1 “Ināianei ia e kataina mai ana ahau
2 Āe rā, hei aha māku te kaha o ō rātou ringa?
3 Tūpuhi ana rātou i te rawakore, i te hemokai;
4 E whawhaki ana rātou i ngā marou i roto o ngā rākau ririki;
5 He mea pei atu rātou i roto i ngā tāngata;
6 Me noho rawa atu rātou i ngā kapiti o ngā awaawa,
7 Tangi ā-kāihe ana rātou i roto i ngā rākau ririki;
8 He tamariki rātou nā ngā kūware,
9 “Ināianei ia kua waiho ahau hei waiata mā rātou,
10 E whakarihariha mai ana rātou ki ahau,
11 Kua oti hoki tāna aho te wewete e ia, ā e whakatupuria kinotia ana ahau e ia,
12 I te taha ki matau ka ara te marea;
13 E taka kino ana rātou i tōku ara,
14 Rite tonu ki te wai nui e pakaru mai ana tō rātou haerenga mai;
15 Kua tahuri mai ngā whakawehi ki ahau,
16 “Nā, ināianei kua maringi tōku wairua i roto i ahau;
17 I te pō e werohia ana ōku wheua i roto i ahau;
18 He kaha nui nō tōku mate i āhua kē ai tōku kākahu;
19 Kua makā ahau e ia ki te paru kua rite ahau ki te puehu, ki te pungarehu.
20 “E tangi ana ahau ki a koe, heoi kāhore koe e whakaō mai ki ahau;
21 Kua huri kē, kua kino tāu mahi ki ahau;
22 Kua hāpainga ake ahau e koe ki te hau,
23 E mōhio ana hoki ahau tērā ahau e kawea e koe ki te mate,
24 “E kore anō ia tōna ringa e totoro iho ki te urupā;
25 Kīhai ianei ahau i tangi ki te tangata he mate nei tōna?
26 I ahau i tatari ai ki te pai, heoi kua tae mai te kino;
27 Ko ōku whēkau, me te mea e koropupū ana, tē āta takoto;
28 E hāereere pōuri ana ahau, kāhore he rā;
29 Hei teina ahau ki ngā tarakona,
30 Ko tōku kiri mangu tonu, e ngahoro ana i ahau,
31 Nō reira i tahuri kē ai tāku hāpa ki te tangi,