1 Nā, ka whakautua e Hopa, ka mea:
2 “Kia pēhea ake te roa o tā koutou whakapōrearea i tōku wairua,
3 Ka tekau ēnei tāwainga a koutou ki ahau,
4 Ki te mea anō hoki kua hē ahau,
5 Ki te mea ka whakanui mai koutou i a koutou ki ahau,
6 kia mōhio koutou nā te Atua ahau i whakaparori i tāku take,
7 “Nanā, e tangi ana ahau i te mahi nanakia,
8 Kua tūtakina e ia tōku ara, tē puta ahau;
9 Ko tōku korōria huia atu ana e ia;
10 Wāwāhia ana ahau e ia i ngā taha katoa, ā, riro ana ahau;
11 Kua mura mai hoki tōna riri ki ahau;
12 E haere huihui mai ana āna taua,
13 “Kua meinga e ia ōku tēina kia matara atu i ahau;
14 Ko ōku whanaunga, mutu pū tā rātou;
15 Ko te hunga e noho ana i tōku whare, me āku pononga wāhine,
16 I karanga atu ahau ki tāku pononga, heoi kīhai ia i whakaō mai;
17 Ko tōku hā tauhou ana ki tāku wahine,
18 Ko ngā tamariki nonohi anō hoki, whakahāwea mai ana ki ahau;
19 E whakarihariha mai ana ki ahau ōku takahoa katoa,
20 Piri tonu tōku iwi ki tōku kiri, ki ōku kikokiko,
21 “Tohungia mai ahau, tohungia mai ahau e koutou, e ōku hoa;
22 He aha koutou i tūkino ai i ahau, i pērā ai me te Atua,
23 “Auē, me i tuhituhia āku kupu!
24 Me i whaoa ki te kāmaka, ki te pene rino, ki te matā,
25 Otiia, e mōhio ana ahau kei te ora tōku kaihoko,
26 Ā, ahakoa i muri i te paunga o tōku kiri,
27 e titiro anō ahau ki a ia, ahau nei anō;
28 “Ki te kī koutou, ‘Nā, tā tātou hanga ki te tūkino i a ia!
29 kia wehi koutou kei mate i te hoari;