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1 Ko tā te wahine whakaaro nui he hanga i tōna whare;
ko tā te wahine wairangi, ko ōna ringa hei wāhi iho.
2 Ko te tangata e haere ana i runga i tōna tika, e wehi ana i a Ihowā;
ko te tangata he parori kē ōna ara e whakahāwea ana ki a ia.
3 Kei te māngai o te wairangi he patu whakapehapeha;
mā ngā ngutu ia o te hunga whakaaro nui rātou ka ora ai.
4 Ki te kāhore he kau, ka mā te takotoranga kai;
mā te kaha ia o te kau ka nui ai ngā hua.
5 E kore te kaiwhakaatu pono e teka;
ka puaki ia te teka i te kaiwhakaatu teka.
6 E rapu ana te tangata whakahī i te whakaaro nui, heoi kāhore e kitea e ia;
ki te tangata mātau ia he māmā noa te mātauranga.
7 Haere atu ki te aroaro o te kūware,
ina kāhore e kitea e koe he ngutu mātau ōna.
8 Ko te whakaaro nui o te tangata tūpato, he mātau ki tōna ara;
ko te wairangi o ngā kūware, he tinihanga.
9 Ko tā ngā wairangi he kata ki te hē;
nā, kei te hunga tika te whakaaro pai.
10 E mōhio ana te ngākau ki tōna ake mamae,
e kore anō hoki tōna koa e pikitia e te tangata kē.
11 Ka whakangaromia te whare o te hunga kino;
ka tupu ia te tēneti o te hunga tika.
12 He huarahi anō tērā e tika ana ki tā te tangata titiro,
ko tōna mutunga ia ko ngā huarahi ki te mate.
13 Ahakoa e kata ana, e mamae ana te ngākau;
ā, ko te mutunga o te koa, he pōuri.
14 Ko te tangata i te ngākau tahuri kē, ka mākona i ōna ara ake;
ā, ko te tangata pai ka mākona i tāna ake anō.
15 Ko tā te kūware he whakapono ki ngā kupu katoa;
tēnā ko te tangata tūpato, ka āta titiro ki tāna hīkoi.
16 E wehi ana te tangata whakaaro nui, ka neke atu i te kino;
ko te kūware ia ka whakahī, ka tohe.
17 Ko te tangata riri wawe ka mahi i te wairangi;
ka kinongia anō hoki te tangata i ngā rauhanga kino.
18 He wairangi te whakarerenga iho mō ngā kūware;
ko te tangata tūpato ia ka karaunatia ki te mātauranga.
19 E piko ana te hunga kino ki te aroaro o te hunga pai;
ā, ko te hunga hē ki ngā kūwaha o te tangata tika.
20 E kinongia ana te rawakore e tōna hoa ake nei anō;
he tokomaha ia ngā tāngata e aroha ana ki te tangata taonga.
21 Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki tōna hoa, e hara ana;
ko te tangata ia e atawhai ana ki ngā rawakore, ka hari.
22 He teka ianei e kotiti kē ana ngā kaiwhakatakoto i te kino?
He atawhai ia, he pono, kei ngā kaihanga i te pai.
23 He hua tō ngā māuiuitanga katoa;
tēnā ko te kōrero o ngā ngutu e ahu ana ki te rawakore.
24 Hei karauna mō ngā whakaaro nui ō rātou taonga;
ko te wairangi ia o ngā kūware, he wairangi kau.
25 Ka ora ngā wairua i te kaiwhakaatu pono;
ko te tangata kōrero teka ia e mea ana kia tinihanga.
26 Ū tonu, kaha tonu te whakaaro ina wehi ki a Ihowā;
ka whai rerenga atu anō hoki āna tamariki.
27 He puna ora te wehi ki a Ihowā,
e mahue ai ngā reti o te mate.
28 Mā te nui o te iwi ka whai hōnore ai te kīngi;
mā te kore o te iwi ka taka ai te rangatira.
29 He mātauranga nui tō te tangata manawanui;
ko te tangata riri wawe ia, e whakaneke ake ana ia i te wairangi.
30 He ora ki ngā kikokiko te ngākau ora;
ko te hae ia, he pirau ki ngā wheua.
31 Ko te tangata e tūkino ana i te ware, he tāwai tāna ki tōna Kaihanga;
ko te tangata ia e atawhai ana i te rawakore, e whakahōnore ana i a ia.
32 E uakina iho ana te tangata kino i runga i tōna hē;
ko te tangata tika ia ka whai tūmanakohanga i tōna matenga.
33 Ka noho te whakaaro nui ki te ngākau o te tangata mātau;
engari ko te mea kei te wāhi ki roto o ngā kūware e whakaaturia ana.
34 Mā te tika ka kake ai te iwi;
mā te hara ia ka ingoa kino ai ngā iwi.
35 Ka manako te kīngi ki te pononga mahara;
ā, ka riri ki te tangata i takea ai te whakamā.