1 “Nā konei anō wiri ana tōku ngākau,
2 Āta whakarangona tōna reo e papā ana,
3 E whakatikaia atu ana e ia ki ngā wāhi katoa i raro i te rangi,
4 I muri iho ko te reo e hāmama ana;
5 Ko tā te Atua whatitiri he reo whakamīharo;
6 E kī ana hoki ia ki te hukarere, ‘Hei runga koe i te whenua’;
7 hīritia ake e ia te ringa o ngā tāngata katoa;
8 Haere ana ngā kīrehe ki ngā piringa
9 Puta mai ana te tūpuhi i te whare o te tonga;
10 Nā te manawa o te Atua i hōmai te huka;
11 Āe rā, e utaina ana e ia te kapua mātotoru ki te haukū;
12 E whakakōpikopikoa ana anō ā tawhio noa, he mea hoki nā ōna whakaaro;
13 E whakaputaina ana e ia hei whiu,
14 “Kia whai taringa mai ki tēnei, e Hopa;
15 E mōhio ana rānei koe ki tā te Atua whakahautanga ki a rātou i tāna,
16 E mōhio ana rānei koe ki ngā pāunatanga o ngā kapua,
17 Ki ōu kākahu nei ka mahana,
18 Ka taea rānei e koe te whakatakoto ngātahi me ia te rangi hei papatupu,
19 “Whakaaturia mai ki a mātou tā mātou e kōrero ai ki a ia;
20 E kōrerotia rānei ki a ia kei te mea ahau ki te kōrero?
21 Nā, ināianei e kore ngā tāngata e kite ana i te mārama
22 E ahu mai ana i te hauraro te aho ānō he kōura;
23 Ko te Kaha Rawa – e kore ia e taea te whakataki e tātou;
24 Koia ka wehi ngā tāngata i a ia;