1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea:
2 “E te tama a te tangata, mea atu ki te rangatira o Tāira: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā;
3 Nanā, nui atu ōu whakaaro i o Raniera;
4 He nui nō ōu whakaaro, he mātauranga nōu
5 He nui noa atu nō ōu whakaaro,
6 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
7 mō reira tēnei ahau te kawe nei i ngā tautāngata ki a koe,
8 Ka whakahokia iho koe e rātou ki te poka,
9 E mea ake anō rānei koe
10 Ko tōu matenga, ko ngā matenga o te hunga kokotikore
11 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea:
12 “E te tama a te tangata, kia ara tāu tangi mō te kīngi o Tāira, mea atu hoki ki a ia: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
13 I Erene koe, i te kāri a te Atua e noho ana;
14 Ko koe te kerupa hīpoki, te mea i whakawahia;
15 Tapatahi tonu koe i ōu ara,
16 He nui nō āu hokohokonga i kī ai a roto i a koe i te tutū,
17 Kua whakakake tōu ngākau ki tōu ātaahua,
18 Kua whakapokea e koe ōu wāhi tapu ki te maha o ōu kino,
19 Ko te hunga katoa e mōhio ana ki a koe
20 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea:
21 “E te tama a te tangata, anga atu tōu mata ki Hairona, poropititia hoki te hē mō reira,
22 mea atu: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
23 Ka ungā atu hoki e ahau te mate urutā ki a ia,
24 “Kāhore hoki he tātarāmoa ngau ā muri ake nei ki te whare o Īharaira, kāhore he tūmatakuru whakamamae a te hunga katoa i tētahi taha o rātou, i tētahi taha, a te hunga rā i whakahāwea ki a rātou; ā, ka mōhio rātou ko te Ariki ahau, ko Ihowā.”
25 “Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ka oti te whare o Īharaira te kohikohi e ahau i roto i ngā iwi i whakamararatia atu ai rātou, ā, ka oti ahau te whakatapu i runga i a rātou i te tirohanga a ngā iwi, ko reira rātou noho ai ki tō rātou oneone i hoatu e ahau ki tāku pononga, ki a Hākopa.
26 Ka noho anō rātou ki reira, tē ai he wehi; āe rā, ka hanga whare anō rātou, ka whakatō māra wāina, ka āta noho anō hoki, ina mahia e ahau he whakawā ki te hunga katoa i whakahāwea ki a rātou i tētahi taha o rātou, i tētahi taha; ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō rātou Atua.”