1 Whakamārietia, whakamārietia tāku iwi,
2 Kōrero i runga i te whakamārie ki Hiruhārama,
3 He reo nō tētahi e karanga ana:
4 Ko ngā raorao katoa ka whakarewaina ake,
5 Ka whakapuakina anō te korōria o Ihowā,
6 I mea mai te reo o tētahi, “Karanga!”
7 Ko te tarutaru ka maroke, ko te puāwai ka memenge,
8 Ko te tarutaru e maroke, ko te puāwai e memenge;
9 E koe, e te kaikawe o te rongo pai ki Hiona,
10 Nanā, ka haere mai te Ariki, a Ihowā, i runga i te kaha,
11 Ka rite ki tā te hēpara tāna whāngai i tāna kāhui,
12 Nā wai i mēhua ngā wai ki te kapu o tōna ringa,
13 Nā wai tā te Wairua o Ihowā i tika ai?
14 Ko wai tōna hoa whakatakoto whakaaro
15 Nanā, ko ngā iwi, ānō he pata wai i roto i te pere!
16 E kore anō e ranea a Repanōna mō te ahi,
17 Ko ngā iwi katoa, he kore noa iho i tōna aroaro;
18 Nā, ka whakaritea e koutou te Atua ki a wai?
19 Ko te whakapakoko, nā te kaimahi ia i whakarewa,
20 Ko te tangata, he rawakore rawa ia ki te hoatu whakahere pērā,
21 Kāhore ianei koutou i mōhio?
22 Ko ia te noho ana i runga i te porohita o te whenua,
23 ko ngā rangatira, whakahokia iho e ia ki te kāhore;
24 Āe rā, kāhore rātou i whakatōkia;
25 “Nā, ki tā koutou, kei tō wai he āhua mōku?
26 E ara ō koutou kanohi ki runga titiro ai:
27 He aha koe i kōrero ai, e Hākopa,
28 Kāhore koe i mōhio?
29 E hōmai ana e ia he kaha ki te hunga ngenge;
30 Ahakoa ko ngā taitamariki, ka ngenge tonu, ka māuiui,
31 Tēnā ko te hunga e tatari ana ki a Ihowā,