1Kua oti i te whakaaro nui tētahi whare mōna te hanga,e whitu ngā pou kua oti te tārai e ia.2Kua oti āna kararehe te patu e ia, whakananu rawa tāna wāina;kua oti anō tāna tēpu te whakapai.3Kua ungā e ia āna kōtiro, e karanga ana iai runga i ngā wāhi tiketike rawa o te pā.4“Ki te mea he kūware tētahi, me peka mai ia ki konei!”Ko te tangata maharakore, ko tāna kupu tēnei ki a ia,5“Haere mai, kainga tāku taro,inumia hoki te wāina kua oti nei te whakananu e ahau.6Kāti rā, e te hunga kūware, kia ora ai koutou;haere hoki i te ara o te mātauranga.”
Te Tangata Whakaaronui me te Tangata Whakahīhī
7Ko ia e papaki ana i te tangata whakahīhī, ka whakamā;ā, ko ia e riri ana i te tangata kino, ka piri mai he hē ki a ia.8Kaua e rīria te tangata whakahī, kei kino ia ki a koe;rīria ko te tangata whakaaro nui, ā, ka aroha ia ki a koe.9Hoatu te mōhio ki te tangata whakaaro nui, ā, ka neke ake ōna whakaaro;whakaakona te tangata tika, ā, ka nui ake tōna mōhio.10Ko te tīmatanga o te whakaaro nui ko te wehi ki a Ihowā;ko te mātauranga, ko te mōhio ki te Mea Tapu.11Māku hoki ka maha ai ōu rā,māku ka neke ake ai ngā tau e ora ai koe.12Ki te nui ōu whakaaro, mōu anō ōu whakaaro nui;ki te whakahī koe, māu anake tāu pīkaunga.
He Tono a Wahine Kūware
13Ko te wahine wairangi, he māngai nui ia;he kūware ia, kāhore ōna mōhio ki te aha, ki te aha.14Noho ana ia i te kūwaha o tōna wharei runga i te nohoanga i ngā wāhi tiketike o te pā;15kia karanga atu ai ia ki ngā tāngata e haere ana i te ara,e mārō tonu ana ō rātou huarahi,16“Ko te kūware, peka mai ki konei!”Tēnā ko te tangata whakaarokore,ko tāna kupu tēnei ki a ia,17“He reka te wai tāhae,ā, he āhuareka te taro kai huna.”18Tē mōhio ia kei reira ngā tūpāpaku;kei te rēinga riro ana i karanga ai.