1 Kia mahara rā ki tōu Kaihanga
2 i te mea kāhore anō kia pōuri noa te rā, te mārama,
3 i te rā e wiri ai ngā kaitiaki o te whare,
4 Ā, ka tūtakina ngā tatau i te huarahi;
5 Āe rā, ka wehi rātou i te mea tiketike,
6 I te mea kāhore anō kia mawheto noa te aho hiriwa,
7 ā, ka hoki te puehu ki te whenua,
8 “He horihori, he tino horihori,” e ai tā te Kaikauwhau;
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.
10 I whai te Kaikauwhau kia kitea ngā kupu huatau; he mea tika anō te mea i tuhituhia, he kupu pono.
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.
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.
13 Ko te whakamutunga tēnei o te mea katoa;
14 Nō te mea ka whakawākia ngā mahi katoa e te Atua,