1 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
2 Ko ēnei mea katoa hoki he mea hanga nā tōku ringa,
3 “Ko te tangata e patu ana i te kau,
4 Ka whiriwhiria anō e ahau ō rātou whakaaro horihori,
5 Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā,
6 He reo, he ngangau, kei te pā,
7 “Kīanō ia i whakamamae,
8 Ko wai i rongo i te pēnei?
9 Tērā rānei e meinga e ahau kia taka te ara,
10 “Kia koa tahi me Hiruhārama, whakamanamana ki a ia,
11 He mea hoki ka ngote koutou, ā, ka mākona i te ū,
12 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā:
13 Ka rite anō hoki ki te tangata e whakamārietia ana e tōna whaea,
14 Ka kite koutou i tēnei, ka koa ō koutou ngākau;
15 Nanā, ka haere mai a Ihowā me te ahi,
16 Nō te mea he ahi tā Ihowā, me tāna hoari anō,
17 “Ko te hunga e whakatapu ana i a rātou, e pure ana i a rātou i ngā kāri, e whai ana i tētahi i waenganui, ko te hunga e kai ana i te kikokiko poaka, i te mea whakarihariha, i te kiore, ka pau ngātahi rātou, e ai tā Ihowā.
18 “E mōhio ana hoki ahau ki ā rātou mahi, ki ō rātou whakaaro. Tēnei ake ka huihuia e ahau ngā iwi katoa, ngā reo, ā, ka haere mai rātou, ka kite i tōku korōria.
19 “Ka meinga anō e ahau he tohu ki roto i a rātou, ka ungā anō e ahau ō rātou mōrehu ki ngā iwi, ki Tarahihi, ki Puru, ki Ruru, ki te hunga kukume kōpere, ki Tūpara, ki Iawana, ki ngā motu i tawhiti kīhai nei i rongo ki tōku rongo, kīhai anō i kite i tōku korōria; ā, ka whakaaturia e rātou tōku korōria i roto i ngā tauiwi.
20 Ka kawea mai anō e rātou ō koutou tēina katoa i roto i ngā iwi katoa hei whakahere ki a Ihowā, i runga i te hōiho, i te hāriata, i te amo, i te muera, i te kāmera tere, ki tōku maunga tapu ki Hiruhārama,” e ai tā Ihowā; “ka rite ki tā ngā tama a Īharaira e kawe nei i te whakahere i roto i te oko mā ki te whare o Ihowā.
21 Ka tango hoki ahau i ētahi o rātou hei tohunga, hei Rīwaiti,” e ai tā Ihowā.
22 “Ka rite hoki ki te rangi hou, ki te whenua hou, ka hangā nei e ahau, ā, ka pūmau tonu ki tōku aroaro, e ai tā Ihowā; ka pērā te pūmau o tō koutou uri, o tō koutou ingoa.
23 Ā tēnei ake ka haere mai ngā kikokiko katoa i tēnei marama, i tēnei marama, i tēnei hāpati, i tēnei hāpati, ki te koropiko ki tōku aroaro,” e ai tā Ihowā.
24 “Ā, ka haere atu rātou, ka mātakitaki ki ngā tinana o ngā tāngata i hē nei ki ahau; e kore hoki tō rātou kutukutu e mate, e kore anō tō rātou ahi e tineia, ā, hei mea whakarihariha rātou ki ngā kikokiko katoa.”