1 Nā, ka whakautua e Eripāta Temani, i mea ia:
2 “He horihori kau koia te mātauranga e whakapuakina e te tangata whakaaro,
3 Me kōrero rānei ia ko ngā kupu kore hua hei ako,
4 Āe, kua whakakorea atu nā e koe te wehi,
5 Nā, kei te whakaakona tōu māngai e tōu kino,
6 Ehara i ahau, nā tōu māngai anō i hopu tōu kino;
7 “Ko koe ianei te tangata tuatahi kua whānau?
8 Kua rongo rānei koe i tō te Atua whakaaro puku?
9 Ko te aha te mōhiotia ana e koe, ā, kāhore e mōhiotia e mātou?
10 Kei a mātou ngā upoko hina rātou tahi ko ngā tino koroheke,
11 He iti rawa rānei mōu ngā whakamārie a te Atua,
12 He aha koe i kāhakina atu ai e tōu ngākau?
13 i tahuri ai tōu wairua ki te whakahē i te Atua,
14 “He aha te tangata, e mā ai ia,
15 Nanā, kāhore ia e whakawhirinaki ki āna mea tapu;
16 Kātahi ia te hē rawa ko te mea whakarihariha,
17 “Māku e whakaatu ki a koe, whakarongo mai ki ahau;
18 he mea kōrero mai nā ngā mōhio,
19 ki a rātou nei anake te hōmaitanga o te whenua;
20 E whakamamae ana te tangata kino i ōna rā katoa,
21 He reo whakawehi kei roto i ōna taringa;
22 Kāhore āna whakaaetanga ake tērā ia ka hoki ake i te pōuri,
23 E kōpikopiko noa ana ia ki te taro māna,
24 Ko te ngākau mamae, me te tūmatatenga, hei whakawehi i a ia;
25 Kua totoro nei ōna ringa ki te whawhai ki te Atua,
26 kua rere ki a ia me te kakī mārō,
27 “Kua kōpakina hoki tōna mata e tōna ngako,
28 Nā, i noho ia ki ngā pā mahue,
29 E kore ia e whai taonga, e kore anō ōna rawa e mau,
30 E kore ia e puta i te pōuri, ōna peka ka maroke i te mura,
31 Kei whakawhirinaki ia ki te mea teka noa, kei tinihanga ki a ia anō;
32 E kore tōna rā e taea, kua rite;
33 Ka ruiruia e ia āna karepe kaiota ānō ko te wāina,
34 Ka pakoko hoki te whakaminenga o te hunga atuakore,
35 He mahi nanakia te mea i hapū ki roto ki a rātou,