1 Ungā e koutou ngā reme
2 Kei te manu hāereere noa hoki,
3 “Kia takoto te whakaaro,
4 Tukua āku whati kia noho ki a koe; tēnā ko Moapa,
5 ā, ka whakapūmautia he torōna i runga i te tohu tangata;
6 Kua rongo tātou ki te whakakake o Moapa –
7 Mō reira ka auē a Moapa
8 Kua kahakore hoki ngā māra o Hehepona,
9 Mō reira ka tangihia e ahau te wāina o Hipima,
10 Kua tangohia atu te hari, me te koa i te māra mōmona;
11 Nā reira, ānō he hāpa ōku whēkau e tangi ana ki a Moapa,
12 Nā, ka puta mai a Moapa,
13 Ko te kupu tēnei i kōrerotia e Ihowā mō Moapa i mua.
14 Engari kua kōrero a Ihowā ināianei, kua mea: “Kia toru ngā tau, kia rite ki ngā tau o te kaimahi, ka whakahāweatia te korōria o Moapa, me tōna mano tini; ā, ko te toenga he iti rawa, he kāhore noa iho.”