1 Auē te mate mōu e pāhua nei,
2 Kia atawhai, e Ihowā, ki a mātou;
3 I te rongonga i te ngangau, whati ana ngā iwi;
4 Ko te kohikohinga o ō koutou taonga ānō he moka e kohi ana;
5 Ka whakanuia a Ihowā; kei runga hoki tōna nohoanga;
6 ā, ka ū ngā wā i a koe;
7 Nanā, he tangi ō rātou māia i waho;
8 Kua ururuatia ngā ara,
9 E tangi ana te whenua, ngohe noa iho;
10 “Kātahi ahau ka whakatika,” e ai tā Ihowā;
11 Ko tō koutou hapū he pāpapa,
12 Ka rite hoki ngā iwi ki ngā tahunga kotakota;
13 Whakarongo, e koutou o tawhiti ki tāku i mea ai;
14 Pawera noa iho ngā tāngata hara i Hiona,
15 Ko te tangata e haere ana i runga i te tika, he tika anō āna kōrero;
16 ko te nohoanga mō tērā kei runga rawa;
17 Ka kite ōu kanohi i te kīngi, i tōna ātaahua;
18 Ka whakaaroaroa te wehi e tōu ngākau:
19 E kore koe e kite i te iwi nanakia,
20 Titiro ki Hiona, ki te pā o ā tātou hākari;
21 Engari, ki reira a Ihowā ki a tātou me tōna nui,
22 Nō te mea ko Ihowā tō tātou kaiwhakawā,
23 Kua tangoro kau ōu pūwhenua,
24 Kāhore hoki he kīanga ake a te tangata whenua, “He mate tōku”;