1 Anō rā ko Topara Naamati, i mea ia:
2 “Kaua rānei hei whakautua te tini o ngā kupu,
3 Mā āu kupu whakapehapeha rānei e nohopuku ai ngā tāngata,
4 E mea ana hoki koe, ‘He tino tika tāku whakaako,
5 Auē, me i kōrero te Atua,
6 Me i whakaaturia mai e ia ki a koe ngā mea ngaro o te mātauranga,
7 “Ina whakatakina e koe,
8 Kei te rangi te tiketike; ka pēhea koe?
9 Ko tōna takoto, roa atu i te whenua,
10 “Ki te mea ka haukotia e ia, ka hereherea rānei,
11 E mōhio ana hoki ia ki ngā tāngata teka noa;
12 Otiia, ko te mea whakaarokore nei,
13 “Ki te whakatikaia e koe tōu ngākau,
14 ki te mea he hē kei tōu ringa,
15 He pono ko reira ara ai tōu mata, tē ai he ira;
16 Tērā hoki koe e wareware ki tōu māuiui;
17 Ā, ko tōu ora tērā e mārama kē atu i tō te poutūmārōtanga o te rā;
18 Ka tatū ōu whakaaro, nō te mea ka whai tūmanakohanga atu;
19 E takoto iho anō koe, tē ai he kaiwhakawehi;
20 Ka poko ia ngā kanohi o te hunga kino,