1 Ka tū ahau ki tāku mahi tiaki,
2 Nā, ka utua mai tāku e Ihowā, i kī mai ia:
3 Mō tōna wā anō hoki i whakaritea ai te kite,
4 “Nanā, kei te whakakake tōna ngākau,
5 Āe rā hoki, he mea nanakia te wāina,
6 “E kore ianei e whakahuatia e ēnei katoa he kupu whakatauki mōna, he whakapeka taunu anō mōna, ā, ka mea,
7 E kore ianei e maranga ohorere ake ngā kaingau mōu?
8 Nō te mea he maha ngā iwi i pāhuatia e koe,
9 “Auē te mate mō te tangata,
10 Kua takoto i a koe he whakamā mō tōu whare
11 Ka karanga hoki te kōhatu i roto i te pakitara,
12 “Auē te mate mō te tangata e hanga ana i te pā ki te toto,
13 He teka ianei nā Ihowā o ngā mano
14 Ka kapi hoki te whenua
15 “Auē te mate mō te tangata e mea ana i tōna hoa kia inu,
16 E kī ana koe i te whakamā, kāhore i te korōria.
17 Ko te mahi nanakia hoki ki Repanōna hei taupoki mōu,
18 “He aha te pai o te whakapakoko
19 Auē te mate mō te tangata e mea ana ki te rākau, ‘Maranga!’
20 Kei tōna temepara tapu ia a Ihowā.