1 Auē te mate mō Ariere, mō Ariere,
2 Hei reira raru ai i ahau a Ariere,
3 Ka nohoia atu anō koe e ahau, ā karapoi noa;
4 Ā, ka whakahokia iho koe, ka kōrero ake i te whenua;
5 Ko te huihuinga ia o ōu hoariri ka rite ki te puehu ririki,
6 ka pā tā Ihowā o ngā mano ki a ia,
7 Ā, ka rite ki te moe, ki te rekanga kanohi o te pō
8 Ka rite anō ki te tangata matekai e moe ana, nā, kei te kai ia;
9 E tū koutou, e mīharo;
10 Nō te mea kua ringihia e Ihowā te wairua o te moe
11 Ā, ka rite ki a koutou te kitenga katoa ki ngā kupu o tētahi pukapuka i hīritia, e hoatu ana e ngā tāngata ki tētahi tangata mātau ki te kōrero pukapuka, ka mea atu, “Tēnā, kōrerotia tēnei”, ā, ka mea mai ia, “E kore e taea e ahau, e hīri nā hoki.”
12 Nā, ka hoatu taua pukapuka ki te mea kāhore nei e mātau ki te kōrero pukapuka; nā, ko te kīanga atu, “Tēnā, kōrerotia tēnei,” anō rā ko ia, “Kāhore ahau e mātau ki te kōrero.”
13 Nā, ka mea te Ariki:
14 Nā, ka tahuri ahau ki te mahi i tētahi mahi whakamīharo
15 Auē te mate mō te hunga e whai ana i te wāhi hōhonu,
16 Tā koutou whakaputa kē!
17 He teka rānei he iti rawa nei te takiwā,
18 I taua rā ka rongo ngā turi
19 Ka neke ake anō te hari o te hunga māhaki ki a Ihowā,
20 Kua mōtī hoki te tangata nanakia;
21 e whakatau hē nei ki te tangata e kōrero ana,
22 Nā, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, nāna nei a Āperahama i hoko, mō te whare o Hākopa:
23 Engari, kia kite ia i āna tamariki,
24 Ka mōhiotia anō te mātauranga e ngā wairua kotiti kē,