi o te hunga apo taonga;

\par }{\QB ko te ora anō o ōna rangatira e tangohia.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\SH Te Karanga o te Whakaaronui
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{\Q \VS{20}E hāmama ana te whakaaro nui i te huarahi;

\par }{\QB e puaki ana tōna reo i ngā waharoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}E karanga ana ia i te tino wāhi whakaminenga;

\par }{\QB i te wāhi tuwhera o ngā kūwaha, i roto i te pā, e puaki ana āna kupu:


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{22}“E te hunga kūware, kia pēhea ake te roa

\par }{\QB o tō koutou aroha ki te kūwaretanga?

\par }{\Q O te hiahia rānei o te hunga whakahī

\par }{\QB ki tō rātou whakahī?

\par }{\QB O te whakakino rānei a te hunga wairangi ki te mātauranga?


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Tahuri mai ki tāku ako;

\par }{\Q nā, ka ringihia e ahau tōku wairua ki a koutou,

\par }{\QB ka whakaaturia āku kupu ki a koutou.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}I karanga atu hoki ahau, heoi kīhai koutou i pai mai;

\par }{\QB i totoro atu tōku ringa, ā, kīhai tētahi i whai whakaaro mai;


\par }{\Q \VS{25}heoi, whakakāhoretia iho e koutou tōku whakaaro katoa,

\par }{\QB kīhai hoki i aro ki tāku ako.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Mō reira ka kata ahau i te rā o tō koutou aituā;

\par }{\QB ka tāwai ina pā te pāwera ki a koutou;


\par }{\Q \VS{27}ina tae mai tō koutou pāwera ānō he tūpuhi,

\par }{\QB ā, ka pā mai tō koutou aituā ānō he paroro;

\par }{\QB ina tae mai te pōuri me te ngākau mamae ki a koutou.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{28}“Ko reira rātou karanga ai ki ahau, ā, e kore ahau e whakahoki kupu atu;

\par }{\QB ka rapu nui rātou i ahau, otiia e kore ahau e kitea e rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Mō rātou i kino ki te mātauranga;

\par }{\QB kīhai hoki i whiriwhiria e rātou te wehi ki a Ihowā;


\par }{\Q \VS{30}kīhai i aro mai ki ōku whakaaro;

\par }{\QB whakahāwea ana rātou ki tāku kupu riri katoa,


\par }{\Q \VS{31}nā reira ka kai rātou i ngā hua o tō rātou nei ara,

\par }{\QB ka whakakīia anō hoki ki ngā mea i titoa e rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Ko te tahuritanga atu hoki o ngā kūware hei patu i a rātou;

\par }{\QB ko te ngākau warea anō hoki o ngā wairangi hei huna i a rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}Ko te tangata ia e rongo ana ki ahau,

\par }{\QB ka au tōna noho, ka ātea hoki i te wehi ki te kino.”




\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Ngā Huanga o te Whakaaronui
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{\Q \VerseOne{1}E tāku tama, ki te tango koe i āku kupu,

\par }{\QB ki te huna i āku whakahau ki roto ki a koe,


\par }{\Q \VS{2}ā, ka tahuri tōu taringa ki te whakaaro nui,

\par }{\QB ka anga anō tōu ngākau ki te mātauranga;


\par }{\Q \VS{3}āe rā, ki te mea ka kārangarangatia e koe te mātauranga,

\par }{\QB ā, ka puaki tōu reo ki te ngākau mōhio;


\par }{\Q \VS{4}ki te rapua hoki ia e koe ānō he hiriwa,

\par }{\QB ki te kimihia ānō he taonga huna –


\par }{\Q \VS{5}ko reira koe mātau ai ki te wehi o Ihowā,

\par }{\QB kite ai i te mōhio ki te Atua.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Mā Ihowā hoki e hōmai te whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB nō tōna māngai te mātauranga me te ngākau mōhio.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}E rongoātia ana e ia te whakaaro nui mā te hunga tika;

\par }{\QB he whakangungu rākau ia mō te hunga he tapatahi nei te haere,


\par }{\Q \VS{8}kia tiakina ai e ia ngā ara o te whakawā,

\par }{\QB kia tohungia ai te ara o tāna hunga tapu.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko reira koe mōhio ai ki te tika, ki te whakawā, ki te mea anō e rite ana,

\par }{\QB āe rā, ki ngā ara pai katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ka uru hoki te whakaaro nui ki roto ki tōu ngākau,

\par }{\QB ā, ka reka te mātauranga ki tōu wairua;


\par }{\Q \VS{11}ka ai te ngārahu pai hei tiaki i a koe,

\par }{\QB te ngākau mōhio hei pupuri i a koe;


\par }{\Q \VS{12}hei kukume mai i a koe i te ara o te kino,

\par }{\QB i te tangata e puta kē ana āna kōrero;


\par }{\Q \VS{13}i te hunga e whakarere nei i ngā ara o te tika,

\par }{\QB e haere ana i ngā ara o te pōuri;


\par }{\Q \VS{14}e koa ana, i a rātou e mahi ana i te kino,

\par }{\QB e hari ana ki ngā tikanga parori kē o te kino;


\par }{\Q \VS{15}he ara kōpikopiko ō rātou,

\par }{\QB he whanokē rātou i ō rātou huarahi;


\par }{\Q \VS{16}hei whakaora i a koe i te wahine tauhou,

\par }{\QB i te wahine tauhou e whakapati nei ki āna kupu.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Kua whakarērea nei e ia te hoa o tōna tamāhinetanga,

\par }{\QB kua wareware ki te kawenata o tōna Atua.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}E heke atu ana hoki tōna whare ki te mate,

\par }{\QB ōna ara ki ngā tūpāpaku.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te hunga katoa e haere atu ana ki a ia e kore e hoki mai;

\par }{\QB e kore anō e mau i a rātou ngā ara o te ora.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}Ā, ka haere koe i ngā ara o ngā tāngata pai,

\par }{\QB ka mau anō ki ngā ara o te hunga tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ka noho hoki te hunga tika ki te whenua;

\par }{\QB ka mau te hunga ngākau tapatahi ki reira.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ka hātepea atu ia te hunga kino i runga i te whenua,

\par }{\QB ka hūtia atu i reira te hunga he kōpeka tā rātou mahi.




\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Me Whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā
\par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}E tāku tama, kei wareware ki tāku ture;

\par }{\QB kia puritia hoki āku whakahau e tōu ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Kātahi ka nui ake ngā rā roa mōu,

\par }{\QB ngā tau e ora ai, me te āta noho.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}Kei whakarērea koe e te atawhai, e te pono;

\par }{\QB heia ki tōu kakī;

\par }{\QB tuhituhia iho ko tōu ngākau ānō hei papa.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Pēnei ka whiwhi koe ki te atawhai,

\par }{\QB ki te mātauranga pai i te aroaro o te Atua, o te tangata.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Whakapaua tōu ngākau ki te whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e okioki ki tōu mātauranga ake.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I ōu ara katoa whakaaro ki a ia,

\par }{\QB ā, māna e whakatika ōu huarahi.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Kei whakaaro ki a koe he mōhio koe;

\par }{\QB e wehi ki a Ihowā, kia mawehe i te kino;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}hei ora tēnā ki tōu pito,

\par }{\QB hei mākūkū ki ōu wheua.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Kia whai korōria a Ihowā i ōu rawa,

\par }{\QB i ngā mātāmua anō hoki o āu hua katoa;


\par }{\Q \VS{10}ā, ka kī āu toa i ngā mea maha,

\par }{\QB ka pakaru anō hoki āu rua wāina i te wāina.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}E tāku tama, kaua e whakahāwea ki tā Ihowā papaki;

\par }{\QB kei ngākaukore anō koe ina ākona e ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ka ākona hoki e Ihowā tāna e aroha ai,

\par }{\QB ka pērā tāna me tā te matua ki te tamaiti

\par }{\QB e matenuitia ana e ia.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\SH Te Rahinga Tūturu
\par }
{\Q \VS{13}Ka hari te tangata kua kitea nei e ia te whakaaro nui,

\par }{\QB me te tangata anō kua whiwhi ki te mātauranga,


\par }{\Q \VS{14}pai atu hoki te hokohoko o tērā i tō te hiriwa e hokohokona nei,

\par }{\QB ōna hua i te kōura parakore.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Nui atu ōna utu i o ngā rupi;

\par }{\QB e kore anō hoki ngā mea katoa e minaminatia e koe e rite ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Kei tōna ringa matau ngā rā roa;

\par }{\QB kei tōna mauī ngā taonga me te korōria.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko ōna ara he ara āhuareka,

\par }{\QB ko ōna ara katoa he rangimārie.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}He rākau ia nō te ora ki te hunga e ū ana ki a ia;

\par }{\QB ka hari te tangata e pupuri ana i a ia.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\SH Te Pūtakenga Tapu o te Whakaaronui
\par }
{\Q \VS{19}Nā te whakaaro nui o Ihowā i whakatūria ai e ia te whenua;

\par }{\QB nā tōna mōhio tāna whakapūmautanga i ngā rangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}He mōhio nōna i pakaru ai ngā rire,

\par }{\QB i māturuturu ai te tōmairangi o ngā kapua.


\par }{\SH Te Maru Tūturu
\par }
{\Q \VS{21}E tāku tama, kei kotiti kē ēnā i ōu kanohi:

\par }{\QB puritia te whakaaro nui me te ngārahu pai,


\par }{\Q \VS{22}kei ēnā he oranga mō tōu wairua,

\par }{\QB he whakapaipai mō tōu kakī.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Pēnei ka haere koe i tōu ara, tē ai he wehi,

\par }{\QB e kore anō tōu waewae e tūtuki.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ka takoto koe, e kore e wehi,

\par }{\QB inā, ka takoto koe, ka reka anō tāu moe.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Kaua e wehi i te mataku huaki tata,

\par }{\QB i te whakangaromanga rānei o te hunga kino ina pā mai.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ko Ihowā hoki hei okiokinga mōu,

\par }{\QB ā, māna e tiaki tōu waewae kei mau.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{27}Kaua e kaiponuhia te pai ki te hunga i tika nei mā rātou,

\par }{\QB i ngā wā e taea ai e tōu ringa.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Kaua e mea ki tōu hoa, “Haere, ka hoki mai ai,

\par }{\QB ā, āpōpō ka hoatu e ahau,”

\par }{\QB i te mea kei a koe anō te mea e takoto ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Kei whakatakoto i te kino mō tōu hoa,

\par }{\QB kei te noho hū noa nā hoki ia i tōu taha.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}Kei ngangau pokanoa ki te tangata,

\par }{\QB ki te mea kāhore āna mahi kino ki a koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Kei hae ki te tangata nanakia,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e whiriwhiria tētahi o ōna ara.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}He mea whakarihariha hoki te whanokē ki a Ihowā;

\par }{\QB kei te hunga tika ia tōna whakaaro ngaro.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}He kanga nā Ihowā kei roto i te whare o te tangata kino,

\par }{\QB he mea manaaki ia nāna te nohoanga o te hunga tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}He pono ka whakahī ia ki te hunga whakahī,

\par }{\QB ka puta ia tōna atawhai ki te hunga whakaiti.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Ka whiwhi te hunga whakaaro nui ki te korōria;

\par }{\QB he whakamā ia te whakanui o ngā wairangi.




\par }\Chap{4}{\SH He Tohutohu a-Mātua
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{\Q \VerseOne{1}Whakarongo, e āku tamariki, ki te whakaako a te matua,

\par }{\QB tahuri mai hoki kia mātauria ai ngā whakaaro mōhio.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}He pai hoki te kupu mōhio ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou,

\par }{\QB kaua tāku ture e whakarērea.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}He tama anō hoki ahau ki tōku pāpā,

\par }{\QB ā, he ngāwari, he mea kotahi e matenuitia ana e tōku whaea,


\par }{\Q \VS{4}i whakaako anō ia i ahau, i mea ki ahau,

\par }{\Q “Puritia āku kupu e tōu ngākau;

\par }{\QB kia mau ki āku whakahau, ā, e ora koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Whāia mōu te whakaaro nui, whāia mōu te mātauranga;

\par }{\QB kaua e wareware ki tērā,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e neke atu i ngā kupu a tōku māngai.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Kaua ia e whakarērea, ā, māna koe e tiaki;

\par }{\QB arohaina ia, ā, māna koe e mau ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ko te whakaaro nui te tino mea:

\par }{\QB Nō reira whāia mōu te whakaaro nui,

\par }{\QB ā, i ōu whiwhinga katoa, kia whiwhi koe ki te mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Whakanuia ia, ā, māna koe ka kake ai;

\par }{\QB ka whakahōnore ia i a koe ki te awhitia e koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ka hōmai e ia he pare ātaahua ki tōu māhunga,

\par }{\QB ka pōtaea anō koe e ia ki te karauna whakapaipai.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\SH Kia Mau ki te Ara Tika
\par }
{\Q \VS{10}Whakarongo, e tāku tama, maharatia āku kupu,

\par }{\QB ā, he maha ngā tau e ora ai koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}He mea whakaako koe nāku ki te ara o te whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB he mea ārahi koe nāku i ngā ara o te tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ka haere koe, e kore ōu takahanga e whakakikītia mai;

\par }{\QB ki te rere koe, e kore koe e tūtuki.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Kia mau ki te ako, kaua e tukua atu;

\par }{\QB matapoporetia iho, ko tōu oranga hoki ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Kaua e haere i te ara o te hunga kino,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e takahia te huarahi o te hunga hē.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Anga kē ake; kaua e tika nā reira;

\par }{\QB peka ake i taua ara, haere tonu atu.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}E kore hoki rātou e moe ki te kore e oti tētahi mahi hē mā rātou;

\par }{\QB riro rawa tō rātou moe, ki te kāhore tētahi tangata e hinga i a rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Nō te kino hoki te taro e kainga ana e rātou,

\par }{\QB nō te nanakia te wāina e inumia ana e rātou.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}Ko te huarahi ia o te hunga tika, koia anō kei te mārama e whiti ana,

\par }{\QB ā, ka neke haere tonu ake tōna mārama, ā taea noatia te tino rā.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te ara o te hunga kino, me he pōuri,

\par }{\QB e kore rātou e mōhio ki te mea i tūtuki ai rātou.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}E tāku tama, tahuri ki āku kupu;

\par }{\QB anga mai tōu taringa ki āku kōrero.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Kei kotiti kē ēnei i ōu kanohi;

\par }{\QB puritia i waenganui o tōu ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}He oranga ēnei mō te hunga e kitea ai,

\par }{\QB he rongoā mō ō rātou kikokiko katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Kia pau ōu mahara ki te tiaki i tōu ngākau,

\par }{\QB nō reira hoki ngā putanga o te ora.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Whakarērea te māngai whanokē,

\par }{\QB kia matara rawa i a koe ngā ngutu tutū.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Kia hāngai tonu te titiro whakamua a ōu kanohi,

\par }{\QB kia titiro ōu kamo ki mua tonu i a koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Whakatikaia te huarahi o ōu waewae,

\par }{\QB kia ū anō hoki ōu ara katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Kaua e peka ki matau, ki mauī;

\par }{\QB kia anga kē tōu waewae i te kino.




\par }\Chap{5}{\SH He Whakatūpato kei Pūremu
\par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}E tāku tama, tahuri ki ōku whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB kia anga tōu taringa ki tōku mātauranga,


\par }{\Q \VS{2}kia ū ai koe ki te ngārahu pai,

\par }{\QB mau ai te mātauranga i ōu ngutu.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Ko ngā ngutu hoki o te wahine kē, kei te māturuturunga iho o te honikoma,

\par }{\QB ngāwari iho tōna māngai i te hinu;


\par }{\Q \VS{4}he kawa rawa hoki tōna mutunga i te taru kawa,

\par }{\QB he koi, ānō he hoari matarua.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Ko ōna waewae e heke ana ki te mate;

\par }{\QB mau pū te rēinga i ōna takahanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Heoi, kāhore i kitea e ia te ara tōtika ki te ora;

\par }{\QB he kotiti kē ōna ara, ā, kāhore ia i tē mātau.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Nā reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau,

\par }{\QB kei mahue hoki ngā kupu a tōku māngai.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Kia matara tōu ara i a ia,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e tata ki te tatau o tōna whare;


\par }{\Q \VS{9}kei hoatu tōu hōnore ki ngā tāngata kē,

\par }{\QB ōu tau ki te hunga nanakia.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Kei mākona ngā tāngata kē i tōu kaha,

\par }{\QB kei riro ōu māuiui ki te whare o te tangata kē;


\par }{\Q \VS{11}ā, ka tangi koe i tōu whakamutunga,

\par }{\QB ina poto ōu kikokiko me tōu tinana,


\par }{\Q \VS{12}ā, ka mea, “Kātae tōku kino ki te ako;

\par }{\QB kātae te māuiui o tōku ngākau ki te tohutohu!


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Kīhai hoki ahau i whakarongo ki te reo o ōku kaiwhakaako,

\par }{\QB kīhai tōku taringa i anga ki te hunga e tohutohu ana i ahau.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Wāhi iti kei ngā kino katoa ahau

\par }{\QB i waenganui o te whakaminenga, o te huihui.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Inumia he wai i roto i tāu ake rua,

\par }{\QB me ngā wai rere anō i roto i tāu ake poka.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Kia tohatoha noa atu koia āu puna wai,

\par }{\QB ngā awa wai i ngā huarahi?


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Waiho ēnā māu anake,

\par }{\QB kauaka mā koutou tahi ko ngā tāngata kē.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Kia manaakitia tāu puna wai;

\par }{\QB kia koa anō koe ki te wahine o tōu taitamarikitanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Kia rite ia ki taua mea āhuareka, ki te hāta,

\par }{\QB ki te mea ātaahua ki te anaterope.

\par }{\Q Kia mākona koe i ōna ū i ngā wā katoa,

\par }{\QB kia matenuitia tonutia e koe tōna aroha.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}He aha oti koe, e tāku tama, ka matenui ai ki te wahine kē,

\par }{\QB i awhi ai i te uma o te wahine kē?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{21}Kei mua hoki i ngā kanohi o Ihowā ngā ara o te tangata,

\par }{\QB ā, e meinga ana e ia kia papatairite ōna ara katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ko ōna kino anō hei hopu i te tangata kino,

\par }{\QB hei taura ōna hara e mau ai ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Ka mate ia, he mea kīhai i whakaakona,

\par }{\QB ka pōhēhē i te nui o tōna wairangi.




\par }\Chap{6}{\SH He Whakatūpato Anō
\par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}E tāku tama, ki te mea ko tāu hei whakakapi mō tā tōu hoa,

\par }{\QB ki te mea kua papaki tōu ringa mō te tangata kē,


\par }{\Q \VS{2}kua oti koe te māhanga e ngā kupu a tōu māngai,

\par }{\QB kua mau koe i ngā kupu a tōu māngai.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Meinga tēnei ināianei, e tāku tama, kia ora ai koe,

\par }{\QB he mea hoki kua taka koe ki roto ki te ringa o tōu hoa:

\par }{\QB haere, whakaiti i a koe, ā, ka tohe ki tōu hoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Kei tukua iho te moe ki ōu kanohi;

\par }{\QB kei tunewha ōu kamo.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Whakaora i a koe ānō he anaterope i roto i te ringa o te kaiwhai,

\par }{\QB ānō he manu i roto i te ringa o te kaihopu.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Haere ki te pōpokorua, e te tangata māngere,

\par }{\QB mātakitakina iho ōna ara, kia nui ai ōu whakaaro.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Kāhore nei ōna kaitohutohu,

\par }{\QB ōna kaitirotiro, ōna rangatira,


\par }{\Q \VS{8}heoi, e mahi kai ana māna i te raumati,

\par }{\QB e kohikohi ana i te kai māna i te kotinga wīti.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Kia pēhea ake te roa o tāu takoto, e te tangata māngere?

\par }{\QB Āhea koe maranga ai i tāu moe?


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Kia iti ake nei te wāhi e parangia ai, kia iti ake nei te moe,

\par }{\QB kia iti ake te kōtuinga o ngā ringa i a koe e takoto nā;


\par }{\Q \VS{11}nā, ka rite ki te kaipāhua te putanga mai o te mūhore ki a koe,

\par }{\QB tōu rawakore, ānō he tangata he patu nei tāna.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}Ko te tangata kāhore ōna painga, ko te tangata hara,

\par }{\QB e hāereere ana me te māngai tū kē;


\par }{\Q \VS{13}e whakakini ana ōna kanohi, e kōrero ana ōna waewae,

\par }{\QB e tuhi ana ōna maihao;


\par }{\Q \VS{14}kei roto te whanokē i tōna ngākau,

\par }{\QB e whakatakoto ana ia i te kino i ngā wā katoa;

\par }{\QB e rui ana ia i te ngangare.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Mō reira ka huaki tata te aituā ki a ia;

\par }{\QB e kore e aha ka whatia ia, tē taea te rongoā.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}E ono ngā mea e kino ana ki a Ihowā;

\par }{\QB āe rā, e whitu ngā mea e whakariharihangia ana e ia:


\par }{\Q \VS{17}ko te kanohi whakakake, ko te arero teka,

\par }{\QB ko ngā ringa whakaheke i te toto harakore,


\par }{\Q \VS{18}he ngākau e whakatakoto ana i ngā whakaaro kikino,

\par }{\QB he waewae e hohoro ana te rere ki te hīanga,


\par }{\Q \VS{19}he kaiwhakaatu teka e kōrero teka ana,

\par }{\QB ko te tangata hoki e rui ana i te ngangare

\par }{\QB ki waenganui i ngā tuākana, i ngā tēina.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}E tāku tama, puritia te whakahau a tōu pāpā,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e whakarērea te ture a tōu whaea.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Kia mau tonu te tākai ki tōu ngākau,

\par }{\QB heia ki tōu kakī.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ko tōu kaiārahi anō tērā ina haere koe;

\par }{\QB māna koe e tiaki ina takoto koe;

\par }{\QB ka kōrero mai anō ki a koe, ina ara koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}He rama hoki te whakahau, ā, he mārama te ture;

\par }{\QB ko ngā riringa hoki, e whakaako ana, he ara ki te ora.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Hei tiaki i a koe kei hē i te wahine kino,

\par }{\QB i te whakapati a te arero o te wahine kē.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Kei hiahia koe ki tōna ātaahua i roto i tōu ngākau;

\par }{\QB kei mau anō koe i ōna kamo.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ko te tukunga iho o te tangata he wāhi taro, he mea mō te wahine kairau;

\par }{\QB ko tā te wahine pūremu e whai ana ko te wairua utu nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}E taea rānei e te tangata te tango i te ahi ki roto ki tōna uma,

\par }{\QB ā, e kore ōna kākahu e wera?


\par }{\Q \VS{28}E taea rānei e tētahi te haere i runga i ngā waro ratarata,

\par }{\QB ā, e kore ōna waewae e hunua?


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Ka pērā anō te tangata e haere ana ki te wahine a tōna hoa;

\par }{\QB e kore e kore ka whiua te tangata e pā ana ki a ia.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{30}E kore e whakahāweatia e te tangata te tāhae,

\par }{\QB ki te tāhaetia e ia he mea e mākona ai tōna wairua ina hiakai ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Otiia ki te kitea ia, kia takiwhitu āna e whakautu ai;

\par }{\QB me hōmai e ia ngā rawa katoa o tōna whare.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Ko te tangata e pūremu ana ki te wahine, kāhore ōna mōhio;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata e pērā ana, kei te whakangaro ia i tōna wairua.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}He kaiākiko, he whakamā te wāhi mōna;

\par }{\QB e kore anō tōna ingoa kino e horoia atu.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}He riri nui hoki nā te tangata te hae;

\par }{\QB e kore anō e tohungia e ia i te rā rapu utu.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}E kore ia e manako ki tētahi utu;

\par }{\QB e kore hoki e tatū tōna ngākau, ahakoa he nui āu hākari e tāpae ai.




\par }\Chap{7}{\SH Ngā Maneatanga Hē o te Pūremu
\par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}E tāku tama, puritia āku kupu,

\par }{\QB hunā āku whakahau ki roto ki a koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Puritia āku whakahau, ā, ka ora;

\par }{\QB tāku ture, ānō ko te whatupango o tōu kanohi.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Herea ki ōu maihao;

\par }{\QB tuhituhia, ko tōu ngākau ānō hei papa.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Kī atu ki te whakaaro nui, “He tuahine koe nōku,”

\par }{\QB kīia hoki te mātauranga ko tōu whanaunga wahine.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Kia ai ēnei hei tiaki i a koe kei hē i te wahine kē,

\par }{\QB i te wahine kē, he kōrero whakapati nei āna.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}I titiro atu hoki ahau i te matapihi o tōku whare

\par }{\QB i roto i tōku whakakahokaho,


\par }{\Q \VS{7}ā, i mātakitaki ahau i roto i ngā kūware,

\par }{\QB i kite i roto i ngā taitama,

\par }{\QB i tētahi tamaiti kāhore rawa he whakaaro,


\par }{\Q \VS{8}e haere ana i te ara i te wāhi tata e piko atu ai ki a ia,

\par }{\QB ā, haere ana ia i te ara ki tōna whare,


\par }{\Q \VS{9}i te kākarauritanga, i te ahiahi o te rā,

\par }{\QB i te titiwhatanga o te pō, i te pōuri kerekere.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Nā, kua tūtaki tētahi wahine ki a ia,

\par }{\QB he kākahu pūremu tōna, he ngākau hīanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}He māngai korokī tōna, he tohetohe;

\par }{\QB ko ōna waewae, kāhore e tau ki tōna whare;


\par }{\Q \VS{12}ināianei kei ngā ara ia, inamata kei ngā waharoa,

\par }{\QB e tauwhanga ana i ngā kokinga katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Koia i hopukia ai ia e ia, kei te kihi i a ia,

\par }{\QB ā, ka mea atu ki a ia, me te whakatoi anō i tōna mata:


\par }{\Q \VS{14}“He patunga mō te pai kei ahau;

\par }{\QB nō tēnei rā nei ahau i whakamana ai i āku kupu taurangi;


\par }{\Q \VS{15}koia ahau i haere mai ai ki te whakatau i a koe,

\par }{\QB ki te āta rapu i tōu mata, ā, ka kitea nei koe e ahau.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ko tōku moenga kua horahia e ahau,

\par }{\QB whakapaipai rawa ki te kaitaka,

\par }{\QB ki ngā kākahu purepure nō te rīnena o Īhipa.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Kua ruia e ahau tōku moenga ki ngā mea whakakakara,

\par }{\QB ki te maira, ki te aroe, ki te hinamona.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Haere mai, kia whaowhina tāua ki te aroha, ā ao noa;

\par }{\QB kia ora ō tāua ngākau i te aroha.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Kāhore hoki tāku tāne i te whare;

\par }{\QB kua riro ia, he haere tawhiti.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}I maua atu e ia he pūtea moni i tōna ringa;

\par }{\QB ka hoki mai anō ia i te kōwhititanga o te marama.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{21}He maha nō āna kōrero whakawai, riro ana ia i a ia ki tāna;

\par }{\QB nā te whakapati a ōna ngutu ka kūmea atu ia e ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Haere tonu ia i muri i a ia,

\par }{\QB ānō he kau e haere ana kia patua,

\par }{\Q he kūware rānei e haere ana ki ngā rākau here waewae e whiua ai te hē,


\par }{\QB \VS{23}ā, tū noa te tao ki tōna ate puta rawa.

\par }{\Q Rite tonu ia ki te manu e hohoro ana ki te māhanga,

\par }{\QB tē mōhio he matenga tērā mōna.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{24}Nō reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau,

\par }{\QB maharatia ngā kupu a tōku māngai.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Kei peau kē tōu ngākau ki ōna ara,

\par }{\QB kei kotiti kē ki ōna huarahi.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}He tokomaha hoki ngā tāngata i tū, i hinga i a ia,

\par }{\QB āe rā, he ope nui rawa tāna i patu ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}He huarahi tōna whare ki te rēinga,

\par }{\QB e anga ana ki raro ki ngā rūma o te mate.




\par }\Chap{8}{\SH Te Karanga o te Whakaaronui
\par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}He teka ianei kei te karanga te whakaaro nui,

\par }{\QB e puaki ana anō te reo o te mātauranga?


\par }{\Q \VS{2}I runga i ngā wāhi tiketike tōna tūranga,

\par }{\QB i te ara i te tūtakitanga o ngā huarahi;


\par }{\Q \VS{3}hāmama ana ia i te taha o ngā kūwaha,

\par }{\QB i te ngutu o te pā, i te tomokanga atu i ngā tatau:


\par }{\Q \VS{4}“Ki a koutou, e ngā tāngata, tāku karanga;

\par }{\QB ki ngā tama anō a te tangata tōku reo.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}E ngā kūware, kia mātau koutou ki te ngārahu tūpato;

\par }{\QB e ngā wairangi, kia mōhio te ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Whakarongo mai, ka kōrerotia hoki e ahau ngā mea pai rawa;

\par }{\QB ko tā ōku ngutu e whakapuaki ai ko ngā mea e rite ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}He pono hoki te kōrero a tōku māngai;

\par }{\QB he mea whakarihariha anō te kino ki ōku ngutu.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Kei runga i te tika ngā kupu katoa a tōku māngai;

\par }{\QB kāhore he whakapeka, he whanokē rānei, i roto.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko ēnei katoa he mārama ki te tangata e mātau ana,

\par }{\QB he tika ki te hunga i kitea ai te mōhio.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Manakohia mai tāku ako, kaua te hiriwa;

\par }{\QB ko te mātauranga, nui atu i te kōura pai rawa.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Pai atu hoki te whakaaro nui i ngā rupi;

\par }{\QB e kore hoki ngā mea katoa e minaminatia nei e tau hei whakarite mōna.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}“Kua meinga e ahau, e te whakaaro nui, ko te ngārahu pai hei nohoanga mōku,

\par }{\QB e kitea ana e ahau te mōhio me te āta whakaaro.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā koia tēnā ko te kino ki te hē.

\par }{\Q E kino ana ahau ki te whakapehapeha, ki te whakakake,

\par }{\QB ki te ara hē, ki te māngai whanokē.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ko te whakaaro tika, ko te whakaaro nui, nāku;

\par }{\QB ko ahau te mātauranga, kei ahau te kaha.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Nāku ngā kīngi i kīngi ai,

\par }{\QB nāku ngā rangatira i whakatakoto ai i te tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Nāku i whai rangatiratanga ai ngā rangatira,

\par }{\QB ngā tāngata nunui, arā ngā kaiwhakawā katoa o te whenua.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}E arohaina ana e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau;

\par }{\QB ko te hunga hoki e āta rapu ana i ahau, e kite rātou i ahau.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}He taonga, he korōria kei ahau,

\par }{\QB āe rā, he rawa mau tonu, he tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Pai atu ōku hua i te kōura, āe rā, i te kōura parakore;

\par }{\QB ko ngā mea e puta ana i ahau, pai atu i te hiriwa kōwhiri.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Kei ngā ara o te tika ahau e haere ana,

\par }{\QB kei waenganui i ngā huarahi o te whakawā;


\par }{\Q \VS{21}kia meinga ai e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau kia whiwhi ki te rawa,

\par }{\QB kia whakakīia ai e ahau ā rātou takotoranga taonga.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\SH Te Pūtakenga mai o te Whakaaronui
\par }
{\Q \VS{22}“I a Ihowā ahau, nō te tīmatanga rā anō o ōna ara,

\par }{\QB nō mua atu i āna mahi o neherā.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Nōnamata riro ahau i whakaritea ai,

\par }{\QB nō te tīmatanga, nō mua atu i te whenua.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}I te mea kāhore anō ngā rire, kua whānau ahau;

\par }{\QB i te mea kīanō he puna whai wai.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Nō mua atu i te whakaūnga o ngā maunga,

\par }{\QB nō mua i ngā pukepuke tōku whānautanga;


\par }{\Q \VS{26}i te mea kāhore anō i hangā noatia e ia te whenua, me ngā pārae,

\par }{\QB me te tīmatanga o te puehu o te ao.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}I tāna whakatūranga i ngā rangi, i reira anō ahau;

\par }{\QB i tāna whakaritenga i te awhi mō te mata o te rire;


\par }{\Q \VS{28}i tāna whakapūmautanga i ngā rangi i runga;

\par }{\QB i te totōtanga o ngā puna o te rire;


\par }{\Q \VS{29}i tāna rohenga mai i te moana,

\par }{\QB kei takahia tāna kupu e ngā wai;

\par }{\Q i tāna waitohutanga i ngā tūranga o te whenua,


\par }{\QB \VS{30}i reira ahau i tōna taha, he tohunga ki ngā mahi;

\par }{\Q he ahau nōna i ia rā, i ia rā,

\par }{\QB e koa ana i ngā wā katoa i tōna aroaro;


\par }{\Q \VS{31}e koa ana ki tāna ao,

\par }{\QB ā, ko tāku i āhuareka ai ko ngā tama a te tangata.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{32}“Nō reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo mai ki ahau;

\par }{\QB ka hari hoki te hunga e pupuri ana i ōku ara.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}Whakarongo mai ki te ako, kia whai whakaaro ai koutou;

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e paopaongia.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Ka hari te tangata e whakarongo ana ki ahau,

\par }{\QB e tatari ana i ōku tatau i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā,

\par }{\QB e whanga ana i ngā pou o ōku kūwaha.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Ko te tangata hoki e kite ana i ahau, e kite ana i te ora,

\par }{\QB ka whiwhi anō ia ki tā Ihowā manako mai.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}Ko te tangata ia e hara ana ki ahau, he mahi nanakia tāna ki tōna wairua ake;

\par }{\QB ko te hunga katoa e kino ana ki ahau, e aroha ana ki te mate.”




\par }\Chap{9}{\SH Te Tono a Wahine Whakaaronui
\par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}Kua oti i te whakaaro nui tētahi whare mōna te hanga,

\par }{\QB e whitu ngā pou kua oti te tārai e ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Kua oti āna kararehe te patu e ia, whakananu rawa tāna wāina;

\par }{\QB kua oti anō tāna tēpu te whakapai.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Kua ungā e ia āna kōtiro, e karanga ana ia

\par }{\QB i runga i ngā wāhi tiketike rawa o te pā.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}“Ki te mea he kūware tētahi, me peka mai ia ki konei!”

\par }{\QB Ko te tangata maharakore, ko tāna kupu tēnei ki a ia,


\par }{\Q \VS{5}“Haere mai, kainga tāku taro,

\par }{\QB inumia hoki te wāina kua oti nei te whakananu e ahau.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Kāti rā, e te hunga kūware, kia ora ai koutou;

\par }{\QB haere hoki i te ara o te mātauranga.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\SH Te Tangata Whakaaronui me te Tangata Whakahīhī
\par }
{\Q \VS{7}Ko ia e papaki ana i te tangata whakahīhī, ka whakamā;

\par }{\QB ā, ko ia e riri ana i te tangata kino, ka piri mai he hē ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Kaua e rīria te tangata whakahī, kei kino ia ki a koe;

\par }{\QB rīria ko te tangata whakaaro nui, ā, ka aroha ia ki a koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Hoatu te mōhio ki te tangata whakaaro nui, ā, ka neke ake ōna whakaaro;

\par }{\QB whakaakona te tangata tika, ā, ka nui ake tōna mōhio.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Ko te tīmatanga o te whakaaro nui ko te wehi ki a Ihowā;

\par }{\QB ko te mātauranga, ko te mōhio ki te Mea Tapu.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Māku hoki ka maha ai ōu rā,

\par }{\QB māku ka neke ake ai ngā tau e ora ai koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ki te nui ōu whakaaro, mōu anō ōu whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB ki te whakahī koe, māu anake tāu pīkaunga.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\SH He Tono a Wahine Kūware
\par }
{\Q \VS{13}Ko te wahine wairangi, he māngai nui ia;

\par }{\QB he kūware ia, kāhore ōna mōhio ki te aha, ki te aha.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Noho ana ia i te kūwaha o tōna whare

\par }{\QB i runga i te nohoanga i ngā wāhi tiketike o te pā;


\par }{\Q \VS{15}kia karanga atu ai ia ki ngā tāngata e haere ana i te ara,

\par }{\QB e mārō tonu ana ō rātou huarahi,


\par }{\Q \VS{16}“Ko te kūware, peka mai ki konei!”

\par }{\QB Tēnā ko te tangata whakaarokore,

\par }{\QB ko tāna kupu tēnei ki a ia,


\par }{\Q \VS{17}“He reka te wai tāhae,

\par }{\QB ā, he āhuareka te taro kai huna.”


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Tē mōhio ia kei reira ngā tūpāpaku;

\par }{\QB kei te rēinga riro ana i karanga ai.




\par }\Chap{10}{\SH Te Kohinga Tuatahi a ngā Whakatauki a Horomona
\par }
{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ko ngā whakatauki a Horomona.

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q He tama whakaaro nui, ka koa te pāpā;

\par }{\QB tēnā he tama kūware, he utanga nui mō tōna whaea.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Kāhore he rawa o ngā taonga o te kino;

\par }{\QB mā te tika ia te oranga ake i te mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}E kore a Ihowā e tuku i te wairua o te tangata tika kia hemokai;

\par }{\QB ka panā atu ia e ia te hiahia o te hunga kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He rawakore te tukunga iho o te ringa ngehe;

\par }{\QB mā te ringa kakama ia ka hua te taonga.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He kohi raumati tā tama ngākau mahara;

\par }{\QB he whakamā ia te rawa a tama moe ngahuru.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He manaaki kei te tumuaki o te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB he ārita ia kei te waha o te tangata kino, taupoki ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ka manaakitia te maharatanga ki te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB ka pirau ia te ingoa o te hunga kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}He ngākau whakaaro, ka tahuritia te whakahau;

\par }{\QB he ngutu wairangi, ka hinga.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko te tangata haere tika, e haere ora ana;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata parori kē ōna ara, ka mōhiotia ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Mā te whakakini o te kanohi ka puta ai te pōuri;

\par }{\QB ko te ngutu wairangi ia, ka hinga.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}He puna ora te māngai o te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te māngai o te hunga kino,

\par }{\QB ka taupokina tērā e te mahi nanakia.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ko tō te mauāhara he whakaoho i ngā totohe;

\par }{\QB ko tō te aroha he hīpoki i ngā hē katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}E kitea te whakaaro nui ki ngā ngutu o te tangata mātau;

\par }{\QB ko te rākau ia te mea mō te tuarā o te ngākaukore.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Rongoā ai te hunga whakaaro nui i te mātauranga;

\par }{\QB he whakangaromanga ia kei te hori tonu, te māngai o te wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Ko ōna rawa te pā kaha o te tangata taonga;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te hunga kore taonga, hei whakangaromanga tō rātou rawakore.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ko te mahi a te tangata tika e ahu ana ki te ora;

\par }{\QB ko ngā hua o te kino ki te hara.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Kei te ara ki te ora te tangata e pupuri ana i te kupu ako;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e kore e pai kia rīria tōna hē, ka kotiti kē.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Ko te tangata e huna ana i te mauāhara he ngutu teka;

\par }{\QB ā, he kūware te tangata e whakapuaki ana i te ngautuarā.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}E kore ngā kupu maha e hapa i te kino;

\par }{\QB he mahara nui ia te tangata he ngutu kokopi nei ōna.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}He hiriwa pai rawa te arero o te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB ko te ngākau o te hunga kino, he hauwarea rawa.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}He tokomaha e whāngaia ana e ngā ngutu o te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB ka mate ia te hunga kūware, he kore nō te ngākau mahara.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ka hua te taonga i tā Ihowā manaaki;

\par }{\QB kāhore hoki e kīnakitia e ia ki te pōuri.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Hei tākaro mā te wairangi te mahi hē;

\par }{\QB mā te tangata mātau ia ko te whakaaro nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ko tā te tangata kino i wehi ai ka tae anō ki a ia;

\par }{\QB ā, ko tā te hunga tika i hiahia ai, ka hōmai.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Pahure rawa ake te tūkauati kua kore te hunga kino;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te tangata tika he tūranga pūmau tērā.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}He winika ki ngā niho, he paowa ki ngā kanohi;

\par }{\QB koia anō te māngere ki ōna kaiunga.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā e whakaroa ana i ngā rā;

\par }{\QB ka whakapotoa mai ia ngā tau o te hunga kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Tūmanako atu te hunga tika, koa iho;

\par }{\QB tūmanako atu te hunga kino, ngaro iho.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}He kaha mō te tangata tika tā Ihowā ara;

\par }{\QB he whakangaromanga ia mō ngā kaimahi i te kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}E kore te tangata tika e whakangāueuetia ā ake ake;

\par }{\QB e kore ia e nohoia e te hunga kino te whenua.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Ko te māngai o te tangata tika hua ana te whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB ka tapahia ia te arero whanokē.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}E mōhio ana ngā ngutu o te tangata tika ki ngā mea ka manakohia;

\par }{\QB he whanokē ia e whakapuakina ana e te māngai o te hunga kino.




\par }\PoetryChap{11}{\Q \VerseOne{1}He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te pāuna hē;

\par }{\QB engari te taimaha tika tāna i pai ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ka tae te whakapehapeha, ka tae anō te whakamā;

\par }{\QB kei te hunga whakaiti ia te whakaaro nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Ko tō rātou ngākau tapatahi hei ārahi i te hunga tika;

\par }{\QB ka ai anō ko te whanokē ia o te hunga poka kē hei whakangaro mō rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}E kore te taonga e whai mana i te rā o te riri;

\par }{\QB kei te tika ia he oranga ake i te mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Mā te tika o te ngākau tapatahi ka tika ai tōna ara;

\par }{\QB ka hinga ia te tangata kino i runga i tōna kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Mā te tika o te hunga tika ka mawhiti ai rātou;

\par }{\QB ka mau ia ngā poka kē i runga i tō rātou kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}I te matenga o te tangata kino, kore iho āna mea i tūmanako atu ai;

\par }{\QB kāhore noa iho he tūmanakohanga mā te hunga hē.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ka mawhiti te tangata tika i roto i te raru,

\par }{\QB ā, ka riro te tangata kino hei whakakapi mō tōna tūranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Hei huna mō tōna hoa te māngai o te tangata whakapono kore;

\par }{\QB nā, mā te mōhio te hunga tika ka mawhiti ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ka pai te hunga tika, ka hari te pā;

\par }{\QB ka whakangaromia te hunga kino, ka tangi te umere.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Mā te manaaki o te hunga tika ka kake ai te pā;

\par }{\QB ka pakaru ia i te māngai o te hunga kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki tōna hoa he maharakore;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te tangata mātau, whakarongo puku ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ko te tangata haere, ka kawekawe kōrero e whāki ana i ngā mea ngaro;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata i te wairua pono, e hīpoki ana i te kōrero.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ki te kāhore he mōhio hei ārahi, ka hinga te iwi;

\par }{\QB he ora ia kei ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro tokomaha.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Ko te tangata ko tāna nei hei whakakapi mō tā te tangata kē, ka mamae;

\par }{\QB kei te ora ia te tangata e kino ana ki te tikanga whakakapi tūranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ka mau te korōria i te wahine tikanga pai;

\par }{\QB ka mau hoki te taonga i ngā tāngata taikaha.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}He atawhai i tōna wairua tā te tangata atawhai;

\par }{\QB ā, he whakararu i ōna kikokiko tā te tangata nanakia.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Ko te mahi a te tangata kino e utua ana ki te teka;

\par }{\QB ko te utu ia mō te kaiwhakatakoto i te tika, ū rawa.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te tangata ū ki te tika, ka whiwhi ki te ora;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata e whai ana i te kino e mea ana i te mate mōna.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ko tā Ihowā e whakarihariha ai he ngākau whanokē;

\par }{\QB ko tāna e āhuareka ai ko te hunga e tika ana tō rātou ara.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ahakoa awhi ngā ringa ki a rāua,

\par }{\QB e kore te tangata kino e waiho kia kore e whiua;

\par }{\QB ka mawhiti ia te uri o te hunga tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Rite tonu ki te whakakai kōura i te ihu o te poaka

\par }{\QB te wahine ātaahua kāhore nei ōna ngārahu pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Ko tā te hunga tika e minamina ai, ko te pai anake;

\par }{\QB ko te tūmanako ia a te hunga kino, ko te riri.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Tērā tētahi kei te rui, ā, tāpiritia mai ana anō;

\par }{\QB tērā tētahi kei te kaiponu i te mea e tika ana,

\par }{\QB heoi rawakore noa iho.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Ko te wairua ohaoha ka mōmona;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata e whakamākūkū ana, ka whakamākūkūria anō ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ko te tangata e kaiponu ana i te wīti, ka kangā tērā e te nuinga;

\par }{\QB ka tau ia te manaaki ki runga ki te māhunga o te tangata e hoko atu ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Ko te tangata e āta rapu ana i te pai, e rapu ana i te whakapai;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e rapu ana i te hē, ka tae tērā ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Ko te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki ōna taonga, ka taka;

\par }{\QB nā, ko te hunga tika ka rite tō rātou tupu ki tō te rau matomato.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Ko te tangata e whakararu ana i tōna whare, he hau te taonga e whakarērea iho mōna;

\par }{\QB hei pononga anō te kūware mā te ngākau whakaaro nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}Ko ngā hua o te tangata tika he rākau nō te ora;

\par }{\QB ka hopu wairua anō te tangata whakaaro tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Nanā, he utu anō tō te tangata tika i runga i te whenua;

\par }{\QB nui atu ia tō te tangata kino rāua ko te tangata hara.




\par }\PoetryChap{12}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te kupu ako e aroha ana ki te mātauranga;

\par }{\QB nā, ko te tangata e kore e pai kia rīria tōna hē, he pōauau tērā.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ko te tangata pai ka whiwhi ki tā Ihowā whakapai;

\par }{\QB otiia ka whakahēngia e ia te tangata ngārahu kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}E kore tā te tangata e ū i te kino;

\par }{\QB nā, ko te pakiaka o te hunga tika, e kore tērā e whakakorikoria.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He wahine e ū ana tōna pai, hei karauna tērā ki tāna tāne;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te wahine i whakamā ai ia, hei pirau tērā i roto i ōna wheua.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Ko ngā whakaaro o te hunga tika he tika;

\par }{\QB ko ngā whakaaro ia o te hunga kino he tinihanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Ko ngā kupu a te hunga kino e mea ana kia tauwhanga i te toto;

\par }{\QB mā te māngai ia o te hunga tika rātou ka ora ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ka hurihia iho te hunga kino, ā, kore iho;

\par }{\QB ko te whare ia o te hunga tika ka tū tonu.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ka rite ki tōna ngārahu te whakamoemiti mō te tangata;

\par }{\QB ko te ngākau parori kē ia ka whakahāweatia.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko te tangata e whakahāweatia ana, he pononga nei tāna,

\par }{\QB pai ake ia i te tangata e whakanui ana i a ia anō, ā, kāhore āna kai.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ko te tangata tika e whakaaro ana ia ki te ora o tāna kararehe;

\par }{\QB he nanakia ia ngā mahi atawhai a te hunga kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ko te tangata e mahi ana i tōna oneone ka mākona ia i te taro;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te tangata e whai ana i te hunga tekateka noa, kāhore ōna ngākau mahara.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ko tā te tangata kino e minamina ai ko te kupenga a te hunga kino;

\par }{\QB e whai hua ana ia te pakiaka o te hunga tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ka mau te tangata kino i te pokanga kētanga o ōna ngutu;

\par }{\QB ka puta mai ia te tangata tika i roto i te raru.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Mā ngā hua o tōna māngai ka mākona ai te tangata i te pai;

\par }{\QB ka riro mai anō i te tangata ngā utu o tā ōna ringa.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}He tika tonu ki ōna kanohi ake te ara o te kūware;

\par }{\QB e whakarongo ana ia te tangata whakaaro nui ki te kupu whakatūpato.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ko te kūware, e mōhiotia wawetia ana tōna riri;

\par }{\QB e hīpokina ana ia te whakamā e te tangata ngārahu tūpato.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko tā te tangata kōrero pono he whakapuaki i te tika;

\par }{\QB ko tā te kaiwhakaatu teka ia he tinihanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}He tangata anō ko āna kōrero maka noa, me te mea ko ngā werohanga a te hoari;

\par }{\QB he rongoā ia te arero o te hunga whakaaro nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ka ū tonu te ngutu pono ā ake ake;

\par }{\QB mō nāianei kau ia te arero teka.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}He tinihanga kei roto i te ngākau o ngā kaitito i te kino;

\par }{\QB he koa ia tō ngā kaiwhakatakoto kōrero e mau ai te rongo.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}E kore tētahi kino e pā ki te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB engari te hunga kino ka kī i te kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā ngutu teka;

\par }{\QB ko tāna e āhuareka ai ko ngā kaimahi i te pono.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Hīpoki ai te tangata tūpato i te mātauranga;

\par }{\QB e karanga nui ana ia te ngākau o ngā kūware i te kūwaretanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Mō te ringa o ngā uaua te kīngitanga;

\par }{\QB hei hōmai takoha ia te māngere.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Mā te pōuri i roto i te ngākau o te tangata e piko ai ia;

\par }{\QB mā te kupu pai ia ka mārama ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Hira ake te tangata tika i tōna hoa;

\par }{\QB te hunga kino ia ka whakapōhēhētia e tō rātou ara anō.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Kāhore te tangata māngere e tunu i tāna mea i hopu ai;

\par }{\QB mā te tangata uaua ia te taonga utu nui a ngā tāngata.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}He ora kei te ara o te tika;

\par }{\QB kāhore hoki he mate i tōna ara.




\par }\PoetryChap{13}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ko te tama whakaaro nui ka rongo ki tā tōna pāpā ako;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata whakahī ia e kore e rongo ki te riri.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}E kai te tangata i te pai i te hua o tōna māngai;

\par }{\QB ka kai ia te wairua o te hunga whanokē i te tutū.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Ko te tangata e tiaki ana i tōna māngai e pupuri ana i tōna ora;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e hāmama nui ana ōna ngutu, ko te whakangaromanga mōna.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}E hiahia ana te wairua o te tangata māngere, ā, kāhore he mea māna;

\par }{\QB ka meinga ia kia mōmona te wairua o te hunga uaua.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}E kino ana te tangata tika ki te kōrero teka;

\par }{\QB he mea whakarihariha ia te tangata kino, ā, whakamā noa iho.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Ko te tika hei kaitiaki mō te tangata e tapatahi ana te ara;

\par }{\QB ka whakatakā anō te tangata kino e te hara.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Tērā tētahi kei te āmene taonga mōna, heoi kāhore rawa he mea i a ia;

\par }{\QB tērā tētahi kei te whakarawakore i a ia, heoi nui atu ōna rawa.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ko ngā utu mō te tangata kia ora, ko ōna rawa;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te rawakore, e kore e rongo i te riri.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}E koa ana te mārama o te hunga tika;

\par }{\QB ka keto ia te rama o te hunga kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}He totohe anake i ahu mai i te whakapehapeha;

\par }{\QB he whakaaro nui ia kei te hunga i ngā kupu tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ko ngā taonga i puta mai i te whakamanamana ka iti haere;

\par }{\QB ko tā te tangata i whakaemi ai, he mea mahi, ka tupu haere.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}He manako tāringa roa, he patu ngākau;

\par }{\QB ka tae te koronga, ko te rākau ia o te ora.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki te kupu, ka ngaro i a ia anō;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e wehi ana i te whakahau, ka whiwhi ki te utu.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ko te ture o te hunga whakaaro nui, he puna nō te ora,

\par }{\QB e puta ai i ngā reti o te mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Ko tō te ngārahu pai he hōmai atawhai;

\par }{\QB he taikaha ia te ara o te hunga nanakia.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}He mahi mōhio tā te tangata tūpato;

\par }{\QB ko tā te wairangi he hora i te kūwaretanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ka hinga te karere kino ki te kino;

\par }{\QB ko te karere pono ia, ānō he rongoā.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Ko te tangata kāhore e pai ki te papaki, māna te rawakore, te whakamā;

\par }{\QB engari ko te tangata e whai mahara ana ki te ako, ka whakahōnoretia.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te hiahia kua rite, he reka ki te wairua;

\par }{\QB he whakarihariha ia ki ngā kūware te whakarere i te kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Haere i te taha o te hunga whakaaro nui, ā, ka whai whakaaro koe;

\par }{\QB ko te takahoa ia o ngā kūware, ka mamae.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ka whai te kino i te hunga hara;

\par }{\QB ko te utu ia ki te hunga tika, he pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}He whakarerenga iho tā te tangata pai mō ngā tamariki a ngā tamariki;

\par }{\QB kei te rongoā mō te tangata tika ngā taonga o te tangata hara.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}He nui te kai kei te ngakinga a ngā rawakore;

\par }{\QB tērā ia te mea e ngaro ana i te kore o te tikanga pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ko te tangata e kaiponu ana i tāna whiu, e kino ana ia ki tāna tama;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e aroha ana ki a ia, ka papaki wawe i a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Kai ana te tangata tika, mākona ana tōna wairua;

\par }{\QB ka hapa ia te kōpū o te tangata kino.




\par }\PoetryChap{14}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ko tā te wahine whakaaro nui he hanga i tōna whare;

\par }{\QB ko tā te wahine wairangi, ko ōna ringa hei wāhi iho.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ko te tangata e haere ana i runga i tōna tika, e wehi ana i a Ihowā;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata he parori kē ōna ara e whakahāwea ana ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Kei te māngai o te wairangi he patu whakapehapeha;

\par }{\QB mā ngā ngutu ia o te hunga whakaaro nui rātou ka ora ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ki te kāhore he kau, ka mā te takotoranga kai;

\par }{\QB mā te kaha ia o te kau ka nui ai ngā hua.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}E kore te kaiwhakaatu pono e teka;

\par }{\QB ka puaki ia te teka i te kaiwhakaatu teka.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}E rapu ana te tangata whakahī i te whakaaro nui, heoi kāhore e kitea e ia;

\par }{\QB ki te tangata mātau ia he māmā noa te mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Haere atu ki te aroaro o te kūware,

\par }{\QB ina kāhore e kitea e koe he ngutu mātau ōna.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ko te whakaaro nui o te tangata tūpato, he mātau ki tōna ara;

\par }{\QB ko te wairangi o ngā kūware, he tinihanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko tā ngā wairangi he kata ki te hē;

\par }{\QB nā, kei te hunga tika te whakaaro pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}E mōhio ana te ngākau ki tōna ake mamae,

\par }{\QB e kore anō hoki tōna koa e pikitia e te tangata kē.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ka whakangaromia te whare o te hunga kino;

\par }{\QB ka tupu ia te tēneti o te hunga tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}He huarahi anō tērā e tika ana ki tā te tangata titiro,

\par }{\QB ko tōna mutunga ia ko ngā huarahi ki te mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ahakoa e kata ana, e mamae ana te ngākau;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te mutunga o te koa, he pōuri.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ko te tangata i te ngākau tahuri kē, ka mākona i ōna ara ake;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata pai ka mākona i tāna ake anō.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Ko tā te kūware he whakapono ki ngā kupu katoa;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te tangata tūpato, ka āta titiro ki tāna hīkoi.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}E wehi ana te tangata whakaaro nui, ka neke atu i te kino;

\par }{\QB ko te kūware ia ka whakahī, ka tohe.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko te tangata riri wawe ka mahi i te wairangi;

\par }{\QB ka kinongia anō hoki te tangata i ngā rauhanga kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}He wairangi te whakarerenga iho mō ngā kūware;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata tūpato ia ka karaunatia ki te mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}E piko ana te hunga kino ki te aroaro o te hunga pai;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te hunga hē ki ngā kūwaha o te tangata tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}E kinongia ana te rawakore e tōna hoa ake nei anō;

\par }{\QB he tokomaha ia ngā tāngata e aroha ana ki te tangata taonga.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki tōna hoa, e hara ana;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e atawhai ana ki ngā rawakore, ka hari.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}He teka ianei e kotiti kē ana ngā kaiwhakatakoto i te kino?

\par }{\QB He atawhai ia, he pono, kei ngā kaihanga i te pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}He hua tō ngā māuiuitanga katoa;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te kōrero o ngā ngutu e ahu ana ki te rawakore.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Hei karauna mō ngā whakaaro nui ō rātou taonga;

\par }{\QB ko te wairangi ia o ngā kūware, he wairangi kau.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Ka ora ngā wairua i te kaiwhakaatu pono;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata kōrero teka ia e mea ana kia tinihanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ū tonu, kaha tonu te whakaaro ina wehi ki a Ihowā;

\par }{\QB ka whai rerenga atu anō hoki āna tamariki.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}He puna ora te wehi ki a Ihowā,

\par }{\QB e mahue ai ngā reti o te mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Mā te nui o te iwi ka whai hōnore ai te kīngi;

\par }{\QB mā te kore o te iwi ka taka ai te rangatira.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}He mātauranga nui tō te tangata manawanui;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata riri wawe ia, e whakaneke ake ana ia i te wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}He ora ki ngā kikokiko te ngākau ora;

\par }{\QB ko te hae ia, he pirau ki ngā wheua.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Ko te tangata e tūkino ana i te ware, he tāwai tāna ki tōna Kaihanga;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e atawhai ana i te rawakore, e whakahōnore ana i a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}E uakina iho ana te tangata kino i runga i tōna hē;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata tika ia ka whai tūmanakohanga i tōna matenga.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}Ka noho te whakaaro nui ki te ngākau o te tangata mātau;

\par }{\QB engari ko te mea kei te wāhi ki roto o ngā kūware e whakaaturia ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Mā te tika ka kake ai te iwi;

\par }{\QB mā te hara ia ka ingoa kino ai ngā iwi.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Ka manako te kīngi ki te pononga mahara;

\par }{\QB ā, ka riri ki te tangata i takea ai te whakamā.




\par }\PoetryChap{15}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Mā te kupu ngāwari e kaupare te riri;

\par }{\QB mā te kupu taimaha ia e whakaoho te riri.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ko te arero o te tangata whakaaro nui e whakahua tika ana i te mātauranga;

\par }{\QB e whakapuaki ana ia te māngai o ngā kūware i te wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Kei ngā wāhi katoa ngā kanohi o Ihowā,

\par }{\QB e titiro ana ki te hunga kino, ki te hunga pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ko te arero reka he rākau nō te ora;

\par }{\QB tēnā ki te whanokē a roto he wāwāhi wairua.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}E whakahāwea ana te wairangi ki te papaki a tōna pāpā;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e mahara ana ki te ako ka mōhio ki te tūpato.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He nui te taonga kei te whare o te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB he raruraru ia kei roto i ngā mea hua ki te tangata kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}E ruia ana te mātauranga e ngā ngutu o ngā whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB kāhore ia he pēnā a te ngākau o ngā kūware.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te whakahere a te hunga kino;

\par }{\QB engari, e manako ana ia ki te īnoi a te hunga tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te huarahi o te tangata kino;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e whai ana i te tika tāna e aroha ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}He kino te papaki ki te tangata e whakarere ana i te ara;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata e kino ana ki te ako, ka mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Kei te aroaro o Ihowā te rēinga me te whakangaromanga;

\par }{\QB engari rawa hoki ngā ngākau o ngā tama a te tangata.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}E kore te tangata whakahī e aroha ki te kaipapaki;

\par }{\QB e kore hoki e haere ki te hunga whakaaro nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Mā te koa o te ngākau ka pai ai te mata;

\par }{\QB mā te pōuri ia o te ngākau ka marū ai te wairua.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}E rapu ana te ngākau mōhio i te mātauranga;

\par }{\QB ko te kūware ia tā te māngai o ngā wairangi e kai ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}He kino ngā rā katoa o te hunga pōuri;

\par }{\QB he hākari tonu tā te tangata i te ngākau mārama.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}He pai kē te iti i kīnakitia ki te wehi ki a Ihowā,

\par }{\QB i te nui taonga i kīnakitia ki te raruraru.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}He pai ake te tina pūwhā ko te aroha hei kīnaki,

\par }{\QB i te kau whāngai e kīnakitia ana ki te mauāhara.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}He whakaoho tautohe tā te tangata pukuriri;

\par }{\QB he pēhi pakanga ia tā te tangata manawanui.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te ara o te tangata māngere, ānō he taiepa tātarāmoa;

\par }{\QB he ara nui ia tō te tangata tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}He tama whakaaro nui, ka koa te pāpā;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te tama kūware, he whakahāwea ki tōna whaea.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ki te tangata maharakore he mea whakahari te wairangi;

\par }{\QB he tika ia te haere a te tangata mātau.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ki te kāhore he rūnanga, ka pororaru ngā tikanga;

\par }{\QB mā te tokomaha ia o ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro ka mau ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Kei tā tōna māngai i whakahoki ai he koa mō te tangata;

\par }{\QB ko te kupu i te wā i tika ai, ānō te pai!


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ki te tangata whakaaro nui e ahu whakarunga ana te ara ki te ora,

\par }{\QB he mea kia mahue ai i a ia te rēinga o raro.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Ka hūtia ake e Ihowā te whare o te tangata whakakake;

\par }{\QB engari ka whakapūmautia e ia te rohe o te pouaru.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā whakaaro nanakia;

\par }{\QB he mea kohakore ia ngā kupu āhuareka.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Ko te tangata apo taonga, raruraru ana i a ia tōna whare;

\par }{\QB ka ora ia te tangata e kino ana ki ngā mea hōmai noa.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Ko te ngākau o te tangata tika e āta whakaaro ana ki te kupu hei whakahokinga;

\par }{\QB ko te māngai ia o te tangata kino e tāhoro ana i ngā mea kikino.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}E matara ana a Ihowā i te hunga kino;

\par }{\QB otiia e rongo ana ia ki te īnoi a te hunga tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}Mā te mārama o ngā kanohi ka koa ai te ngākau;

\par }{\QB ā, mā te rongo pai ka mōmona ai ngā wheua.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Ko te taringa e whakarongo ana ki te whakatūpato e ora ai,

\par }{\QB ka noho i waenga i te hunga whakaaro nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Ko te tangata e whakakāhore ana ki te papaki, e whakahāwea ana ki tōna wairua;

\par }{\QB engari ko te tangata e rongo ana ki te ako, ka whiwhi ki te ngākau mahara.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā te ako o te whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB ko te ngākau whakaiti hoki e haere ana i mua i te hōnore.




\par }\PoetryChap{16}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ko ngā whakatakataka a te ngākau nā te tangata;

\par }{\QB engari, ko te kupu whakahoki a te arero nā Ihowā.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ko ngā ara katoa o te tangata he mā ki ōna ake kanohi;

\par }{\QB ko Ihowā ia ki te pāuna i ngā wairua.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Utaina āu mahi ki runga ki a Ihowā,

\par }{\QB ā, ka whakapūmautia ōu whakaaro.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He mea hanga nā Ihowā ngā mea katoa mō tōna tutukitanga, mō tōna;

\par }{\QB āe rā, ko te tangata kino hoki mō te rā o te kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He mea whakarihariha nā Ihowā te hunga ngākau whakakake katoa;

\par }{\QB ahakoa pupuri te ringa ki te ringa, e kore ia e kore te whiua.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Ko te mahi tohu tangata me te pono hei pure mō te kino;

\par }{\QB mā te wehi hoki ki a Ihowā ka mawehe atu ai te tangata i te kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ki te pai a Ihowā ki ngā ara o te tangata,

\par }{\QB ka meinga e ia ōna hoariri nei anō kia mau te rongo ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}He pai ake te mea iti i runga i te tika,

\par }{\QB i ngā hua maha ki te kāhore he tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko te ngākau o te tangata hei whakaaro i tōna ara;

\par }{\QB ko Ihowā ia hei whakatika i tōna hīkoi.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}He kupu atua kei ngā ngutu o te kīngi;

\par }{\QB e kore tōna māngai e poka kē ina whakawā.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ko te taimaha tika, ko te pāuna tika, nā Ihowā;

\par }{\QB he mahi nāna ngā kōhatu katoa o te pūtea.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}He mea whakarihariha ki ngā kīngi te mahi i te kino;

\par }{\QB nā te tika hoki i ū ai te torōna.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}He mea āhuareka ki ngā kīngi ngā ngutu tika;

\par }{\QB e aroha ana hoki rātou ki te tangata e kōrero tika ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ko te riri o te kīngi ānō he karere mō te mate;

\par }{\QB engari ka whakamārietia e te tangata whakaaro nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}He ora kei te mārama o te mata o te kīngi;

\par }{\QB ā, ko tana manako he rite ki te kapua o tō muri ua.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ko te whiwhi ki te whakaaro nui, ānō te pai!

\par }{\QB Pai atu i te whiwhi ki te kōura;

\par }{\QB ko te whiwhi hoki ki te mātauranga te mea e hiahiatia nuitia atu i te hiriwa.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko te huanui o te hunga tika he mawehe atu i te kino,

\par }{\QB ko te tangata e whai whakaaro ana ki tōna ara, ka mau tōna wairua.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Haere ai te whakakake i mua o te whakangaromanga,

\par }{\QB te wairua whakapehapeha i mua i te hinganga.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te ngākau whakaiti i waenga i te hunga rawakore,

\par }{\QB pai atu i te uru ki te tūwhanga taonga a te hunga whakakake.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ko te tangata e tahuri ana ki te kupu, ka kite i te pai;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā, ka hari.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ka kīia te whakaaro nui he mātau;

\par }{\QB mā te reka hoki o ngā ngutu ka neke ai te mōhio.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ko te mātauranga te puna o te ora mō te tangata i whiwhi ki tērā;

\par }{\QB ko te ako ia mō te hunga wairangi ko tō rātou wairangi anō.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Mā te ngākau o te tangata whakaaro nui e tohutohu tōna māngai,

\par }{\QB e āpiti hoki he kupu mōhio ki ōna ngutu.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ko ngā kupu matareka ānō kei te honikoma,

\par }{\QB he reka ki te wairua, he rongoā ki ngā wheua.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Tērā he ara e tika ana ki te titiro a te tangata;

\par }{\QB ko tōna mutunga ia ko ngā ara ki te mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ko te hiahia o te tangata e mahi ana, e mahi ana mōna;

\par }{\QB nō te mea e akiakina ana ia e tōna māngai.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}E whakatakoto ana te tangata tikangakore i te kino,

\par }{\QB ā, kei ōna ngutu ānō he ahi e kā ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Ko tā te tangata whanokē he tītaritari i te raruraru;

\par }{\QB ko tā te tangata kawekawe kōrero he wehewehe i ngā hoa tupu.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Whakawai ai te tangata nanakia i tōna hoa,

\par }{\QB kawe ai i a ia ki te huarahi kāhore i pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}Ko te tangata e whakamoe ana i ōna kanohi, e mea ana kia whakaaroa ai e ia ngā mea whanokē;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata e kokopi ana i ōna ngutu e whakatutuki ana i te kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}He karauna korōria te māhunga hina,

\par }{\QB e ka kitea i runga i te ara o te tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Engari rawa te tangata manawanui i te tangata kaha,

\par }{\QB te tangata e pēhia ana e ia tōna wairua i te tangata i horo ai te pā.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}E makā ana te rota ki roto ki te kokorutanga o te kākahu;

\par }{\QB kei a Ihowā ia te tikanga katoa.




\par }\PoetryChap{17}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ko te maramara kai, ko te mea maroke me te āta noho hei kīnaki,

\par }{\QB pai atu i te whare kī i ngā hākari a te ngangare.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Hei rangatira te pononga mahara mō te tama i whakamā ai;

\par }{\QB ka whai wāhi anō ia i roto i tō ngā tēina.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Ko te oko tahu para mō te hiriwa, ko te oumu mō te kōura;

\par }{\QB ko Ihowā ia hei whakamātau mō ngā ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ko te kaimahi i te hē ka tahuri ki tā te ngutu kino;

\par }{\QB ā, ka whai taringa te teka ki tā te arero whanokē.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Ko te taunu ki te rawakore he tāwai ki tōna Kaihanga;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata e koa ana ki ngā aituā, e kore e kore te whiua.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Hei karauna mō ngā koroheke ngā tamariki a ngā tamariki;

\par }{\QB nā, ko te korōria o ngā tamariki ko ō rātou mātua.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}E kore te reo rangatira e tau ki te kūware;

\par }{\QB hore rawa anō hoki te ngutu teka ki te rangatira.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ko te tangata i te mea hōmai noa, he kōhatu whakapaipai tērā ki tāna titiro;

\par }{\QB tōna tahuritanga ake ki hea, ki hea, ka whiwhi ki te pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko te tangata e hīpoki ana i te hē, e whai ana i te aroha;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te tangata kōrerorero, e wehewehe ana i ngā hoa tupu.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ko te ngotonga o te kupu riri ki roto ki te tangata mātau,

\par }{\QB nui atu i tō ngā whiu kotahi rau ki roto ki te whakaarokore.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}He whakakeke kau tā te tangata kino e whai ai;

\par }{\QB nō reira ka tukua atu he karere nanakia ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Kia tūtaki ki te tangata te pea kua tangohia āna kūao;

\par }{\QB pai atu i te whakaarokore i a ia e wairangi ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ko te tangata e hōmai ana i te kino hei utu mō te pai,

\par }{\QB e kore te kino e neke atu i tōna whare.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ko te tīmatanga o te totohe i rite ki te tangata e tuku ana i te wai kia rere;

\par }{\QB nā reira waiho atu te totohe i te mea kīanō i oho te ngangare.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Ko te tangata e whakatika ana i tā te tangata kino,

\par }{\QB me ia e whakahē ana i tā te tangata tika,

\par }{\QB he rite tahi taua rua, he mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Hei aha te utu i te ringa o te kūware,

\par }{\QB hei hoko i te whakaaro nui, kāhore nei hoki ōna mātauranga?


\par }{\Q \VS{17}E aroha ana te hoa i ngā wā katoa;

\par }{\QB nā, ko te teina, ko te tuakana, i whānau tērā mō ngā aituā.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Ko tā te tangata ngākaukore he papaki ringa;

\par }{\QB kua waiho hei whakakapi tūranga i te aroaro o tōna hoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te ngangare e aroha ana ki te kino;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata e whakarewa ana i tōna kūwaha e rapu ana i te whakangaromanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ko te ngākau parori kē e kore e kite i te pai;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata he whanokē tōna arero ka taka ki te kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ka whānau he whakaarokore mā tētahi tangata, hei whakapōuri tērā mōna;

\par }{\QB e kore anō hoki e koa te pāpā o te pōauau.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}He rongoā pai te ngākau koa;

\par }{\QB ki te marū ia te wairua, ka maroke ngā wheua.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}E tango ana te tangata kino i te mea whakapati i te uma,

\par }{\QB hei whakapeau kē i ngā ara o te whakarite whakawā.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Kei te aroaro o te tangata mātau ngā whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB kei ngā pito ia o te whenua ngā kanohi o te whakaarokore.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Ko te tamaiti whakaarokore he mea whakapōuri i tōna pāpā,

\par }{\QB he mea whakakawa i te ngākau o tōna whaea.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ehara anō hoki i te mea pai kia whiua te tangata tika,

\par }{\QB kia patua rānei ngā rangatira mō te tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}He mātauranga tō te tangata e tohu ana i āna kupu;

\par }{\QB ā, he whakaaro tō te tangata i te wairua manawanui.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Ko te wairangi nei anō, ki te whakarongo puku, ka kīia he whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB ki te kokopi ōna ngutu, ka kīia ia he tūpato.




\par }\PoetryChap{18}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ko te tangata tū kē, e whai ana i tā tōna ake hiahia,

\par }{\QB e ngangau ana ki ngā whakaaro tōtika katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Kāhore o te whakaarokore āhuareka ki te mātauranga;

\par }{\QB engari kia whakakitea e ia tōna ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I te taenga mai o te tangata kino ka tae mai anō te whakahāwea,

\par }{\QB me te tāwai hei hoa mō te whakamā.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He wai hōhonu ngā kupu a te māngai o te tangata;

\par }{\QB he awa e rere ana te puna o te whakaaro nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Ehara i te mea pai te whakapai ki te kanohi o te tangata kino,

\par }{\QB te whakapeau kē rānei i tā te tangata tika ina whakawā.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}E uru ana ngā ngutu o te whakaarokore ki te totohe,

\par }{\QB e karanga ana tōna māngai ki ngā whiu.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Hei huna anō mōna te māngai o te whakaarokore;

\par }{\QB ā, ko ōna ngutu hei rore mō tōna wairua.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ānō he kai reka ngā kupu a te kawe kōrero;

\par }{\QB tae tonu iho ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko te tangata anō hoki e māngere ana ki tāna mahi,

\par }{\QB hei teina ia ki te tangata maumau.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Hei pourewa kaha te ingoa o Ihowā;

\par }{\QB rere ana te tangata tika ki reira, ā, ora ake.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ko ngā rawa o te tangata taonga hei pā kaha mōna,

\par }{\QB hei pā tiketike ki tōna whakaaro.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}I mua ake o te whakangaromanga ka whakakake te ngākau o te tangata;

\par }{\QB i mua ake anō hoki o te hōnore ko te ngākau pāpaku.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ko te tangata e whakahoki kupu ana i te mea kāhore anō ia i rongo noa,

\par }{\QB he mahi wairangi tērā nāna, he hanga whakamā.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}E whakamanawanui te wairua o te tangata ki tōna mate;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te wairua marū, ko wai e kaha ki tērā?


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Ka whiwhi te ngākau o te tangata mātau ki te mōhio;

\par }{\QB e rapu ana hoki te taringa o ngā whakaaro nui ki te mōhio.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Mā te mea tuku noa a te tangata ka wātea ai he wāhi mōna,

\par }{\QB ka kawea hoki ia e tērā ki te aroaro o ngā tāngata nunui.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko te tangata nāna te kupu tuatahi i te whakawā me te mea kei a ia te tika;

\par }{\QB nā, ka haere mai tōna hoa, kei te rapu i te tikanga o tāna.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Mā te rota e mutu ai ngā tautohe,

\par }{\QB ā, ko tērā hei tauārai i waenganui o te hunga kaha.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te tuakana, teina rānei, i whakatakariritia, pakeke atu i te pā kaha;

\par }{\QB ā, ko aua tū ngangare me he tūtaki tatau nō te whare rangatira.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ka kī te kōpū o te tangata i ngā hua o tōna māngai,

\par }{\QB ka mākona ia i ngā hua o ōna ngutu.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ko te mate, ko te ora kei te arero;

\par }{\QB ko te hunga e aroha ana ki tērā ka kai i ōna hua.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ko te tangata kua kite i te wahine māna,

\par }{\QB kua kite i te mea pai, kua whiwhi hoki ki tā Ihowā whakapai.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}He īnoi tā te rawakore hanga he taikaha ia

\par }{\QB te whakahoki a te tangata taonga.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ko te tangata tini ngā hoa aroha e whai ana i te hē mōna;

\par }{\QB tērā anō ia te hoa aroha, nui atu i tō te tuakana, i tō te teina, tōna piri mai.




\par }\PoetryChap{19}{\Q \VerseOne{1}He pai kē te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,

\par }{\QB i te ngutu whanokē, i te whakaarokore.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Nā, ehara hoki i te mea pai kia kaua he mātauranga mō te wairua;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata e hohoro ana ōna waewae, ka hara.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}E whakaparoritia ana te ara o te tangata e tōna wairangi;

\par }{\QB e amuamu ana hoki tōna ngākau ki a Ihowā.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Mā te rawa ka tokomaha atu ai ngā hoa aroha;

\par }{\QB e wehea atu ana ia, te rawakore i tōna hoa aroha.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}E kore te kaiwhakapae teka e whakaharakoretia;

\par }{\QB e kore hoki e mawhiti te tangata kōrero teka.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He tokomaha e whai kia manakohia e te tangata ringa mahora;

\par }{\QB he hoa aroha hoki ngā tāngata katoa nō te tangata e hōmai mea ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}E kino ana ngā tēina katoa o te rawakore ki a ia;

\par }{\QB nā, nui kē atu te mataratanga atu o ōna hoa i a ia!

\par }{\Q Whai noa āna kupu i a rātou,

\par }{\QB heoi kua riro rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te whakaaro nui mōna, e aroha ana ki tōna wairua ake;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te mātauranga, ka tūtaki ki te pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}E kore te kaiwhakapae teka e whakaharakoretia;

\par }{\QB ka hunā hoki te tangata kōrero teka.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}E kore e tau te noho rangatira ki te whakaarokore;

\par }{\QB he makere rawa te noho ko te pononga hei rangatira mō ngā rangatira.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ko te ngārahu tūpato ka pupuri i tōna riri;

\par }{\QB ā, hei whakakorōria mōna te whakarere noa iho i te hē.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ko te riri o te kīngi rite tonu ki te hāmama o te raiona;

\par }{\QB ko tana manako ia ānō he tōmairangi i runga i te tarutaru.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}He aituā mō tōna pāpā te tamaiti whakaarokore;

\par }{\QB ā, ko ngā ngangare a te wahine, me te māturuturu pūputu tonu.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}He whare, he taonga i tuku iho i ngā mātua;

\par }{\QB ko te hoa wahine mahara i a Ihowā.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Mā te māngere e mea kia moe i te moe reka;

\par }{\QB ka matekai hoki te wairua o te rōrā.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te whakahau e pupuri ana i tōna wairua;

\par }{\QB engari, ko te tangata kore whakaaro ki ōna ara ka mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko te tangata e ohaoha ana ki te rawakore e whakatārewa moni ana ki a Ihowā,

\par }{\QB ā, ka utua ki a ia tāna mahi atawhai.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Pākia tāu tama, i te mea kua whai manakohanga;

\par }{\QB kaua hoki tōu ngākau e whai tonu i te whakangaromanga mōna.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te tangata riri nui māna e waha tōna hē;

\par }{\QB ki te whakaora hoki koe i a ia, ka waiho tonu tēnā hei mahi māu.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Whakarongo ki te kupu tohutohu, tahuri mai hoki ki te ako,

\par }{\QB kia whai whakaaro ai koe i tōu mutunga iho.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}He maha ngā whakaaro i roto i te ngākau o te tangata;

\par }{\QB e tū tonu ana ia tā Ihowā tikanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ko te hiahia o te tangata te aronga o tana atawhai;

\par }{\QB engari te rawakore i te tangata teka.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā te ara ki te ora;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata kei a ia tērā, ka noho mākona;

\par }{\QB e kore tētahi hē e pā ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}E kuhua ana e te māngere tōna ringa ki te rīhi,

\par }{\QB e kore rawa nei e whakahokia e ia ki tōna māngai.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Pākia te tangata whakahī, ā, ka tūpato ngā kūware;

\par }{\QB ākona hoki te tangata mahara, ā, ka mōhio ia ki te mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ko te tangata e pāhua ana i tōna pāpā, e pei atu ana hoki i tōna whaea,

\par }{\QB he tama ia e whakamā ai, e ingoa kino ai hoki.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Kāti, e tāku tama, te whakarongo ki te ako

\par }{\QB hei mea kau e kotiti atu ai i ngā kupu o te mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}E whakahī ana te kaiwhakaatu hē ki te whakawā;

\par }{\QB e horomia ana hoki te kino e te māngai o te hunga kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Kua rite he whakawā mō ngā whakahī,

\par }{\QB he whiu mō te tuarā o ngā whakaarokore.




\par }\PoetryChap{20}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ko tā te wāina he whakahī, ko tā te wai kaha he ngangau;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te hunga katoa e whakapōhēhētia ana e tērā, kāhore ō rātou whakaaro nui.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ānō he raiona e hāmama ana te wehi o te kīngi;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata e whakaoho ana i a ia kia riri, e hara ana ki tōna wairua ake.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}He whakahōnore mō te tangata te noho wātea mai i te ngangare;

\par }{\QB engari ko ngā wairangi he kōwhetewhete tonu.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Kāhore te māngere e parau, he mea ki te hōtoke;

\par }{\QB nō reira ka pākiki kai māna i te kotinga wīti, ā, kāhore e whiwhi.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He wai hōhonu te whakaaro i roto i te ngākau o te tangata;

\par }{\QB e utuhia anō ia e te tangata mātau.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Ko tā te tini o te tangata he kauwhau i tōna atawhai ake;

\par }{\QB ko wai ia e kite i te tangata pono?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ko te tangata tika, e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,

\par }{\QB ka manaakitia āna tamariki i muri i a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ko te kīngi e noho ana i runga i te torōna whakawā,

\par }{\QB tītaritaria ana e ōna kanohi ngā hē katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko wai e mea, “Kua mā i ahau tōku ngākau,

\par }{\QB kua tahia atu ōku hara”?


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ko ngā pāuna huhua, ko ngā mēhua huhua,

\par }{\QB he rite tahi taua rua, he mea whakarihariha anake ki a Ihowā.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}He tamariki nei anō ka mōhiotia ki āna hanga,

\par }{\QB he mā rānei, he tika rānei tāna mahi.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ko te taringa rongo, ko te kanohi titiro,

\par }{\QB nā Ihowā rāua ngātahi i hanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Kaua e matenuitia te moe, kei rawakoretia koe;

\par }{\QB titiro ōu kanohi, ā, ka mākona koe i te taro.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}“Ehara ehara,” e ai tā te kaihoko;

\par }{\QB tōna haerenga atu ia, kei te whakamanamana.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}He kōura tēnā me te tini o te rupi;

\par }{\QB engari he taonga utu nui ngā ngutu o te mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Tangohia te kākahu o te kaiwhakakapi mō te tangata kē;

\par }{\QB puritia hoki te tangata i taunahatia hei whakakapi mō ngā tāngata kē.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}He reka ki te tangata te taro o te teka;

\par }{\QB muri iho ka kī tōna māngai i te kirikiri.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Mā te rūnanga ka ū ai ngā whakaaro;

\par }{\QB kia pai hoki te ngārahu ina anga ki te whawhai.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te tangata e kōpikopiko ana ki te kawekawe kōrero, ka whākina e ia ngā kōrero ngaro;

\par }{\QB nā reira kaua e raweke atu ki te tangata ngutu hāmama.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ko te tangata e kanga ana i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea,

\par }{\QB ka tineia tōna rama i roto i te pōuri kerekere.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}I te tīmatanga e hohoro mai pea te taonga;

\par }{\QB e kore ia tōna mutunga e whakapaingia.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Kaua e mea, “Ka utua e ahau te kino”;

\par }{\QB tāria tā Ihowā, ā, kei a ia he oranga mōu.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā taimaha rerekē;

\par }{\QB ā, e kore hoki te pāuna tinihanga e pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Nā Ihowā ngā hāereerenga o te tangata;

\par }{\QB nā, mā te aha te tangata ka mātau ai ki tōna ara?


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Hei rore ki te tangata te oho noa ake ki te mea, “He tapu!”

\par }{\QB ā, i muri i ngā kī taurangi, kia uiui.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ka tītaritaria e te kīngi whakaaro nui te hunga kino,

\par }{\QB ā, ka hurihia hoki e ia te wīra patu wīti ki runga ki a rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}He rama nā Ihowā te manawa o te tangata,

\par }{\QB e rapu ana i ngā mea katoa i roto rawa i te kōpū.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Hei kaitiaki mō te kīngi te atawhai me te pono;

\par }{\QB e tautokona ake ana hoki tōna torōna e te atawhai.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Ko te korōria o ngā taitama ko tō rātou kaha;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te ātaahua o ngā kaumātua ko te upoko hina.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}E tahia atu ana te kino e ngā kārawarawa o te patunga;

\par }{\QB ā, e tae rawa ana ngā whiu ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.




\par }\PoetryChap{21}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Kei roto te ngākau o te kīngi i te ringa o Ihowā ānō he awa rerenga wai;

\par }{\QB e whakaangahia ana e ia ki ngā wāhi katoa e pai ai ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ko ngā ara katoa o te tangata, tika kau ki ōna kanohi ake;

\par }{\QB ko Ihowā ia hei pāuna i ngā ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Ko te mahi i te tika, i te whakawā,

\par }{\QB ki tā Ihowā, pai atu i te patunga tapu.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He kanohi whakakake, he ngākau whakapehapeha,

\par }{\QB ā, ko te rama hoki o te hunga kino, he hara kau.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Ko ngā whakaaro o te tangata uaua e ahu anake ana ki te hua o te taonga;

\par }{\QB ko te hunga tākare katoa ia e whawhai kau ana ki te mūhore.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}E rite ana tā te arero teka āmi i te taonga ki te mamaoa e āia noatia ana;

\par }{\QB ko te hunga e rapu ana i ērā e rapu ana i te mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Mā te pāhua a te hunga kino e tahi atu rātou;

\par }{\QB mō rātou kāhore e pai ki te whakawā.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}He ara tino kōpikopiko tō te tangata e waha ana i te hara;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te tangata mā, he tika tāna mahi.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He pai kē te noho i te kokonga o te tuanui,

\par }{\QB i te noho tahi me te wahine ngangare i roto i te whare māhorahora.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ko tā te wairua o te tangata kino he hiahia ki te kino;

\par }{\QB e kore ōna kanohi e manako ki tōna hoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ki te whiua te tangata whakahī, ka whai whakaaro te kūware;

\par }{\QB ā, ki te whakaakona te tangata whakaaro nui, ka whiwhi ia ki te mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ka āta whakaaroa e te tangata tika te whare o te tangata kino;

\par }{\QB te pēheatanga e whakatakā ai te hunga kino ki te mate mō rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ko te tangata e puru ana i ōna taringa ki te karanga a te rawakore,

\par }{\QB tērā hoki ia e karanga, heoi e kore e whakarangona.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Mā te mea hōmai puku ka mārie ai te riri,

\par }{\QB mā te moni whakapati hoki i roto i te uma ka mārie ai te āritarita kaha.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}He mahi koa nā te tangata tika te whakawā;

\par }{\QB mō ngā kaimahi ia i te kino, ko te whakangaromanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ko te tangata e kotiti kē ana i te huarahi o te mahara,

\par }{\QB ka noho ia i te whakaminenga o ngā tūpāpaku.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko te tangata matenui ki ngā āhuareka, ka rawakore;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te wāina, ki te hinu, e kore e whai taonga.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Hei utu te tangata kino mō te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB ā, ka haere mai te tangata kōpeka hei whakakapi mō te tangata tū tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}He pai kē te noho i te koraha,

\par }{\QB i te noho tahi me te wahine tohetohe, wahine pukukino.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Kei te nohoanga o te tangata whakaaro nui te taonga mōmōhanga me te hinu;

\par }{\QB heoi maumauria ake e te wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ko te tangata e whai ana i te tika, i te atawhai,

\par }{\QB ka whiwhi ki te ora, ki te tika, ki te hōnore.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ka pikitia e te tangata whakaaro nui te pā o ngā mārohirohi,

\par }{\QB ka taka hoki i a ia te kaha i whakawhirinaki ai rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Ko te tangata e tiaki ana i tōna māngai,

\par }{\QB i tōna arero, e tiaki ana i tōna wairua kei raru.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ko te tangata whakakake, whakapehapeha, ko te tangata whakahī tōna ingoa,

\par }{\QB e mahi ana ia i runga i te whakahirahira o tōna whakamanamana.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Ka mate te tangata māngere i tōna hiahia anō;

\par }{\QB e kore hoki ōna ringa e pai ki te mahi.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Tērā te hanga he kaiapo tonu ā pau noa te rā;

\par }{\QB ko tā te tangata tika ia he hōmai, kāhore hoki āna kaiponu.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}He mea whakarihariha te whakahere a te tangata kino;

\par }{\QB tērā noa ake ina hē te whakaaro i kawea mai ai e ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Ka mate te kaiwhakaatu teka;

\par }{\QB nā, ko te tangata whakarongo, ka kōrero, kāhore he kaiwhakahē.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Ka whakamārō te tangata kino i tōna mata;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te tangata tika, ka whakapai i ōna ara.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}I tō Ihowā aroaro kāhore he whakaaro nui,

\par }{\QB kāhore he mātauranga, kāhore he kupu mōhio, e tū.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Kua rite noa ake he hōiho mō te rā o te whawhai;

\par }{\QB kei a Ihowā ia te whakaoranga.




\par }\PoetryChap{22}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Engari te ingoa pai e whiriwhiria rawatia i ngā taonga nui,

\par }{\QB me te manakohanga aroha i te hiriwa, i te kōura.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ka tūtataki te tangata taonga rāua ko te rawakore;

\par }{\QB ko Ihowā te kaihanga ō rātou katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Ko te tangata tūpato, ka kitea atu e ia te hē, ka huna i a ia;

\par }{\QB ko ngā kūware, haere tonu atu, mamae tonu atu.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ko te hua o te māhaki, ā, ko te wehi ki a Ihowā,

\par }{\QB he taonga, he hōnore, he ora.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He tātarāmoa, he māhanga kei te ara o te whanokē;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e tiaki ana i tōna wairua, ka matara atu i ēnā.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Whakatupuria ake te tamaiti i te ara e haere ai ia,

\par }{\QB ā, ka kaumātua, e kore e mahue i a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}E whakatakoto tikanga ana te tangata taonga mō ngā rawakore;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata i te nama, hei pononga ia mā te tangata nāna i whakatārewa mai.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ko te kairui o te kino, ka kokoti i te hē;

\par }{\QB ā, ka kāhore noa iho te patu o tōna riri.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko te kanohi ohaoha, ka manaakitia tērā;

\par }{\QB e hoatu ana hoki e ia tētahi wāhi o tāna taro mā te rawakore.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Peia atu te tangata whakahī, ā, ka riro te ngangare;

\par }{\QB ka mutu anō hoki te totohe me te whakahāwea.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te ngākau mā,

\par }{\QB ko te kīngi he hoa mōna, mō te āhuareka o ōna ngutu.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Mā ngā kanohi o Ihowā e tiaki te tangata whai mātauranga,

\par }{\QB e whakatakā ana hoki e ia ngā kupu a te tangata kōpeka.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}E mea ana te māngere, “He raiona kei waho;

\par }{\QB ka whakamatea ahau ki ngā huarahi!”


\par }{\Q \VS{14}He poka hōhonu te māngai o ngā wāhine kē;

\par }{\QB ka taka ki roto tā Ihowā tangata e whakarihariha ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Paihere rawa te wairangi ki roto ki te ngākau o te tamaiti,

\par }{\QB otiia, mā te rākau o te whiu e pei kia matara atu i a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ko te tangata e tūkino ana i te rawakore kia maha atu ai he taonga māna,

\par }{\QB me te tangata hoki e hoatu mea ana ki te tangata taonga,

\par }{\QB ka tutuki rāua ki te mūhore kau.


\par }{\SH He Whakatauki a te Hunga Whakaaronui
\par }
{\Q \VS{17}Anga mai tōu taringa, whakarongo mai hoki ki ngā kupu a te hunga whakaaro nui,

\par }{\QB kia tahuri mai hoki tōu ngākau ki tōku mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}He mea āhuareka hoki, mehemea ka puritia e koe i roto i tōu kōpū,

\par }{\QB ki te ū ngātahi rāua ki runga ki ōu ngutu.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Kia okioki ai koe ki a Ihowā,

\par }{\QB koia i whakakitea ai e ahau aua mea ki a koe i tēnei rā – ki a koe nā anō.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}He teka ianei hira rawa ngā mea kua tuhituhia atu nei e ahau ki a koe,

\par }{\QB he kupu ako, he kupu mōhio;


\par }{\Q \VS{21}kia mōhio ai koe ki te tūturutanga o ngā kupu o te pono,

\par }{\QB kia whakahokia ai e koe he kupu pono

\par }{\QB ki te hunga e ngare ana i a koe?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{22}Kaua e pāhuatia te rawakore, nō te mea he rawakore ia,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e whakatupuria kinotia te tangata iti i te kūwaha.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Nō te mea ka tohea e Ihowā tā rātou tohe,

\par }{\QB ka pāhuatia anō hoki e ia te wairua o te hunga e pāhua ana i a rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Kaua e whakahoa ki te tangata pukuriri;

\par }{\QB kei haere tahi hoki koe i te tangata āritarita;


\par }{\Q \VS{25}kei ākona e koe ōna ara,

\par }{\QB ā, ka riro i a koe he māhanga mō tōu wairua.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Kei uru koe ki roto ki te hunga papaki ringa,

\par }{\QB ki ngā kaiwhakakapi tūranga rānei mō te moni tārewa;


\par }{\Q \VS{27}ki te kāhore āu mea hei utu,

\par }{\QB hei aha i tangohia ai e ia tōu moenga i raro i a koe?


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Kaua e whakanekehia atu te rohe tawhito

\par }{\QB i whakatakotoria e ōu mātua.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Kei te kite rānei koe i tētahi tangata e uaua ana ki tāna mahi?

\par }{\QB Ka tū ia ki te aroaro o ngā kīngi;

\par }{\QB e kore ia e tū ki te aroaro o ngā ware.




\par }\PoetryChap{23}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ki te noho tahi kōrua ko te rangatira ki te kai,

\par }{\QB āta whakaaroa mārietia tērā i tōu aroaro;


\par }{\Q \VS{2}whakapākia he māripi ki tōu korokoro,

\par }{\QB ki te mea he tangata kakai koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Kaua e hiahia ki āna mea reka;

\par }{\QB he kai tinihanga hoki ērā.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Kaua e tāruke ki te mea taonga;

\par }{\QB kāti tāu mea ki tōu mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}E anga mai rānei ōu kanohi ki taua mea korekore nei?

\par }{\QB He pono hoki ka whai parirau te taonga,

\par }{\QB koia ānō kei te ēkara, rere ana whaka te rangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Kaua e kainga te kai a te tangata kanohi kino,

\par }{\QB kei minamina hoki koe ki āna mea reka.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ko tāna hoki e mea ai i roto i a ia, pērā tonu ia,

\par }{\QB “E kai, e inu!” koia tāna kupu ki a koe;

\par }{\QB kāhore ia ōna ngākau ki a koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ko te kongakonga i kainga e koe, ka ruakina e koe,

\par }{\QB ka maumauria anō hoki āu kupu reka.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Kaua e kōrero ki ngā taringa o te kūware;

\par }{\QB ka whakahāwea hoki ia ki te whakaaro nui o āu kupu.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Kei whakanekehia e koe te rohe tawhito;

\par }{\QB kei haere koe ki ngā māra a te pani;


\par }{\Q \VS{11}nō te mea he kaha tō rātou kaiwhakaora;

\par }{\QB ka tohea e ia tā rātou tohe ki a koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Anga atu tōu ngākau ki te ako,

\par }{\QB me ōu taringa ki ngā kupu o te mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Kaua e tohungia te whiu ki te tamaiti;

\par }{\QB ki te patua hoki ia e koe ki te rākau, e kore ia e mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Tātātia ia e koe ki te rākau,

\par }{\QB ā, ka whakaorangia e koe tōna wairua i te rēinga.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}E tāku tama, ki te whakaaro nui tōu ngākau,

\par }{\QB ka koa hoki tōku ngākau, āe rā, tōku nei anō;


\par }{\Q \VS{16}āe rā, ka hari ōku whatumanawa,

\par }{\QB ina kōrero ōu ngutu i ngā mea tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Kei hae tōu ngākau ki te hunga hara;

\par }{\QB engari kia wehi koe ki a Ihowā, ā pau noa te rā.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}He pono hoki tērā ānō he whakautu;

\par }{\QB e kore anō hoki tāu i tūmanako ai e hātepea atu.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}Whakarongo rā, e tāku tama, kia whai whakaaro hoki koe,

\par }{\QB ā, whakatikaia tōu ngākau i te ara.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Kei uru ki te hunga kakai wāina;

\par }{\QB ki te hunga pukukai kikokiko;


\par }{\Q \VS{21}nō te mea ka tutuki tahi te tangata inuinu rāua ko te tangata kakai ki te rawakore;

\par }{\QB he tawhetawhe hoki te kākahu a te momoe mō te tangata.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{22}Whakarongo ki tōu pāpā nāna koe;

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e whakahāwea ki tōu whaea ina rūruhi ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Hokona te pono, kaua hoki e whakawhitiwhitia;

\par }{\QB āe rā, te whakaaro nui, te ako hoki, me te mātauranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Nui atu hoki te koa o te pāpā o te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata e whānau he tama whakaaro nui māna, ka hari ia ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Kia hari tōu pāpā rāua ko tōu whaea,

\par }{\QB inā, kia koa te wahine i whānau ai koe.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{26}E tāku tama, hōmai tōu ngākau ki ahau,

\par }{\QB kia manako anō hoki ōu kanohi ki āku ara.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Nō te mea he rua hōhonu te wahine kairau;

\par }{\QB he poka kūiti te wahine kē.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Āe rā, ka whanga ia ānō he kaipāhua,

\par }{\QB ā, ka whakatokomahatia e ia ngā tāngata poka kē.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{29}Ko wai e auē? Ko wai e tangi?

\par }{\QB Ko wai e totohe? Ko wai e ngangautia?

\par }{\Q Ko wai e marū, he mea takekore?

\par }{\QB Ko wai e whero tonu ōna kanohi?


\par }{\Q \VS{30}Ko te hunga e noho roa ana ki te wāina;

\par }{\QB ko te hunga e haere ana ki te rapu i te wāina whakaranu.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Kaua e titiro ki te wāina i te mea e whero ana,

\par }{\QB ina puta tōna kara i roto i te kapu,

\par }{\QB ina mania tōna heke.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Tōna tukunga iho ānō he nākahi e ngau ana,

\par }{\QB koia anō kei te wero a te neke.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}E kite hoki ōu kanohi i ngā mea rerekē,

\par }{\QB ā, ka puta he kupu rerekē i tōu ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Āe rā, ka rite koe ki te tangata e takoto ana i waenga moana,

\par }{\QB ki te tangata rānei e takoto ana i te tihi o te rewa.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Ā, ka mea koe, “Patua ana ahau e rātou, ā, kīhai ahau i mamae;

\par }{\QB tātātia ana ahau e rātou, ā, kīhai ahau i mōhio.

\par }{\Q Āhea ahau ara ake ai?

\par }{\QB Ka rapua anō e ahau.”


\par }{\BB \par }


\PoetryChap{24}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Kei hae koe ki te hunga kino,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e hiahia hei hoa mō rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ko tā tō rātou ngākau hoki e whakaaro ai, he tūkino,

\par }{\QB ko tā ō rātou ngutu e kōrero ai, he whanokē.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}Mā te whakaaro nui ka hangā ai te whare,

\par }{\QB ā, mā te mātauranga ka ū ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Mā te mōhio hoki ka kī ai ngā rūma

\par }{\QB i ngā taonga utu nui katoa, i ngā mea āhuareka.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He kaha te tangata whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB āe, e whakanuia ana e te tangata mōhio te kaha.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Nā, kia pai te ngārahu ina anga koe ki te whawhai;

\par }{\QB kei te tokomaha hoki o ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro te ora.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}He tiketike rawa te whakaaro nui mō te wairangi;

\par }{\QB e kore e kuihi tōna māngai i te kūwaha.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Ko te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te kino,

\par }{\QB ka kīia he whanokē.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He hara te whakaaro wairangi;

\par }{\QB he mea whakarihariha anō ki te tangata te tangata whakahī.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Ki te ngoikore koe i te rā o te hē,

\par }{\QB he iti tōu kaha.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Whakaorangia te hunga e kawea atu ana ki te mate,

\par }{\QB ā, puritia mai hoki e koe te hunga e meatia ana kia whakamatea.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ki te mea koe, “Nanā, kīhai tēnei i mōhiotia e mātou”;

\par }{\QB kāhore ianei te kaipāuna ngākau i te whakaaro ki tērā?

\par }{\Q Ā, ko te kaitiaki o tōu wairua, kāhore rānei ia e mōhio,

\par }{\QB e kore rānei e hōmai e ia ki te tangata kia rite ki tāna mahi?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}Kainga, e tāku tama, te honi, he pai hoki;

\par }{\QB me te honikoma, he mea reka hoki ki tōu māngai.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ka mōhio ai koe ki te whakaaro nui, he mea ki tōu wairua;

\par }{\QB ki te kitea e koe, he tukunga iho anō tōna, e kore hoki tāu i tūmanako ai e hātepea.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Kaua, e te tangata kino, e whanga ki te nohoanga o te tangata tika;

\par }{\QB kei tūkino koe ki tōna takotoranga.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}E hinga ana hoki te tangata tika, e whitu hinganga, ka ara ake anō;

\par }{\QB ka whakatakā ia te hunga kino e te hē.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}Kaua e harakoa ki te hinga tōu hoariri,

\par }{\QB kaua hoki tōu ngākau e hari ina taka ia;


\par }{\Q \VS{18}kei kite a Ihowā, ā, ka hē ki tāna titiro,

\par }{\QB ā, ka tahuri atu tōna riri i a ia.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}Kei mamae koe, he mea mō ngā kaimahi i te kino,

\par }{\QB kei hae hoki ki te hunga kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Kāhore hoki he mutunga pai ki te tangata kino;

\par }{\QB ka keto hoki te rama a te hunga kino.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{21}E tāku tama, e wehi ki a Ihowā, ki te kīngi hoki;

\par }{\QB ā, kaua e whakauru noa atu ki te hunga e mea ana ki te whakaputa kē.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Nō te mea ka puta tata te aituā mō rātou;

\par }{\QB ā, ko wai ka mōhio ki te whakangaromanga ō rāua tokorua?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\SH Ētahi atu Whakatauki Whakaaronui
\par }
{\Q \VS{23}He whakatauki anō hoki ēnei nā te hunga whakaaro nui:

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q Ehara i te mea pai kia whakaaro ki te kanohi tāngata ina whakawā.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te tangata kino, “He tika koe,”

\par }{\QB ka kanga ngā iwi ki a ia, ka whakarihariha ngā tauiwi ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Otiia ka koa ngā ngākau o te hunga e rīria ai tōna hē,

\par }{\QB ka tau iho anō hoki te manaaki pai ki runga ki a rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ka kihia e ia ngā ngutu e whakahoki ana

\par }{\QB i ngā kupu tika.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{27}Meinga kia takoto pai tāu mahi i waho,

\par }{\QB kia rite hoki hei meatanga māu i te māra;

\par }{\QB muri iho ka hanga i tōu whare.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{28}Kaua koe e tū hei kaiwhakaatu hē mō tōu hoa, i te mea kāhore he take;

\par }{\QB ā, kaua e tinihanga ki ōu ngutu.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Kaua e kī, “Ka meatia anō e ahau ki a ia tāna i mea ai ki ahau;

\par }{\QB ka rite ki tā te tangata mahi tāku e whakahoki ai ki a ia.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{30}I haere ahau i te taha o te māra a te māngere,

\par }{\QB i te taha hoki o te māra wāina a te tangata kāhore ōna mahara;


\par }{\Q \VS{31}nā, kua tupuria katoatia e te tātarāmoa,

\par }{\QB kapi tonu te mata o te māra i te ongaonga,

\par }{\QB ā, ko tō reira taiepa kōhatu kua oti te wāhi.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Kātahi ahau ka titiro, ka āta whakaaroaro;

\par }{\QB ka kite ahau, ā, ka hopu mai hei ako mōku.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}Kia iti ake nei te wāhi e parangia ai, kia iti ake nei te moe,

\par }{\QB kia iti ake te kōtuituitanga o ngā ringa ka moe ai.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Ka pērā te haerenga mai o tōu mūhore ānō he kaipāhua;

\par }{\QB o tōu rawakore hoki ānō he tangata mau patu.




\par }\Chap{25}{\SH He Whakatauki anō nā Horomona
\par }
{\PP \VerseOne{1}He whakatauki anō ēnei nā Horomona, he mea tuhi e ngā tāngata a Hetekia kīngi o Hūrā.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}Ko tō te Atua whakakorōria, he huna mea;

\par }{\QB ko tō ngā kīngi whakakorōria he rapu mea.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Ko te rangi mō te tiketike, ko te whenua mō te hōhonu,

\par }{\QB ā, ko te ngākau o ngā kīngi, tē taea te rapu.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Tahia atu te para i te hiriwa,

\par }{\QB ā, ka puta mai he oko mā te kaitahi para;


\par }{\Q \VS{5}tangohia atu te tangata kino i te aroaro o te kīngi,

\par }{\QB ā, ka ū tōna torōna i runga i te tika.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Kei whakaputa i a koe ki mua i te aroaro o te kīngi,

\par }{\QB kei tū hoki ki te wāhi o ngā metararahi.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}He pai kē hoki kia kīia mai ki a koe, “Haere mai ki runga nei,”

\par }{\QB i te mea kia whakahokia iho koe ki raro i te aroaro o te rangatira.

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q I kitea nei e ōu kanohi


\par }{\QB \VS{8}kei hohoro te haere ki te ngangare,

\par }{\Q kei kore e kitea e koe tāu e mea ai i tōna mutunga iho,

\par }{\QB ina meinga koe e tōu hoa kia whakamā.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Tohea tāu tohe ki tōu hoa tonu,

\par }{\QB ā, kaua e whākina te mea huna a tētahi:


\par }{\Q \VS{10}kei kohukohutia koe e te tangata i rongo,

\par }{\QB ā, kore ake tōu ingoa kino e tahuri atu.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}He kupu i tika te kōrero,

\par }{\QB ko tōna rite kei ngā āporo kōura i roto i ngā kete hiriwa.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}He pērā i te whakakai kōura, i te whakapaipai kōura parakore

\par }{\QB koia anō te ako a te whakaaro nui ki te taringa rongo.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Rite tonu ki te mātao o te hukarere i te kotinga wīti

\par }{\QB te karere pono ki ōna kaingare;

\par }{\QB ka ora hoki i a ia te ngākau o ōna ariki.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}He pērā i ngā kapua me te hau uakore,

\par }{\QB koia anō te rite o te tangata e whakamanamana ana ki āna hākari horihori.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Mā te roa e whakamanawanui ana ka whakaae mai ai te kīngi,

\par }{\QB ā, mā te arero ngāwari ka mangungu ai te wheua.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Kua kitea e koe he honi, kainga ko te wāhi e mākona ai koe;

\par }{\QB kei kī rawa koe i taua mea, ka ruakina e koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Kia takitahi tōu waewae ki te whare o tōu hoa;

\par }{\QB kei hōhā ia ki a koe, ā, ka kino ki a koe.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Ko te tangata e whakaatu teka ana mō tōna hoa,

\par }{\QB he patu ia, he hoari, ā, he pere koi.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te whakawhirinaki ki te tangata tinihanga i te wā o te raru,

\par }{\QB e rite ana ki te niho whati, ki te waewae kua takoki.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ko te tangata e waiata ana ki te ngākau pōuri,

\par }{\QB e rite ana ki te tangata e whakarere ana i te kākahu i te rangi māeke,

\par }{\QB ki te winika hoki i runga i te hōura.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{21}Ki te matekai tōu hoariri whāngaia ki te taro;

\par }{\QB ki te matewai whakainumia ki te wai;


\par }{\Q \VS{22}ka pūrangatia hoki e koe he waro kāpura ki tōna māhunga,

\par }{\QB ā, ka utua tāu e Ihowā.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}E mauria ana mai e te hauraro he ua;

\par }{\QB e pērātia ana hoki e te arero ngautuarā, he kanohi pukuriri.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}He pai kē te noho i te kokonga o te tuanui,

\par }{\QB i te noho tahi me te wahine ngangare i roto i te whare māhorahora.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}He rongo pai nō te whenua tawhiti,

\par }{\QB tōna rite kei ngā wai mātao ki te wairua matewai.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Me te manawa-whenua i takatakahia, me te puna i whakaparuparutia,

\par }{\QB koia anō te tangata tika e hinga ana i te aroaro o te tangata kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Ehara i te mea pai te kai nui i te honi;

\par }{\QB waihoki ko ā te tangata rapu i tō rātou ake korōria ehara i te korōria.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Ko te tangata e kore nei e pēhi i tōna wairua,

\par }{\QB e rite ana ki te pā kua pakaru, kāhore ōna taiepa.




\par }\PoetryChap{26}{\Q \VerseOne{1}He pērā i te hukarere i te raumati, i te ua hoki i te kotinga wīti,

\par }{\QB te kore e tau o te hōnore mō te wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}He pērā i te manu e rererere noa ana, i te warou i ōna rerenga

\par }{\QB te kanga pokanoa; e kore e whakatau.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}He whiu mō te hōiho, he paraire mō te kāihe,

\par }{\QB ā, he rākau mō te tuarā o ngā wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Kei rite ki tōna whakaarokore tāu whakautu ki te wairangi,

\par }{\QB kei rite hoki a koe nā ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Kia rite ki tōna whakaarokore tāu whakautu ki te wairangi,

\par }{\QB kei mea ia he whakaaro nui ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Ko te tangata e tuku kōrero ana mā te ringa o te wairangi,

\par }{\QB e tapahi ana i ōna waewae anō, e inumia ana hoki te hē.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}E tautau noa ana ngā waewae o te kopa;

\par }{\QB he pērā hoki te whakatauki i te māngai o te wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ko te takai mea whakapaipai i roto i te pūranga kōhatu,

\par }{\QB ko tōna rite kei te tangata e whakakorōria ana i te wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}E rite ana ki te tātarāmoa e wero nei i te ringa o te haurangi,

\par }{\QB koia anō te whakatauki i te māngai o ngā wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ka rite ki te kaikōpere i tū ai te katoa,

\par }{\QB te tangata e utu ana i te wairangi

\par }{\QB me te tangata hoki e utu ana i ngā tira haere.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ka rite ki te kurī e hoki nei ki tōna ruaki,

\par }{\QB te wairangi e tuarua ana i tōna pōauau.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ka kite koe i te tangata e mea ana ki a ia he whakaaro nui?

\par }{\QB Ki tā te whakaaro tērā e rahi ake tā te wairangi i tāna.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}E kī ana te māngere, “He raiona kei te ara;

\par }{\QB he raiona kei ngā waharoa.”


\par }{\Q \VS{14}He pērā i te tatau e tāhurihuri rā i runga i ōna īnihi,

\par }{\QB koia anō te māngere i runga i tōna moenga.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}E kuhua ana e te māngere tōna ringa ki te rīhi;

\par }{\QB he mahi ngenge rawa ki a ia te whakahoki mai ki tōna māngai.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}He nui kē ake te whakaaro nui o te māngere, ki tāna nei whakaaro,

\par }{\QB i tō ngā tāngata tokowhitu e whakaatu ana i te tikanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko te tangata e haere atu ana, e pokanoa ana ki te whawhai ehara nei i a ia,

\par }{\QB ko tōna rite kei te tangata e hopu ana i te kurī ki ōna taringa.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Rite tonu ki te haurangi e makamaka ana i ngā mea mura,

\par }{\QB i ngā pere, i te mate,


\par }{\Q \VS{19}te tangata e tinihanga ana ki tōna hoa,

\par }{\QB e mea ana, “He teka ianei he tākaro tāku?”


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ki te kāhore he wahie, ka mate te ahi;

\par }{\QB ki te kore hoki he tangata kawekawe kōrero, ka mutu te ngangare.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}He waro ki ngā ngārahu wera, he wahie ki te ahi;

\par }{\QB he pērā te tangata totohe ki te tahu i te ngangare.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}He rite ngā kupu a te kaikawekawe kōrero ki te maramara reka,

\par }{\QB tae tonu iho ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}He ngutu pukā me te ngākau kino,

\par }{\QB ko te rite kei te oko oneone i whakakikoruatia ki te para hiriwa.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ko te tangata mauāhara e whakaware ana ki ōna ngutu,

\par }{\QB otiia e rongoātia ana e ia te tinihanga ki roto ki a ia;


\par }{\Q \VS{25}ki te pai tōna reo, kaua e whakapono ki a ia;

\par }{\QB e whitu hoki ngā mea whakarihariha kei roto i tōna ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Ahakoa hīpoki tōna mauāhara i a ia ki te tinihanga,

\par }{\QB ka whakakitea nuitia tōna kino ki te aroaro o te whakaminenga.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Ko te tangata e keri ana i te rua, ka taka anō ki roto;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te tangata e huri ana i te kōhatu, ka hoki mai anō ki runga ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}E kino ana te arero teka ki āna i kuru ai,

\par }{\QB ā, ko tā te māngai whakapati, he mahi kia ngaro.




\par }\PoetryChap{27}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Kei whakamanamana koe ki te rā āpōpō;

\par }{\QB kāhore hoki koe e mōhio ko te aha e puta mai i roto i te rā.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Mā tētahi atu tangata te whakamoemiti mōu, kaua mā tōu māngai ake;

\par }{\QB mā te tangata kē, kaua mā ōu ngutu ake.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}He taimaha te kōhatu, he taimaha anō te kirikiri;

\par }{\QB he taimaha atu ia i ā rāua tahi te pukuriri o te wairangi.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He mea nanakia te riri, he rūtaki te āritarita;

\par }{\QB ko wai ia e tū i mua i te hae?


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He pai kē te riri matanui

\par }{\QB i te aroha huna.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Ko ngā patu a te hoa aroha he mea nā te pono;

\par }{\QB ko ngā kihi ia a te hoariri auau rawa.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}E ngaruru ana te wairua mākona ki te honikoma;

\par }{\QB engari ki te wairua hiakai, reka kau ngā mea kawa katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Rite tonu ki te manu e ātiutiu noa atu ana i tōna kōhanga

\par }{\QB te tangata e ātiutiu noa atu ana i tōna wāhi.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He whakahari ngākau te hinu me te whakakakara;

\par }{\QB he pērā anō ngā āhuareka o tō te tangata hoa aroha

\par }{\QB i ahu mai i ngā tikanga mateoha i whakatakotoria e tōna ngākau.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ko tōu hoa aroha ake, ā, ko te hoa hoki o tōu pāpā, kaua e whakarērea;

\par }{\QB kaua hoki e haere ki te whare o tōu tuakana i te rā e mate ai koe.

\par }{\Q He pai kē hoki te hoa e tata ana

\par }{\QB i te tuakana i tawhiti.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}E tāku tama, kia whakaaro nui, kia koa ai tōku ngākau,

\par }{\QB kia whakahoki kupu ai hoki ahau ki te hunga e tāwai ana ki ahau.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}E kite atu ana te tangata tūpato i te hē, ā, ka huna i a ia;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te kūware, haere tonu atu, mamae tonu atu.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Tangohia te kākahu o te kaiwhakakapi mō te tangata kē;

\par }{\QB tōna taunaha anō hoki mō tā te wahine kē.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ko te tangata e maranga ana i te atatū,

\par }{\QB he nui hoki tōna reo ki te manaaki i tōna hoa,

\par }{\QB ka kīia tāna he kanga.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}He māturuturu e pūputu tonu ana i te rā nui te ua,

\par }{\QB he wahine ngangare, rite tonu rāua;


\par }{\Q \VS{16}ko te tangata e mea ana ki te pēhi i a ia,

\par }{\QB e mea ana ki te pēhi i te hau, ā, ka tūtaki tōna ringa matau ki te hinu.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko te rino hei whakakoi mō te rino;

\par }{\QB waihoki ko te tangata anō hei whakakoi i te mata o tōna hoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ōna hua;

\par }{\QB ka whakahōnoretia te tangata e whakaaro ana ki tōna rangatira.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}He pērā i te wai, tiro atu, tiro mai he kanohi,

\par }{\QB ka pēnā anō tō te tangata ngākau ki te tangata.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ko te rēinga, ko te whakangaromanga, e kore e mākona;

\par }{\QB e kore anō hoki e mākona ngā kanohi o te tangata.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ko te oko tahu para mō te hiriwa, ko te oumu mō te kōura;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te whakanui i a ia, hei whakamātautau mō te tangata.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ahakoa i tukua e koe te wairangi ki te tuki i roto i te kumete

\par }{\QB i waenga i ngā wīti pēpē,

\par }{\QB e kore tōna whakaarokore e riro.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{23}Kia anga nui koa kia mōhio ki te āhua o āu hipi,

\par }{\QB ā, kia pai te tiaki i āu kāhui kau;


\par }{\Q \VS{24}e kore hoki te taonga e mau tonu;

\par }{\QB e mau ianei te karauna ki ngā whakatupuranga katoa?


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Kua whāiti te hei, e kitea ana te tupu hou,

\par }{\QB ā, e kohikohia ana ngā otaota o ngā maunga.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Hei mea kākahu mōu ngā reme,

\par }{\QB ā, ko ngā koati hei utu mō te māra.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Ā tērā te waiū koati, he nui noa atu hei kai māu,

\par }{\QB hei kai hoki mā tōu whare,

\par }{\QB hei oranga anō hoki mō āu kōtiro.




\par }\PoetryChap{28}{\Q \VerseOne{1}E rere ana te hunga kino i te mea kāhore he kaiwhai;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata tika anō ia, ānō he raiona te māia.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}He hē nō tētahi whenua

\par }{\QB i tokomaha ai ōna rangatira;

\par }{\Q nā, kia ai he tangata e mahara ana, e mātau ana,

\par }{\QB ka mau roa ai tōna āhua.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Ko te tangata rawakore e tūkino ana i ngā ware,

\par }{\QB ko tōna rite kei te ua tā e kore ai te kai.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ko te hunga e whakarere ana i te ture,

\par }{\QB he whakamoemiti tā rātou ki te tangata kino;

\par }{\QB ko tā ngā kaipupuri ia o te ture he ngangare ki a rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}E kore te hunga kino e mōhio ki te whakawā:

\par }{\QB ko te hunga ia e rapu ana i a Ihowā, ka mōhio rātou ki ngā mea katoa.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He pai kē te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi,

\par }{\QB i te tangata he parori kē ōna ara, ahakoa he whai taonga ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te ture, he tamaiti mōhio ia;

\par }{\QB engari ko te tangata whakahoa ki te hunga kakai,

\par }{\QB ka whakamā tōna pāpā i a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ko te tangata e whakanui ana i ōna rawa ki te moni whakatupu, ki te whakapiki utu,

\par }{\QB e kohia ana e ia ērā mā te tangata e atawhaitia ai te rawakore.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ko te tangata e tahuri kē ana tōna taringa,

\par }{\QB ā, kāhore e rongo ki te ture, ko tāna īnoi nei ānō he mea whakarihariha.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Ko te tangata i meinga ai te hunga tika,

\par }{\QB kia kotiti kē ki te ara hē, ka taka a ia anō ki tāna ake poka;

\par }{\QB ka whiwhi ia te hunga ngākau tapatahi ki te pai.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ki te whakaaro a te tangata taonga he nui tōna whakaaro mōhio;

\par }{\QB otiia e rapua ana tāna e te rawakore whai whakaaro.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Nui atu te ātaahua, ina koa te hunga tika;

\par }{\QB engari ki te ara te hunga kino, ka huna ngā tāngata i a rātou.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ko te tangata e hīpoki ana i ōna hē, e kore tāna e kake;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e whāki ana, ā, e whakarere ana, ka tohungia.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ka hari te tangata e wehi tonu ana;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e whakapakeke ana i tōna ngākau, ka taka ki te kino.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}E rite ana ki te raiona e hāmama ana, ki te pea e kōpikopiko ana,

\par }{\QB te tangata kino e kīngi ana ki te iwi rawakore.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ko te rangatira kore whakaaro he nui anō tāna tūkino;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e kino ana ki te apo ka roa ōna rā.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ko te tangata e waha ana i te toto o te tangata,

\par }{\QB ka rere ia ki roto ki te rua;

\par }{\QB kaua tētahi e pupuri i a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Ko te tangata he tapatahi nei te haere, ka ora;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia he parori kē ōna ara, hinga tonu iho.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ko te tangata e ngaki ana i tōna oneone, ka mākona i te taro;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e whai ana i te hunga wairangi, ka whiwhi nui ki te rawakore.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ko te tangata pono, ka nui ngā manaaki mōna;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e hīkaka ana ki te mea taonga, e kore ia e kore te whiwhi i te hē.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ko te whakapai kanohi ehara i te mea pai –

\par }{\QB ehara anō hoki i te mea pai kia hē te tangata mō te kongakonga taro.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Ko te tangata he kino tōna kanohi e tākare tonu ana ki te taonga;

\par }{\QB kāhore hoki ia e whakaaro ka tae mai te kore o te rawa ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Ko te tangata i rīria ai te hē o tētahi, ka nui atu te manako ki a ia i muri iho,

\par }{\QB i te manako ki te tangata i whakapati nei tōna arero.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ko te tangata e pāhua ana i tōna pāpā, i tōna whaea,

\par }{\QB ā, e kī ana, “Ehara i te hē,”

\par }{\QB he hoa ia nō te kaiwhakangaro.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Ko tā te tangata ngākau apo he whakapātari pakanga;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e okioki ana ki a Ihowā ka tetere.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}He kūware te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki tōna ake ngākau;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e haere ana i runga i te whakaaro nui, ka mawhiti.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Ko te tangata e hoatu ana ki te rawakore, e kore ia e hapa;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e kaupare ana i ōna kanohi, ka maha ngā kanga mōna.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Ka ara te hunga kino, ka huna ngā tāngata i a rātou;

\par }{\QB nā, ki te ngaro rātou, ka tupu te hunga tika.




\par }\PoetryChap{29}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ko te tangata he maha nei ngā riringa i tōna hē, ā, ka whakapakeke i tōna kakī

\par }{\QB ka whatia ohoreretia ia – tē taea te rongoā.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ka whakanuia te hunga tika, ka koa te iwi;

\par }{\QB ka kīngi te tangata kino, ka auē te iwi.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te whakaaro nui e whakahari ana i tōna pāpā;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e piri ana ki ngā wāhine kairau, he maumau taonga tāna.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Mā te whakawā a te kīngi e mau ai te whenua;

\par }{\QB ka whakatakā ia e te tangata e tango ana i ngā mea hōmai noa.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Ko te tangata e whakapati ana ki tōna hoa,

\par }{\QB e whakatakoto kupenga ana mō ōna waewae.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He rore kei roto i te hē o te tangata kino;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata tika ia he waiata tāna, he koa.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}E mahara ana te tangata tika ki te take a te rawakore;

\par }{\QB kāhore o te tangata kino whakaaro kia mōhiotia e ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Mā ngā tāngata whakahī e tahu te pā kia mura;

\par }{\QB ko tā te hunga whakaaro nui ia he whakatahuri atu i te riri.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ki te totohe te tangata whakaaro nui ki te tangata wairangi,

\par }{\QB ahakoa riri ia, kata rānei, kāhore he tānga.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}E mauāhara ana te tangata whakaheke toto ki te tangata i te ngākau tapatahi;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te hunga tika, ka whai rātou kia whakaorangia ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}E puakina ana e te wairangi tōna riri katoa ki waho;

\par }{\QB e puritia mai ana ia e te tangata whakaaro nui, e pēhia ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ki te whakarongo te rangatira ki te teka,

\par }{\QB he kino katoa āna tāngata.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}E tūtaki ana te rawakore rāua ko te kaitūkino ki a rāua;

\par }{\QB ko Ihowā te kaiwhakamārama o ngā kanohi ō rāua tokorua.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ko te kīngi e pono ana tāna whakawā mō ngā rawakore,

\par }{\QB ka whakapūmautia tōna torōna ake ake.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Ko te whiu, ko te riri i te hē, he mea hōmai ērā i te whakaaro nui;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te tamaiti mahue noa, ka whakamā a ia tōna whaea.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ka tokomaha te hunga kino, ka nui te hē;

\par }{\QB ka kite ia te hunga tika i tō rātou hinganga.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Pākia tāu tama, ā, ka whai okiokinga koe i a ia;

\par }{\QB āe rā, he āhuareka tāna e hōmai ai ki tōu wairua.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Ki te kāhore he whakakitenga, ka kore te iwi e tūpato;

\par }{\QB ko te kaipupuri ia i te ture, ka hari ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ehara te kupu i te papaki mō te pononga;

\par }{\QB ahakoa hoki ia mātau, e kore ia e rongo.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ka kite rānei koe i te tangata kaikā ki te kōrero?

\par }{\QB Engari, te wairangi ka tōtika ake i a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Ko te tangata e penapena ana i tāna pononga mai o te tamarikitanga,

\par }{\QB ka waiho ia e ia i te mutunga hei tama tupu.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}He whakaoho whawhai tā te tangata pukuriri;

\par }{\QB he nui rawa hoki te hē o te tangata āritarita.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Ka whakaititia iho te tangata e tōna whakapehapeha;

\par }{\QB ka whai hōnore ia te tangata ngākau pāpaku.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ko te tangata e whakauru ana ki tā te tāhae, e kino ana ki tōna ake wairua;

\par }{\QB e rongo ana ia i te kanga, kāhore e kīkī.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}He rore e hōmai ana e te wehi ki te tangata;

\par }{\QB ko te tangata ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā ka mawhiti.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}He tokomaha e whai ana kia paingia e te rangatira;

\par }{\QB otiia i ahu mai i a Ihowā te whakawā mō te tangata.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}He mea whakarihariha ki te hunga tika te tangata whakahaere hē;

\par }{\QB ā, he mea whakarihariha hoki ki te tangata kino te tangata he tika tōna ara.




\par }\Chap{30}{\SH Ngā Whakatauki a Akuru
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{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ko ngā kupu a Akuru tama a Iakehe; ko te poropititanga.

\par }{\Q I kōrero taua tangata ki a Itiere,

\par }{\QB ki a Itiere rāua ko Ukara:


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}He pono ko ahau te mea pōauau rawa o ngā tāngata,

\par }{\QB kāhore hoki he mātauranga tangata i roto i ahau.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Kīhai hoki ahau i whakaakona ki te whakaaro nui,

\par }{\QB kīhai anō i mōhio ki te Mea Tapu.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ko wai kua piki atu ki te rangi, ā, heke mai ai anō?

\par }{\QB Ko wai kua pūpū i te hau ki roto ki ōna ringa?

\par }{\Q Nā wai i takai ngā wai ki roto ki tōna kākahu?

\par }{\QB Nā wai i whakapūmau ngā pito katoa o te whenua?

\par }{\Q Ko wai tōna ingoa,

\par }{\QB ā, ko wai hoki te ingoa o tāna tama?

\par }{\QB Ki te mōhiotia e koe!


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Ko ngā kupu katoa a te Atua he mea whakamātau;

\par }{\QB he whakangungu rākau ia ki te hunga katoa e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Kaua e tāpiritia ētahi kupu ki āna,

\par }{\QB kei rīria e ia tōu hē, ā, ka kitea koe he tangata kōrero teka.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}E rua ngā mea kua īnoia e ahau i a koe;

\par }{\QB kaua ēnā e kaiponuhia i ahau i mua i tōku matenga:


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Whakamataratia atu i ahau te horihori me te kōrero teka;

\par }{\QB kaua e hōmai te rawakore ki ahau, te taonga rānei;

\par }{\QB whāngaia ahau ki te kai e rite ana māku.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Kei mākona ahau, ā, ka whakakāhore ki a koe,

\par }{\QB ka mea, “Ko wai a Ihowā?”

\par }{\Q Kei rawakore rānei ahau, ā, ka whānako,

\par }{\QB ka whakahua noa hoki i te ingoa o tōku Atua.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Kaua e kōrerotia te pononga ki tōna ariki,

\par }{\QB kei kanga ia i a koe, ā, ko koe e hē.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Tērā te whakatupuranga, he kanga tā rātou i tō rātou pāpā,

\par }{\QB kāhore hoki e manaaki i tō rātou whaea.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Tērā te whakatupuranga, he mā ki tā rātou nā titiro,

\par }{\QB otirā kāhore anō kia horoia atu tō rātou paru.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Tērā te whakatupuranga, nā, te whakakake o ō rātou kanohi.

\par }{\QB Kua whakarewaina ake hoki ō rātou kamo!


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Tērā te whakatupuranga, ko ō rātou niho ānō he hoari,

\par }{\QB ko ō rātou niho pūrākau ānō he māripi,

\par }{\Q hei horo i te hunga iti i runga i te whenua,

\par }{\QB i ngā rawakore hoki i roto i ngā tāngata.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}E rua ngā tamāhine a te ngata,

\par }{\QB ko tā rāua karanga, “Hōmai, hōmai.”

\par }{\Q E toru ngā mea e kore rawa e mākona,

\par }{\QB āe rā, e whā ngā mea e kore e kī, “Kāti”:


\par }{\Q \VS{16}ko te rua tūpāpaku; ko te kōpū pakoko;

\par }{\QB ko te whenua kīhai i pukuwaitia,

\par }{\QB ā, ko te ahi e kore nei e kī, “Kāti!”


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{\Q \VS{17}Ko te kanohi e whakahī ana ki te pāpā,

\par }{\QB e whakahāwea ana ki te whakarongo ki tōna whaea,

\par }{\Q mā ngā raweni o te awaawa ia e tīkaro,

\par }{\QB ā, mā ngā pī ēkara e kai.


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{\Q \VS{18}E toru ngā mea he whakamīharo rawa, e kore e taea e ahau,

\par }{\QB āe rā, e whā kāhore e mōhiotia e ahau:


\par }{\Q \VS{19}ko te huarahi o te ēkara i te rangi;

\par }{\QB ko te huarahi o te nākahi i runga i te kāmaka;

\par }{\Q ko te huarahi o te kaipuke i waenga moana;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te huarahi o te tangata ki te kōtiro.


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{\Q \VS{20}He pērā anō te huarahi o te wahine pūremu:

\par }{\QB ka kai ia, ā, ka horoi i tōna māngai,

\par }{\QB ā, ka kī, “Kāhore āku mahi hē.”


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{\Q \VS{21}E toru ngā mea e korikori ai te whenua;

\par }{\QB ā, e whā, he mea e kore e manawanuitia e ia:


\par }{\Q \VS{22}ko te pononga ina whakakīngitia ia;

\par }{\QB ko te wairangi hoki ina mākona i te taro;


\par }{\Q \VS{23}ko te wahine whakarihariha ina whiwhi i te tāne;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te pononga wahine ina tuku iho māna ngā mea a tōna rangatira.


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{\Q \VS{24}E whā ngā mea ririki i runga i te whenua,

\par }{\QB he nui noa atu ia ngā whakaaro:


\par }{\Q \VS{25}ko ngā pōpokorua ehara i te iwi kaha,

\par }{\QB heoi e mea ana i te kai mā rātou i te raumati;


\par }{\Q \VS{26}ko ngā koni, he iwi ngoikore,

\par }{\QB heoi e hanga ana i ō rātou whare ki te kāmaka;


\par }{\Q \VS{27}ko ngā māwhitiwhiti, kāhore ō rātou kīngi,

\par }{\QB heoi haere rōpū ana rātou katoa;


\par }{\Q \VS{28}ko te mokomoko, ko ōna peke hei pupuri māna;

\par }{\QB otiia kei roto ia i ngā whare kīngi.


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{\Q \VS{29}E toru ngā mea, he tau tā rātou hīkoi,

\par }{\QB āe rā, e whā he huatau ki te haere:


\par }{\Q \VS{30}ko te raiona, ko te mea kaha rawa o ngā kararehe,

\par }{\QB e kore nei e tahuri mai i te aroaro o tētahi;


\par }{\Q \VS{31}ko te kurī horo; ko te koati toa anō hoki;

\par }{\QB ā, ko te kīngi, kāhore nei tētahi e maranga ake ki a ia.


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{\Q \VS{32}Ki te mea he mahi kūware tau i a koe i whakaneke ake ai i a koe,

\par }{\QB ki te mea rānei i whakaaro kino koe,

\par }{\QB kōpania tōu ringa ki tōu māngai.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}He pono hoki ki te hurihia te waiū ka puta mai he pata,

\par }{\QB ā, ki te kōwiria te ihu ka puta mai he toto;

\par }{\QB waihoki ki te ākina te riri ka puta he whawhai.




\par }\Chap{31}{\SH He Tohutohu ki tētahi Kīngi
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{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ko ngā kupu a Kīngi Remuera; ko te poropititanga i whakaakona ai ia e tōna whaea:


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{\Q \VS{2}He aha, e tāku tama? He aha, e te tama a tōku kōpū?

\par }{\QB Ā, he aha, e te tama a āku kupu taurangi?


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Kaua e hoatu tōu kaha ki ngā wāhine,

\par }{\QB ōu ara hoki ki te mea whakangaro o ngā kīngi.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ehara mā ngā kīngi, e Remuera,

\par }{\QB ehara mā ngā kīngi te inu wāina;

\par }{\QB ehara hoki mā ngā rangatira te mea, “Kei hea he wai kaha?”


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Kei inu rātou, ā, ka wareware ki te ture,

\par }{\QB ā, ka whakapeau kē i te whakawā o te tangata e tūkinotia ana.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Hoatu he wai kaha mā te tangata e tata ana te marere,

\par }{\QB he wāina hoki ki ngā wairua pōuri;


\par }{\Q \VS{7}tukua ia kia inu, kia wareware ai ki tōna rawakore,

\par }{\QB ā, kore ake he mahara ki ōna mate.


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{\Q \VS{8}Kia puaki tōu māngai mō te wahangū,

\par }{\QB i te whakawākanga o te hunga katoa kua waiho mō te mate.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Kia puaki tōu māngai, whakaritea te whakawā i runga i te tika,

\par }{\QB tohea te tohe a te ware, a te rawakore.


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{\SH Te Wahine Pai Tōna Āhua
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{\Q \VS{10}Ko wai e kite i te wahine e ū ana tōna pai?

\par }{\QB Ko tōna utu hoki kei runga noa atu i tō ngā rupi.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ka whakapono te ngākau o tāna tāne ki a ia,

\par }{\QB ā, kāhore ōna hapanga i te taonga.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}He pai tāna e mea ai ki a ia, kāhore hoki he kino,

\par }{\QB i ngā rā katoa e ora ai ia.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}E kimi ana ia i te huruhuru hipi, i te muka,

\par }{\QB ā, ka ngākau nui te mahi a ōna ringa.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ko tōna rite kei ngā kaipuke o ngā kaihokohoko;

\par }{\QB e mauria mai ana e ia tāna kai i tawhiti.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}E maranga ana hoki ia i te mea e pō tonu ana,

\par }{\QB ā, hoatu ana e ia he kai mā tōna whare,

\par }{\QB he mahi hoki e rite ana mā āna kōtiro.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}E whakaaroaro ana ia ki tētahi māra, ā, ka hokona e ia;

\par }{\QB whakatōkia ana e ia he māra wāina, he hua nā ōna ringa.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}E whītiki ana ia i tōna hope ki te kaha,

\par }{\QB e mea ana i ōna tākakau kia pakari.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Ka kite ia he pai tāna i hokohoko ai;

\par }{\QB e kore tāna rama e mate i te pō.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Ka totoro atu ōna ringa ki te mea tākai miro,

\par }{\QB ka pupuri ōna ringa ki te pou muka.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Ka wherahia tōna ringa ki te ware;

\par }{\QB āe rā, ka totoro atu ōna ringa ki te rawakore.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}E kore ia e wehi i te hukarere mō tōna whare;

\par }{\QB nō te mea kua kākahuria tōna whare katoa ki te ngangana.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Oti ake i a ia te whatuwhatu he whāriki mōna;

\par }{\QB he rīnena pai, he pāpura ōna kākahu.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}E mōhiotia ana tāna tāne i ngā kūwaha,

\par }{\QB ina noho tahi ia ki ngā kaumātua o te whenua.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}E hangā ana e ia he rīnena pai, ā, hokona atu ana;

\par }{\QB e hoatu ana e ia he whītiki ki ngā kaihoko.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}He kaha, he hōnore ōna kākahu;

\par }{\QB ā, e kata ana ia ki ngā rā ō muri atu.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}He nui ōna whakaaro ina puaki tōna māngai;

\par }{\QB kei tōna arero te ture o te atawhai.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Ka āta tirohia e ia ngā ara o tōna whare,

\par }{\QB e kore anō ia e kai i te taro o te māngere.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Ka whakatika āna tamariki, ā, he kupu manaaki tā rātou mōna;

\par }{\QB tāna tāne hoki, ka whakamoemiti anō ia ki a ia, ka mea:


\par }{\Q \VS{29}“He tokomaha ngā tamāhine i ū te pai o tā rātou mahi,

\par }{\QB otiia, hira ake tāu i ā rātou katoa.”


\par }{\Q \VS{30}He mea teka noa te manako, he mea horihori te ātaahua;

\par }{\QB tēnā ko te wahine e wehi ana i a Ihowā, ko ia e whakamoemititia.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Hoatu ki a ia o ngā hua o ōna ringa;

\par }{\QB ā, mā āna mahi ia e whakamoemiti i ngā kūwaha.

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