1 Tērā tētahi hē i kitea e ahau i raro i te rā, he mea taimaha anō ki runga ki ngā tāngata.
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.
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.
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.
5 Kīhai hoki ia i kite i te rā, kīhai anō i mōhio ki a ia; nui atu tō tēnei okioki i tō tērā.
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?
7 Ko ngā mea katoa i māuiui ai te tangata,
8 He aha oti tā te tangata whakaaro nui
9 He pai kē te kite o ngā kanohi i te kaipaowe o te hiahia;
10 Ko ngā mea katoa ō mua kua oti noa ake te hua ki te ingoa,
11 Ka maha nei ngā mea hei whakanui i te horihori,
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?