1 “Kua hōhā tōku wairua ki tōku ora;
2 Ka mea ahau ki te Atua, Kaua ahau e whakahēngia;
3 He mea pai rānei ki a koe kia tūkino koe,
4 He kanohi kikokiko rānei ōu?
5 He rite rānei ōu rā ki ō te tangata rā?
6 I uiuia ai e koe tōku kino, i rapua ai e koe tōku hara?
7 Ahakoa e mōhio ana anō koe ehara ahau i te mea hē,
8 “Nā ōu ringa ahau i mahi, i hanga, he mea hono mārie i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha;
9 Kia mahara rā, nāu ahau i hanga, ānō he paru;
10 He teka ianei he mea riringi ahau nāu ānō he waiū,
11 Nāu ahau i whakakākahu ki te kiri, ki te kikokiko,
12 Whakawhiwhia ana ahau e koe ki te ora, ki te atawhai,
13 “Heoi, hunā ana anō ēnei mea e koe i roto i tōu ngākau;
14 Ki te hara ahau, ka mātauria e koe;
15 Ki te hē ahau, auē tōku mate!
16 Ā, ki te whakarewa ake tōku māhunga i a ia,
17 E whakahoutia ana e koe āu kaiwhakaatu i ōku hē,
18 “He aha rā ahau i whakaputaina mai ai e koe i roto i te kōpū?
19 Pēnei kua rite ahau, ānō kua kāhore noa iho;
20 He teka rānei he torutoru ōku rā?
21 keiwhā haere ahau ki te wāhi e kore nei ahau e hoki mai,
22 ki te whenua o te pōuri kerekere, o te tino o te pōuri;