1 Ā, i kōrero tonu a Hopa i tāna pepeha, i mea:
2 “Auē, me i rite ki ngā marama ō mua,
3 I tīaho mai ai tāna rama ki tōku mātenga,
4 me i pērā anō me ahau i ngā rā o tōku taiohitanga,
5 i te mea e noho ana anō te Kaha Rawa i ahau,
6 i horoia ai ōku takahanga ki te pata,
7 “I tōku haerenga atu ki te kūwaha ki te pā,
8 ka kite ngā taitamariki i ahau, ā, piri ana rātou;
9 mutu pū te kōrero a ngā tino tāngata,
10 ngaro ana te reo o ngā rangatira,
11 Nō te rongonga hoki o te taringa i ahau, manaaki ana i ahau;
12 nō te mea nāku i whakaora te rawakore i a ia e karanga ana,
13 I tau ki runga ki ahau te manaaki a te tangata e tata ana ki te whakangaromanga;
14 I kākahuria e ahau te tika, ā, ko tērā tōku kākahu;
15 He kanohi ahau ki te matapō,
16 He matua ahau ki ngā rawakore;
17 Wāwāhia ana e ahau ngā kauae o te tangata kino,
18 “Kātahi ahau ka mea, ‘Tērā ahau e mate i roto i tōku ōhanga;
19 Ko tōku pakiaka tautoro tonu ki ngā wai,
20 ko tōku korōria hou tonu i roto i ahau,
21 “I whakarongo mai ngā tāngata ki ahau, i tatari,
22 I muri i āku kupu kore ake rātou kōrero anō;
23 I tāria mai ahau e rātou ānō ko te ua;
24 Ka kata ahau ki a rātou, kīhai i whakaponohia e rātou;
25 Nāku tō rātou ara i whiriwhiri, ā, noho ana ahau hei rangatira,