1 Engari te ingoa pai e whiriwhiria rawatia i ngā taonga nui,
2 Ka tūtataki te tangata taonga rāua ko te rawakore;
3 Ko te tangata tūpato, ka kitea atu e ia te hē, ka huna i a ia;
4 Ko te hua o te māhaki, ā, ko te wehi ki a Ihowā,
5 He tātarāmoa, he māhanga kei te ara o te whanokē;
6 Whakatupuria ake te tamaiti i te ara e haere ai ia,
7 E whakatakoto tikanga ana te tangata taonga mō ngā rawakore;
8 Ko te kairui o te kino, ka kokoti i te hē;
9 Ko te kanohi ohaoha, ka manaakitia tērā;
10 Peia atu te tangata whakahī, ā, ka riro te ngangare;
11 Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te ngākau mā,
12 Mā ngā kanohi o Ihowā e tiaki te tangata whai mātauranga,
13 E mea ana te māngere, “He raiona kei waho;
14 He poka hōhonu te māngai o ngā wāhine kē;
15 Paihere rawa te wairangi ki roto ki te ngākau o te tamaiti,
16 Ko te tangata e tūkino ana i te rawakore kia maha atu ai he taonga māna,
17 Anga mai tōu taringa, whakarongo mai hoki ki ngā kupu a te hunga whakaaro nui,
18 He mea āhuareka hoki, mehemea ka puritia e koe i roto i tōu kōpū,
19 Kia okioki ai koe ki a Ihowā,
20 He teka ianei hira rawa ngā mea kua tuhituhia atu nei e ahau ki a koe,
21 kia mōhio ai koe ki te tūturutanga o ngā kupu o te pono,
22 Kaua e pāhuatia te rawakore, nō te mea he rawakore ia,
23 Nō te mea ka tohea e Ihowā tā rātou tohe,
24 Kaua e whakahoa ki te tangata pukuriri;
25 kei ākona e koe ōna ara,
26 Kei uru koe ki roto ki te hunga papaki ringa,
27 ki te kāhore āu mea hei utu,
28 Kaua e whakanekehia atu te rohe tawhito
29 Kei te kite rānei koe i tētahi tangata e uaua ana ki tāna mahi?