1Whakarongo, e āku tamariki, ki te whakaako a te matua,tahuri mai hoki kia mātauria ai ngā whakaaro mōhio.2He pai hoki te kupu mōhio ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou,kaua tāku ture e whakarērea.3He tama anō hoki ahau ki tōku pāpā,ā, he ngāwari, he mea kotahi e matenuitia ana e tōku whaea,4i whakaako anō ia i ahau, i mea ki ahau,“Puritia āku kupu e tōu ngākau;kia mau ki āku whakahau, ā, e ora koe.5Whāia mōu te whakaaro nui, whāia mōu te mātauranga;kaua e wareware ki tērā,kaua hoki e neke atu i ngā kupu a tōku māngai.6Kaua ia e whakarērea, ā, māna koe e tiaki;arohaina ia, ā, māna koe e mau ai.7Ko te whakaaro nui te tino mea:Nō reira whāia mōu te whakaaro nui,ā, i ōu whiwhinga katoa, kia whiwhi koe ki te mātauranga.8Whakanuia ia, ā, māna koe ka kake ai;ka whakahōnore ia i a koe ki te awhitia e koe.9Ka hōmai e ia he pare ātaahua ki tōu māhunga,ka pōtaea anō koe e ia ki te karauna whakapaipai.”
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10Whakarongo, e tāku tama, maharatia āku kupu,ā, he maha ngā tau e ora ai koe.11He mea whakaako koe nāku ki te ara o te whakaaro nui;he mea ārahi koe nāku i ngā ara o te tika.12Ka haere koe, e kore ōu takahanga e whakakikītia mai;ki te rere koe, e kore koe e tūtuki.13Kia mau ki te ako, kaua e tukua atu;matapoporetia iho, ko tōu oranga hoki ia.14Kaua e haere i te ara o te hunga kino,kaua hoki e takahia te huarahi o te hunga hē.15Anga kē ake; kaua e tika nā reira;peka ake i taua ara, haere tonu atu.16E kore hoki rātou e moe ki te kore e oti tētahi mahi hē mā rātou;riro rawa tō rātou moe, ki te kāhore tētahi tangata e hinga i a rātou.17Nō te kino hoki te taro e kainga ana e rātou,nō te nanakia te wāina e inumia ana e rātou.18Ko te huarahi ia o te hunga tika, koia anō kei te mārama e whiti ana,ā, ka neke haere tonu ake tōna mārama, ā taea noatia te tino rā.19Ko te ara o te hunga kino, me he pōuri,e kore rātou e mōhio ki te mea i tūtuki ai rātou.20E tāku tama, tahuri ki āku kupu;anga mai tōu taringa ki āku kōrero.21Kei kotiti kē ēnei i ōu kanohi;puritia i waenganui o tōu ngākau.22He oranga ēnei mō te hunga e kitea ai,he rongoā mō ō rātou kikokiko katoa.23Kia pau ōu mahara ki te tiaki i tōu ngākau,nō reira hoki ngā putanga o te ora.24Whakarērea te māngai whanokē,kia matara rawa i a koe ngā ngutu tutū.25Kia hāngai tonu te titiro whakamua a ōu kanohi,kia titiro ōu kamo ki mua tonu i a koe.26Whakatikaia te huarahi o ōu waewae,kia ū anō hoki ōu ara katoa.27Kaua e peka ki matau, ki mauī;kia anga kē tōu waewae i te kino.