1 Nā, me waiata e ahau he waiata
2 Nā, taiepatia ana e ia, kohikohia ana e ia ngā kōhatu o reira,
3 Nā, e te hunga e noho nei i Hiruhārama,
4 Ko te aha ake anō rā i āhei kia mahia ki tāku māra,
5 Nā ināianei, māku e whakaatu ki a koutou
6 Ā, ka meinga e ahau kia ururua;
7 Ko te māra wāina hoki a Ihowā o ngā mano,
8 Auē te mate mō te hunga e hono ana i te whare ki te whare,
9 Ko tā Ihowā o ngā mano tēnei i hamumu ai ki ōku taringa:
10 Nō te mea kotahi tekau ngā eka o te māra wāina,
11 Auē te mate mō te hunga e maranga wawe ana i te ata
12 ko te hāpa me te hātere,
13 Koia i riro ai tōku iwi i te pārau, he kore mātauranga;
14 Nā reira te rēinga i whakanui ai i tōna hiahia,
15 Ka whakapikoa anō hoki te tangata ware,
16 Otiia ka whakanekehia ake a Ihowā o ngā mano i runga i te whakawā,
17 Ko reira ngā reme kai ai, ānō kei tō rātou wāhi,
18 Auē te mate mō te hunga e kūmea ana e rātou te hē ki ngā aho o te horihori,
19 e mea nei, “Kia hihiko ia,
20 Auē te mate mō te hunga e mea nei ki te kino, he pai,
21 Auē te mate mō te hunga he nui nei ō rātou whakaaro ki tā rātou titiro,
22 Auē te mate mō te hunga kaha ki te inu wāina,
23 e whakatika nei i tā te tangata hē, he whakaaro ki te utu;
24 Mō reira ka rite ki te kainga a te arero o te ahi i te kakau wīti,
25 Nā reira te riri o Ihowā i mura ai ki tāna iwi,
26 Ka whakaarahia anō hoki e ia he kara ki ngā iwi i tawhiti;
27 E kore tētahi o rātou e ngenge, e kore e tapepa te waewae;
28 ko ā rātou pere, koi tonu,
29 Ko tā rātou hāmama, koia anō kei tā te raiona,
30 Nā, ka hāmama rātou ki a rātou i taua rā,