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1 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te pāuna hē;
engari te taimaha tika tāna i pai ai.
2 Ka tae te whakapehapeha, ka tae anō te whakamā;
kei te hunga whakaiti ia te whakaaro nui.
3 Ko tō rātou ngākau tapatahi hei ārahi i te hunga tika;
ka ai anō ko te whanokē ia o te hunga poka kē hei whakangaro mō rātou.
4 E kore te taonga e whai mana i te rā o te riri;
kei te tika ia he oranga ake i te mate.
5 Mā te tika o te ngākau tapatahi ka tika ai tōna ara;
ka hinga ia te tangata kino i runga i tōna kino.
6 Mā te tika o te hunga tika ka mawhiti ai rātou;
ka mau ia ngā poka kē i runga i tō rātou kino.
7 I te matenga o te tangata kino, kore iho āna mea i tūmanako atu ai;
kāhore noa iho he tūmanakohanga mā te hunga hē.
8 Ka mawhiti te tangata tika i roto i te raru,
ā, ka riro te tangata kino hei whakakapi mō tōna tūranga.
9 Hei huna mō tōna hoa te māngai o te tangata whakapono kore;
nā, mā te mōhio te hunga tika ka mawhiti ai.
10 Ka pai te hunga tika, ka hari te pā;
ka whakangaromia te hunga kino, ka tangi te umere.
11 Mā te manaaki o te hunga tika ka kake ai te pā;
ka pakaru ia i te māngai o te hunga kino.
12 Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki tōna hoa he maharakore;
tēnā ko te tangata mātau, whakarongo puku ana.
13 Ko te tangata haere, ka kawekawe kōrero e whāki ana i ngā mea ngaro;
ko te tangata i te wairua pono, e hīpoki ana i te kōrero.
14 Ki te kāhore he mōhio hei ārahi, ka hinga te iwi;
he ora ia kei ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro tokomaha.
15 Ko te tangata ko tāna nei hei whakakapi mō tā te tangata kē, ka mamae;
kei te ora ia te tangata e kino ana ki te tikanga whakakapi tūranga.
16 Ka mau te korōria i te wahine tikanga pai;
ka mau hoki te taonga i ngā tāngata taikaha.
17 He atawhai i tōna wairua tā te tangata atawhai;
ā, he whakararu i ōna kikokiko tā te tangata nanakia.
18 Ko te mahi a te tangata kino e utua ana ki te teka;
ko te utu ia mō te kaiwhakatakoto i te tika, ū rawa.
19 Ko te tangata ū ki te tika, ka whiwhi ki te ora;
ā, ko te tangata e whai ana i te kino e mea ana i te mate mōna.
20 Ko tā Ihowā e whakarihariha ai he ngākau whanokē;
ko tāna e āhuareka ai ko te hunga e tika ana tō rātou ara.
21 Ahakoa awhi ngā ringa ki a rāua,
e kore te tangata kino e waiho kia kore e whiua;
ka mawhiti ia te uri o te hunga tika.
22 Rite tonu ki te whakakai kōura i te ihu o te poaka
te wahine ātaahua kāhore nei ōna ngārahu pai.
23 Ko tā te hunga tika e minamina ai, ko te pai anake;
ko te tūmanako ia a te hunga kino, ko te riri.
24 Tērā tētahi kei te rui, ā, tāpiritia mai ana anō;
tērā tētahi kei te kaiponu i te mea e tika ana,
heoi rawakore noa iho.
25 Ko te wairua ohaoha ka mōmona;
ko te tangata e whakamākūkū ana, ka whakamākūkūria anō ia.
26 Ko te tangata e kaiponu ana i te wīti, ka kangā tērā e te nuinga;
ka tau ia te manaaki ki runga ki te māhunga o te tangata e hoko atu ana.
27 Ko te tangata e āta rapu ana i te pai, e rapu ana i te whakapai;
ko te tangata ia e rapu ana i te hē, ka tae tērā ki a ia.
28 Ko te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki ōna taonga, ka taka;
nā, ko te hunga tika ka rite tō rātou tupu ki tō te rau matomato.
29 Ko te tangata e whakararu ana i tōna whare, he hau te taonga e whakarērea iho mōna;
hei pononga anō te kūware mā te ngākau whakaaro nui.
30 Ko ngā hua o te tangata tika he rākau nō te ora;
ka hopu wairua anō te tangata whakaaro tika.
31 Nanā, he utu anō tō te tangata tika i runga i te whenua;
nui atu ia tō te tangata kino rāua ko te tangata hara.