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1 Kei hae koe ki te hunga kino,
kaua hoki e hiahia hei hoa mō rātou.
2 Ko tā tō rātou ngākau hoki e whakaaro ai, he tūkino,
ko tā ō rātou ngutu e kōrero ai, he whanokē.
3 Mā te whakaaro nui ka hangā ai te whare,
ā, mā te mātauranga ka ū ai.
4 Mā te mōhio hoki ka kī ai ngā rūma
i ngā taonga utu nui katoa, i ngā mea āhuareka.
5 He kaha te tangata whakaaro nui;
āe, e whakanuia ana e te tangata mōhio te kaha.
6 Nā, kia pai te ngārahu ina anga koe ki te whawhai;
kei te tokomaha hoki o ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro te ora.
7 He tiketike rawa te whakaaro nui mō te wairangi;
e kore e kuihi tōna māngai i te kūwaha.
8 Ko te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te kino,
ka kīia he whanokē.
9 He hara te whakaaro wairangi;
he mea whakarihariha anō ki te tangata te tangata whakahī.
10 Ki te ngoikore koe i te rā o te hē,
he iti tōu kaha.
11 Whakaorangia te hunga e kawea atu ana ki te mate,
ā, puritia mai hoki e koe te hunga e meatia ana kia whakamatea.
12 Ki 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?
13 Kainga, e tāku tama, te honi, he pai hoki;
me te honikoma, he mea reka hoki ki tōu māngai.
14 Ka 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.
15 Kaua, e te tangata kino, e whanga ki te nohoanga o te tangata tika;
kei tūkino koe ki tōna takotoranga.
16 E hinga ana hoki te tangata tika, e whitu hinganga, ka ara ake anō;
ka whakatakā ia te hunga kino e te hē.
17 Kaua e harakoa ki te hinga tōu hoariri,
kaua hoki tōu ngākau e hari ina taka ia;
18 kei kite a Ihowā, ā, ka hē ki tāna titiro,
ā, ka tahuri atu tōna riri i a ia.
19 Kei mamae koe, he mea mō ngā kaimahi i te kino,
kei hae hoki ki te hunga kino.
20 Kāhore hoki he mutunga pai ki te tangata kino;
ka keto hoki te rama a te hunga kino.
21 E 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.
22 Nō te mea ka puta tata te aituā mō rātou;
ā, ko wai ka mōhio ki te whakangaromanga ō rāua tokorua?
Ētahi atu Whakatauki Whakaaronui
23 He whakatauki anō hoki ēnei nā te hunga whakaaro nui:
Ehara i te mea pai kia whakaaro ki te kanohi tāngata ina whakawā.
24 Ko 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.
25 Otiia 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.
26 Ka kihia e ia ngā ngutu e whakahoki ana
i ngā kupu tika.
27 Meinga kia takoto pai tāu mahi i waho,
kia rite hoki hei meatanga māu i te māra;
muri iho ka hanga i tōu whare.
28 Kaua koe e tū hei kaiwhakaatu hē mō tōu hoa, i te mea kāhore he take;
ā, kaua e tinihanga ki ōu ngutu.
29 Kaua 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.”
30 I 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;
31 nā, 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.
32 Kātahi ahau ka titiro, ka āta whakaaroaro;
ka kite ahau, ā, ka hopu mai hei ako mōku.
33 Kia 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.
34 Ka pērā te haerenga mai o tōu mūhore ānō he kaipāhua;
o tōu rawakore hoki ānō he tangata mau patu.