1 Nā, i kōrero tonu anō a Hopa i tāna pepeha, i mea:
2 “E ora ana te Atua, nāna nei i whakakāhore tōku tika;
3 kei te toitū tonu hoki tōku ora i roto i ahau,
4 e pono, e kore ōku ngutu, e kōrero kino,
5 Auē kia whakatikaia tā koutou e ahau!
6 Ka mau tāku pupuri ki tōku tika, e kore e tukua atu e ahau;
7 “Ko tōku hoariri, kia rite ia ki te tangata kino;
8 He aha oti tā te whakapono kore e tūmanako ai,
9 E rongo rānei te Atua ki tāna tangi
10 E āhuareka rānei ia ki te Kaha Rawa,
11 “Ka whakaakona koutou e ahau ki te ringa o te Atua;
12 Nanā, kua kite koutou katoa;
13 “Ko tā te Atua wāhi tēnei mā te tangata kino,
14 Ki te mea ka tokomaha āna tamariki, hei mea mā te hoari;
15 Ko ōna mōrehu ka tanumia ki te mate;
16 Ahakoa āmene ia i te hiriwa ānō he puehu,
17 e pae anō i a ia, otiia ka kākahuria e te tangata tika,
18 Ka rite tāna hanga i tōna whare ki tā te pūrehurehu;
19 Ka takoto ia, he tangata taonga, otiia e kore e kohia ki te urupā;
20 Rite tonu ki te wai ngā whakawehi e mau ai ia;
21 Ka kāhakina atu ia e te marangai, ā, riro ana ia;
22 Ka āki mai hoki te Atua ki a ia, e kore anō ia e tohungia;
23 Ka papaki te tangata i ō rātou ringa ki a ia,