1 Kātahi ka whakautua e Topara Naamati, i mea ia:
2 “Nā konā ōku whakaaro i whakahoki kupu ake ai i roto i ahau;
3 Kua rongo ahau i te whakahē mōku, e pā ai te whakamā ki ahau,
4 “Kāhore rānei koe i mōhio ki tēnei i mua noa atu,
5 he poto te wā e whakamanamana ai te tangata kino,
6 Ahakoa eke noa tōna nui ki ngā rangi,
7 ka memeha atu anō ia ā ake ake, ka pērā anō me tōna paru;
8 Ka rere atu ia ānō he moemoeā, e kore anō hoki e kitea;
9 Ko te kanohi i kite i a ia e kore e kite anō;
10 E whakamānawareka āna tamariki i ngā rawakore,
11 E kī ana ōna wheua i te tamarikitanga;
12 “Ahakoa reka te kino i roto i tōna māngai,
13 ahakoa manawapātia noatia e ia, ā, kāhore e mahue i a ia,
14 otirā, ka puta kē tāna kai i roto i ōna whēkau,
15 I horomia e ia te taonga, ka ruakina mai anō e ia;
16 Ka ngotea e ia te hūware whakamate o ngā ahipi;
17 E kore ia e kite i ngā awa,
18 Ko tāna i uaua ai ka whakahokia e ia, e kore anō e horomia;
19 Nāna hoki i tūkino ngā rawakore, whakarērea iho;
20 “I te mea kāhore ia i kite i te tatūtanga i roto i a ia,
21 Kāhore tētahi mea i toe i kore te horomia e ia;
22 I a ia e whiwhi nui nei i te rawa, e rawakore anō ia;
23 I a ia ka mea ki te whakakī i tōna kōpū,
24 Ka rere atu ia i te patu rino,
25 E unuhia ana, kua puta mai i roto i te tinana,
26 Ko te pōuri katoa kei te takoto mai mō āna taonga;
27 Ka whakakitea mai tōna hē e ngā rangi
28 Ko ngā hua o tōna whare ka riro,
29 Ko tā te Atua wāhi tēnei mā te tangata kino,