1 Whakarongo ki tēnei kupu, kua maranga nei i ahau hei tangi ki a koutou, e te whare o Īharaira:
2 “Kua hinga te wāhina a Īharaira,
3 Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
4 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā ki te whare o Īharaira:
5 otiia, kaua e rapu i Pētēre,
6 Rapua a Ihowā, ā, ka ora koutou;
7 E te hunga i puta kē ai te whakawā hei taru kawa,
8 Rapua te kaihanga o Matariki, o Tautoru;
9 nāna i whakaputa ohorere te whakangaromanga ki te hunga kaha,
10 E kinongia ana e rātou te kairiri hē i te kūwaha,
11 Nā, i te mea he takahi tā koutou i te ware,
12 E mōhiotia ana hoki e ahau te maha o ō koutou poka kē,
13 Mō reira ka whakarongo puku te tangata tūpato i taua wā;
14 Rapua te pai, kauaka hoki te kino,
15 Kinongia te kino, arohaina te pai,
16 Mō reira tēnei kupu a Ihowā, a te Atua o ngā mano, a te Ariki:
17 ā, he auē i ngā māra wāina katoa,
18 Auē te mate mō koutou e hiahia nei ki te rā o Ihowā!
19 ka pērā me te tangata i rere atu i te aroaro o te raiona,
20 He teka ianei tērā e pōuri te rā o Ihowā, e kore e mārama?
21 “E kino ana ahau, e whakarihariha ana ki ā koutou hākari,
22 Āe rā, ahakoa whakaeke noa koutou i ngā tahunga tinana,
23 Maua atu kia matara i ahau te ngangau o āu waiata;
24 Engari, kia huri mai te whakawā ānō he wai,
25 “I kawea mai koia e koutou ki ahau he patunga tapu,
26 Āe rā, kua maua e koutou a Hikutu,
27 Nā, ka whakaraua koutou e ahau ki kō atu i Ramahiku,”