1 I kōrero anō a Erihu, i mea:
2 “Tukua ahau, kia iti nei, ā, ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe;
3 Ka tīkina atu e ahau tōku mōhio i tawhiti,
4 E kore rawa hoki; āku kupu e teka;
5 “Nanā, he pakari te Atua, e kore anō ia e whakahāwea;
6 E kore te tangata kino e whakaorangia e ia;
7 E kore e mutu tāna titiro ki te tangata tika;
8 Ki te mea kua herea rātou ki te mekameka,
9 ā, ka whakakitea e ia ki a rātou tā rātou mahi,
10 Ka whakapuaretia anō e ia ō rātou taringa ki te ako,
11 Ki te rongo rātou, ā, ka mahi ki a ia,
12 Otirā, ki te kore rātou e rongo, ka ngaro rātou i te hoari,
13 “Ko te hunga whakapono kore ō rātou ngākau,
14 Ka mate rātou i te taitamarikitanga,
15 Ko tāna he whakaora i te rawakore ina mate,
16 Āe rā, me koe anō, tērā koe e riro i a ia
17 “Otiia kī tonu koe i te tikanga a te tangata kino;
18 Nā, i te mea he riri tēnei, kia tūpato kei riro koe i te nui o āu rawa;
19 E ranea rānei ōu rawa, e kore ai koe e taka hē?
20 Kaua e hiahiatia te pō,
21 Kia tūpato, kaua e tahuri ki te kino;
22 Nanā, ko te Atua, ko tōna kaha hei whakanui,
23 Ko wai te kaitohutohu i te ara mōna?
24 “Kia mahara kia whakanuia e koe tāna mahi,
25 Kua tirohia nei e ngā tāngata katoa
26 Nanā, he nui te Atua, e kore anō e mōhiotia e tātou;
27 “Ko ia nei hei ngongo ake i ngā pata wai,
28 ka ringihia iho nei e ngā kapua,
29 Āe rā, e mōhiotia ana rānei e tētahi ngā horahanga o ngā kapua,
30 Nanā, e horahia ana e ia tōna mārama ā tawhio noa i a ia;
31 Ko āna mea hoki ēnā hei whakawā mō ngā iwi,
32 E hīpokina ana e ia ōna ringa ki te uira,
33 Hei kaiwhakaatu i a ia tōna haruru,