1 “Kua oti tāku kawenata ki ōku kanohi;
2 He aha tā te Atua wāhi e tuwha mai ai i runga?
3 He teka ianei he whakangaromanga mō te tangata kino,
4 He teka ianei e kitea ana e ia ōku ara,
5 “Ki te mea i haere ahau i runga i te tekateka noa,
6 kia pāunatia ahau i runga i te pāuna tika,
7 ki te mea i kotiti kē tōku hīkoinga i te ara,
8 kāti, ko ahau hei whakatō, ā, mā tētahi atu e kai;
9 “Ki te mea i whakawairangitia tōku ngākau e te wahine,
10 heoi kia huri parāoa tāku wahine mā tētahi atu,
11 He kino rawa hoki tērā;
12 He ahi hoki tērā e kai ana ki te whakangaromanga rawa,
13 “Ki te mea i whakahāweatia e ahau te whakawā
14 ka pēhea rā ahau ina whakatika te Atua?
15 He teka rānei nā tōku kaihanga ia i hanga i roto i te kōpū?
16 “Ki te mea i kaiponuhia e ahau tā ngā rawakore i hiahia ai,
17 ki te mea rānei i kainga tāku maramara e tōku kotahi,
18 he mea whakatupu ia nāku nō tōku taitamarikitanga rā anō me te mea ko tōna pāpā ahau;
19 ki te mea i kite ahau i tētahi e tata ana ki te mate, he kore nō te kākahu,
20 ki te mea kīhai tōna hope i whakapai ki ahau,
21 ki te mea i ara tōku ringa hei pēhi i te pani,
22 nā, kia marere atu tōku pokohiwi i roto i te peke,
23 Ko te whiu hoki a te Atua tāku i wehi ai;
24 “Ki te mea i ū tōku whakaaro ki te kōura,
25 ki te mea i koa ahau ki te maha o ōku rawa,
26 ki te mea i kite ahau i te rā e whiti ana,
27 ā, ka kūmea pukutia atu tōku ngākau,
28 nā, he kino tēnei hei whiunga mā ngā kaiwhakawā:
29 “Ki te mea i koa ahau ki te whakangaromanga o te tangata i kino ki ahau,
30 āe, kīhai ahau i tuku i tōku māngai kia hara,
31 ki te mea kāhore ngā tāngata o tōku tēneti i mea,
32 Kīhai te manene i moe i waho;
33 ki te mea i pērā ahau me Ārama, i hīpoki i ōku hē,
34 i wehi hoki ahau i te huihui nui,
35 auē, me i whakarongo mai tētahi ki ahau!
36 Inā, kua amohia e ahau i runga i tōku pokohiwi;
37 Kua whakaaturia e ahau ki a ia te maha o ōku hīkoinga;
38 “Ki te tangi tāku oneone, he whakahē ki ahau,
39 ki te mea i kainga e ahau ōna hua he mea kīhai i utua,
40 nā, kia riro pū te wīti i te tātarāmoa,