1 Otiia, e kore e pōuri tonu ia i mamae nei. I te wā i mua i whakaititia e ia te whenua o Hepurona me te whenua o Napatari; i te wā ia i muri nei ka whakakorōriatia e ia, i te ara o te moana, i tāwāhi o Horano, i Karirī o ngā tauiwi.
2 Ko te hunga i hāereere i te pōuri,
3 Kua whakatokomahatia e koe te iwi,
4 Whati pū hoki i a koe te ioka o tāna kawenga,
5 Ko ngā mea whawhai katoa hoki a te tangata whawhai mō te ngangau,
6 Kua whānau nei hoki he tamaiti mā tātou,
7 Kāhore he mutunga o te nui haere o tōna kīngitanga,
8 I ungā e te Ariki he kupu ki a Hākopa,
9 ā, ka mōhio te iwi katoa –
10 “Kua horo ngā pereki,
11 Nō reira ka whakaarahia e Ihowā ngā hoariri o Retini ki a ia,
12 ko ngā Hīriani ki mua, ko ngā Pirihitini ki muri,
13 Nā, kīhai anō te iwi i tahuri ki tō rātou kaiwhiu,
14 Mō reira ka tapahia e Ihowā te upoko o Īharaira me te hiawero,
15 ko te kaumātua me te tangata ingoa nui, ko ia te upoko;
16 Ko ngā kaiārahi hoki o tēnei iwi hei whakapōhēhē i a rātou,
17 Mō reira kāhore o te Ariki koa ki ā rātou taitamariki,
18 Kei te toro nei hoki te kino, ānō he ahi;
19 Nā te riri o Ihowā o ngā mano
20 Ā, ka kapohia e tētahi māna i te taha ki matau,
21 a Mānahi ki a Ēparaima; a Ēparaima ki a Mānahi;