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I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 
“He aha rā tēnei whakatauki i whakataukitia ai e koutou mō te oneone o Īharaira? E kī nā hoki koutou: ‘I kai ngā mātua i ngā karepe kaiota, ā, māniania ana ngā niho o ngā tamariki.’ 
“E ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, e kore koutou e whai take ā muri ake nei, ki te whakahua i tēnei whakatauki i roto i a Īharaira. 
Nanā, ko ngā wairua katoa, nāku; he pērā i te wairua o te pāpā, nāku anō hoki te wairua o te tama. Ko te wairua e hara ana, ka mate tērā. 
Ki te mea ia he tika tētahi tangata, ā, ka mahia e ia te mea e rite ana, e tika ana – 
ki te mea kīhai ia i kai ki runga ki ngā maunga, kīhai ōna kanohi i anga ake ki ngā whakapakoko o te whare o Īharaira, ki te mea kīhai i poke i a ia te wahine a tōna hoa, ā, kīhai ia i whakatata ki te wahine e paheke ana. 
Ki te mea kīhai tētahi tangata i tūkinotia e ia, engari, i whakahokia e ia tāna taunaha ki te tangata i a ia nei āna moni, ki te mea kīhai ia i tūkino i tētahi, i pāhua, ki te mea i hōmai e ia tāna taro mā te tangata e hemokai ana i hīpokina e ia ki te kākahu te tangata e noho tahanga ana. 
Ko te tangata kāhore āna mea i hoatu hei moni whakatupu, kāhore hoki he hua i riro i a ia, ko te tangata i whakahokia e ia tōna ringa i te kino, he pono anō tāna whakawā mō tētahi, mō tētahi, 
i haere i runga i āku tikanga, i pupuri tonu i āku whakaritenga, i pono tonu te mahi; he tika tērā, ka ora ia, 
“Ki te whānau tētahi tama māna, he tāhae, he kaiwhakaheke toto, ā, ka mahia e ia tētahi o ēnei mea, 
ka kore anō e mahi i tētahi o ēnei mea pai: Engari, kua kai ki runga ki ngā maunga, kua whakapoke i te wahine a tōna hoa, 
kua tūkino i te ware rāua ko te rawakore, kua pāhua kino, ā, kīhai i whakahokia e ia te taunaha, kua anga ōna kanohi ki ngā whakapakoko, kua mahi hoki i te mea whakarihariha, 
kua hoatu i te moni whakatupu, kua tango i te hua. E ora rānei ia? E kore ia e ora; kua mahia e ia ēnei mea whakarihariha katoa. Ko te mate kau mōna; ki runga anō i a ia ōna toto. 
“Nā, ki te whānau tētahi tama a tēnei, ā, ka kite ia i ngā hara katoa i mahia e tōna pāpā, ā, ka mahara, ka kore e mahi i te pēnā: 
Kāhore ia e kai ki runga ki ngā maunga, kāhore hoki ōna kanohi e anga ki ngā whakapakoko o te whare o Īharaira, kāhore e whakapokea e ia te wahine a tōna hoa, 
kāhore āna tūkino i te tangata, kāhore e pupuri i te taunaha, kāhore hoki āna pāhua. Engari, e hoatu ana e ia tāna taro mā te hemokai, e hīpokina ana e ia ki te kākahu te tangata e noho tahanga ana, 
e whakahokia ana e ia tōna ringa i te ware, kāhore hoki e tango i te moni whakatupu, i ngā hua rānei e mahi ana i āku whakaritenga, e haere ana i runga i āku tikanga. E kore tērā e mate mō te hē o tōna pāpā; he pono ka ora ia. 
Ko tōna pāpā, i te mea i nui tāna tūkino, pāhua rawa i tōna teina, kīhai hoki i pai ngā mea i mahia e ia i roto i tōna iwi, nā, ka mate ia i runga i tōna kino. 
“Otirā, kei te mea koutou, ‘He aha rā te tama tē waha ai i te kino o te pāpā?’ Ki te mahia e te tama te mea e rite ana, e tika ana, ā, ka puritia e ia āku tikanga, ka mahia anō e ia, inā, ka ora ia. 
Ko te wairua e hara ana, ko tērā e mate. E kore te tama e waha i te kino o te pāpā, e kore anō te pāpā e waha i te kino o te tama. Ko runga anō i a ia te tika o te tangata tika, ā, ko te kino o te tangata kino hei runga anō i a ia. 
“Ki te tahuri ia te tangata kino i ōna hara katoa i mahia e ia, ā, ka puritia e ia āku tikanga katoa, ka mahia anō e ia te mea e rite ana, e tika ana, inā, ka ora ia, e kore ia e mate. 
E kore tētahi o ōna hē i mahia e ia e maharatia ki a ia; ka ora ia i tōna tika i mahia e ia. 
He koanga ngākau rānei ki ahau te matenga o te tangata kino? e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā. He teka rānei ko ia kia tahuri mai i ōna ara, kia ora? 
“Ki te tahuri atu ia te tangata tika i tōna tika, ki te mahia e ia te hē, ā, ka rite tāna mahi ki ngā mea whakarihariha katoa i mahia e te tangata kino, e ora rānei ia? E kore āna mahi tika katoa e maharatia; ka mate ia i runga i tōna kino i kino ai ia, i runga anō i tōna hara i hara ai ia. 
“Heoi, kei te mea nā koutou, ‘Kāhore e taurite tonu te ara o te Ariki.’ Tēnā rā, whakarongo mai, e te whare o Īharaira: Kāhore rānei tōku ara e taurite? He teka ianei nō koutou ngā ara kāhore e taurite? 
Ki te tahuri atu te tangata tika i tōna tika, ā, ka mahi i te kino, mate iho ki reira; e mate ia mō tāna kino i mahia e ia. 
Tēnei anō, ki te tahuri mai te tangata kino i tāna kino i mahia e ia, ā, ka mahia e ia te mea e rite ana, e tika ana, ka ora anō i a ia tōna wairua. 
Nāna hoki i whakaaro, ā, tahuri mai ana i ōna hē katoa i mahia e ia; inā, ka ora ia, e kore e mate. 
Heoi, kei te mea te whare o Īharaira, ‘Kāhore e taurite te ara o te Ariki.’ Kāhore rānei ōku ara e taurite, e te whare o Īharaira? He teka ianei nō koutou ngā ara kāhore e taurite? 
“Āe rā, ka rite ki tōna ara, ki tōna ara, tāku whakawā i a koutou, e te whare o Īharaira, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā. Rīpenetā, tahuri mai hoki i ō koutou hē katoa, ā, e kore te hē e waiho hei whakataka mō koutou. 
Makā atu, kia matara atu i a koutou ō koutou hē katoa i hē ai koutou; mahia hoki he ngākau hou, he wairua hou mō koutou; kia mate hoki koutou hei aha, e te whare o Īharaira? 
Kāhore hoki ahau e āhuareka ki te matenga o te tangata e mate ana, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā. Heoi, tahuri mai koutou, kia ora ai.” 
