1 Anō rā ko Eripāta Temani, i mea ia:
2 “E whai pai anō rānei te Atua i te tangata?
3 He oranga ngākau rānei ki te Kaha Rawa tōu tika?
4 “He wehi rānei nōu i a ia i whakahē ai ia i a koe,
5 He teka ianei he nui tōu hē?
6 I tangohia noatia hoki e koe ngā mea a tōu teina hei taunaha,
7 Kīhai i whakainumia e koe ki te wai te hunga ngenge;
8 Ko te tangata mārohirohi, i a ia te whenua;
9 Ko ngā pouaru, ungā rawakoretia atu ana e koe,
10 Nā reira, karapotia pūtia ana koe e ngā māhanga,
11 i te pōuri rānei, e kore ai koe e kite;
12 “He teka ianei kei te wāhi tiketike o te rangi te Atua?
13 Ā, e mea nā koe, ‘He aha tā te Atua e mōhio ai?’
14 Ko tōna wāhi ngaro ko ngā kapua mātotoru, tē kite ia;
15 Ka mau tonu rānei koe ki te ara ō mua,
16 I kapohia atu nei i te mea kāhore anō i rite ō rātou rā;
17 I mea nei ki te Atua, ‘Mawehe atu i a mātou’;
18 Heoi, i whakakīia e ia ō rātou whare ki ngā mea papai,
19 “E kite ana te hunga tika, ā, koa ana;
20 me te kī, ‘He pono kua haukotia te hunga i tahuri mai ki a tātou,
21 “Waiho ia hei hoa mōu, kātahi koe ka āta noho;
22 Tahuri mai rā ki te ture a tōna māngai,
23 Ki te hoki koe ki te Kaha Rawa, tērā koe e hangā;
24 Ā, ka whakapūranga koe i tāu taonga ki te puehu,
25 ā, ko te Kaha Rawa hei taonga mōu,
26 Ko reira hoki koe āhuareka ai ki te Kaha Rawa,
27 Ka īnoi anō koe ki a ia, ā, ka whakarongo mai ia ki a koe;
28 Ka whakatakotoria hoki e koe he tikanga,
29 Ki te makā koe e rātou ki raro, ka kī koe,
30 Ka whakaorangia e ia te tangata ahakoa ehara i te harakore;