1 Nā, ko te tino tēnei o ēnei kōrero; he tohunga pērā tō tātou, kua noho ki matau o te torōna o te Nui i ngā rangi;
2 he minita mō te wāhi tapu, mō te tapenākara pono, tōna kaiwhakaara nei ko te Ariki, ehara i te tangata.
3 Ko ngā tohunga nui katoa hoki, he mea whakarite hei tāpae atu i ngā whakahere, i ngā patunga tapu; nā konei hoki i tika ai kia whai mea anō tēnei tohunga nui hei tāpaenga atu māna.
4 Me i runga hoki ia i te whenua, kāhore ōna tohungatanga; tēnei hoki ngā tohunga hei tāpae i ngā whakahere i runga i tā te ture.
5 Ko tā rātou mahi he ritenga, he ātārangi nō ngā mea i te rangi, he pērā anō me te mea i tohutohungia ki a Mohi, i a ia meāke hanga i te tapenākara, i mea hoki ia, “Kia mahara kia hangā e koe ngā mea katoa kia rite ki te tauira i whakakitea ki a koe i runga i te maunga.”
6 Tēnā ko tēnei, he nui kē te mahi minita kua riro nei i a ia, he pai rawa hoki te kawenata ko tōna takawaenga nei ko ia, he pai rawa anō hoki ngā kupu whakaari, i whakatakotoria ai taua kawenata.
7 Mehemea hoki kīhai i whai hē taua kawenata ō mua, e kore e rapua he wāhi mō te tuarua.
8 I a ia hoki e whakahē ana, i mea ia ki a rātou:
9 E kore e rite ki te kawenata i whakaritea e ahau ki ō rātou mātua,
10 Ko te kawenata hoki tēnei e whakarite ai ahau ki te whare o Īharaira
11 I kore anō hoki rātou e whakaako i tōna hoa,
12 Ka mahi tohu hoki ahau ki ō rātou kino,
13 I a ia i mea, “He kawenata hou,” kua whakatawhitotia e ia te mea tuatahi. Nā, ko te mea kua tawhitotia, kua koroheketia, ka tata te memeha.