1 Auē te mate mō te hunga e haere ana ki raro,
2 Otiia he whakaaro nui anō ia,
3 Nā, he tangata nei ngā Īhipiana, ehara hoki i te Atua;
4 Ko tā Ihowā kupu hoki tēnei ki ahau:
5 Ka rite ki ngā manu e rere ana tā Ihowā o ngā mano
6 Tahuri ki a ia, kua hōhonu rawa nei tā koutou tutū ki a ia, e ngā tama a Īharaira.
7 Ā taua rā hoki ka whakahāwea te tangata ki āna whakapakoko hiriwa, ki āna whakapakoko kōura, i hangā e ō koutou ringa mā koutou hei hara.
8 “Hei reira te Ahiriana ka hinga i te hoari, ehara nā te tangata;
9 Ā, ka memeha tōna kāmaka, he wehi hoki,