1 Ko te kite a Ihāia, a te tama a Āmoho, i kite ai ia mō Hūrā, mō Hiruhārama, i ngā rā o ngā kīngi o Hūrā, o Utia, o Iotama, o Ahata, o Hetekia.
2 Whakarongo, e ngā rangi, kia whai taringa anō;
3 E mōhio ana te kau ki tōna ariki,
4 Auē, e te iwi hara,
5 Kia patua tonutia hoki koutou hei aha,
6 Kāhore ōna wāhi ora,
7 Ko tō koutou whenua kua ururuatia;
8 Ā, ka mahue iho te tamāhine a Hiona,
9 Me i kāhore a Ihowā o ngā mano
10 Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā
11 “Hei aha māku ā koutou patunga maha?”
12 “Ka haere mai koutou, ka whakakite mai ki tōku aroaro,
13 Kāti te mau mai i ngā whakahere horihori;
14 Ko ā koutou kōwhititanga marama, ko ā koutou hākari whakarite,
15 Nā, ka wherahia mai ō koutou ringa,
16 Horoi i a koutou; kia mā;
17 ākona te mahi pai;
18 “Tēnā rā, tātou ka kōrerorero,”
19 Ki te mea ka pai koutou,
20 ki te whakakāhore koutou,
21 Auē! Tōna kairautanga
22 Ko tāu hiriwa kua meinga hei para,
23 Ko ōu rangatira kei te whakakeke,
24 Nō reira ka mea te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano,
25 Ka tahuri atu hoki tōku ringa ki a koe,
26 Ā, ka whakahokia mai e ahau ōu kaiwhakawā kia rite ki ō mua,
27 Ka hokona a Hiona i runga i te whakawā,
28 Ka huihuia ia kia kotahi tonu te whakangaromanga
29 Ka whakamā hoki rātou i ngā oki i matenuitia e koutou,
30 Ka rite hoki koutou ki te oki kua memenge ōna rau,
31 Ā, hei muka te mea kaha,