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1Ko te tangata he maha nei ngā riringa i tōna hē, ā, ka whakapakeke i tōna kakīka whatia ohoreretia ia – tē taea te rongoā.2Ka whakanuia te hunga tika, ka koa te iwi;ka kīngi te tangata kino, ka auē te iwi.3Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te whakaaro nui e whakahari ana i tōna pāpā;ko te tangata ia e piri ana ki ngā wāhine kairau, he maumau taonga tāna.4Mā te whakawā a te kīngi e mau ai te whenua;ka whakatakā ia e te tangata e tango ana i ngā mea hōmai noa.5Ko te tangata e whakapati ana ki tōna hoa,e whakatakoto kupenga ana mō ōna waewae.6He rore kei roto i te hē o te tangata kino;ko te tangata tika ia he waiata tāna, he koa.7E mahara ana te tangata tika ki te take a te rawakore;kāhore o te tangata kino whakaaro kia mōhiotia e ia.8Mā ngā tāngata whakahī e tahu te pā kia mura;ko tā te hunga whakaaro nui ia he whakatahuri atu i te riri.9Ki te totohe te tangata whakaaro nui ki te tangata wairangi,ahakoa riri ia, kata rānei, kāhore he tānga.10E mauāhara ana te tangata whakaheke toto ki te tangata i te ngākau tapatahi;tēnā ko te hunga tika, ka whai rātou kia whakaorangia ia.11E puakina ana e te wairangi tōna riri katoa ki waho;e puritia mai ana ia e te tangata whakaaro nui, e pēhia ana.12Ki te whakarongo te rangatira ki te teka,he kino katoa āna tāngata.13E tūtaki ana te rawakore rāua ko te kaitūkino ki a rāua;ko Ihowā te kaiwhakamārama o ngā kanohi ō rāua tokorua.14Ko te kīngi e pono ana tāna whakawā mō ngā rawakore,ka whakapūmautia tōna torōna ake ake.15Ko te whiu, ko te riri i te hē, he mea hōmai ērā i te whakaaro nui;tēnā ko te tamaiti mahue noa, ka whakamā a ia tōna whaea.16Ka tokomaha te hunga kino, ka nui te hē;ka kite ia te hunga tika i tō rātou hinganga.17Pākia tāu tama, ā, ka whai okiokinga koe i a ia;āe rā, he āhuareka tāna e hōmai ai ki tōu wairua.18Ki te kāhore he whakakitenga, ka kore te iwi e tūpato;ko te kaipupuri ia i te ture, ka hari ia.19Ehara te kupu i te papaki mō te pononga;ahakoa hoki ia mātau, e kore ia e rongo.20Ka kite rānei koe i te tangata kaikā ki te kōrero?Engari, te wairangi ka tōtika ake i a ia.21Ko te tangata e penapena ana i tāna pononga mai o te tamarikitanga,ka waiho ia e ia i te mutunga hei tama tupu.22He whakaoho whawhai tā te tangata pukuriri;he nui rawa hoki te hē o te tangata āritarita.23Ka whakaititia iho te tangata e tōna whakapehapeha;ka whai hōnore ia te tangata ngākau pāpaku.24Ko te tangata e whakauru ana ki tā te tāhae, e kino ana ki tōna ake wairua;e rongo ana ia i te kanga, kāhore e kīkī.25He rore e hōmai ana e te wehi ki te tangata;ko te tangata ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā ka mawhiti.26He tokomaha e whai ana kia paingia e te rangatira;otiia i ahu mai i a Ihowā te whakawā mō te tangata.27He mea whakarihariha ki te hunga tika te tangata whakahaere hē;ā, he mea whakarihariha hoki ki te tangata kino te tangata he tika tōna ara.