1 “E rapua ana ahau e te hunga kīhai nei i ui ki ahau;
2 Tuwhera tonu ōku ringa
3 ki te iwi he whakapātaritari tonu nei tā rātou
4 e noho nei i ngā urupā,
5 Ko tā rātou kupu, ‘Tū atu, kaua e whakatata ki ahau;
6 Nanā, kua oti te tuhituhi ki tōku aroaro:
7 arā ō koutou kino, hui atu ki ngā kino o ō koutou mātua,”
8 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
9 Ka whakaputaina ake anō e ahau he uri i roto i a Hākopa,
10 Ā, hei puninga hipi a Harono,
11 “Ko koutou ia kua whakarere i a Ihowā,
12 ka tukua atu koutou e ahau mā te hoari,
13 Nā, ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
14 Nanā, ko āku pononga, ka waiata rātou
15 Ā, ka waiho anō e koutou tō koutou ingoa
16 Kia waiho te tangata e manaaki ana i a ia anō i te whenua,
17 “Tēnei hoki ahau kei te hanga
18 Engari kia koa koutou, kia whakamanamana
19 Ka whakamanamana anō ahau ki Hiruhārama,
20 “Kāhore ō reira kōhungahunga
21 Ka hanga whare anō rātou, nohoia iho;
22 E kore e hangā e rātou hei nohoanga iho mō te tangata kē,
23 E kore rātou e māuiui noa,
24 Kāhore anō rātou kia karanga noa, kua whakaō atu ahau;
25 Ko te wuruhi, ko te reme, ka kai tahi rāua;