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Te Kino o te Tangata me te Pai o te Atua
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Nā te pononga a Ihowā, nā Rāwiri.
1 E mea ana te mahi kino a te tangata hara
i roto i tōku ngākau,
kāhore he wehi ki te Atua
i mua i ōna kanohi.
2 E whakapai ana hoki ōna kanohi ake ki a ia anō,
e kore e kitea tōna hara, e kore e kinongia.
3 He kino ngā kupu a tōna māngai, he rauhanga hoki,
kua mahue i a ia te mahara, te mahi i te pai.
4 He mahi nanakia tāna e whakaaro ai i runga i tōna moenga;
ehara i te pai te ara e tūria ana e ia,
kāhore ōna whakarihariha ki te kino.
5 Kei ngā rangi, e Ihowā, tāu mahi tohu;
tutuki noa atu tōu pono ki ngā kapua.
6 Rite tonu tōu tika ki ngā maunga o te Atua;
he rire nui āu whakaritenga;
ko koe, e Ihowā, te kaiwhakaora i te tangata, i te kararehe.
7 Anō te pai o tōu aroha, e te Atua;
ka okioki ngā tama a te tangata
i raro i te taumarumarutanga iho o ōu pākau.
8 Ka mākona rātou i ngā mea mōmona o tōu whare;
ka whakainumia anō e koe ki te awa o āu mea whakahari.
9 Kei a koe hoki te puna o te ora;
mā tōu mārama ka kite ai mātou i te mārama.
10 Kia roa tōu aroha ki te hunga e mātau ana ki a koe,
tōu tika hoki ki te hunga ngākau tika.
11 Kei puta mai ki ahau te waewae whakapakari;
kei āia atu ahau e te ringa o te hunga hara.
12 Hinga iho i reira ngā kaimahi i te kino;
kua turakina iho, tē āhei te ara ake.