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¹Kei hae koe ki te hunga kino,kaua hoki e hiahia hei hoa mō rātou.²Ko tā tō rātou ngākau hoki e whakaaro ai, he tūkino,ko tā ō rātou ngutu e kōrero ai, he whanokē.

³Mā te whakaaro nui ka hangā ai te whare,ā, mā te mātauranga ka ū ai.⁴Mā te mōhio hoki ka kī ai ngā rūmai ngā taonga utu nui katoa, i ngā mea āhuareka.⁵He kaha te tangata whakaaro nui;āe, e whakanuia ana e te tangata mōhio te kaha.⁶Nā, kia pai te ngārahu ina anga koe ki te whawhai;kei te tokomaha hoki o ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro te ora.⁷He tiketike rawa te whakaaro nui mō te wairangi;e kore e kuihi tōna māngai i te kūwaha.

⁸Ko te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te kino,ka kīia he whanokē.⁹He hara te whakaaro wairangi;he mea whakarihariha anō ki te tangata te tangata whakahī.

¹⁰Ki te ngoikore koe i te rā o te hē,he iti tōu kaha.¹¹Whakaorangia te hunga e kawea atu ana ki te mate,ā, puritia mai hoki e koe te hunga e meatia ana kia whakamatea.¹²Ki te mea koe, “Nanā, kīhai tēnei i mōhiotia e mātou”;kāhore ianei te kaipāuna ngākau i te whakaaro ki tērā?Ā, ko te kaitiaki o tōu wairua, kāhore rānei ia e mōhio,e kore rānei e hōmai e ia ki te tangata kia rite ki tāna mahi?

¹³Kainga, e tāku tama, te honi, he pai hoki;me te honikoma, he mea reka hoki ki tōu māngai.¹⁴Ka mōhio ai koe ki te whakaaro nui, he mea ki tōu wairua;ki te kitea e koe, he tukunga iho anō tōna, e kore hoki tāu i tūmanako ai e hātepea.

¹⁵Kaua, e te tangata kino, e whanga ki te nohoanga o te tangata tika;kei tūkino koe ki tōna takotoranga.¹⁶E hinga ana hoki te tangata tika, e whitu hinganga, ka ara ake anō;ka whakatakā ia te hunga kino e te hē.

¹⁷Kaua e harakoa ki te hinga tōu hoariri,kaua hoki tōu ngākau e hari ina taka ia;¹⁸kei kite a Ihowā, ā, ka hē ki tāna titiro,ā, ka tahuri atu tōna riri i a ia.

¹⁹Kei mamae koe, he mea mō ngā kaimahi i te kino,kei hae hoki ki te hunga kino.²⁰Kāhore hoki he mutunga pai ki te tangata kino;ka keto hoki te rama a te hunga kino.

²¹E tāku tama, e wehi ki a Ihowā, ki te kīngi hoki;ā, kaua e whakauru noa atu ki te hunga e mea ana ki te whakaputa kē.²²Nō te mea ka puta tata te aituā mō rātou;ā, ko wai ka mōhio ki te whakangaromanga ō rāua tokorua?

Ētahi atu Whakatauki Whakaaronui

²³He whakatauki anō hoki ēnei nā te hunga whakaaro nui:Ehara i te mea pai kia whakaaro ki te kanohi tāngata ina whakawā.²⁴Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te tangata kino, “He tika koe,”ka kanga ngā iwi ki a ia, ka whakarihariha ngā tauiwi ki a ia.²⁵Otiia ka koa ngā ngākau o te hunga e rīria ai tōna hē,ka tau iho anō hoki te manaaki pai ki runga ki a rātou.²⁶Ka kihia e ia ngā ngutu e whakahoki anai ngā kupu tika.

²⁷Meinga kia takoto pai tāu mahi i waho,kia rite hoki hei meatanga māu i te māra;muri iho ka hanga i tōu whare.

²⁸Kaua koe e tū hei kaiwhakaatu hē mō tōu hoa, i te mea kāhore he take;ā, kaua e tinihanga ki ōu ngutu.²⁹Kaua e kī, “Ka meatia anō e ahau ki a ia tāna i mea ai ki ahau;ka rite ki tā te tangata mahi tāku e whakahoki ai ki a ia.”

³⁰I haere ahau i te taha o te māra a te māngere,i te taha hoki o te māra wāina a te tangata kāhore ōna mahara;³¹nā, kua tupuria katoatia e te tātarāmoa,kapi tonu te mata o te māra i te ongaonga,ā, ko tō reira taiepa kōhatu kua oti te wāhi.³²Kātahi ahau ka titiro, ka āta whakaaroaro;ka kite ahau, ā, ka hopu mai hei ako mōku.³³Kia iti ake nei te wāhi e parangia ai, kia iti ake nei te moe,kia iti ake te kōtuituitanga o ngā ringa ka moe ai.³⁴Ka pērā te haerenga mai o tōu mūhore ānō he kaipāhua;o tōu rawakore hoki ānō he tangata mau patu.