1 Nā, ka karanga a Hākopa ki āna tamariki, ka mea, “Huihui mai, ā, ka kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou ngā mea e pono ki a koutou i ngā rā ō muri.
2 Huihui mai, whakarongo hoki, e ngā tama a Hākopa;
3 “E Reupena, ko koe tāku mātāmua,
4 He mea pōkarekare, ānō he wai, e kore koe e kake;
5 “He tuakana, he teina, a Himiona rāua ko Rīwai;
6 Kaua e tomo, e tōku wairua, ki tō rāua rūnanga;
7 Kia kangā tō rāua riri, i kaha nei;
8 “E Hūrā, ko koe e whakamoemititia e ōu tuākana, e ōu tēina;
9 He kūao raiona a Hūrā;
10 E kore e riro kē te hēpeta i a Hūrā,
11 Ka herea e ia tana kūao ki te wāina,
12 Ka mumura hoki ōna kanohi i te wāina,
13 “Ka noho a Hepurona ki te wahapū o te moana;
14 “He kāihe kaha a Ihākara,
15 ā, i tōna kitenga i te okiokinga he pai,
16 “Ka whakawā a Rāna i tōna iwi,
17 Hei nākahi a Rāna ki te ara,
18 “Kua tatari atu ahau ki tāu whakaoranga, e Ihowā.
19 “Ko Kara, ka āki te ope ki runga ki a ia;
20 “Ko tā Āhera, ka mōmona tāna taro,
21 “Ko Napatari, he hāta kua tukua kia haere;
22 “Ko Hōhepa he peka hua,
23 I whakatupu kino ngā kaikōpere i a ia,
24 Otiia, i mau tāna kōpere i runga i te kaha,
25 arā e te Atua o tōu pāpā, māna anō koe e āwhina;
26 Hira ake ngā manaaki a tōu pāpā
27 “Ka haehae a Pineamine ānō he wuruhi,
28 Ko ēnei katoa ngā iwi kotahi tekau mā rua o Īharaira, ko te kōrero hoki tēnei a tō rātou pāpā ki a rātou, ko tāna manaaki i a rātou, i manaakitia rātou e ia, tēnei, tēnei, me tōna manaaki anō.
29 Ā, i whakahau ia ki a rātou, i mea ki a rātou, “Ka kohia atu ahau ki tōku iwi. Tanumia ahau ki ōku mātua, ki te ana i te pārae o Eperona Hiti,
30 ki te ana i te pārae o Makapera, i te ritenga o Mamere, i te whenua o Kanaana, i hokona, me te pārae anō, e Āperahama i a Eperona Hiti, kia puritia hei tanumanga.
31 I tanumia a Āperahama rāua ko Hara, ko tāna wahine, ki reira; i tanumia a Īhaka rāua ko Ripeka, ko tāna wahine, ki reira; i tanumia hoki a Rea e ahau ki reira.
32 I hokona te pārae me te ana i reira i ngā tama a Hete.”
33 Ā, ka mutu te whakahau a Hākopa ki āna tama, ka pēpeke ake ōna waewae ki roto ki te moenga, ā, ka hemo, ka kohia atu ki tōna iwi.