1 Kātahi ka whakautua e Hopa, i mea ia:
2 “I tēnei rā nei anō e amuamu ana tāku tangi.
3 Auē, me i mōhio ahau ki te wāhi e kite ai ahau i a ia,
4 Ka āta whakatakotoria e ahau āku kōrero ki tōna aroaro,
5 Ka mōhio ahau ki ngā kupu e whakahokia mai e ia ki ahau,
6 E whakaputaina mai rānei tōna kaha nui ina tautohetohe ki ahau?
7 Ko reira te tangata tika tautohetohe ai ki a ia;
8 “Nanā, haere ana ahau ki mua, ā, kāhore ia i reira;
9 ki mauī, ina ka mahi ia, heoi kāhore ahau e kite i a ia;
10 Otiia, e mōhio ana ia ki te ara e anga atu ai ahau.
11 Mau pū ōna takahanga i tōku waewae;
12 Kīhai hoki i mahue i ahau te whakahau a ōna ngutu;
13 “Ko ia, kotahi tonu tōna whakaaro, ā, mā wai ia e whakatahuri kē?
14 E whakaotia ana hoki e ia ngā mea i whakaritea mōku;
15 Koia ahau i ohorere ai i tōna aroaro;
16 Ngohe noa hoki tōku ngākau i te Atua,
17 Kīhai nei hoki ahau i whakangaromia i mua o te pōuri,