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1. Whakahōnore i ngā atua matekore i te tuatahi, kia rite ki tā te ture i whakahau ai.
2. I muri iho, whakaute i te oati i mahia e koe.
3. Muri iho i ngā toa rongonui, e kī ana i te pai me te mārama.
4. Whakahōnore, inā, i ngā wairua o te whenua, ā, whakaatu i te whakaute tika mō rātou.
5. Whakahōnore i muri mai i ō mātua, ā, i ngā mema katoa o tō whānau.
6. I roto i ētahi atu, kōwhiria hei hoa te mea tino mōhio me te tino tōtika.
7. Whai hua i ā rātou kōrero ngāwari, ā, ako i ā rātou mahi e whai hua ana, e tōtika ana.
8. Engari kaua e peia atu tō hoa mō tētahi hapa iti.
9. Nō te mea he mea here te mana e te hiahia.
10. Kia tino ū ki tēnei e whai ake nei: Me tū koe ki mua i ngā hiahia, ā, me wikitoria i a rātou.
11. Ko te tuatahi ko te kai hākere, kātahi ko te mangere, ko te hiahia moepuku, ā, ko te riri.
12. Kaua e mahi tahi me ētahi atu, kaua hoki e mahi takitahi, i te mea e whakama ai koe.
13. Ā, i runga ake i ngā mea katoa, whakaute i a koe anō.
14. Whakamahia te tika ki āu mahi, ā, ki āu kupu.
15. Ā, waihangatia te tikanga kia kaua rawa e mahi pokanoa.
16. Engari kia mau tonu ki tētahi meka, arā, ka tae mai te mate ki te katoa.
17. Ā, he rerekē ngā mea pai o te ao, ā, me te mea ka taea te wikitoria, ka taea hoki te ngaro.
18. Kia manawanui, kia kore hoki e amuamu ki tō wāhanga, ahakoa he aha.
19. O ngā mamae i whiua e te mutunga i whakaritea e ngā atua ki runga i ngā tāngata.
20. Engari me whakapau kaha ki te whakaora i tō mamae i roto i ngā mea ka taea.
21. Ā, kia mahara e kore te mutunga e tuku i te tini o ngā aituā ki ngā mea pai.
22. He nui te rerekētanga o ngā whakaaro me ngā kōrero a te tangata; ināianei he mea pai, muri iho he mea kino.
23. Nō reira, kaua e whakaae matapō i tō rongo, kaua hoki e whakakahore pōrearea i a ia.
24. Engari ki te kōrerohia ngā kōrero teka, me hoki āta ki muri, ā, me mau i te manawanui.
25. Whakatūturu pono, i ngā wā katoa, i tāku e kī atu nei ki a koe ināianei.
26. Kaua e tukua tētahi, ki te kupu, ki te mahi rānei,
27. Kia ārahi i a koe ki te mahi, ki te kōrero rānei i te mea kāore i te tino pai māu.
28. Whakaaro, ā, kōrero i mua i te mahi, kia kore ai koe e mahi i ngā mahi wairangi.
29. Nō te mea he āhuatanga nō te tangata pōrearea te mahi pokanoa, te kōrero pokanoa hoki.
30. Engari mahia te mea e kore e whakapouri i a koe i muri mai, ā, e kore e pōuri ai koe.
31. Kaua e mahi i tētahi mea e kore e taea e koe te mārama.
32. Heoi anō, akohia te mea e tika ana kia mōhio; pērā, ka hari tō ora.
33. Kaua e wareware ki te hauora o te tinana i roto i tētahi ara.
34. Engari hoatu ki a ia he kai i roto i te tau, te korikori tinana e tika ana, me te okiokinga hoki ki tō hinengaro.
35. Ko tāku e kī ana ki te kupu 'tau' ko te mea me karo ngā whāiti.
36. Waihangatia te tikanga ki te ora tika me te mā, kāore he hiahia moepuku.
37. Arotake i ngā mea katoa e whakaputa i te hae.
38. Ā, kaua e mahi i ngā mahi hira. Me ora koe me he tangata e mōhio ana he aha te mea whakahōnore me te mea tika.
39. Kaua e mahi i te mea e akiakina ana e te apo, e te hiahia rānei. He pai rawa ki te whakamahi i te mehua tika i roto i ēnei mea katoa.
40. Mahia anake ngā mea e kore e taea te whara i a koe, ā, whakatau i mua i te mahinga i a rātou.
41. I te takoto, kaua rawa e tukua te moe kia tata ki ō kanohi ngenge,
42. Kia kore rā anō koe e arotake i āu mahi katoa o te rā me tō hinengaro teitei.
43. Pātai: "I hapa au i hea? I mahi tika au i hea? Ko tēhea mahi i whakarerea e au?"
44. Whakawā i a koe anō mō āu hapa, ā, koa i āu whakatutukitanga.
45. Whakamahia katoatia ēnei tūtohutanga. Whakaaroaro pai ki a rātou. Me aroha koe ki a rātou me tō ngākau katoa.
46. Ko rātou te mea ka waiho i a koe ki runga i te ara o te Tōtika Atua.
47. Ka oati au i a ia nāna te Tapawhā Tapu i tuku ki ō tātou wairua.
48. Tērā pūtake o te ao e mau tonu ana tōna whanaketanga.
49. Kaua rawa e tīmata i tētahi mahi i mua i te tono i te manaaki me te āwhina a ngā Atua.
50. Ina waiho e koe ēnei mea katoa hei tikanga,
51. Ka mōhio koe ki te āhua o ngā atua matekore me ngā tāngata,
52. Ka kite koe i te whānuitanga o te rerekētanga i waenga i ngā mea ora, me te mea e mau ana i a rātou, e pupuri ana hoki i a rātou i roto i te kotahitanga.
53. Ka kite koe i reira, kia rite ki te Tika, he ōrite te matū o te Ao i roto i ngā mea katoa.
54. Nā tēnei ara e kore koe e hiahia ki te mea e kore e tika kia hiahia koe, ā, e kore e mōhiotia tētahi mea i roto i tēnei ao ki a koe.
55. Ka rongo hoki koe ka tukuna e te tangata ō rātou mate ki runga i a rātou anō, mā te hiahia, mā te kōwhiri noa hoki.
56. Te pōuri hoki o rātou! Kāore rātou e kite, kāore hoki e mārama kei tō rātou taha te pai mō rātou.
57. He tokoiti e mōhio ana ki te wewete i a rātou i ō rātou mamae.
58. Ko tēnei te taumaha o te mutunga e matapō ana i te tangata.
59. E hīkoi ana ngā tāngata i roto i ngā porowhita, ki kō me ki konei, me ngā mamae mutunga kore,
60. Nō te mea e haere tahi ana rātou me tētahi hoa pouri, ko te wāwāhi mate i waenga i a rātou, e whiua ana i a rātou ki runga, ki raro, ā, kāore rātou e mōhio.
61. Kia tupato, kia kaua rawa e whakaoho i te kore-ōrite, engari kia oma i a ia!
62. E te Atua tō mātou Matua, wetekina rātou katoa i ngā mamae nui pēnei.
63. Mā te whakaatu ki tēnā, ki tēnā te Wairua e ārahi ana i a rātou.
64. Heoi anō, kaua e wehi, nō te mea nō tētahi iwi atua ngā tāngata.
65. Ā, ka whakaatu, ka whakaatu hoki te ao tapu i ngā mea katoa ki a rātou.
66. Ki te whakapuaki ia i ōna mea ngaro ki a koe, ka ngāwari tō whakatinana i ngā mea katoa e tūtohu ana ahau ki a koe.
67. Ā, mā te whakaora i tō wairua ka wewete koe i a ia i ēnei kino katoa me ngā mamae.
68. Engari me karo i ngā kai kāore i te tino tūtohutia mō te purenga me te wewete i te wairua.
69. Arotake pai i ngā mea katoa,
70. Me rapu tonu ki te ārahi i a koe e te māramatanga atua e tika ana kia ārahi i ngā mea katoa.
71. Pērā, ina whakarerea e koe tō tinana ā-tinana, ā, ka kake koe ki te rangi.
72. Ka matekore, ka atua hoki koe, ka whai kī katoa koe, ā, e kore e mate anō.
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