1“Kua hōhā tōku wairua ki tōku ora;ka tukua e ahau tāku tangi kia rere ana;ka kōrero ahau i te kikiwatanga o tōku ngākau.2Ka mea ahau ki te Atua, Kaua ahau e whakahēngia;whakakitea ki ahau te take i totohe ai koe ki ahau.3He mea pai rānei ki a koe kia tūkino koe,kia whakahāwea ki te mahi a ōu ringa,ā, kia whiti tōu mārama ki te whakaaro o te hunga kino?4He kanohi kikokiko rānei ōu?He pēnei rānei tāu titiro me tā te tangata titiro?5He rite rānei ōu rā ki ō te tangata rā?He rite rānei ōu tāu ki ō te tangata rā?6I uiuia ai e koe tōku kino, i rapua ai e koe tōku hara?7Ahakoa e mōhio ana anō koe ehara ahau i te mea hē,kāhore anō tētahi hei whakaora i roto i tōu ringa?8“Nā ōu ringa ahau i mahi, i hanga, he mea hono mārie i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha;otiia, e whakangaromia ana ahau e koe.9Kia mahara rā, nāu ahau i hanga, ānō he paru;tērā rānei koe e whakahoki anō i ahau ki te puehu?10He teka ianei he mea riringi ahau nāu ānō he waiū,meinga ana ahau e koe kia tetepe ānō he tīhi?11Nāu ahau i whakakākahu ki te kiri, ki te kikokiko,ā, nāu anō ahau i hohou ki te wheua, ki te uaua.12Whakawhiwhia ana ahau e koe ki te ora, ki te atawhai,ā, he tirotirohanga mai nāu i mau ai tōku wairua.13“Heoi, hunā ana anō ēnei mea e koe i roto i tōu ngākau;e mōhio ana hoki ahau kei a koe anō tēnei.14Ki te hara ahau, ka mātauria e koe;e kore anō koe e whakakāhore ki tōku hē.15Ki te hē ahau, auē tōku mate!Ki te tika ahau, e kore tonu e ara tōku māhunga;he kī hoki nōku i te whakamā me te titiro iho ki tōku mate.16Ā, ki te whakarewa ake tōku māhunga i a ia,ka whāia ahau e koe ānō he raiona;ā, ka whakakite anō koe i a koe, i tōu mīharo, ki ahau.17E whakahoutia ana e koe āu kaiwhakaatu i ōku hē,e whakanuia ana hoki e koe tōu riri ki ahau;ko ngā putanga kētanga, ko te whawhai hei pēhi i ahau.18“He aha rā ahau i whakaputaina mai ai e koe i roto i te kōpū?Te hemo noa atu ai ahau, ā, kīhai tētahi kanohi i kite i ahau.19Pēnei kua rite ahau, ānō kua kāhore noa iho;kua mauria atu ahau i te kōpū ki te urupā.20He teka rānei he torutoru ōku rā?Kāti rā, waiho ake koa ahau, kia āhua mākoha ana i tēnei wā iti,21keiwhā haere ahau ki te wāhi e kore nei ahau e hoki mai,ki te whenua o te pōuri, o te ātārangi o te mate;22ki te whenua o te pōuri kerekere, o te tino o te pōuri;he whenua nō te ātārangi o te mate, kāhore nei ō reira tikanga,ā, ko tōna mārama, koia anō te pōuri.”