1 Otirā, i ara ake anō he poro­piti teka i mua i roto i te iwi, he pērā me ngā kai­whaka­ako teka e puta ake ā mua i roto i a koutou; mā ēnei e mau puku mai ngā tītore­hanga whaka­ngaro. He whaka­kāhore nā rātou i te Ariki rawa, nāna nei rātou i hoko, ka hohoro tonu tā rātou taki mai i te whaka­ngaro­manga ki a rātou anō. 2 Ā, he toko­maha e aru i ā rātou tikanga whaka­riha­riha; mā reira e kōrero­tia kino­tia ai te ara o te pono. 3 He apo moni hoki e tito kupu ai rātou kia whai taonga ai rātou i a koutou. Nō­namata te tuku­nga mō rātou ki te hē, e kore anō e whaka­roa; kāhore hoki he moe o tō rātou whaka­ngaro­manga.

4 Me­he­mea kīhai i tohu­ngia e te Atua ngā ana­hera i hara, engari i peia rātou e ia ki te pō, he mea here­here i te waro pōuri, he mea tiaki mō te whaka­wā; 5 ā, kīhai i tohu­ngia te ao tawhito, he mea tiaki ia nāna a Noa, te kai­kauwhau i te tika, rātou ko ētahi atu toko­whitu, i tāna kawe­nga mai i te wai­puke ki te ao o te hunga karakia­kore. 6 Ā, meinga ana ngā pā, a Horoma, a Komora, kia punga­rehu rawa, ko tāna whaka­tau­nga hē he huri­hanga, waiho iho hei tohu ki te hunga e noho karakia­kore i ngā wā i muri. 7 Ko Rota ia, ko te tangata tika, whaka­ora­ngia ake e ia, i a ia e whaka­pōuri­tia ana e ngā rite­nga whaka­riha­riha a te hunga kino; 8 i taua tangata tika e noho ana i roto i a rātou, mamae ana tōna ngākau tika i ā rātou mahi kino, i tāna i kite ai, i tāna i rongo ai i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā. 9 Mātau tonu te Ariki ki te whaka­ora i te hunga kara­kia i roto i te whaka­mā­tautau­ranga, kia waiho ko te hunga hē mō ā te rā whaka­wā whiu ai. 10 Terā rawa ia tāna mō te hunga e whai ana i tā te kiko­kiko, e haere ana i runga i te hia­hia poke, e whaka­hāwea ana ki te ranga­tira­tanga.

He hunga hīkaka, e whai ana i tā rātou ake; kāhore hoki e wehi ki te kōrero kino ki ngā tāngata nunui. 11 Tēnā ko ngā ana­hera, ahakoa nui ake tō rātou kaha, tō rātou mana, kāhore e puaki i a rātou he kupu whaka­toi mō ērā i te aro­aro o te Atua ina whaka­wā. 12 Ko ērā hoki, rite tonu rātou ki te kararehe kāhore nei he whaka­aro, he mea māori anake, i hangā nei hei hopu­kanga, hei whaka­ngaro­manga. Kōrero kino ana rātou ki ngā mea kāhore nei e mōhio­tia e rātou; ā, ka ngaro i runga i tā rātou tikanga whaka­mate; 13 ka whi­whi ki te utu o te hē. He tangata e āhua­reka ana ki te kakai awa­tea, he ira rātou, he makenu, e ruku ana ki ā rātou hākari ngahau i a rātou e hākari tahi ana me koutou. 14 Ko ō rātou kanohi kī tonu i te pūremu, kāhore hoki e mutu tō rātou hara; e poaina ana e rātou ngā hine­ngaro kāhore i ū. He ngākau tō rātou kua oti te whaka­mahi ki te apo. He tama­riki kua oti te kanga. 15 Mahue ake i a rātou te ara tika, kotiti kē ana rātou, whai tonu ana i te ara o Paraama tama a Peoro, i whaka­pai nei ki te utu o te hē; 16 otirā, i rīria anō ia mō tōna hē. I kōrero te kararehe reo­kore, nō te tangata te reo, pēhia ana e ia te wai­rangi o te poro­piti.

17 He puna waikore ēnei tāngata, he kapua e ākina ana e te tūpuhi; pōuri kere­kere te wāhi kua rite mō rātou mō ake tonu atu. 18 E kōrero ana i ngā kōrero tetere rawa, he mea teka noa, ka poaina e rātou ki ngā hia­hia o te kiko­kiko, ki ngā hia­hia tai­kaha, te hunga e mawhiti mai ana i ērā e noho rā i roto i te hē. 19 He here­kore tā rātou e whaka­ari nei ki a rātou, heoi, he pono­nga rātou nā te pirau; ki te taea hoki te tangata e te hoa­riri, hei pono­nga ia māna. 20 Ka mawhiti mai nei rātou i ngā poke o te ao, i a rātou ka mātau nei ki te Ariki, arā ki te Kai­whaka­ora, ki a Īhu Karaiti, nā, ki te rorea rātou, ki te hinga rawa i aua mea, kino noa atu tō rātou whaka­mutu­nga i te tīma­tanga. 21 He pai kē mō rātou me i kore e mātau ki te ara o te tika, i te mātau, ā, hei muri ka tahuri kē atu i te ture tapu kua tukua nei ki a rātou. 22 Heoi, te tuku­nga iho ki a rātou rite tonu ki tā te whaka­tau­ki pono, “Kua hoki te kurī ki tōna ruaki” me “Te poaka i horoi rā, kua oke­oke anō i te paru.”

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