1 Auē te hē mō te karauna whakapehapeha o te hunga haurangi o Ēparaima,
2 Nanā, he mea kaha, he mea pakari tā te Ariki;
3 Ka takahia e ngā waewae
4 Ā, ko te puāwai memenge o tōna ātaahua whakakorōria,
5 I taua rā ko Ihowā o ngā mano
6 hei wairua whakawā
7 Otiia kua pōhēhē anō ēnei i te wāina,
8 Kī tonu hoki ngā tēpu katoa i te ruaki,
9 “Ko wai e whakaakona e ia ki te mātauranga?
10 He whakahau nei hoki tēnei i runga i te whakahau,
11 Engari mā ētahi tāngata rerekē ngā ngutu,
12 i kī atu ia ki a rātou,
13 Nō reira, ko tā Ihowā kupu ki a rātou:
14 Mō reira whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā, e te hunga whakahī,
15 Kua mea nā hoki koutou, “Kua whakarite kawenata mātou ki te mate;
16 Nā, ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
17 Ka whakatakotoria anō e ahau te tikanga o te whakawā,
18 Ka whakatakā hoki tā koutou kawenata ki te mate;
19 I ōna wā e haere atu ai taua whiu,
20 He poto hoki te moenga, e kore e whārōrō te tangata;
21 Nō te mea ka rite ki tērā i Maunga Peratimi tō Ihowā whakatikanga ake,
22 Nā, kāti rā tā koutou whakahī,
23 Kia whai taringa mai, whakarongo hoki ki tōku reo;
24 Ko tā te kaiparau koia i ngā rā katoa he parau, hei whakatōkanga?
25 Ka oti i a ia te mata o taua māra te mea kia rite,
26 Ko tōna Atua hoki hei whakaako i a ia
27 E kore hoki ngā pī e patua ki te mea koi,
28 Ko te wīti hei taro e kurua ana;
29 E puta mai ana hoki tēnei i a Ihowā o ngā mano,