1 “Whakarongo ki tēnei, e te whare o Hākopa,
2 Ki tā rātou karanga hoki, nō te pā tapu rātou,
3 “He mea whakaatu nāku nōnamata ngā mea ō mua;
4 I mōhio hoki ahau he pakeke koe,
5 Nā reira nāku i whakaatu ki a koe inamata;
6 “Kua rongo koe; tirohia tēnei katoa;
7 He mea hanga nōnāianei, kāhore hoki inamata;
8 Āe rā, kīhai koe i rongo, kīhai i mōhio;
9 “Ka whakaaro ahau ki tōku ingoa, ā, ka pūhoi tōku riri;
10 Kua oti ōu para te tahi e ahau, ehara ia i te mea hei hiriwa;
11 He whakaaro ki ahau, he whakaaro ki ahau, i meatia ai tēnei e ahau.
12 “Whakarongo ki ahau, e Hākopa,
13 Āe rā, nā tōku ringa i whakatakoto ngā tūranga o te whenua,
14 “Huihui mai, e koutou katoa, whakarongo hoki!
15 Nāku, nāku te kupu, āe rā, he mea karanga ia nāku,
16 “Whakatata mai ki ahau, whakarongo ki tēnei!
17 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā,
18 Auē, me i rongo koe ki āku whakahau,
19 Kua rite anō ōu uri ki te onepū,
20 Haere atu i Papurōna,
21 Kīhai anō rātou i matewai i a ia e ārahi ana i a rātou i ngā koraha;
22 “Kāhore he maunga rongo ki te hunga kino,” e ai tā Ihowā.