1 “Whakarongoa i tōku aroaro, e ngā motu;
2 “Nā wai i whakaara ake tētahi i te rāwhiti,
3 Whāia ana rātou e ia, haere ora atu ana ia;
4 Nā wai oti tēnei i mahi,
5 I kite ngā motu, ā, wehi ana,
6 Uru ana rātou ki te mahi a tōna hoa, a tōna hoa,
7 Nā, kei te whakatenatena te kāmura i te kaitahu kōura,
8 “Ko koe, e Īharaira, ko tāku pononga, ko Hākopa,
9 ko tāku anō i tango mai ai i ngā pito o te whenua;
10 Kaua e wehi; kei a koe nei hoki ahau;
11 “Nanā, ka whakamā, ka numinumi kau
12 Ka rapua rātou, ōu hoariri, e koe,
13 Nō te mea ko ahau, ko Ihowā, ko tōu Atua,
14 Kaua e wehi, e te kutukutu, e Hākopa,
15 “Nanā, kua meinga koe e ahau hei patu wīti,
16 Rererere ana rātou i a koe, kāhakina tonutia atu e te hau,
17 “E rapu ana ngā ware, ngā rawakore i te wai,
18 Ka whakapuaretia e ahau he awa ki ngā wāhi tiketike,
19 Ka whakatōkia e ahau te koraha ki te hīta,
20 kia kite ai rātou, kia mōhio ai,
21 “Kawea mai tā koutou totohe,” e ai tā Ihowā.
22 “Me whakaputa mai e rātou, ā, me whakaatu mai
23 Whakaaturia ngā mea e haere ake ana i muri,
24 Nanā, nō te kāhore koutou,
25 “Kua oho mai i ahau tētahi i te raki, ā, kua tae mai ia;
26 Nā wai i whakaatu mai i te tīmatanga, kia mōhio ai tātou?
27 Māku te kupu tuatahi ki Hiona, ‘Nanā, tēnei rātou’;
28 I titiro anō ahau, ā, kāhore he tangata;
29 Nanā, ko rātou katoa he horihori kau;