1 I muri i tēnei, ka puaki te māngai o Hopa, ā, ka kangā e ia tōna rā.
2 Nā, ka oho a Hopa, ka mea:
3 “Kia ngaro te rā i whānau ai ahau,
4 Waiho taua rā mō te pōuri;
5 Kia poke ia i te pōuri, i te ātārangi hoki o te mate;
6 Nā, ko taua pō – kia mau pū i te pōuri kerekere;
7 Nanā, kia mokemoke taua pō,
8 Kia kangā hoki e te hunga kanga i te rā,
9 Kia pōuri ngā whetū o tōna kākarauritanga;
10 mōna kīhai i tūtaki i ngā tatau o te kōpū o tōku whaea,
11 “He aha ahau tē mate ai i te kōpū?
12 He aha i rite wawe ai ngā turi mōku,
13 Me i pēnā, kua āta takoto ahau, te ai he whakaohooho;
14 i roto i ngā kīngi, i ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro o te whenua
15 i roto rānei i ngā rangatira whai kōura,
16 Kua kāhore noa iho rānei, kua pērā me te materoto e ngaro nei
17 Mutu ake i reira te whakararuraru a te hunga kino;
18 Āta noho ana ngā herehere i reira
19 Kei reira te iti, te rahi,
20 “He aha te mārama i hōmai ai ki te tangata kei roto nei i te mate,
21 E kōingo nei ki te mate, heoi kāhore noa iho;
22 Hari pū rātou, koa ana,
23 He aha anō te mārama i hōmai ai ki te tangata
24 Kīanō hoki ahau i kai, kua tae mai tāku mapu;
25 Nō te mea kua tae mai ki ahau te mea whakawehi e wehi nei ahau;
26 Kāhore ōku hūmārie, kāhore ōku āta noho,