TSK · Whakatauki 23:15

¶ E taku tama, ki te whakawaia koe e te hunga hara, kaua e whakaae.

¶ Whakarongo, e aku tamariki, ki te whakaako a te matua, tahuri mai hoki kia matauria ai nga whakaaro mohio.

¶ He tama whakaaro nui, ka koa te papa: tena ko te tama kuware, he whakahawea ki tona whaea.

Kia hari tou papa raua ko tou whaea, ina, kia koa te wahine i whanau ai koe.

Ae ra, ka koa ahau ki a ratou hei mea i te pai ki a ratou, a he pono ka whakapaua toku ngakau, ka whakapaua hoki toku wairua ki te whakato i a ratou ki tenei whenua i runga i te pono.

Na ka kawea mai e ratou ki a ia tetahi pararutiki, e takoto ana i runga i te moenga; no te kitenga o Ihu i to ratou whakapono ka mea ia ki te pararutiki, E tama, kia maia; ka oti ou hara te muru.

He tika ia kia koa tatou, kia hari: i mate hoki tou teina nei, a kua ora; i ngaro, a kua kitea.

Na ko te meatanga a Ihu ki a ratou, E tama ma, kahore a koutou kai? Ka whakahokia e ratou ki a ia, Kahore.

Ko to matou ora nei hoki tenei, ara kia tu tonu koutou i runga i te Ariki.

Hari pu ahau noku i kite i etahi o au tamariki e haere ana i runga i te pono, e whakarite ana i te ture kua homai ki a tatou e te Matua.