1 Ko te poropititanga mō te raorao o te whakakitenga:
2 E koe, e kī tonu nei koe i te ngē,
3 Rere ngātahi ana ōu rangatira katoa,
4 Koia ahau i mea ai: “Kāti te titiro ki ahau,
5 He rā hoki tēnei nō te raruraru, nō te takahanga,
6 Ko tā Erama, he mau i te papa pere,
7 Nā, kapi ana ōu raorao whakapaipai i te hāriata,
8 Nā, mauria atu ana e ia te hīpoki o Hūrā.
9 Ā, ka kite koutou i ngā pakaru o te Pā o Rāwiri,
10 Ā, taua ana e koutou ngā whare o Hiruhārama;
11 Ka hangā anō e koutou he awa ki waenganui i ngā taiepa e rua
12 Heoi, ko te karangatanga a te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano,
13 Nā, ko te koa, ko te hari,
14 Nā, ka whakaatu a Ihowā o ngā mano ki ōku taringa: “He pono, e kore rawa tēnei hē o koutou e murua, ā mate noa koutou,” e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā o ngā mano.
15 Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano:
16 He aha tāu i konei? Ko wai hoki tāu i konei,
17 “Nanā, ka makā kinotia atu koe e Ihowā,
18 He pono ka tahuri ia, ka whiua koe,
19 Ka peia atu hoki koe e ahau i tōu tūranga,
20 “I taua rā ka karangatia e ahau tāku pononga, e Eriakimi tama a Hirikia.
21 Ka whakakākahuria anō ia e ahau ki tōu kākahu, ka whakakahangia hoki ki tōu whītiki, ka hoatu anō tōu kāwanatanga ki tōna ringa, ā, hei matua ia ki ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, ki te whare anō o Hūrā.
22 Ka waiho anō e ahau te kī o te whare o Rāwiri ki runga ki tōna pokohiwi; nā, māna e whakatuwhera, ā, kāhore he tangata hei tūtaki, māna e tūtaki, ā, kāhore he tangata hei whakatuwhera.
23 Ka titia hoki ia e ahau ānō he titi ki te wāhi mau, ā, hei torōna korōria ia ki te whare o tōna pāpā.
24 Ka whakairihia anō e rātou ki runga ki a ia te korōria katoa o te whare o tōna pāpā, ngā uri, ngā whānau, ngā oko ririki katoa, arā ngā oko hei peihana, me ngā oko katoa anō hei hāka.
25 “I taua rā, e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano, ka taui te titi i titia nei ki te wāhi māu, ka tapahia, ka marere ki raro; ka motuhia atu anō te mea e iri ana i runga.” Nā Ihowā hoki te kupu.