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  <book code="ECC" style="id">ecc.txt Māori macronized text, extracted 16-05-06</book>
  <para style="h">Kaikauwhau</para>
  <para style="toc3">Kkwh</para>
  <para style="mt2">Ko te</para>
  <para style="mt1">Kaikauwhau</para>
  <chapter number="1" style="c" sid="ECC 1" />
  <para style="s">He Whakaaro o tētahi Kīngi Kaikauwhau</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 1:1" />Ko ngā kupu a te Kaikauwhau, arā a te tama a Rāwiri, i kīngi nei ki Hiruhārama:<verse eid="ECC 1:1" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 1:2" />“He tino horihori rawa,” e ai tā te Kaikauwhau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:2">“he tino horihori rawa; he horihori katoa!”<verse eid="ECC 1:2" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 1:3" />He aha te pai ki te tangata o tōna māuiui katoa</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:3">e māuiui ai ia i raro i te rā?<verse eid="ECC 1:3" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 1:4" />Ko tēnei whakatupuranga e haere atu ana,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:4">ko tērā whakatupuranga e haere mai ana;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:4">ko te whenua ia, mau tonu.<verse eid="ECC 1:4" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 1:5" />E whiti ana hoki te rā, e heke atu ana te rā,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:5">hohoro tonu atu ki tōna wāhi i whiti mai ai.<verse eid="ECC 1:5" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 1:6" />E anga ana te hau ki te tonga,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:6">nā, ka taka ki te raki;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 1:6">he hanga takataka tonu tāna i tōna ara,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:6">ā, ka hoki mai anō te hau ki ōna takatakanga.<verse eid="ECC 1:6" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 1:7" />E rere ana ngā awa katoa ki te moana,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:7">heoi kāhore e kī te moana;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 1:7">ko te wāhi i rere mai ai ngā awa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:7">ka hoki atu anō rātou ki reira.<verse eid="ECC 1:7" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 1:8" />Māuiui rawa ngā mea katoa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:8">e kore e taea e te tangata te kōrero;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 1:8">e kore te kanohi e ngata i te mātakitaki,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:8">e kore te taringa e kī i te whakarongo.<verse eid="ECC 1:8" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 1:9" />Ko tō mua mea koia anō hei mea āianei,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:9">ā, ko te mea i mahia i mua ka mahia anō āianei;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:9">kāhore hoki he mea hou i raro i te rā.<verse eid="ECC 1:9" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 1:10" />Tērā anō rānei he mea e kī ai tētahi,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:10">“Titiro, he mea hou tēnei”?</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 1:10">He mea ia nō ngā wā ō mua,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:10">nō ērā i mua atu i a tātou.<verse eid="ECC 1:10" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 1:11" />Kāhore he mahara ki ngā whakatupuranga o mua;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:11">kāhore hoki e maharatia</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 1:11">ngā whakatupuranga e haere mai</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:11">ā muri nei e te hunga ō muri atu.<verse eid="ECC 1:11" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Huakore o te Whai Whakaaronui</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 1:12" />Ko ahau, ko te Kaikauwhau, te kīngi o Īharaira i Hiruhārama. <verse eid="ECC 1:12" /><verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 1:13" />Nā, ka whakaangahia e ahau tōku ngākau ki te whakaaro nui hei rapu, hei kimi i ngā mea katoa e mahia ana i raro i te rangi. Nā te Atua tēnei whakararuraru kino i hōmai ki ngā tama a te tangata hei whakararu i a rātou. <verse eid="ECC 1:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 1:14" />Kua kite ahau i ngā mea katoa e mahia ana i raro i te rā; nanā, he horihori katoa, he whai hoki i te hau.<verse eid="ECC 1:14" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="15" style="v" sid="ECC 1:15" />Ko te mea piko e kore e taea te whakahāngai;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:15">ko te mea koha e kore e taea te tatau.<verse eid="ECC 1:15" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="ECC 1:16" />I kōrerorero ahau ki tōku ngākau, i mea, “Nanā, kua whiwhi rawa ahau i te whakaaro nui ki runga ake i ō te hunga katoa i mua atu i ahau i Hiruhārama; āe rā, he maha ngā mea kua kitea e tōku ngākau o te whakaaro nui, o te mātauranga.” <verse eid="ECC 1:16" /><verse number="17" style="v" sid="ECC 1:17" />Nā, ka whakaangahia e ahau tōku ngākau kia mōhio ki te whakaaro nui, kia mōhio ki te haurangi, ki te wairangi; ā, kua kite ahau he whai anō hoki tēnei i te hau.<verse eid="ECC 1:17" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="ECC 1:18" />Mā te nui hoki o te whakaaro ka nui ai te pōuri,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:18">ā, ko te tangata e whakaneke ake ana</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 1:18">i te mātauranga e whakaneke ake ana i te mamae.<verse eid="ECC 1:18" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 1" />
  <chapter number="2" style="c" sid="ECC 2" />
  <para style="s">Te Huakore o te Kaiapa</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 2:1" />I mea ahau i roto i tōku ngākau, “Tēnā rā, ka whakamātauria koe e ahau ki te koa; nā, te āhuareka māu.” Heoi, he horihori anō hoki tēnei. <verse eid="ECC 2:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 2:2" />Ko te kata, kīia iho e ahau “He haurangi;” ko te koa, “He mahi aha tāna?” <verse eid="ECC 2:2" /><verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 2:3" />I whai ahau i roto i tōku ngākau me pēhea te whakaahuareka i tōku kikokiko ki te wāina – me te whakahaere anō ia a tōku ngākau i ahau i runga i te whakaaro nui – ā, me pēhea tāku hopu i te wairangi, kia kitea rā anō e ahau he aha rā tēnā mea pai a ngā tama a te tangata e mahia nei i raro i te rangi i ngā rā katoa e ora nei rātou.<verse eid="ECC 2:3" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 2:4" />I mahia e ahau ētahi mahi nunui māku; i hangā e ahau ētahi whare mōku; i whakatōkia e ahau ētahi māra wāina māku. <verse eid="ECC 2:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 2:5" />I hangā e ahau ētahi kāri māku, me ētahi māra rākau, whakatōkia iho e ahau ki reira ngā tū rākau katoa e whai hua ana. <verse eid="ECC 2:5" /><verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 2:6" />I hangā e ahau he poka wai māku hei whakamākūkū mai i reira i te ngahere, i te wāhi i whakatupuria ai ngā rākau. <verse eid="ECC 2:6" /><verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 2:7" />I hokona e ahau he pononga tāne, he pononga wāhine, ā, he pononga anō i whānau ki tōku whare; he tini hoki āku kāhui kau, āku kāhui hipi, maha atu i ā te hunga katoa i mua atu i ahau i Hiruhārama. <verse eid="ECC 2:7" /><verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 2:8" />I āmenea mai anō e ahau he hiriwa, he kōura, me te taonga i rawe ki ngā kīngi, ki ngā kāwanatanga; i meatia anō e ahau he kaiwaiata, tāne, he kaiwaiata wāhine, me ngā āhuareka anō a ngā tama a te tangata, te tini o te wāhine iti.<verse eid="ECC 2:8" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 2:9" />Heoi, kua nui ahau, neke noa ake ana āku i ā te hunga katoa i mua ake i ahau i Hiruhārama, me te mau anō hoki tōku whakaaro nui.<verse eid="ECC 2:9" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 2:10" />Ko ngā mea katoa anō hoki i hiahiatia e ōku kanohi,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:10">kīhai i kaiponuhia e ahau i a rāua,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 2:10">kīhai anō i pēhia e ahau tōku ngākau i te meatanga atu ki tētahi whakahari;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:10">i hari hoki tōku ngākau i ōku ruhatanga katoa;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:10">ā, ko te wāhi tēnei māku o ōku ruhatanga katoa.<verse eid="ECC 2:10" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 2:11" />Kātahi ahau ka titiro ki ngā mahi katoa i mahia e ōku ringa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:11">ki te ruhatanga hoki i ruha ai ahau i te mahinga;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 2:11">nanā, he horihori katoa, he whai kau i te hau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:11">ā, kāhore he hua pai i raro i te rā.<verse eid="ECC 2:11" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Whakaaronui me te Wairangi</para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 2:12" />I anga anō ahau ki te mātakitaki ki te whakaaro nui,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:12">ki te haurangi, ki te wairangi;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 2:12">he aha koia te mea e taea e te tangata e haere mai ana i muri i te kīngi?</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:12">Heoi anō ko te mea kua oti noa ake.<verse eid="ECC 2:12" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 2:13" />Kātahi ahau ka kite, hira ake te whakaaro nui i te wairangi;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:13">he pērā hoki me te mārama e hira ake ana i te pōuri.<verse eid="ECC 2:13" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 2:14" />Ko te tangata whakaaro nui,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:14">kei tōna māhunga ōna kanohi,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:14">ā, kei te pōuri te wairangi e haere ana.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 2:14">Otiia, i kite anō ahau kotahi tonu te mea e pā ana ki a rātou katoa.<verse eid="ECC 2:14" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="15" style="v" sid="ECC 2:15" />Kātahi ahau ka kī ake i roto i tōku ngākau,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 2:15">“Ko te mea i pā ki te wairangi ka pā anō ki ahau nei anō hoki;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:15">he aha hoki ōku whakaaro i nui ake ai?”</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 2:15">Nā, ko tāku kīanga ake i roto i tōku ngākau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:15">“He horihori anō hoki tēnei.”<verse eid="ECC 2:15" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="ECC 2:16" />Nō te mea kāhore he maharatanga ki te tangata whakaaro nui,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:16">pērā anō i te kore ki te wairangi ā ake ake;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 2:16">inā hoki i ngā rā e haere ake nei kua wareware noa ake ngā mea katoa.</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 2:16">Nā, ko tō te tangata whakaaro nui tōna matenga, pērā anō i tō te wairangi!<verse eid="ECC 2:16" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="17" style="v" sid="ECC 2:17" />Nā, kua kino ahau ki te ora; nō te mea he hē ki ahau te mahi e mahia ana i raro i te rā; he horihori katoa hoki, he whai kau i te hau. <verse eid="ECC 2:17" /><verse number="18" style="v" sid="ECC 2:18" />I kino anō hoki ahau ki tōku māuiui i māuiui ai ahau i raro i te rā; inā hoki me waiho iho e ahau mā te tangata i muri i ahau. <verse eid="ECC 2:18" /><verse number="19" style="v" sid="ECC 2:19" />Ko wai hoki e mōhio ana hei tangata whakaaro nui rānei ia, hei wairangi rānei? Otiia, hei a ia te tikanga mō ōku māuiui katoa i māuiui ai ahau, i nui ai anō hoki ōku whakaaro i raro i te rā. He horihori anō hoki tēnei. <verse eid="ECC 2:19" /><verse number="20" style="v" sid="ECC 2:20" />Nā, ka anga ahau, ka mea kia whakaparahako tōku ngākau ki te māuiui katoa i māuiui ai ahau i raro i te rā. <verse eid="ECC 2:20" /><verse number="21" style="v" sid="ECC 2:21" />Tēnei hoki tētahi tangata kei runga nei i te whakaaro nui tāna mahi, kei runga i te mātauranga, kei runga i te mōhio; otiia ka waiho e ia hei wāhi mā te tangata kīhai nei i mahi. He horihori anō tēnei, he hē nui. <verse eid="ECC 2:21" /><verse number="22" style="v" sid="ECC 2:22" />He aha oti te tukunga iho ki te tangata o tōna māuiui katoa, o te ngana o tōna ngākau i māuiui ai ia i raro i te rā? <verse eid="ECC 2:22" /><verse number="23" style="v" sid="ECC 2:23" />He pōuri kau hoki ōna rā katoa, he ngākau mamae tōna raruraru, e kore anō hoki tōna ngākau e okioki i te pō. Nā, he horihori anō hoki tēnei.<verse eid="ECC 2:23" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="24" style="v" sid="ECC 2:24" />Kāhore he mea pai mā te tangata i tua atu i te kai, i te inu, i te mea kia whiwhi tōna wairua i te pai i roto i tōna māuiui. I kite anō hoki ahau i tēnei, nō te ringa o te Atua tēnei. <verse eid="ECC 2:24" /><verse number="25" style="v" sid="ECC 2:25" />Ko wai oti e nui atu tāna kai, ko wai e reka ake i ahau? <verse eid="ECC 2:25" /><verse number="26" style="v" sid="ECC 2:26" />Ki te tangata hoki e pai ana ki tō te Atua aroaro e hōmai ana e ia he whakaaro nui, he mātauranga, he koa; ki te tangata hara ia e hōmai ana e ia he raruraru, ki te kohikohi, ki te āmene mea mai, hei hoatutanga māna ki te tangata e pai ana ki tō te Atua aroaro. He horihori anō hoki tēnei, he whai i te hau.<verse eid="ECC 2:26" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 2" />
  <chapter number="3" style="c" sid="ECC 3" />
  <para style="s">He Wā mō ngā Mea Katoa</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 3:1" />He tāima anō kua takoto mō ngā mea katoa, me te wā mō ngā meatanga katoa i raro i te rangi:<verse eid="ECC 3:1" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 3:2" />he wā e whānau ai, he wā e mate ai;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 3:2">he wā e whakatō ai, he wā e hūtia ai te mea i whakatōkia;<verse eid="ECC 3:2" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 3:3" />he wā e patu ai, he wā e rongoā ai;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 3:3">he wā e wāwāhi iho ai, he wā e hanga ake ai;<verse eid="ECC 3:3" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 3:4" />he wā e tangi ai, he wā e kata ai;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 3:4">he wā e auē ai, he wā e kanikani ai;<verse eid="ECC 3:4" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 3:5" />he wā e ākiritia atu ai ngā kōhatu,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 3:5">he wā e kohikohia ai ngā kōhatu,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 3:5">he wā e awhi ai, he wā e kore ai e awhi;<verse eid="ECC 3:5" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 3:6" />he wā e rapu ai, he wā e ngaro ai;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 3:6">he wā e tiaki ai, he wā e ākiri atu ai;<verse eid="ECC 3:6" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 3:7" />he wā e haehae ai, he wā e tuitui ai;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 3:7">he wā e whakarongo puku ai, he wā e kōrero ai;<verse eid="ECC 3:7" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 3:8" />he wā e aroha ai, he wā e mauāhara ai;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 3:8">he wā e whawhai ai, he wā e mau ai te rongo.<verse eid="ECC 3:8" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Mahi mai nā te Atua</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 3:9" />He aha te pai ki te kaimahi i tāna mea i māuiui ai ia? <verse eid="ECC 3:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 3:10" />Kua kite ahau i te raruraru e hōmai ana e te Atua ki ngā tama a te tangata hei whakararu i a rātou. <verse eid="ECC 3:10" /><verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 3:11" />I hangā e ia ngā mea katoa kia ātaahua i tōna wā anō; ā, i whakanohoia e ia te ao ki ō rātou ngākau, engari kia kaua te tangata e kite i tā te Atua mahi i mahi ai, mai i te tīmatanga ā taea noatia te mutunga. <verse eid="ECC 3:11" /><verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 3:12" />E mōhio ana ahau kāhore he mea pai atu mō rātou i te ngākau hari, i te mahi i te pai i a rātou e ora ana; <verse eid="ECC 3:12" /><verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 3:13" />ā, he mea hoki nā te Atua kia kai ngā tāngata katoa, kia inu, kia kite anō hoki i te pai o tō rātou māuiui katoa. <verse eid="ECC 3:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 3:14" />E mōhio ana ahau ko ngā mea katoa e hangā ana e te Atua, ka mau tonu ā ake ake; e kore tētahi mea e honoa mai, e kore anō hoki tētahi wāhi e tangohia atu. I meatia hoki e te Atua kia wehi ai ngā tāngata i tōna aroaro. <verse eid="ECC 3:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="ECC 3:15" />Ko tō mua mea koia anō tēnei ināianei; nā, ko te mea e puta mai ā mua kua puta noa ake; e rapua ana anō e te Atua te mea onamata.<verse eid="ECC 3:15" /></para>
  <para style="s">He Tūkino i roto i te Ao</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="ECC 3:16" />Nā, i kitea anō e ahau i raro i te rā, ko te wāhi o te whakawā i reira ia te kino, ā, ko te wāhi o te tika ko te kino i reira. <verse eid="ECC 3:16" /><verse number="17" style="v" sid="ECC 3:17" />Ka mea ahau i roto i tōku ngākau, “Tērā e whakawākia e te Atua te tangata tika rāua ko te tangata kino; nō te mea kua takoto te wā i reira mō ngā meatanga katoa, mō ngā mahi katoa.”<verse eid="ECC 3:17" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="ECC 3:18" />I mea ahau i roto i tōku ngākau, “Nā te mea mō ngā tama a te tangata, he mea nā te Atua hei whakaatu i a rātou, kia kite ai rātou he pērā noa iho rātou i te kararehe.” <verse eid="ECC 3:18" /><verse number="19" style="v" sid="ECC 3:19" />Ko te mea hoki e pā ana ki ngā tama a te tangata, e pā ana ki ngā kararehe; kotahi tonu te mea e pā ana ki a rātou; ko te matenga o tētahi rite tonu ki te matenga o tētahi. Āe rā, kotahi tonu anō manawa ō rātou katoa; kīhai hoki te tangata i hipa ake i te kararehe; he horihori hoki te katoa. <verse eid="ECC 3:19" /><verse number="20" style="v" sid="ECC 3:20" />E haere ana te katoa ki te wāhi kotahi; nō te puehu nei te katoa, ka hoki anō te katoa ki te puehu. <verse eid="ECC 3:20" /><verse number="21" style="v" sid="ECC 3:21" />Ko wai e mātau ana ki te wairua o te tangata, e haere ana rānei ki runga, ki te wairua rānei o te kararehe, mehemea rānei e heke iho ana ki raro ki te whenua?<verse eid="ECC 3:21" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="22" style="v" sid="ECC 3:22" />Nā, ka kite ahau kāhore he pai nui atu i tēnei, arā kia koa te tangata ki āna mahi; ko te wāhi hoki tērā māna; mā wai ia e whakahoki mai, e mea kia kite i ngā mea e puta mai i muri i a ia?<verse eid="ECC 3:22" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 3" />
  <chapter number="4" style="c" sid="ECC 4" />
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 4:1" />Nā, ka tahuri ahau, ā, ka titiro ki ngā tūkinotanga katoa e mahia nei i raro i te rā.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 4:1">Nā, ko ngā roimata o te hunga i tūkinotia,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:1">kāhore hoki ō rātou kaiwhakamārie;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 4:1">ā, he kaha kei te ringa o ō rātou kaitūkino,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:1">otiia kāhore ō rātou kaiwhakamārie.<verse eid="ECC 4:1" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 4:2" />Nā, ko tāku whakamoemiti ki te hunga mate kua mate noa ake,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:2">nui atu i tāku ki te hunga ora e ora nei.<verse eid="ECC 4:2" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 4:3" />Engari ia pai atu i a rāua</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:3">te tangata kāhore anō i whānau noa,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 4:3">kāhore anō i kite noa i te mahi hē</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:3">e mahia nei i raro i te rā.<verse eid="ECC 4:3" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 4:4" />Nā, ka kite ahau i te māuiui katoa, i ngā mahi tohunga katoa, he mea hoki tēnei e hae ai te tangata ki tōna hoa. He horihori anō hoki tēnei, ā, he whai kau i te hau.<verse eid="ECC 4:4" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 4:5" />Ko te wairangi, kei te kōtui i ōna ringa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:5">ā, kainga ana e ia ōna kikokiko ake.<verse eid="ECC 4:5" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 4:6" />He pai kē te ringa kī i runga i te āta noho,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:6">i ngā ringa kī e rua, ki te mea he ruha,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:6">he whai noa i te hau.<verse eid="ECC 4:6" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 4:7" />Kātahi ahau ka tahuri, ā, ka kite i te horihori i raro i te rā:<verse eid="ECC 4:7" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 4:8" />he tangata tērā, ko ia anake, kāhore hoki ōna tokorua;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:8">āe rā, kāhore anō hoki āna tama, ōna tuākana, tēina rānei;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 4:8">heoi kāhore he mutunga o tāna mahi katoa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:8">e kore anō hoki ōna kanohi e mākona i ngā taonga.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 4:8">Nā, ka mea ia, “Ki a wai tōku whakaaro i ahau ka mahi nei,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:8">ka whakatiki nei i tōku wairua ki te pai?”</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:8">He horihori anō tēnei, he raruraru kino.<verse eid="ECC 4:8" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Painga o te Hoa</para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 4:9" />Erangi te tokorua i te kotahi;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:9">nō te mea ka whiwhi rāua ki te utu pai i tā rāua mahi.<verse eid="ECC 4:9" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 4:10" />Ki te hinga hoki tētahi, mā tōna hoa ia e whakaara;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:10">auē te mate mō te kotahi, ina hinga,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:10">ki te kāhore te whakatokorua hei whakaara i a ia!<verse eid="ECC 4:10" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 4:11" />Ki te takoto tahi anō ngā tokorua, ka mahana rāua;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:11">he tangata kotahi ia, mā te aha ka mahana ai tōna kotahi?<verse eid="ECC 4:11" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 4:12" />Ki te kaha tētahi i a ia kotahi nei,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 4:12">ka māia te tokorua ki a ia.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 4:12">E kore hoki te aho takitoru e motu wawe.<verse eid="ECC 4:12" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 4:13" />Pai ake te tamaiti rawakore, whakaaro nui i te kīngi kua koroheketia, kua wairangi, kua kore nei ōna mōhio ki te whakarongo ina whakatūpatoria. <verse eid="ECC 4:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 4:14" />I puta mai hoki tērā i roto i te whare herehere, hei kīngi; āe rā, ahakoa i roto i tōna whenua i kīngi ai, i whānau rawakore mai ia. <verse eid="ECC 4:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="ECC 4:15" />I kite ahau i te hunga ora katoa e haere nei i raro i te rā, kei te tama rātou, kei te tuarua, kua tū nei i te tūnga o tērā. <verse eid="ECC 4:15" /><verse number="16" style="v" sid="ECC 4:16" />Kāhore he mutunga o te iwi katoa, arā o te hunga ko ia nei tō rātou ariki; nā, e kore ō muri iho i a ia e koa ki a ia. He pono, he horihori anō hoki tēnei, ā, he whai kau i te hau.<verse eid="ECC 4:16" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 4" />
  <chapter number="5" style="c" sid="ECC 5" />
  <para style="s">Te Wehi, te Māhaki, te Manawa</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 5:1" />Tiakina tōu waewae ina haere koe ki te whare o te Atua; he pai kē te whakatata ki te whakarongo i te hoatu i te patunga tapu a ngā wairangi; kāhore hoki rātou e mōhio he mahi kino tā rātou.<verse eid="ECC 5:1" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 5:2" />Kei pōrahurahu tōu māngai,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:2">kei hohoro hoki te puaki o tētahi kupu</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:2">a tōu ngākau i te aroaro o te Atua;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 5:2">nō te mea kei te rangi te Atua,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:2">ā, ko koe kei runga i te whenua;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:2">mō reira kia torutoru āu kupu.<verse eid="ECC 5:2" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 5:3" />Ka puta mai hoki te rekanga kanohi ina nui te raruraru;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:3">me te reo o te wairangi ki te maha o ngā kupu.<verse eid="ECC 5:3" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 5:4" />Ki te kīia taurangitia e koe tētahi mea mā te Atua, kei whakaroa koe ki te whakamana. E kore hoki ia e pai ki ngā wairangi; whakamanā e koe tāu i kī taurangi ai. <verse eid="ECC 5:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 5:5" />He pai kē ki te kore āu kī taurangi, i te puta i a koe o te kupu taurangi, ā, kāhore i whakamana e koe. <verse eid="ECC 5:5" /><verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 5:6" />Kei tukua e koe tōu māngai kia mea hara mō ōu kikokiko; kaua hoki e kī ki te aroaro o te anahera, “He pōhēhē.” Kia riri te Atua ki tōu reo hei aha, ā, hē iho i a ia te mahi a ōu ringa?<verse eid="ECC 5:6" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 5:7" />Nā konei tēnei mea, nā te maha o ngā rekanga kanohi, o ngā horihori, o ngā kōrero maha; ko koe ia kia wehi i te Atua.<verse eid="ECC 5:7" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 5:8" />Ki te kite koe i te rawakore e tūkinotia ana, ā, e kāhakina kētia ana te whakawā rāua ko te tika i te kāwanatanga, kaua e mīharo ki taua mea; nō te mea e maharatia ana e tētahi, he tiketike ake nei i te mea tiketike; tēnei anō hoki tētahi e tiketike ake ana i a rātou. <verse eid="ECC 5:8" /><verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 5:9" />Mā te katoa anō hoki ngā hua o te whenua; ā, ko te kīngi hoki, nā, e mahia ana e te māra he mea māna.<verse eid="ECC 5:9" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 5:10" />Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te hiriwa e kore e mākona i te hiriwa;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:10">ā, e kore hoki te tangata e whai ana ki ngā mea maha, ki ngā hua.</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:10">He horihori anō tēnei.<verse eid="ECC 5:10" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 5:11" />Ki te maha ngā rawa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:11">ka tokomaha anō ngā tāngata hei kai;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 5:11">he aha hoki te pai ki te tangata nāna aua mea?</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:11">Ko te mātakitaki kau atu a ōna kanohi.<verse eid="ECC 5:11" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 5:12" />Ka reka tonu te moe a te tangata mahi,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:12">ahakoa iti tāna kai, nui rānei;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 5:12">ko te tangata taonga ia,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:12">e kore e tukua e āna mea maha kia moe.<verse eid="ECC 5:12" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 5:13" />Tērā tētahi he ngau kino i kitea e ahau i raro i te rā,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 5:13">arā, he taonga e puritia ana e te tangata nāna, hei whakamamae anō i a ia;<verse eid="ECC 5:13" /></para>
  <para style="q2">
    <verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 5:14" />ā, ka pau aua taonga i te raruraru kino.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 5:14">Nā, ka whānau he tama māna,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:14">kāhore he mea i tōna ringa.<verse eid="ECC 5:14" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="15" style="v" sid="ECC 5:15" />Ka rite ki tōna haerenga mai i te kōpū o tōna whaea,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:15">ka hoki tahanga atu anō ia,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 5:15">ka pērā i tōna haerenga mai,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:15">e kore anō e riro i a ia tētahi wāhi mō tāna mahi hei maunga atu mā tōna ringa.<verse eid="ECC 5:15" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="ECC 5:16" />Ā, he hē ngau kino anō hoki tēnei:</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 5:16">arā ko tōna haerenga atu ka rite i ngā mea katoa ki tōna haerenga mai;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:16">he aha oti te pai ki a ia?</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:16">Ko tāna i mahi ai mā te hau.<verse eid="ECC 5:16" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="17" style="v" sid="ECC 5:17" />Ā, i ōna rā katoa ka kai ia i roto i te pōuri,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 5:17">ka pororaru tōna ngākau ka pāngia e te mate, ka pukuriri.<verse eid="ECC 5:17" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="ECC 5:18" />Nanā, ko tāku i kite ai, he mea pai, he mea ātaahua, kia kai te tangata, kia inu, kia kite hoki i te pai o tōna māuiui katoa i māuiui ai ia i raro i te rā i ngā rā katoa e ora ai ia, e hōmai nei e te Atua ki a ia; nāna hoki tēnā wāhi. <verse eid="ECC 5:18" /><verse number="19" style="v" sid="ECC 5:19" />Ko ngā tāngata katoa hoki i hōmai ai e te Atua he taonga, he rawa, i tukua mai ai ki a rātou te tikanga mō te kai i tētahi wāhi o aua mea, mō te tango i te wāhi mā rātou, ā, kia koa rātou i tō rātou māuiui – he mea hōmai tēnei nā te Atua. <verse eid="ECC 5:19" /><verse number="20" style="v" sid="ECC 5:20" />E kore hoki e nui tōna mahara ki ngā rā i ora ai ia; nō te mea he koa mō tōna ngākau tā te Atua i whakahoki ai ki a ia.<verse eid="ECC 5:20" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 5" />
  <chapter number="6" style="c" sid="ECC 6" />
  <para style="s">Te Hohoia o te Tūmanako</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 6:1" />Tērā tētahi hē i kitea e ahau i raro i te rā, he mea taimaha anō ki runga ki ngā tāngata. <verse eid="ECC 6:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 6:2" />He tangata i hōmai nei e te Atua ki a ia he taonga, he rawa, he korōria, ā, kīhai tōna wairua i hapa ki tētahi mea i hiahia ai ia, otiia kīhai i tukua e te Atua ki a ia te tikanga mō te kai i tētahi wāhi o aua mea, engari kainga ana e te tangata kē. He horihori tēnei, he mate kino.<verse eid="ECC 6:2" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 6:3" />Ki te kotahi rau ngā tamariki a tētahi tangata, ā, he maha ngā tau e ora ai ia, maha atu ngā rā o ōna tau, ā, kāhore tōna wairua i ngata i te pai, kāhore hoki ia e whai tanumanga; e mea ana ahau tērā noa atu te pai o te materoto i a ia. <verse eid="ECC 6:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 6:4" />I haere mai hoki tērā i runga i te horihori, ā, haere atu ana i runga i te pōuri, ā, ka taupokina tōna ingoa e te pōuri. <verse eid="ECC 6:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 6:5" />Kīhai hoki ia i kite i te rā, kīhai anō i mōhio ki a ia; nui atu tō tēnei okioki i tō tērā. <verse eid="ECC 6:5" /><verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 6:6" />Āe, ahakoa kotahi mano tōpū ngā tau i ora ai ia, heoi kāhore he pai i kitea e ia. He teka ianei e haere ana te katoa ki te wāhi kotahi?<verse eid="ECC 6:6" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 6:7" />Ko ngā mea katoa i māuiui ai te tangata,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 6:7">hei mea anō mō tōna māngai,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 6:7">otiia e kore tōna wairua e mākona.<verse eid="ECC 6:7" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 6:8" />He aha oti tā te tangata whakaaro nui</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 6:8">e hira ake ana i tā te wairangi?</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 6:8">He aha hoki tā te ware,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 6:8">e mōhio nei ki te haere i te aroaro o te hunga ora?<verse eid="ECC 6:8" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 6:9" />He pai kē te kite o ngā kanohi i te kaipaowe o te hiahia;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 6:9">he horihori anō tēnei, ā, he whai i te hau.<verse eid="ECC 6:9" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 6:10" />Ko ngā mea katoa ō mua kua oti noa ake te hua ki te ingoa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 6:10">ā, e mōhiotia ana ko te tangata;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 6:10">e kore hoki ia e tau hei totohe</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 6:10">ki te mea e kaha atu ana i a ia.<verse eid="ECC 6:10" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 6:11" />Ka maha nei ngā mea hei whakanui i te horihori,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 6:11">he aha te painga ki te tangata?<verse eid="ECC 6:11" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 6:12" />Ko wai hoki e mōhio ana he aha te mea pai ki te tangata i a ia nei i te ora, i ngā rā katoa o tōna oranga horihori, e rite nei ki te ātārangi i a ia e mahi nei? Ko wai hoki hei whakaatu ki te tangata ko te aha e puta mai i muri i a ia i raro i te rā?<verse eid="ECC 6:12" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 6" />
  <chapter number="7" style="c" sid="ECC 7" />
  <para style="s">He Matekiri Whakaaro o te Oranga</para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 7:1" />Ko te ingoa pai, pai atu i te hinu utu nui;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:1">ko te rā o te matenga, pai atu i te rā o tō te tangata whānautanga.<verse eid="ECC 7:1" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 7:2" />Ko te haere ki te whare tangihanga,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:2">pai atu i te haere ki te whare hākari;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 7:2">ko te mutunga hoki ia o ngā tāngata katoa;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:2">ā, ka rongoātia e te tangata ora ki roto ki tōna ngākau.<verse eid="ECC 7:2" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 7:3" />Ko te ngākau mamae, pai atu i te kata;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:3">mā te pōuri hoki o te mata ka pai ai te ngākau.<verse eid="ECC 7:3" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 7:4" />Kei te whare tangihanga te ngākau o te hunga whakaaro nui;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:4">kei te whare ia o te kata te ngākau o ngā wairangi.<verse eid="ECC 7:4" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 7:5" />Ko te whakarongo, ina rīria te hē e te tangata whakaaro nui,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:5">pai atu i tā te tangata whakarongo ki te waiata a ngā wairangi.<verse eid="ECC 7:5" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 7:6" />Rite tonu hoki ki te papātanga o ngā tātarāmoa</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:6">i raro i te kōhua te kata a te wairangi.</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:6">He horihori anō tēnei.<verse eid="ECC 7:6" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 7:7" />He pono mā te pāhua ka wairangi ai te tangata whakaaro nui,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:7">mā te mea hōmai noa hoki ka kore ai te ngākau mahara.<verse eid="ECC 7:7" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 7:8" />Ko te mutunga o te mea, pai atu i tōna tīmatanga;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:8">pai atu te wairua manawanui i te wairua whakakake.<verse eid="ECC 7:8" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 7:9" />Kei hohoro tōu wairua ki te riri;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:9">kei te uma hoki o ngā wairangi te riri e noho ana.<verse eid="ECC 7:9" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 7:10" />Kaua e mea, “He aha ngā rangi ō mua i pai ake ai i ēnei?”</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:10">Kāhore hoki he whakaaro nui ōu i ui ai koe ki tēnā.<verse eid="ECC 7:10" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 7:11" />He pai tonu te whakaaro nui, ānō he taonga tuku iho;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:11">āe rā, he pai rawa ake ki te hunga e kite ana i te rā.<verse eid="ECC 7:11" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 7:12" />Hei whakamarumaru iho te whakaaro nui, hei pērā hoki i te moni te whakamarumaru;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:12">ko te pai ia o te mātauranga koia tēnei, ka ora i te whakaaro nui ngā tāngata nāna.<verse eid="ECC 7:12" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 7:13" />Whakaaroa tā te Atua mahi;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:13">ko wai hoki hei mea kia tika tāna i mea ai kia hape?<verse eid="ECC 7:13" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 7:14" />I te rā pai kia koa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:14">ā, i te rā kino whakaaro;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 7:14">kua mahia nei hoki e te Atua tētahi kia takoto tahi me tētahi,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:14">he mea kia kaua ai e kitea e te tangata tētahi mea i muri i a ia.<verse eid="ECC 7:14" /></para>
  <para style="s">Ngā Aupiki o te Oranga</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="15" style="v" sid="ECC 7:15" />Kua kite ahau i tēnei katoa i ngā rā ōku i te horihori;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 7:15">he tangata tika tētahi, ngaro iho ia i runga i tōna tika;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:15">he tangata kino tētahi, roa noa iho ia i te ao i runga i tōna kino.<verse eid="ECC 7:15" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="ECC 7:16" />Kaua e whakanuia rawatia tōu tika;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:16">kaua hoki e whakanuia rawatia ōu whakaaro;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:16">he aha koe i whakangaro ai i a koe?<verse eid="ECC 7:16" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="17" style="v" sid="ECC 7:17" />Kaua e whakanuia rawatia tōu kino,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:17">kaua anō hoki e wairangi;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:17">kia mate koe hei aha, i te mea kāhore anō tōu wā kia rite noa?<verse eid="ECC 7:17" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="ECC 7:18" />He pai ki te puritia tēnei kupu e koe;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:18">kaua hoki tōu ringa e unuhia mai i tērā;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:18">ko te tangata hoki e wehi ana i te Atua ka puta mai i roto i ērā katoa.<verse eid="ECC 7:18" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="19" style="v" sid="ECC 7:19" />Ko te whakaaro nui rahi ake tōna kaha mō te tangata whakaaro</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:19">i tō ngā rangatira kotahi tekau i roto i te pā.<verse eid="ECC 7:19" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="20" style="v" sid="ECC 7:20" />Kāhore hoki he tangata tika i te whenua e mahi ana i te pai,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:20">ā, kāhore ōna hara.<verse eid="ECC 7:20" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="21" style="v" sid="ECC 7:21" />Kaua anō e whakarongo ki ngā mea katoa e kōrerotia ana;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:21">kei rongo koe ki tāu pononga e kanga ana i a koe;<verse eid="ECC 7:21" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="22" style="v" sid="ECC 7:22" />he maha hoki ngā wā, e mōhio ana tōu ngākau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:22">i kanga ai koe anō i ētahi.<verse eid="ECC 7:22" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="23" style="v" sid="ECC 7:23" />I whakamātauria e ahau tēnei katoa, he mea whakaaro mārie; i mea ahau,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 7:23">“Ka whakaaro nui ahau,”</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:23">otiia i matara noa atu tēnei i ahau.<verse eid="ECC 7:23" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="24" style="v" sid="ECC 7:24" />Ko te mea onāianei he tawhiti rawa, he hōhonu rawa hoki;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:24">ko wai hei kite?<verse eid="ECC 7:24" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="25" style="v" sid="ECC 7:25" />I anga tōku ngākau, i mea kia mōhio, kia kimihia,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:25">kia rapua ngā whakaaro nui me ngā tikanga,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 7:25">kia mōhio anō hoki he wairangi te kino,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:25">he pōrangi te wairangi.<verse eid="ECC 7:25" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="26" style="v" sid="ECC 7:26" />Ā, ka kite ahau i te mea kawa atu i te mate,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:26">arā i te wahine, he rore nei,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 7:26">he kupenga tōna ngākau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:26">he rāhiri hoki ōna ringa.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 7:26">Ko te tangata e paingia ana e te Atua ka mawhiti i a ia;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 7:26">ko te tangata hara ia ka mau i a ia.<verse eid="ECC 7:26" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="27" style="v" sid="ECC 7:27" />“Nanā, kua kitea tēnei e ahau,” e ai tā te Kaikauwhau, “he mea whakarite tētahi mea ki tētahi, kia kitea ai te tikanga. <verse eid="ECC 7:27" /><verse number="28" style="v" sid="ECC 7:28" />He mea e rapua nei anō e tōku wairua, ā, kāhore anō i kitea; kotahi te tangata i kitea e ahau i roto i te mano. Nā, i roto i ēnei katoa kāhore ahau i kite i tētahi wahine. <verse eid="ECC 7:28" /><verse number="29" style="v" sid="ECC 7:29" />Nanā, ko tēnei anake i kitea e ahau, arā i tika te tangata i tā te Atua hanganga; engari he maha ngā tikanga i rapua e rātou.”<verse eid="ECC 7:29" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 7" />
  <chapter number="8" style="c" sid="ECC 8" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 8:1" />Ko wai hei rite mō te tangata whakaaro nui?</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 8:1">Ko wai hoki e mōhio ana ki te tikanga o tētahi mea?</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 8:1">Ka ai te whakaaro nui o te tangata hei mea kia tīaho tōna mata,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 8:1">ka puta kē anō hoki te taikaha o tōna mata.<verse eid="ECC 8:1" /></para>
  <para style="s">Whakarongo ki te Kīngi</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 8:2" />Ko tāku tēnei ki a koe, Puritia te kupu a te kīngi, me whakaaro anō hoki ki tā te Atua oati. <verse eid="ECC 8:2" /><verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 8:3" />Kei mea wawe koe ki te haere atu i tōna aroaro. Kaua anō hoki e tohe tonu ki te mea kino; ka oti hoki i a ia ngā mea katoa e pai ai ia. <verse eid="ECC 8:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 8:4" />Nō te mea he mana tō te kupu a te kīngi, ā, ko wai hei mea atu ki a ia, “E aha ana koe?”<verse eid="ECC 8:4" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 8:5" />Ko te kaipupuri o te whakahau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 8:5">e kore rawa e mōhio ki te mea hē.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 8:5">E mōhio ana te ngākau o te whakaaro nui ki te wā,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 8:5">ki te tikanga.<verse eid="ECC 8:5" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 8:6" />He wā hoki tō ngā meatanga katoa, he tikanga anō;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 8:6">he nui hoki nō te hē o te tangata i runga i a ia.<verse eid="ECC 8:6" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 8:7" />Kāhore hoki ia e mōhio, ko te aha e puta ā mua,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 8:7">mā wai hoki e whakaatu ki a ia te pēheatanga o te putanga?<verse eid="ECC 8:7" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 8:8" />Kāhore he tangata e whai mana ana ki te wairua, ki te pupuri i te wairua;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 8:8">kāhore hoki he mana ki te rā o te mate.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 8:8">I taua pakanga hoki e kore tētahi e tukua atu;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 8:8">e kore anō te kino e whakaora i te mea e tukua atu ki a ia.<verse eid="ECC 8:8" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 8:9" />I kite ahau i tēnei katoa, i anga anō tōku ngākau ki ngā meatanga katoa e meatia ana i raro i te rā; he wā anō ka whai mana tētahi tangata ki tētahi tangata hei hē mōna.<verse eid="ECC 8:9" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Hunga Kino me te Hunga Tika</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 8:10" />I kite anō ahau i reira i te hunga kino e tanumia ana, ā, i haere mai rātou ki te wāhi o te tanumanga; ā, ko te hunga i mahi i te tika i haere atu i te wāhi o te tapu, ā, warewaretia ana rātou e te pā; he horihori anō hoki tēnei. <verse eid="ECC 8:10" /><verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 8:11" />He kore i hohoro te whakaoti i te kupu whiu mō te mahi hē, koia i kī tonu ai ngā ngākau o ngā tama a te tangata i roto i a rātou ki te tohe ki te mahi i te kino. <verse eid="ECC 8:11" /><verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 8:12" />Ahakoa he rau ngā mahi hē a te tangata hara, ā, ka roa ōna rā; heoi e mōhio ana anō ahau, ka pai te tukunga iho ki te hunga e wehi ana i te Atua, e wehi nei i tōna aroaro. <verse eid="ECC 8:12" /><verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 8:13" />E kore ia e pai te tukunga iho ki te tangata kino, e kore anō e whakaroaina e ia ōna rā, he ātārangi nei te rite; mōna kīhai i wehi i te aroaro o te Atua.<verse eid="ECC 8:13" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 8:14" />He horihori tēnei e mahia nei i runga i te whenua; arā he hunga tika ēnei, ā, ko te mea e pā ana ki a rātou pērā tonu i te mea e pā ana ki te mahi a te hunga kino; ā, he hunga kino ēnei, ā, ko te mea e pā ana ki a rātou pērā tonu i te mea e pā ana ki te mahi a te hunga tika; i kī ahau he horihori anō hoki tēnei. <verse eid="ECC 8:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="ECC 8:15" />Kātahi ahau ka whakamoemiti ki te koa; nō te mea kāhore he mea pai ake mā te tangata i raro i te rā, ko te kai anake, ko te inu, ko te harakoa. Ko tērā hoki e mau ki a ia i roto i tōna māuiui i ngā rā o tōna oranga, i hōmai nei e te Atua ki a ia i raro i te rā.<verse eid="ECC 8:15" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="ECC 8:16" />I tāku tukunga i tōku ngākau kia mōhio ki te whakaaro nui, kia kite i te raruraru e mahia nei i runga i te whenua; i te ao nei hoki, i te pō kāhore ōna kanohi e kite i te moe. <verse eid="ECC 8:16" /><verse number="17" style="v" sid="ECC 8:17" />Kātahi ahau ka kite i te mahi a te Atua, arā, e kore e kitea e te tangata te mahi e mahia ana i raro i te rā; ahakoa māuiui noa te tangata i te rapunga, e kore e kitea e ia. Āe rā, ahakoa mea noa te tangata whakaaro nui kia mōhiotia e ia, e kore e taea kia kitea e ia.<verse eid="ECC 8:17" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 8" />
  <chapter number="9" style="c" sid="ECC 9" />
  <para style="s">Ka Pā mai te Mate ki te Katoa</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 9:1" />Nā, ko tēnei katoa he mea whakaaro nā tōku ngākau, arā kia āta tirotirohia tēnei katoa; ko te hunga tika, ko te hunga whakaaro nui, me ā rātou mahi, kei roto i te ringa o te Atua. E kore te tangata e mōhio he aroha rānei, he kino rānei; kei tō rātou aroaro ngā mea katoa. <verse eid="ECC 9:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 9:2" />He rite tonu te pānga mai o ngā mea katoa ki ngā tāngata katoa; kotahi tonu te mea e pā ana ki te tangata tika, ki te tangata kino; ki te pai, ki te mā, ki te poke; ki te tangata i te patunga tapu, ki te tangata kāhore nei āna patunga tapu.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 9:2">Ko te tangata pai rite tonu</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:2">ki te tangata hara,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 9:2">ko te tangata e oati ana,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:2">ki te tangata e wehi ana i te oati.<verse eid="ECC 9:2" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 9:3" />He hē tēnei i roto i ngā mea katoa e meatia ana i raro i te rā, kotahi tonu te mea e pā ana ki te katoa. Ko te ngākau anō hoki o ngā tama a te tangata kī tonu i te kino; kei roto hoki te haurangi i ō rātou ngākau i a rātou e ora ana; ā muri iho ka riro rātou ki ngā tūpāpaku. <verse eid="ECC 9:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 9:4" />Ko te tangata hoki e tūhono ana ki te hunga ora katoa ka whai tūmanakohanga; pai atu hoki te kurī ora i te raiona mate.<verse eid="ECC 9:4" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 9:5" />E mōhio ana hoki te hunga ora tērā rātou e mate;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:5">ko ngā tūpāpaku ia, kāhore ō rātou mōhio ki tētahi mea,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 9:5">kāhore ake hoki he utu i a rātou;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:5">ka warewaretia hoki te mahara ki a rātou.<verse eid="ECC 9:5" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 9:6" />Ko tō rātou aroha hoki, ko tō rātou riri,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:6">ko tō rātou hae, kua kore noa ake;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 9:6">kāhore hoki he wāhi i a rātou ā ake ake,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:6">o ngā mea katoa e meatia ana i raro i te rā.<verse eid="ECC 9:6" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 9:7" />Haere, kainga tāu kai i runga i te hari, inumia hoki tāu wāina i runga i te ngākau hari; nō te mea kua manako noa kē te Atua ki āu mahi. <verse eid="ECC 9:7" /><verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 9:8" />I ngā wā katoa kia mā ōu kākahu; kaua hoki e whakakāhoretia te hinu mō tōu māhunga. <verse eid="ECC 9:8" /><verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 9:9" />Kia ora tōu ngākau i tōu hoa wahine e aroha nā koe i ngā rā katoa o tōu oranga horihori, i hōmai nei ki a koe i raro i te rā, i ngā rā katoa o tōu horihori. Ko te wāhi hoki tēnā mōu i tēnei ao, i tōu māuiui anō hoki e māuiui nā koe i raro i te rā. <verse eid="ECC 9:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 9:10" />Ko ngā mea katoa e kitea e tōu ringa kia mahia, kia puta tōu uaua ki te mahi; kāhore hoki he mahi, kāhore he tikanga, kāhore he mātauranga, kāhore he whakaaro nui i te rēinga, i te wāhi ka haere atu nā koe ki reira.<verse eid="ECC 9:10" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 9:11" />I hoki ahau, ā, i kite ahau i raro i te rā,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 9:11">ehara i te mea ko te hunga tere e puta i te oma,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:11">ko te hunga mārohirohi rānei e toa i te pakanga,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 9:11">ko te hunga whakaaro nui rānei e whiwhi i te taro,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:11">ko te hunga mōhio rānei e whiwhi i te taonga,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 9:11">ko te hunga tohunga rānei e manakohia,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:11">engari nā te wā, nā te tūpono noa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:11">i hōmai ki a rātou katoa.<verse eid="ECC 9:11" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 9:12" />Kāhore hoki te tangata e mōhio ki te wā mōna;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 9:12">he rite ki ngā ika e haoa ana ki te kupenga nanakia,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:12">ki ngā manu hoki e mau ana i te māhanga,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 9:12">he pērā anō hoki ngā tama a te tangata,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:12">e māhangatia ana i te wā whakarihariha,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:12">ina puta whakarere mai ki a rātou.<verse eid="ECC 9:12" /></para>
  <para style="s">He Pai ake te Whakaaronui i te Mahi Wairangi</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 9:13" />I kitea anō e ahau te whakaaro nui pēnei i raro i te rā, ā, he mea nui ki ahau. <verse eid="ECC 9:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 9:14" />Tērā tētahi pā iti, me ōna tāngata torutoru i roto. Nā, ka haere mai tētahi kīngi nui ki te tū i reira, whakapaea ana e ia, hangā ana e ia ētahi pourewa nunui hei tatau atu ki reira. <verse eid="ECC 9:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="ECC 9:15" />Nā, i kitea tētahi tangata rawakore, whakaaro nui, i roto, ā, nāna, nā tōna whakaaro nui, ka ora te pā. Otiia, kīhai tētahi tangata i mahara ki taua tangata rawakore. <verse eid="ECC 9:15" /><verse number="16" style="v" sid="ECC 9:16" />Nā, ko tāku kīanga ake, “Engari rawa te whakaaro nui i te kaha; heoi whakahāweatia iho ngā whakaaro nui o te rawakore, kīhai hoki āna kupu i whakarangona.”<verse eid="ECC 9:16" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="17" style="v" sid="ECC 9:17" />Ko ngā kupu a te hunga whakaaro nui, he mea āta kōrero,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:17">e rangona nuitia ake ana i te hāmama a te rangatira o ngā wairangi.<verse eid="ECC 9:17" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="ECC 9:18" />Pai ake te whakaaro nui i ngā rākau o te riri;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 9:18">otiia kotahi noa te tangata hara, he nui tāna pai e takakino ai.<verse eid="ECC 9:18" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 9" />
  <chapter number="10" style="c" sid="ECC 10" />
  <para style="s">He Whakaaro Momo Kē</para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 10:1" />Mā ngā ngaro mate ka piro whakahouhou ai te hinu a te kaiwhakananu;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:1">ka pērā anō te whakaaro nui me te ingoa nui,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:1">he iti noa te wairangi māna e tāmi.<verse eid="ECC 10:1" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 10:2" />Kei tōna ringa matau te ngākau o te tangata whakaaro nui;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:2">kei tōna mauī ia te ngākau o te wairangi.<verse eid="ECC 10:2" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 10:3" />Āe rā hoki, ka haere te wairangi i te ara, ka taka ōna mahara,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:3">ā, ka kōrero ia ki ngā tāngata katoa he wairangi ia.<verse eid="ECC 10:3" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 10:4" />Ki te ara te wairua o te rangatira, he riri ki a koe,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:4">kaua tōu wāhi e whakarērea;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:4">ka ai hoki te whakangāwari hei whakamārie mō ngā hara nui.<verse eid="ECC 10:4" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 10:5" />Tēnei tētahi kino i kitea e ahau i raro i te rā,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:5">e rite tonu ana ki te hē i puta mai i te rangatira:<verse eid="ECC 10:5" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 10:6" />ko te wairangi e whakanohoia ana ki runga ki ngā wāhi tiketike rawa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:6">ā, ko ngā tāngata taonga e noho ana i te wāhi i raro.<verse eid="ECC 10:6" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 10:7" />I kite ahau i ngā kaimahi i runga i te hōiho,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:7">ā, ko ngā rangatira e haere ana, ānō he kaimahi, i runga i te whenua.<verse eid="ECC 10:7" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 10:8" />Ko te tangata e keri ana i te rua, ka taka anō ki roto;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:8">ko te tangata e wāhi ana i te taiepa, ka ngaua e te nākahi.<verse eid="ECC 10:8" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 10:9" />Ko te tangata e tārai ana i ngā kōhatu, ka mamae anō i reira;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:9">ko te tangata e tata ana i te rākau, ka ora noa anō i reira.<verse eid="ECC 10:9" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 10:10" />Ki te pūhuki te rino, ā, kāhore e whakakoia te mata,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:10">kia nui ake anō tōna kaha;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:10">he pai ia ngā whakaaro nui hei whakatikatika.<verse eid="ECC 10:10" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 10:11" />Ki te ngau te nākahi i te mea kīanō i whakawaia,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:11">kāhore hoki he painga o te kaiwhakawai.<verse eid="ECC 10:11" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 10:12" />He ātaahua ngā kupu a te māngai o te tangata whakaaro nui;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:12">tēnā ko te wairangi ka horomia a ia anō e ōna ngutu.<verse eid="ECC 10:12" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 10:13" />Ko te tīmatanga o ngā kupu a tōna māngai he wairangi;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:13">ko te mutunga o tāna kōrero, he haurangi, he hē.<verse eid="ECC 10:13" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 10:14" />He maha anō hoki ngā kupu a te wairangi;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:14">engari e kore te tangata e mōhio ko te aha e puta mai.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 10:14">Nā, ko ngā mea e puta mai i muri i a ia,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:14">mā wai rā e whakaatu ki a ia?<verse eid="ECC 10:14" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="15" style="v" sid="ECC 10:15" />Hōhā iho ngā wairangi i tāna mahi, i tāna mahi;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:15">e kore nei hoki ia e mātau ki te haere ki te pā.<verse eid="ECC 10:15" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="ECC 10:16" />Auē te mate mōu, e te whenua he tamaiti nei tōu kīngi,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:16">ā, e kai ana ōu rangatira i te ata!<verse eid="ECC 10:16" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="17" style="v" sid="ECC 10:17" />Ka hari koe, e te whenua, he tamaiti nei nō ngā rangatira tōu kīngi,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:17">ā, e kai ana ōu rangatira i te wā e tika ai –</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:17">hei mea whakakaha, ehara i te mea hei whakahaurangi.<verse eid="ECC 10:17" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="ECC 10:18" />Mā te māngere ka totohu iho ai te tuanui o te whare;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:18">mā te ngoikore anō o ngā ringa ka tūturu ai te whare.<verse eid="ECC 10:18" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="19" style="v" sid="ECC 10:19" />Hei mea mō te kata te hākari i tukua ai,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:19">he mea whakahari anō te wāina;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:19">ā, mā te hiriwa ka rite ai ngā mea katoa.<verse eid="ECC 10:19" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="20" style="v" sid="ECC 10:20" />Kaua e kangā te kīngi, kaua rawa i roto i tōu whakaaro;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:20">kaua hoki e kangā te tangata taonga i roto i tōu whare moenga;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 10:20">nō te mea ka kawea te reo e tētahi manu o te rangi,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 10:20">ka kōrerotia hoki taua mea e tētahi mea whai parirau.<verse eid="ECC 10:20" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 10" />
  <chapter number="11" style="c" sid="ECC 11" />
  <para style="s">Te Painga o te Mamahitanga</para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 11:1" />Makā tāu taro ki te mata o ngā wai;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:1">kia maha hoki ngā rā ka kitea anō e koe.<verse eid="ECC 11:1" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 11:2" />Hoatu tētahi wāhi mā te tokowhitu, āe mā te tokowaru anō hoki;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:2">e kore hoki koe e mōhio ko tēhea kino e puta mai ki te whenua.<verse eid="ECC 11:2" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 11:3" />Ki te kī ngā kapua i te ua,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:3">ka ringihia ki te whenua.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 11:3">Ki te hinga hoki te rākau ki te tonga, ki te raki rānei,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:3">ko te wāhi e hinga ai te rākau, ko reira anō ia takoto ai.<verse eid="ECC 11:3" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 11:4" />Ko te tangata e whai mahara ana ki te hau, e kore e rui;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:4">ko te tangata titiro kapua e kore e kokoti.<verse eid="ECC 11:4" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 11:5" />Nā, ka kore anō koe e mōhio ki te huarahi o te hau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:5">ki te tupu rānei o ngā wheua i roto i te kōpū o te wahine hapū;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 11:5">e kore anō hoki e mōhiotia e koe te mahi a te Atua,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:5">a te kaimahi o ngā mea katoa.<verse eid="ECC 11:5" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 11:6" />I te ata ruia tāu purapura,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:6">ā, i te ahiahi kaua e pēpeke tōu ringa;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 11:6">kāhore hoki koe e mōhio ko tēnei rānei e tika,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:6">ko tērā rānei, ko rāua rānei e rua ka pai ngātahi.<verse eid="ECC 11:6" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Whanaketanga me te Pakeketanga</para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 11:7" />He pono he āhuareka te mārama,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:7">ā, he mea pai ki ngā kanohi te titiro ki te rā.<verse eid="ECC 11:7" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 11:8" />Āe rā, ki te maha ngā tau e ora ai te tangata,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:8">kia hari ia ki aua tau katoa;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 11:8">engari kia mahara ia ki ngā tau o te pōuri,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:8">tērā hoki e maha.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 11:8">Ko ngā mea e haere ake ana he horihori katoa.<verse eid="ECC 11:8" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 11:9" />Kia koa, e te taitamariki, ki tōu taitamarikitanga;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:9">kia whakahari anō hoki tōu ngākau i a koe i ngā rā o tōu taitamarikitanga.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 11:9">Haere hoki i ngā ara o tōu ngākau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:9">i te tirohanga anō a ōu kanohi;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 11:9">otiia kia mōhio anō koe,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:9">he mea ēnei katoa e riro ai koe i te Atua ki te whakawā.<verse eid="ECC 11:9" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 11:10" />Nō reira whakawāteatia atu te riri i tōu ngākau,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:10">ā, whakanekehia atu te kino i tōu kikokiko;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 11:10">he mea horihori nei hoki te taitamarikitanga, me te houkuratanga.<verse eid="ECC 11:10" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 11" />
  <chapter number="12" style="c" sid="ECC 12" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="ECC 12:1" />Kia mahara rā ki tōu Kaihanga</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:1">i ngā rā o tōu tamarikitanga,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 12:1">i te mea kāhore anō kia tae noa mai ngā rā o te kino,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:1">ā, kāhore anō kia tata mai ngā tau e kī ai koe,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:1">“Kāhore ōku āhuareka ki ēnei tau”;<verse eid="ECC 12:1" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="ECC 12:2" />i te mea kāhore anō kia pōuri noa te rā, te mārama,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:2">te marama, me ngā whetū,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:2">ā, kāhore anō kia hoki mai ngā kapua i muri i te ua;<verse eid="ECC 12:2" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="ECC 12:3" />i te rā e wiri ai ngā kaitiaki o te whare,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:3">ā, ka piko iho ngā tāngata mārohirohi,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 12:3">ka mutu anō hoki tā ngā kaihuri, nō te mea he torutoru rātou,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:3">ka pōuri anō hoki ngā mea e titiro mai nei i ngā matapihi.<verse eid="ECC 12:3" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="ECC 12:4" />Ā, ka tūtakina ngā tatau i te huarahi;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:4">ā, ka iti te haruru o te huri,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 12:4">ā, ka ara ake tētahi i te tangi o te manu,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:4">ka whakahokia iho hoki ki raro ngā kōtiro katoa o te waiata.<verse eid="ECC 12:4" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="ECC 12:5" />Āe rā, ka wehi rātou i te mea tiketike,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:5">kei te huarahi hoki ngā mea whakamataku;</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 12:5">ā, ka puāwai te aramona,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:5">ka taimaha anō hoki te māwhitiwhiti,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:5">ka iti haere te hiahia.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 12:5">Ka haere nei hoki te tangata ki tōna whare tūturu,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:5">ā, ka hāereere ngā kaitangi i ngā huarahi.<verse eid="ECC 12:5" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="ECC 12:6" />I te mea kāhore anō kia mawheto noa te aho hiriwa,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:6">kia pakaru noa rānei te oko kōura,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 12:6">kia pakaru rānei te hāka ki te puna,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:6">kia pakaru te wīra ki te poka wai,<verse eid="ECC 12:6" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="ECC 12:7" />ā, ka hoki te puehu ki te whenua,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:7">ki tōna āhua ō mua,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:7">ā, ka hoki te wairua ki te Atua nāna nei i hōmai.<verse eid="ECC 12:7" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="ECC 12:8" />“He horihori, he tino horihori,” e ai tā te Kaikauwhau;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:8">“he horihori te katoa.”<verse eid="ECC 12:8" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Whakarāpopototanga</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="ECC 12:9" />Nā, nō te mea he tangata whakaaro nui te Kaikauwhau, koia i whakaakona tonutia ai e ia te iwi ki te mātauranga; āe rā, i whakaaroaro ia, i rapu, ā, i āta whakatakotoria e ia ngā whakatauki maha. <verse eid="ECC 12:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="ECC 12:10" />I whai te Kaikauwhau kia kitea ngā kupu huatau; he mea tika anō te mea i tuhituhia, he kupu pono.<verse eid="ECC 12:10" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="ECC 12:11" />Ko ngā kupu a te hunga whakaaro nui koia anō kei ngā werowero, ā, ko ngā kupu a ngā kaihuihui o ngā whakaminenga kei ngā whao i titia kia mau, he mea i hōmai e te hēpara kotahi.<verse eid="ECC 12:11" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="ECC 12:12" />Ā, kia ai ēnei hei whakatūpato i a koe, e tāku tama. Ko te tuhi i ngā pukapuka maha kāhore he mutunga; ki te nui hoki te ako ka māuiui te kikokiko.<verse eid="ECC 12:12" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="ECC 12:13" />Ko te whakamutunga tēnei o te mea katoa;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:13">kua rangona katoatia.</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="ECC 12:13">E wehi ki te Atua, puritia āna whakahau;</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:13">ko ngā mea katoa hoki ēnei hei mahi mā te tangata.<verse eid="ECC 12:13" /></para>
  <para style="q1">
    <verse number="14" style="v" sid="ECC 12:14" />Nō te mea ka whakawākia ngā mahi katoa e te Atua,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:14">te mea huna anō hoki,</para>
  <para style="q2" vid="ECC 12:14">ahakoa pai, ahakoa kino.<verse eid="ECC 12:14" /></para>
  <chapter eid="ECC 12" />
</usx>