Hiraka
32:1 Ki te mea kua rangatira koe i te hakari, kaua e whakakake, engari kia rite
i roto ia ratou ano ko tetahi o era atu; kia kaha ki te tiaki i a ratou, ka noho
ki raro.
32:2 A ka poto i a koe au mea katoa, me tu koe, kia noho ai koe
Kia hari tahi koe me ratou, kia whiwhi hoki koe ki te karauna mo tau whakaritenga pai a Ihowa
hākari.
32:3 Korero, e te kaumatua, he pai hoki mou, engari kia ora
whakawa; kaua hoki e kaiponuhia te waiata.
32:4 Kaua e ringihia nga kupu ki te wahi he kaiwhakatangi, kaua hoki e whakaaturia te whakaaro nui
kua pau te wa.
32:5 Ko te waiata i roto i te hakari waina, ano ko te hiri o te karapanaka
i te koura.
32:6 Rite tonu ki te hiri o te emerara, he mea whakanoho ki roto ki te mahi koura, ko te waiata o te waiata
waiata me te waina reka.
32:7 Korero, e tama, ki te mea he mate mou: a ka tata rawa koe te wa
toi rua nga patai.
32:8 Kia poto tau korero; kia rite ki tetahi
e mohio ana, heoi kei te pupuri i tona arero.
32:9 Ki te mea kei roto koe i nga tangata nunui, kei rite koe ki a ratou; ā, āhea
kua noho nga tangata tawhito, kaua e maha nga kupu.
32:10 I mua o te puta o te whatitiri he uira; a ka haere i te aroaro o te tangata whakama
atawhai.
32:11 Maranga wawe, kaua hoki e mutu; engari kia hohoro te hoki atu ki te kainga.
32:12 Kia ora ki reira, mahia tau i pai ai: kaua ia e hara te whakapehapeha
whaikōrero.
32:13 Na ma enei mea e manaaki te Kaihanga i a koe, nana ano koe i whakakii
me ana mea pai.
32:14 Ko te tangata e wehi ana ia Ihowa ka whiwhi ki tana ako; me te hunga e rapu ana
ka ata manakohia mai ia.
32:15 Ko te tangata e rapu ana i te ture, ka makona ia i te ture; ko te tangata tinihanga
ka whakaparahako ki reira.
32:16 Ko te hunga e wehi ana ki a Ihowa, ka kite i te whakawakanga;
he marama.
32:17 E kore te tangata hara e riria, engari ka kitea e ia he kupu whakahoki
tona hiahia.
32:18 Ka whai whakaaro te tangata whakaaro nui; engari he tangata ke, he tangata whakakake
ka wehi, ahakoa i mahi noa ia i te mea kahore ona whakaaro.
32:19 Kaua e mahia tetahi mea i runga i te whakaaro mohio; a ka oti koe te mahi, kaua e ripeneta.
32:20 Kaua e haere i te ara e hinga ai koe, kaua hoki e tutuki te waewae i waenganui ia ratou
kowhatu.
32:21 Kaua e maia i runga i te marama noa.
32:22 A kia tupato ki au tamariki.
32:23 I nga mahi pai katoa, whakawhirinaki tou wairua; ko te pupuri hoki tenei i a Ihowa
whakahau.
32:24 Ko te tangata e whakapono ana ki te Ariki, ka whai ia ki te whakahau; a ko ia
ko te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia e kore e heke iho.