1 Ka riro ki te kore te tangata tika,
2 Ka haere ia ki te rangimārie,
3 “Ko koutou ia, awhi mai ki konei,
4 He tākaro tā koutou ki a wai?
5 koutou, e tahu nā i ō koutou hiahia i waenga i ngā oki,
6 Kei ngā kōhatu māeneene o te awa tōu wāhi;
7 I runga i te maunga tiketike, aua noa atu ki runga,
8 Kua oti anō tōu whakamahara te whakatū e koe
9 I haere atu anō koe ki te kīngi, mea rawa ki te hinu,
10 Māuiui ana koe i te roa o tōu ara;
11 “I pāwera koe, i wehi i a wai,
12 Māku e whakaatu tōu tika; tēnā ko āu mahi,
13 Ka tangi koe, mā ōu huihui koe e whakaora!
14 Ka kī anō ia:
15 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a te Mea Tiketike o Runga Rawa,
16 E kore hoki ahau e whawhai ā ake ake,
17 He hē nō tōna apo taonga i riri ai ahau, i patu ai i a ia;
18 Kua kite ahau i ōna ara, ka rongoātia anō ia e ahau;
19 ko ahau te kaihanga o ngā hua o ngā ngutu.
20 Ko te hunga kino ia rite tonu ki te moana ngarungaru;
21 “Kāhore he maunga rongo ki te hunga kino,” e ai tā tōku Atua.