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He Īnoi mō te Rapunga Utu
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi: Aratakiti. He Mikitama. Nā Rāwiri.
1He kōrero puku rānei tā koutou i te pono?He tika rānei tā koutou whakarite, e ngā tama a te tangata?2He pono, e mahia ana e koutou te hē i roto i te ngākau,e pāunatia ana e koutou te tutū a ō koutou ringa i runga i te whenua.3He tangata kē te hunga hara nō te kōpū mai anō;whānau kau kua kotiti kē, kua kōrero teka.4Ko tō rātou paihana he rite ki tō te nākahi,kei te neke turi e puru nei i tōna taringa;5e kore nei e whakarongo ki te reo o te kaiwhakawai,ahakoa tino mātau ia ki te whakawai.6Whatia, e te Atua, ō rātou niho i roto i ō rātou māngai;kōwhakia, e Ihowā, ngā niho nunui o ngā kūao raiona.7Kia mimiti rātou, ānō he wai e heke atu ana;ka whakatikaia āna pere, kia rite ki te mea kua pōutoa.8Kia memeha haere, ā, kia pahure, ānō he ngata;kia rite ki te mea mate roto a te wahine, kāhore nei i kite i te rā.9E kore e tukua kia rongo ā koutou kōhua i ngā tātarāmoa,ka kāhakina rātou e ia i roto i te āwhiowhio, te mea kaiota, te mea e wera ana.10Ka hari te tangata tika ua kite i te utu;ka horoia e ia ōna waewae ki ngā toto o te tangata hara.11Ā, ka mea te tangata, “Koia, ka whai utu te tangata tika;inā, he Atua anō tēnei e whakawā ana i te whenua.”