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1Ko te tama whakaaro nui ka rongo ki tā tōna pāpā ako;ko te tangata whakahī ia e kore e rongo ki te riri.2E kai te tangata i te pai i te hua o tōna māngai;ka kai ia te wairua o te hunga whanokē i te tutū.3Ko te tangata e tiaki ana i tōna māngai e pupuri ana i tōna ora;ko te tangata ia e hāmama nui ana ōna ngutu, ko te whakangaromanga mōna.4E hiahia ana te wairua o te tangata māngere, ā, kāhore he mea māna;ka meinga ia kia mōmona te wairua o te hunga uaua.5E kino ana te tangata tika ki te kōrero teka;he mea whakarihariha ia te tangata kino, ā, whakamā noa iho.6Ko te tika hei kaitiaki mō te tangata e tapatahi ana te ara;ka whakatakā anō te tangata kino e te hara.7Tērā tētahi kei te āmene taonga mōna, heoi kāhore rawa he mea i a ia;tērā tētahi kei te whakarawakore i a ia, heoi nui atu ōna rawa.8Ko ngā utu mō te tangata kia ora, ko ōna rawa;tēnā ko te rawakore, e kore e rongo i te riri.9E koa ana te mārama o te hunga tika;ka keto ia te rama o te hunga kino.10He totohe anake i ahu mai i te whakapehapeha;he whakaaro nui ia kei te hunga i ngā kupu tika.11Ko ngā taonga i puta mai i te whakamanamana ka iti haere;ko tā te tangata i whakaemi ai, he mea mahi, ka tupu haere.12He manako tāringa roa, he patu ngākau;ka tae te koronga, ko te rākau ia o te ora.13Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki te kupu, ka ngaro i a ia anō;ko te tangata ia e wehi ana i te whakahau, ka whiwhi ki te utu.14Ko te ture o te hunga whakaaro nui, he puna nō te ora,e puta ai i ngā reti o te mate.15Ko tō te ngārahu pai he hōmai atawhai;he taikaha ia te ara o te hunga nanakia.16He mahi mōhio tā te tangata tūpato;ko tā te wairangi he hora i te kūwaretanga.17Ka hinga te karere kino ki te kino;ko te karere pono ia, ānō he rongoā.18Ko te tangata kāhore e pai ki te papaki, māna te rawakore, te whakamā;engari ko te tangata e whai mahara ana ki te ako, ka whakahōnoretia.19Ko te hiahia kua rite, he reka ki te wairua;he whakarihariha ia ki ngā kūware te whakarere i te kino.20Haere i te taha o te hunga whakaaro nui, ā, ka whai whakaaro koe;ko te takahoa ia o ngā kūware, ka mamae.21Ka whai te kino i te hunga hara;ko te utu ia ki te hunga tika, he pai.22He whakarerenga iho tā te tangata pai mō ngā tamariki a ngā tamariki;kei te rongoā mō te tangata tika ngā taonga o te tangata hara.23He nui te kai kei te ngakinga a ngā rawakore;tērā ia te mea e ngaro ana i te kore o te tikanga pai.24Ko te tangata e kaiponu ana i tāna whiu, e kino ana ia ki tāna tama;ko te tangata ia e aroha ana ki a ia, ka papaki wawe i a ia.25Kai ana te tangata tika, mākona ana tōna wairua;ka hapa ia te kōpū o te tangata kino.