1 I taua rā ka waiatatia tēnei waiata i te whenua o Hūrā:
2 Whakatuwheratia ngā kūwaha,
3 Māu e pupuri i runga i te rangimārie rawa –
4 Whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā ā ake ake,
5 Kua whakahokia iho hoki e ia
6 Takahia iho e te waewae,
7 Ko te ara o te tangata tika, he tika;
8 Kei te ara nei anō mātou o āu whakaritenga
9 Minamina tonu ahau, tōku ngākau, ki a koe i te pō;
10 Atawhaitia iho te tangata kino,
11 E Ihowā, kua ara tōu ringa ki runga,
12 Ka whakaritea e koe, e Ihowā, he rangimārie mō mātou,
13 E Ihowā, e tō mātou Atua,
14 Kua mate rātou, e kore e ora;
15 Kua whakaraneatia e koe te iwi, e Ihowā,
16 E Ihowā, i te rarurarutanga i haere atu rātou ki a koe,
17 He pērā i te wahine hapū,
18 i te hapū mātou, i te mamae mātou,
19 Ka ora ōu tāngata mate;
20 Haere, e tōku iwi, e tomo ki roto ki ōu rūma,
21 Nō te mea tēnei a Ihowā te puta nei i tōna wāhi