Whakatauki.
31.
Ko ngā kupu a Kīngi Remuera; ko te poropititanga i whakaakona ai ia e tōna whaea: 
He aha, e tāku tama? He aha, e te tama a tōku kōpū? Ā, he aha, e te tama a āku kupu taurangi? 
Kaua e hoatu tōu kaha ki ngā wāhine, ōu ara hoki ki te mea whakangaro o ngā kīngi. 
Ehara mā ngā kīngi, e Remuera, ehara mā ngā kīngi te inu wāina; ehara hoki mā ngā rangatira te mea, “Kei hea he wai kaha?” 
Kei inu rātou, ā, ka wareware ki te ture, ā, ka whakapeau kē i te whakawā o te tangata e tūkinotia ana. 
Hoatu he wai kaha mā te tangata e tata ana te marere, he wāina hoki ki ngā wairua pōuri; 
tukua ia kia inu, kia wareware ai ki tōna rawakore, ā, kore ake he mahara ki ōna mate. 
Kia puaki tōu māngai mō te wahangū, i te whakawākanga o te hunga katoa kua waiho mō te mate. 
Kia puaki tōu māngai, whakaritea te whakawā i runga i te tika, tohea te tohe a te ware, a te rawakore. 
Ko wai e kite i te wahine e ū ana tōna pai? Ko tōna utu hoki kei runga noa atu i tō ngā rupi. 
Ka whakapono te ngākau o tāna tāne ki a ia, ā, kāhore ōna hapanga i te taonga. 
He pai tāna e mea ai ki a ia, kāhore hoki he kino, i ngā rā katoa e ora ai ia. 
E kimi ana ia i te huruhuru hipi, i te muka, ā, ka ngākau nui te mahi a ōna ringa. 
Ko tōna rite kei ngā kaipuke o ngā kaihokohoko; e mauria mai ana e ia tāna kai i tawhiti. 
E maranga ana hoki ia i te mea e pō tonu ana, ā, hoatu ana e ia he kai mā tōna whare, he mahi hoki e rite ana mā āna kōtiro. 
E whakaaroaro ana ia ki tētahi māra, ā, ka hokona e ia; whakatōkia ana e ia he māra wāina, he hua nā ōna ringa. 
E whītiki ana ia i tōna hope ki te kaha, e mea ana i ōna tākakau kia pakari. 
Ka kite ia he pai tāna i hokohoko ai; e kore tāna rama e mate i te pō. 
Ka totoro atu ōna ringa ki te mea tākai miro, ka pupuri ōna ringa ki te pou muka. 
Ka wherahia tōna ringa ki te ware; āe rā, ka totoro atu ōna ringa ki te rawakore. 
E kore ia e wehi i te hukarere mō tōna whare; nō te mea kua kākahuria tōna whare katoa ki te ngangana. 
Oti ake i a ia te whatuwhatu he whāriki mōna; he rīnena pai, he pāpura ōna kākahu. 
E mōhiotia ana tāna tāne i ngā kūwaha, ina noho tahi ia ki ngā kaumātua o te whenua. 
E hangā ana e ia he rīnena pai, ā, hokona atu ana; e hoatu ana e ia he whītiki ki ngā kaihoko. 
He kaha, he hōnore ōna kākahu; ā, e kata ana ia ki ngā rā ō muri atu. 
He nui ōna whakaaro ina puaki tōna māngai; kei tōna arero te ture o te atawhai. 
Ka āta tirohia e ia ngā ara o tōna whare, e kore anō ia e kai i te taro o te māngere. 
Ka whakatika āna tamariki, ā, he kupu manaaki tā rātou mōna; tāna tāne hoki, ka whakamoemiti anō ia ki a ia, ka mea: 
“He tokomaha ngā tamāhine i ū te pai o tā rātou mahi, otiia, hira ake tāu i ā rātou katoa.” 
He mea teka noa te manako, he mea horihori te ātaahua; tēnā ko te wahine e wehi ana i a Ihowā, ko ia e whakamoemititia. 
Hoatu ki a ia o ngā hua o ōna ringa; ā, mā āna mahi ia e whakamoemiti i ngā kūwaha.
