1 He pono te korero, Ki te hiahia tetahi ki te mahi pihopa, e hiahia ana ia ki te mahi pai.
2 Na, ko te tikanga tenei, kia kaua te pihopa e ekengia e te kupu, he tahu no te wahine kotahi, kia ngawari, kia whai whakaaro, kia marama ana tikanga, kia atawhai ki nga manuhiri, kia whai ngakau ki te whakaako:
3 Kia kaua e kakai waina, kia kaua e patu; engari kia ngawari, kaua e totohe, kaua e matenui ki te moni;
4 Kai pai tana tohutohu i tona whare; e mea ana i ana tamariki kia ngohengohe ki a ia, kia nui te mahara:
5 Ki te kore hoki tetahi tangata e matau ki te tohutohu i tona whare ake, me pehea ka tiaki ai ia i te hahi a te Atua?
6 Kauaka i te tauhou, kei whakakake, a ka tau to te rewera he ki a ia.
7 A kia pai te korero mona a te hunga o waho; kei taka ia ki te whakahawea, ki roto hoki ki te mahanga a te rewera.