1 Mā ngā ngaro mate ka piro whakahouhou ai te hinu a te kaiwhakananu;
2 Kei tōna ringa matau te ngākau o te tangata whakaaro nui;
3 Āe rā hoki, ka haere te wairangi i te ara, ka taka ōna mahara,
4 Ki te ara te wairua o te rangatira, he riri ki a koe,
5 Tēnei tētahi kino i kitea e ahau i raro i te rā,
6 ko te wairangi e whakanohoia ana ki runga ki ngā wāhi tiketike rawa,
7 I kite ahau i ngā kaimahi i runga i te hōiho,
8 Ko te tangata e keri ana i te rua, ka taka anō ki roto;
9 Ko te tangata e tārai ana i ngā kōhatu, ka mamae anō i reira;
10 Ki te pūhuki te rino, ā, kāhore e whakakoia te mata,
11 Ki te ngau te nākahi i te mea kīanō i whakawaia,
12 He ātaahua ngā kupu a te māngai o te tangata whakaaro nui;
13 Ko te tīmatanga o ngā kupu a tōna māngai he wairangi;
14 He maha anō hoki ngā kupu a te wairangi;
15 Hōhā iho ngā wairangi i tāna mahi, i tāna mahi;
16 Auē te mate mōu, e te whenua he tamaiti nei tōu kīngi,
17 Ka hari koe, e te whenua, he tamaiti nei nō ngā rangatira tōu kīngi,
18 Mā te māngere ka totohu iho ai te tuanui o te whare;
19 Hei mea mō te kata te hākari i tukua ai,
20 Kaua e kangā te kīngi, kaua rawa i roto i tōu whakaaro;