1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea:
2 “Kia anga atu ākuanei tāu tangi, e te tama a te tangata, ki a Tāira;
3 mea atu hoki ki a Tāira: E koe e noho nei i te tapokoranga mai o te moana, ko koe nei te kaihokohoko a ngā iwi ki ngā motu maha: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
4 Kei waenga moana ōu rohe,
5 Nō ngā kauri o Heniri
6 Nō ngā oki o Pahana ngā hoe i hangā māu,
7 He rīnena pai, he mea whakairo nō Īhipa
8 Ko āu kaihoe ko ngā tāngata o Hairona, o Arawara;
9 I roto ngā kaumātua o Kepara i a koe,
10 “I roto i tōu ope ko Pahia, ko Ruru, ko Putu,
11 I runga i ōu taiepa ngā tāngata o Arawara
12 “He kaihokohoko a Tarahihi ki a koe, he nui hoki nō ōu taonga katoa; ko tā rātou i tuku ai i āu hokohokonga he hiriwa, he rino, he tine, he matā.
13 “Ko Iawana, ko Tūpara, ko Meheke, he kaihokohoko rātou nāu; ko tā rātou i tuku ai i ōu kāinga hoko, he tāngata, he oko parāhi.
14 “Ko ngā tāngata o te whare o Tokārama, ko tā rātou i tuku ai i āu hokohokonga he hōiho, he hōiho nō te whawhai, he muera.
15 “He kaihokohoko nāu ngā tāngata o Rerana; he maha ngā motu i hokohokona ai ngā taonga e koe. Kawea mai ana e rātou hei whakawhiti ki a koe, he haona rei, he eponi.
16 “He kaihokohoko nāu a Hīria, i te nui hoki o ngā mahi a ōu ringa; ko tā rātou i tuku ai mō āu taonga he emerara, he pāpura, he mea whakairo, he rīnena pai, he kaoa, he rupi.
17 “Ko Hūrā, ko te whenua o Īharaira ko rātou āu kaihokohoko. Ko tā rātou i tuku ai i ōu kāinga hoko he wīti nō Miniti, he panaka, he honi, he hinu, he pama.
18 “He kaihokohoko nāu a Ramahiku he nui nō ngā mahi a ōu ringa, he nui nō ngā taonga katoa; ko tā rātou, he wāina nō Herepono, he huruhuru hipi mā.
19 “I tuku taonga a Rāna, a Iawana, he miro huruhuru, i roto i āu hokohokonga. I āu taonga hokohoko ko te rino kua oti te mahi, ko te kahia, ko te kākaho kakara.
20 “Ko Rerana tāu kaihokohoko i ngā kākahu utu nui mō ngā hāriata.
21 “Ko Arāpia, ko ngā rangatira katoa o Kerara, i hokohokona ō rātou taonga e koe, ngā reme, ngā hipi toa, ngā koati. Ko ngā mea ēnā i hokohoko ai rātou ki a koe.
22 “Ko ngā kaihokohoko o Hēpā, o Rāma, he kaihokohoko anō rātou nāu; ko tā rātou i tuku ai i āu hokohokonga ko ngā mea pai rawa o ngā kīnaki reka katoa, ko ngā kōhatu utu nui katoa, ko te kōura.
23 “Ko Harana, ko Kane, ko Erene, ko ngā kaihokohoko o Hēpā, ko Ahuru, ko Kirimara, he kaihokohoko nāu.
24 Ko rātou hei hoko i ngā mea pai rawa ki a koe, i ngā kākahu purū, i te mea whakairo, i ngā pouaka kākahu pai, he mea paihere ki te aho, he hīta, i roto i ōu taonga hoko.
25 Ko ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi
26 I kawea koe e ōu kaihoe
27 Ko ōu taonga, ko āu hokohokonga, ko āu whakawhitiwhitinga,
28 Ka ngateri a waho o te pā i te ngangau,
29 Nā, ko ngā kaihāpai hoe katoa,
30 ā, ka meinga e rātou tō rātou reo mōu kia rangona,
31 Moremore rawa rātou i te whakaaro ki a koe,
32 I a rātou anō e tangi ana,
33 I te putanga atu o ōu taonga i ngā moana,
34 I te wā i pakaru ai koe i ngā moana,
35 Ko ngā tāngata katoa o ngā motu,
36 Ka whakahī mai ki a koe ngā kaihokohoko i roto i ngā iwi;