1Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. E te Atua, e whakamoemiti nei ahau, kei wahangu koe: 2Kua puaki hoki te mangai o te tangata kino me te mangai o te tangata tinihanga, ki te he moku: he teka o ratou arero, e korero nei moku. 3I karapotia hoki ahau e ratou ki nga kupu mauahara, a i whawhai takekore ki ahau. 4Mo toku aroha he riri ta ratou whakautu: ko ahau ia, he inoi taku. 5E homai ana e ratou ki ahau he kino mo te pai, he mauahara mo toku aroha. 6Meinga he tangata kino hei rangatira mona; kia tu he hoariri ki tona ringa matau. 7Kia tau te he ki a ia, ina whakawakia: kia waiho ano tana inoi hei hara. 8Kia torutoru ona ra; kia riro tana mahi tirotiro i tetahi atu. 9Kia pania ana tamariki, kia pouarutia hoki tana wahine. 10Kia kopikopiko noa ana tamariki, pinono ai: kia rapu kai hoki ma ratou i o ratou wahi mokemoke. 11Kia haoa e te kaituku moni ana mea katoa; kia pahuatia hoki e nga tangata iwi ke ana mauiuitanga. 12Kaua tetahi hei hoatu noa i te aroha ki a ia: kaua hoki tetahi hei atawhai i ana pani. 13Kia hatepea putia ona uri: a i to muri whakatupuranga kia horoia rawatia atu o ratou ingoa. 14Kia maharatia e Ihowa te kino o ona matua: kei murua hoki te hara o tona whaea. 15Kia mau tonu ki te aroaro o Ihowa: kia hatepea atu ai e ia te maharatanga ki a ratou i runga i te whenua. 16Mona kihai i mahara ki te mahi tohu: heoi tukino ana ia i te ware, i te rawakore, i te hunga ngakau maru, kia patua ai ratou. 17Ae ra, i pai ia ki te kanga, a kua tae mai ki a ia: kihai ia i aro ki te manaaki, heoi kua mamao tera i a ia. 18I kakahu ia i te kanga ki a ia, ano ko tona kakahu: na kua tae tera ki roto ki a ia ano he wai, me he hinu hoki ki roto ki ona wheua. 19Waiho ki a ia hei kakahu hipoki mona, hei whitiki hoki e whitikiria tonutia ai ia. 20Na hei utu tena ma Ihowa ki oku hoariri, ki te hunga hoki e korero kino nei ki toku wairua. 21Kia puta tau mahi moku, e te Atua, e te Ariki, he whakaaro ki tou ingoa: na te mea he pai tau mahi tohu, whakaorangia ahau, 22He ware hoki ahau, he rawakore, kua mamae hoki toku ngakau i roto i ahau. 23Ka riro ahau me te atarangi e whakawairua kau ana: e peipeia ana ahau me he mawhitiwhiti. 24Hurorirori kau oku turi i te nohopuku; a e kohia ana te ngako o oku kikokiko. 25Kua waiho ahau hei tawainga ma ratou: ka kite ratou i ahau, ka ruru o ratou matenga. 26Awhinatia ahau, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kia rite ki tou aroha tau whakaora i ahau. 27Kia matau ai ratou ko tou ringa itene: a nau tenei, e Ihowa, i mea. 28Ma ratou e kanga, mau ia e manaaki: kia whakama ratou ina whakatika; ko tau pononga ia kia hari. 29Kia whakakakahuria oku hoariri ki te whakama, a ko to ratou numinumi hei koroka hipoki mo ratou. 30Ka tino whakawhetai toku mangai ki a Ihowa, ae ra, ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a ia i waenganui o te mano. 31E tu hoki ia ki te ringa matau o te rawakore, hei whakaora i a ia i te hunga e whakahe ana i tona wairua.