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He Matekiri Whakaaro o te Oranga
1 Ko te ingoa pai, pai atu i te hinu utu nui;
ko te rā o te matenga, pai atu i te rā o tō te tangata whānautanga.
2 Ko te haere ki te whare tangihanga,
pai atu i te haere ki te whare hākari;
ko te mutunga hoki ia o ngā tāngata katoa;
ā, ka rongoātia e te tangata ora ki roto ki tōna ngākau.
3 Ko te ngākau mamae, pai atu i te kata;
mā te pōuri hoki o te mata ka pai ai te ngākau.
4 Kei te whare tangihanga te ngākau o te hunga whakaaro nui;
kei te whare ia o te kata te ngākau o ngā wairangi.
5 Ko te whakarongo, ina rīria te hē e te tangata whakaaro nui,
pai atu i tā te tangata whakarongo ki te waiata a ngā wairangi.
6 Rite tonu hoki ki te papātanga o ngā tātarāmoa
i raro i te kōhua te kata a te wairangi.
He horihori anō tēnei.
7 He pono mā te pāhua ka wairangi ai te tangata whakaaro nui,
mā te mea hōmai noa hoki ka kore ai te ngākau mahara.
8 Ko te mutunga o te mea, pai atu i tōna tīmatanga;
pai atu te wairua manawanui i te wairua whakakake.
9 Kei hohoro tōu wairua ki te riri;
kei te uma hoki o ngā wairangi te riri e noho ana.
10 Kaua e mea, “He aha ngā rangi ō mua i pai ake ai i ēnei?”
Kāhore hoki he whakaaro nui ōu i ui ai koe ki tēnā.
11 He pai tonu te whakaaro nui, ānō he taonga tuku iho;
āe rā, he pai rawa ake ki te hunga e kite ana i te rā.
12 Hei whakamarumaru iho te whakaaro nui, hei pērā hoki i te moni te whakamarumaru;
ko te pai ia o te mātauranga koia tēnei, ka ora i te whakaaro nui ngā tāngata nāna.
13 Whakaaroa tā te Atua mahi;
ko wai hoki hei mea kia tika tāna i mea ai kia hape?
14 I te rā pai kia koa,
ā, i te rā kino whakaaro;
kua mahia nei hoki e te Atua tētahi kia takoto tahi me tētahi,
he mea kia kaua ai e kitea e te tangata tētahi mea i muri i a ia.
Ngā Aupiki o te Oranga
15 Kua kite ahau i tēnei katoa i ngā rā ōku i te horihori;
he tangata tika tētahi, ngaro iho ia i runga i tōna tika;
he tangata kino tētahi, roa noa iho ia i te ao i runga i tōna kino.
16 Kaua e whakanuia rawatia tōu tika;
kaua hoki e whakanuia rawatia ōu whakaaro;
he aha koe i whakangaro ai i a koe?
17 Kaua e whakanuia rawatia tōu kino,
kaua anō hoki e wairangi;
kia mate koe hei aha, i te mea kāhore anō tōu wā kia rite noa?
18 He pai ki te puritia tēnei kupu e koe;
kaua hoki tōu ringa e unuhia mai i tērā;
ko te tangata hoki e wehi ana i te Atua ka puta mai i roto i ērā katoa.
19 Ko te whakaaro nui rahi ake tōna kaha mō te tangata whakaaro
i tō ngā rangatira kotahi tekau i roto i te pā.
20 Kāhore hoki he tangata tika i te whenua e mahi ana i te pai,
ā, kāhore ōna hara.
21 Kaua anō e whakarongo ki ngā mea katoa e kōrerotia ana;
kei rongo koe ki tāu pononga e kanga ana i a koe;
22 he maha hoki ngā wā, e mōhio ana tōu ngākau,
i kanga ai koe anō i ētahi.
23 I whakamātauria e ahau tēnei katoa, he mea whakaaro mārie; i mea ahau,
“Ka whakaaro nui ahau,”
otiia i matara noa atu tēnei i ahau.
24 Ko te mea onāianei he tawhiti rawa, he hōhonu rawa hoki;
ko wai hei kite?
25 I anga tōku ngākau, i mea kia mōhio, kia kimihia,
kia rapua ngā whakaaro nui me ngā tikanga,
kia mōhio anō hoki he wairangi te kino,
he pōrangi te wairangi.
26 Ā, ka kite ahau i te mea kawa atu i te mate,
arā i te wahine, he rore nei,
he kupenga tōna ngākau,
he rāhiri hoki ōna ringa.
Ko te tangata e paingia ana e te Atua ka mawhiti i a ia;
ko te tangata hara ia ka mau i a ia.
27 “Nanā, kua kitea tēnei e ahau,” e ai tā te Kaikauwhau, “he mea whakarite tētahi mea ki tētahi, kia kitea ai te tikanga. 28 He mea e rapua nei anō e tōku wairua, ā, kāhore anō i kitea; kotahi te tangata i kitea e ahau i roto i te mano. Nā, i roto i ēnei katoa kāhore ahau i kite i tētahi wahine. 29 Nanā, ko tēnei anake i kitea e ahau, arā i tika te tangata i tā te Atua hanganga; engari he maha ngā tikanga i rapua e rātou.”