1 Ko ngā kupu a te Kaikauwhau, arā a te tama a Rāwiri, i kīngi nei ki Hiruhārama:
2 “He tino horihori rawa,” e ai tā te Kaikauwhau,
3 He aha te pai ki te tangata o tōna māuiui katoa
4 Ko tēnei whakatupuranga e haere atu ana,
5 E whiti ana hoki te rā, e heke atu ana te rā,
6 E anga ana te hau ki te tonga,
7 E rere ana ngā awa katoa ki te moana,
8 Māuiui rawa ngā mea katoa,
9 Ko tō mua mea koia anō hei mea āianei,
10 Tērā anō rānei he mea e kī ai tētahi,
11 Kāhore he mahara ki ngā whakatupuranga o mua;
12 Ko ahau, ko te Kaikauwhau, te kīngi o Īharaira i Hiruhārama.
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.
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.
15 Ko te mea piko e kore e taea te whakahāngai;
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.”
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.
18 Mā te nui hoki o te whakaaro ka nui ai te pōuri,