1 Kātahi a Hopa ka whakautu, ka mea:
2 “Ka maha ngā mea pēnā kua rangona nei e ahau;
3 E whai mutunga rānei ngā kupu tikangakore?
4 E taea anō e ahau te kōrero pēnā i a koutou;
5 E whakakaha anō ia tōku māngai i a koutou,
6 “Ahakoa kōrero ahau, kāhore tōku pōuri e iti iho;
7 Ināianei anō kua meinga ahau e ia kia ruha;
8 Nā, kua mau kita koe ki ahau,
9 Haehaea ana ahau e ia i a ia e riri ana, e tūkino ana ia i ahau;
10 Hāmama mai ana ō rātou māngai ki ahau;
11 Kua tukua ahau e te Atua ki te hunga hē,
12 Hūmārie ana tāku noho, heoi kua wāwāhi ia i ahau;
13 Karapotia ana ahau e āna kaikōpere,
14 He mea wāwāhi ahau nāna, he wāhanga, he wāhanga;
15 “Tuituia ana e ahau he kākahu taratara mō tōku kiri,
16 Paruparu noa iho tōku mata i te tangihanga,
17 ahakoa kāhore he tutū i ōku ringa,
18 “Kaua, e te whenua, e hīpokina ōku toto,
19 Kei te rangi nei anō ināianei te kaiwhakaatu o tāku,
20 E tāwai mai ana ōku hoa ki ahau,
21 Kia tohe koa ia i tō te tangata tika ki te Atua,
22 “Kia taka mai hoki ngā tau torutoru nei,