1 Ko wai tēnei e haere mai nei i Ēroma,
2 He aha i whero ai ōu kākahu,
3 “Nā tōku kotahi te takahanga wāina i takahi,
4 Kei roto hoki i tōku ngākau te rā o te rapu utu;
5 Nā, ka titiro atu ahau, ā, kāhore he kaiāwhina,
6 Nā, takahia ana e ahau ngā iwi, i ahau e riri nei;
7 Ka whakahuatia e ahau ngā mahi aroha a Ihowā,
8 I mea hoki ia, “He pono, ko tāku iwi rātou,
9 I ō rātou pōuritanga ngākau katoa i pōuri anō ia,
10 Heoi, whakakeke ana rātou
11 Kātahi ia ka mahara ki ngā rā o mua,
12 I ārahi nei i a rātou, he meatanga nā te ringa matau o Mohi,
13 I ārahi nei i a rātou i waenganui o te moana,
14 Kei te kararehe e haere ana ki raro ki te awaawa te rite,
15 Titiro mai i runga i te rangi, mātakitaki mai
16 He pono ko koe tō mātou pāpā,
17 He aha koe, e Ihowā, i mea ai i a mātou kia kotiti atu i āu ara,
18 He iti nei te wā i mau ai taua kāinga ki te iwi o tōu tapu;
19 Kua meinga mātou kia rite ki te hunga kīhai nei koe i kīngi mō rātou;