1 “He rua hoki tō te hiriwa e puta mai ai,
2 He mea tango mai te rino nō roto i te whenua;
3 E whakatakotoria ana e te tangata he mutunga mai mō te pōuri,
4 E pākaruhia mai ana e ia he rua i kō ake o ngā nohoanga tāngata;
5 Ko te whenua, e puta mai ana he taro i roto i a ia:
6 Hei wāhi mō ngā hāpira ōna kōhatu,
7 “He ara tēnā kāhore i mōhiotia e te manu,
8 Kāhore ngā kīrehe whakahī kia takahi i taua ara,
9 “E pā atu ana tōna ringa ki te kiripaka;
10 E tapahia ana e ia he awa i roto i ngā kāmaka,
11 E herea ana e ia ngā awa kei māturuturu;
12 “E kitea ia ki hea te whakaaro nui,
13 E kore te tangata e mōhio ki tōna utu,
14 E kī ake ana te rire, ‘Kāhore i ahau,’
15 E kore e hokona ki te kōura,
16 E kore e taea te whakarite ki te kōura o Ōpira,
17 E kore e rite te kōura, te kōhatu pīata ki a ia;
18 E kore e whakahuatia te kaoa, ngā peara rānei;
19 E kore te tōpaha o Etiopia e rite ki a ia,
20 “Ka haere mai rā i hea te whakaaro nui?
21 He mea huna atu nā hoki i ngā kanohi o ngā mea ora katoa,
22 E kī ake ana te whakangaromanga rāua ko te mate,
23 “E mōhio ana te Atua ki tōna ara,
24 E titiro ana hoki ia ki ngā pito o te whenua,
25 E mea ana i te whakataimaha mō te hau;
26 I a ia e whakatakoto ana i te tikanga mō te ua,
27 ka kitea e ia i reira, ā, whakapuakina mai ana;
28 Ā, ka mea ia ki te tangata,