1 Heoi, mutu ake te whakahoki kupu a ēnei tāngata tokotoru ki a Hopa, nō te mea he tika ia ki tōna nei whakaaro.
2 Nā, kua mura te riri o Erihu tama a Parakere Puti, nō te whānau i a Rame. Mura ana tōna riri ki a Hopa, nō te mea ki tāna tika rawa ia i te Atua.
3 I mura anō tōna riri ki ōna hoa tokotoru, nō te mea kīhai i kitea e rātou he kupu hei whakahokinga atu, heoi kei te whakahē anō rātou i a Hopa.
4 Nā, i tatari a Erihu kia kōrero ia ki a Hopa, nō te mea he kaumātua ake rātou i a ia.
5 Ā, nō te kitenga o Erihu kāhore he kupu i ngā māngai o aua tāngata tokotoru hei whakahokinga atu, mura ana tōna riri.
6 Nā, ka oho a Erihu tama a Parakere Puti, ka mea:
7 I mea ahau, ‘Mā ngā rā te kōrero,
8 Otiia, he wairua anō tō te tangata,
9 Ko ngā tāngata nunui, kāhore ō rātou whakaaro nui,
10 Koia ahau i mea ai, ‘Whakarongo ki ahau;
11 “Nanā, i tatari ahau ki ā koutou kupu;
12 Nanā, mahara tonu atu ahau ki a koutou,
13 Kei mea koutou, ‘Kua kitea e mātou te mōhio,
14 Nā, kīhai āna kupu i anga mai ki ahau;
15 “Pōrahurahu kau ana rātou, kore ake ā rātou kupu whakahoki;
16 Kia tatari ahau, nō te mea kāhore rātou e kōrero,
17 Me kōrero atu hoki e ahau āku kupu,
18 Kī tonu hoki ahau i te kōrero;
19 Nanā, ko tōku kōpū rite tonu ki te wāina kāhore nei ōna putanga;
20 Me kōrero ahau, kia tā ai tōku manawa;
21 Nā, kaua ahau e whakapai ki te kanohi tangata;
22 Kāhore hoki ahau e mōhio ki te whakapati –