1 Nō te mea tēnei te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano,
2 i te mārohirohi, i te tangata whawhai;
3 i te rangatira rima tekau,
4 Ka hoatu anō e ahau he tamariki hei rangatira mō rātou,
5 Ka tūkinotia anō te iwi, tētahi e tētahi,
6 E mau hoki te tangata ki tōna tuakana,
7 Ā taua rā ka karanga nui ia, ka mea,
8 Kua taka hoki a Hiruhārama,
9 Ko te titiro hoki a ō rātou kanohi hei kaiwhakaatu mō tō rātou hē;
10 Mea atu ki te tangata tika, ko te pai mōna;
11 Auē te mate mō te tangata kino!
12 Tēnā ko tāku iwi – he tamariki ō rātou kaitūkino,
13 E whakatika ake ana a Ihowā ki te tohe;
14 Ka tīmata tā Ihowā whakawā
15 He aha tā koutou tikanga i kuru ai koutou i tāku iwi,
16 Nā, i mea anō a Ihowā:
17 mō reira ka whakangaua e te Ariki ki te pātito
18 I taua rā ka kore i te Ariki te ātaahua o ngā mea tatangi o ngā waewae, o ngā whakapaipai rīpekapeka, o ngā heitiki;
19 ngā mekameka, ngā poroporo me ngā ārai kanohi,
20 ngā pōtae, ngā whakapaipai o ngā waewae, ngā pākawe, ngā pouaka hongihongi me ngā whakakai;
21 ngā mōwhiti, ngā whakapaipai a te ihu;
22 ngā kākahu whakapaipai, ngā koroka, ngā hōro me ngā pūkoro;
23 ngā whakaata me te rīnena pai, ngā pōtae me ngā ārai whakapaipai.
24 Nā, he kakara pai i mua, tērā e puta ake he piro;
25 Ka hinga ōu tāngata i te hoari,
26 Ka tangi, ka auē ōna kūwaha; ā, ka mokemoke ia,