1 “Tēnā rā, whakarongo, e Hopa, ki āku kōrero,
2 Nanā, kua puaki nei tōku māngai,
3 Mā āku kupu e whakapuaki te tika o tōku ngākau;
4 He mea hanga ahau nā te Wairua o te Atua,
5 Ki te taea e koe, whakahokia mai e koe he kupu ki ahau;
6 Nanā, ko tōku anga ki te Atua he pēnā hoki i tāu;
7 Nanā, e kore te wehi ki ahau e whakawehi i a koe;
8 “He pono kua hakiri ōku taringa ki āu kupu,
9 ‘He mā ahau, kāhore ōku hē;
10 Nā, e rapu ana ia i te take riri ki ahau,
11 e karapitia ana e ia ōku waewae ki te rākau,
12 “Nanā, māku e whawhati tāu kupu,
13 He aha koe i totohe ai ki a ia?
14 Kotahi hoki, āe rā, e rua kōrerotanga a te Atua,
15 I te moe, i te putanga moemoeā mai o te pō,
16 ko reira ia whakapuare ai i ngā taringa o ngā tāngata,
17 kia whakanekehia ai te tangata i tāna whakaaro,
18 e puritia ana e ia tōna wairua kei tae ki te rua,
19 E whiua ana hoki ia ki te mamae i runga i tōna moenga,
20 ā, whakarihariha ana tōna ora ki te taro,
21 E honia ana ōna kiko, ā, kore noa e kitea;
22 Heoi, e whakatata ana tōna wairua ki te rua,
23 “Ki te mea he karere tērā kei a ia,
24 Nā, ka tohu tērā i a ia, ā, ka mea,
25 Ko tōna kiri ka ngāwari atu i tō te tamaiti;
26 Ka īnoi ia ki te Atua, ā, ka manako tērā ki a ia;
27 E waiata ana ia i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, e mea ana,
28 Kua whakaorangia e ia tōku wairua kei riro ki te rua,
29 “Nanā, e meatia ana ēnei mea katoa e te Atua,
30 hei whakahoki mai i tōna wairua i roto i te rua,
31 “Kia whai whakaaro mai, e Hopa, whakarongo mai ki ahau;
32 Ki te mea he kupu tāu, utua mai tāku: kōrero,
33 Ki te kāhore, whakarongo ki ahau;