1 I kōrero anō hoki a Erihu, i mea:
2 “Whakarongo ki āku kupu, e te hunga whakaaro nui;
3 E whakamātau ana hoki te taringa i te kupu,
4 Ko tā tātou e whiriwhiri ai mā tātou ko te mea tika;
5 “Kua mea nei hoki a Hopa, ‘He tika tāku,
6 ahakoa kei ahau te tika ka kīia ahau he tangata teka;
7 Ko wai te tangata e rite ki a Hopa,
8 Kua uru nei ki te tira o ngā kaimahi i te hē,
9 Kua mea hoki ia, ‘Kāhore he painga ki te tangata
10 “Nō reira whakarongo mai ki ahau, e ngā tāngata ngākau mōhio;
11 Ka utua hoki e ia te tangata mō tāna mahi,
12 Tika rawa, e kore te Atua e kino,
13 Nā wai ia i mea hei kaitirotiro mō te whenua?
14 Ki te anga mai tōna ngākau ki te tangata,
15 ka hemo ngātahi ngā kikokiko katoa,
16 “Nā, ki te mea he ngākau mōhio tōu, whakarongo ki tēnei;
17 E whai kīngitanga rānei tētahi kotahi e kino ana ki te tika?
18 E tau ana rānei te mea atu ki te kīngi, ‘He weriweri koe’?
19 Kia iti rawa iho ki a ia e kore nei e whakapai ki te kanohi o ngā rangatira,
20 Kīhai i aha kua mate rātou;
21 “Kei runga hoki i ngā ara o te tangata ōna kanohi,
22 Kāhore he pōuri, kāhore he ātārangi o te mate
23 E kore hoki e nui atu i te tika te mea e whakawahā e ia ki te tangata,
24 Ka wāwāhia e ia ngā tāngata nunui, tē mōhiotia ngā ara,
25 Nā, e mōhio ana ia ki ā rātou mahi,
26 He hunga kino rātou, pākia iho e ia i te tirohanga a te tangata;
27 mō rātou i tahuri kē i te whai i a ia,
28 nā rātou hoki i puta ai te tangi a te rawakore ki a ia,
29 Ki te meinga e ia kia āta noho, ko wai hei whakararuraru?
30 Kore ake te whakapono kore e whai kīngitanga,
31 “Kua mea atu rānei ki te Atua,
32 Ko te mea kīhai i kitea e ahau māu e whakaatu mai ki ahau;
33 Kia rite rānei tāna utu ki tāu e mea ai,
34 “Ka kōrero mai ngā tāngata ngākau mahara ki ahau,
35 ‘Kāhore he mātauranga o Hopa i a ia i kōrero rā,
36 He pai me i whakamātauria a Hopa ā te mutunga rā anō,
37 E tāpiritia ana hoki e ia te tutū ki runga ki tōna hara,