1 “E ara, kia mārama; kua tae mai hoki tōu mārama,
2 Tērā hoki e hīpokina te whenua e te pōuri,
3 Ā, ka haere mai ngā tauiwi ki tōu mārama,
4 “Kia ara ōu kanohi i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, titiro atu hoki;
5 Ka kite koe i reira, ka whakamāramatia,
6 Ka kapi koe i te kāmera, he tini;
7 Ka huihuia ngā hipi katoa o Kerara ki a koe,
8 “Ko wai ēnei e rere nei ānō he kapua,
9 He pono ka tatari ngā motu ki ahau,
10 “Ka hangā anō ōu taiepa e ngā tāngata kē,
11 Ka tuwhera tonu anō ōu kūwaha;
12 Ko te iwi hoki, me te kīngitanga
13 “Ka tae mai te korōria o Repanōna ki a koe,
14 Ka haere mai anō, ka piko ki a koe ngā tama a ōu kaitūkino,
15 “He mea whakarere nei koe i mua, he mea i kinongia,
16 Ka ngotea anō e koe te waiū o ngā tauiwi,
17 “Ko te parāhi ka whakaputaia kētia e ahau hei kōura,
18 E kore e rangona i muri te mahi nanakia ki tōu whenua;
19 “E kore te rā e waiho i muri
20 Heoi anō hekenga o tōu rā,
21 Ko tōu iwi hoki, tika katoa,
22 Tō te mea nohinohi putanga ake, he mano,