1 Ko wai i whakapono ki tā mātou kōrero;
2 Ka tupu ake hoki ia ki tōna aroaro ānō he rākau wana,
3 I whakahēngia, i whakakāhoretia ia e te tangata;
4 He pono, nāna ō tātou mate i pīkau,
5 Kāhore, i werohia ia mō ō tātou hē,
6 Ko tātou katoa, ānō he hipi, kua marara kē,
7 I tūkinotia ia, i whakawhiua;
8 Nā te tūkino, nā te whakawā, tangohia atu ana ia.
9 Ā, ka whakaritea hei te hunga kino he urupā mōna;
10 Otiia, i pai hoki a Ihowā kia kurua ia; nāna ia i mea kia mamae.
11 Ka kite ia i tā tōna wairua i uaua ai, ā, tatū ana te ngākau;
12 Mō reira ka hoatu e ahau he wāhi mōna i roto i ō te hunga nui,