1 Anō rā ko Hopa, i mea ia:
2 “Āta whakarongo mai ki tāku kupu,
3 Tukua ahau, ā, ka kōrero hoki ahau;
4 “Ahau nei, ki te tangata koia tāku amuamu?
5 Titiro mai ki ahau, mīharo ai;
6 Mahara kau ahau, ka wehi,
7 He aha te hunga kino i ora ai, i koroheke ai,
8 Pūmau tonu ō rātou uri ki tō rātou taha ki tō rātou aroaro,
9 Ō rātou whare kei runga i te rangimārie, kāhore he wehi,
10 E kaha ana tāna pūru ki te ekeeke, kāhore hoki e hē;
11 E tukua mai ana e rātou ā rātou kōhungahunga ānō he kāhui hipi,
12 He hunga hāpai rātou i te timipera, i te hāpa,
13 Ō rātou rā pau tonu i runga i te āhuareka,
14 Koia rātou i mea ai ki te Atua, ‘Mawehe atu i a mātou;
15 He aha rā te Runga Rawa e mahi ai mātou ki a ia?
16 Nanā, kāhore he pai mō rātou i ō rātou ringa ake:
17 “Pēhea te maha o ngā matenga o te rama a te hunga kino?
18 E rite ai rātou ki te kakau wīti i mua i te hau,
19 E mea ana koutou, ‘E rongoātia ana e te Atua tōna kino hei mea mō āna tamariki.’
20 Tukua kia kite ōna ake kanohi i tōna hunanga,
21 He aha hoki tana manako ki tōna whare i muri i a ia,
22 “E whakaako ianei tētahi i te Atua ki te mātauranga?
23 Tēnei tangata, mate iho ia, pakari rawa anō hoki ōna kaha,
24 Kī tonu ōna ū i te waiū,
25 Mate iho hoki tērā tangata, kawa tonu tōna wairua,
26 Ka takoto ngātahi rāua ki te puehu,
27 “Nanā, e mōhio ana ahau ki ō koutou whakaaro,
28 E kī ana hoki koutou, ‘Kei hea te whare o te rangatira?
29 Kāhore ianei koutou i ui ki te hunga e haere atu ana i te ara?
30 Kei te rongoā nei hoki te tangata kino mō te rā o te whakangaro;
31 Ko wai e whakaatu i tōna ara ki tōna aroaro?
32 Heoi, ka kawea ia ki te urupā;
33 Ka reka ki a ia ngā pōkuru o te awaawa,
34 “He pēhea rā tā koutou whakamārie tinihanga i ahau,