52 ngā mea ngaro mō te hanga taonga kāore e whakapuakina e te hunga whai rawa, me ngā ture koura 10 ka huri i tō māramatanga ki te mahi moni.

1. Ki te taea, utua he kaitiaki tamariki e tino mārama ana...Te oraE mārama ana te hunga whai rawa ki tēnei mahi ngaro.
2. Mēnā kei te nama moni koe, me haere koe ki te peeke; ki te nui ake te moni nama, ka nui ake te haumaru.
3. Mā te hono atu ki ngā tino rangatira o te rohe ka kiia he "tangata atamai" te tangata.
4. Mō te tangata noa, ko te koura anake te mea hei tirotiro mā rātou i roto i ō rātou oranga: ina heke ngā utu koura, kei te tino puāwai te ōhanga, he wā pai tēnei hei haumi; ina piki ngā utu koura, kei roto te ōhanga i te hinganga o te ōhanga, nō reira me tūpato.
5. Hei whakahaere i te āhuatanga, me whiriwhiri e koe he hoa ngoikore ake i a koe.
6. He nui ake te whai hua o te tono atu ki tētahi o te ira tangata kē kia oti ngā mea.
7. He taonga te whatunga; whakawhānuihia tō porowhita pāpori me te kohi whanaungatanga kounga teitei, inā koa ngā rauemi ka taea te kawe mai i te taonga.
8. Ka nui ake te whai rawa o tētahi wāhi, ka māmā ake te mahi moni, engari ka kaha ake hoki te whakataetae.
9. Kaua rawa e uru ki te pakihi me te wahine ataahua.
10. Mā te mōhio ki te maumahara ki ngā tāngata, me te kaha ki te karanga i ō rātou ingoa i te hui tuarua, ka māmā ake te whiwhi kiritaki pono.
11. Kāore e hiahiatia ana te hoko i ngā taonga i te utu iti, engari me meinga e koe kia whakaaro ngā kaihoko kei te whiwhi rātou i tētahi utu pai.
12. Ko te whiwhi moni e whakawhirinaki ana ki te mātauranga, te tirohanga whānui, me ngā whai wāhitanga.
13. Ko te hunga e aro nui ana ki te hangarau ko te hunga rawakore; ko te hunga e kaha tonu ana ki te mahi pai ko te hunga kuware. Ko te hunga tino rangatira...pūāhuaKāore te rangahau e aro nui ana ki ngā kaupapa, engari ki ngā tāngata.
14. Ka uaua ki te hunga pīwariwari, ki te hanga pakihi nui.
15. E mōhio ana te hunga mātau ki te pakihi me pēhea te whai i te ia o te ao.
16. Kia māia ki te whakamātau me te mahi hapa. I a koe e tamariki ana, he iti te utu o te mahi hapa, ā, ko te taka ki roto i ngā mahanga he wāhanga tonu o te tipu ake.
17. Ko te rangatira pono ko te tangata e arotahi ana ki te kotahi te painga, ā, e whakatapua ana ia ki ngā kaha matua o taua mea.
18. Ko te rongonui te mea e whakatau ana i te taonga; he mea nui ngā pūkenga whakawhitiwhiti kōrero pai hei whiwhi moni nui.
19. Kāore he koha kore utu, he kai kore utu rānei.
20. Ki te hiahia koe ki te whiwhi moni, me aro atu koe ki ngā wāhine, nā te mea ko ngā tāne te hunga e whiwhi moni ana, ko ngā wāhine te hunga e whakapau moni ana.
21. Ka taea e koe te whiwhi moni nui ake mēnā ka tukua e koe ētahi atu kia whiwhi moni i te tuatahi.
22. Ki te mea kei te mahi moni koe mā te mahi tinana, kaua e mangere; ki te mea kei te mahi moni koe mā tō roro, kaua e mangere; ki te mea kei te mahi moni koe mā te moni, kaua e whakaiti i tō hinengaro; ki te mea kei te mahi moni koe mā ngā rauemi, kaua e manukanuka rawa ki te tiaki i tō ingoa kino.
23. Mā te hoatu koha ka ea te 80% o ngā raruraru, engari mā te kore e hoatu koha ka kore pea e ea ngā raruraru.
24. He maha ngā painga o te pupuri i ngā koha i roto i te pouaka o tō waka.
25. Kaua e tukua koe kia tino whakamarie i mua i tō angitu.
26. Hei mahi pakihi, me mōhio koe ki te kōrero, ki te noho tahi me te tangata, me te hoatu koha.
27. He painga te kiri matotoru.
28. E rima ngā momo tāngata e hiahiatia ana hei angitu: ngā kaiāwhina, ngā kaiārahi, ngā whanaunga, ngā mahi ake a te tangata, me te tirotiro mai i te hoariri.
29. I mua i te tīmatanga o tētahi pakihi, me whakatau wawe ngā hononga; ki te kore, kaua e hohoro te tīmata.
30. Ko ngā pakihi he iti noa ngā arai ki te whakaurunga te mea tino uaua ki te whakahaere nā te mea he maha rawa ngā kaiwhakataetae.
31. Ko te hunga kāore e taea te whakarere i tō rātou whakapehapeha, kāore rātou e whiwhi moni nui.
32. Ko te hunga e whakahawea ana ki ngā moni iti, ka wareware pea ki te whiwhi moni nui.
33. Ka taea e koe te noho ora me te kore e whakaipoipo, engari me mārama koe ki ngā wāhine; ki te kore koe e mārama ki ngā wāhine, kāore koe e mārama ki te hapori, ā, ki te kore koe e mārama ki te hapori, kāore e taea e koe te mahi moni. Ko ngā ahumahi e nui ana ngā wāhine ataahua ngā ahumahi tino whai hua.
34. I roto i te pakihi, me ako koe ki te whakaawhiwhi ki raro, kaua rawa e whakawhānui i te nama.
35. Ki te whakahoa koe ki te hunga tino pai, ka tino pai anō koe.
36. Ka taea e te kupu atawhai te riro i te haurua o te tangata, ka taea e te koha te riro i te 70%, ka taea e ngā kupu atawhai me te koha te riro i te 90%, ā, mā te whakatutuki i ā rātou hiahia ka taea e te nuinga te riro i te tangata.
37. Hei whiwhi moni, e rua noa ngā mea e hiahiatia ana e koe i ia rā: te whakamahere i te awatea, me te arotake i te pō.
38. Kia tūpato ki ngā toa he iti ngā reti, nā te mea he iti te maha o ngā kaihoko e haere mai ana ki te toa mena he iti ngā reti.
39. E toru noa aku mahi: te whakakorikori tinana, te whiwhi moni, me te ako.
40. Ka hua te taonga i te rangimārie; kaua e whakatū hoariri mēnā kāore he taupatupatu pānga.
41. Ka whiwhi moni nui i roto i ngā tau e toru ki te rima; kei a koe, kāore rānei.
42. Ko te mea ngaro ki te hunga whai rawa e whiwhi moni nui ana: Kia iti ake te mahi, me mahi noa i ngā mea tino nui. Ko te hunga e pukumahi ana i ia rā, kāore he wā ki te whiwhi moni tūturu.
43. Ko te hunga kāore e manawanui ka whakakorea; ko te hunga e manawanui ka tū motuhake.
44. Hei whiwhi moni nui, me whai wawata, me te kaha ki te mahi.
45. Me karo ngā pakihi whānau i ngā pakanga ā-roto.
46. Akohia kia whakamahia koe e ētahi atu; e mōhio ana te hunga whai mana ki te tuku i ētahi atu kia whai hua ai rātou, kia nui ake ai te hunga e karapoti ana i a rātou.
47. Ko te hunga e tino kaha ana ki te whakahaere i te taonga nui, he maha ngā wā ka wehe atu i ngā kare ā-roto; ki te kore e taea e rātou te wikitoria i ngā arai kare ā-roto, ka uaua ki a rātou te whiwhi taonga me te honore.
48. Ko te hunga e huna ana i a rātou anō ki te mahi uaua i te rā roa, e kore e whai taonga. Ko te taonga he utu mō te mātauranga, ehara i te utu mō te uaua.
49. Kaua e apo ki te pene whakamutunga ina mahi pakihi ana.
50. He moumou taima noa iho te ako i tētahi atu mea i tua atu i te mahi moni.
51. Ka pai tonu te whai wāhitanga ki te hinengaro kua rite, ā, e kore rawa te taonga e pai ki te mangere.
52. I te wā e haumi ana, he mea nui kia whakarahihia tō mōrearea; kaua e waiho ō hua katoa ki roto i te kete kotahi.

Ki te kite koe i tēnei karere, waiho mai he kōrero: "I muri i te kino ka puta te pai, ka whai mai te waimarie."

Hei whakamutunga: Ngā Ture Koura Tekau

1. He taonga te whatunga; me whakawhanake wawe i ngā whanaungatanga kounga teitei, inā koa ko ērā ka whai taonga ai.
2. Ko te angitu e whakawhirinaki ana ki te mātauranga, te tirohanga whānui, me te whai wāhitanga; kia iti ake te mahi, ā, kia arotahi ki ngā mea tino nui.
3. I roto i te ao pakihi, me mōhio koe ki te kōrero, ki te noho tahi me te tangata, me te hoatu koha. Mā te hoatu koha ka taea te whakaoti i te 80% o ngā raruraru.
4. Tāutuhia ō painga, arotahi ki te rangahau hōhonu, ā, ko te whakapau kaha te mea nui ki te noho hei tohunga.
5. Kia manawanui ki te whakamātau me te mahi hapa; ko te pāngia e ngā arai i tō taiohinga he wāhanga kore e taea te karo o te tipu.
6. Ka pai tonu te whai wāhitanga ki te hinengaro kua rite, ā, kāore te taonga e pai ki te mangere.
7. I te wā e haumi ana, he mea nui kia whakarahihia te mōrearea, kaua hoki e waiho ō hua katoa ki te kete kotahi.
8. E mōhio ana te hunga whai rawa ki te tuku i ngā painga ki ētahi atu, kia nui ake ai te iwi e kukume mai ana.
9. I roto i te ao pakihi, he mea nui kia whakahaere pai ngā whanaungatanga; ko ngā pakihi he iti noa ngā arai ki te whakaurunga te mea tino uaua ki te angitu.
10. Ko te hunga kāore e taea te wikitoria i ngā arai kare ā-roto ka uaua ki te whiwhi taonga me te mana; ko te hunga tino kaha ki te whakahaere i te taonga nui he maha ngā wā ka nanakia.