1 I kōrero mai anō a Ihowā ki a Hopa, i mea:
2 “E tohe ana rānei ki te Kaha Rawa te tangata whakatohutohu?
3 Anō rā ko Hopa ki a Ihowā, i mea ia:
4 “Nanā, ehara noa iho ahau; ko te aha tāku e whakahoki atu ai ki a koe?
5 Kua kotahi tāku kōrerotanga, ā, e kore ahau e whakahoki kupu atu;
6 Kātahi ka whakahokia mai e Ihowā ki a Hopa i roto i te tūkauati, ka mea:
7 “Tēnā rā, whakatāne, whītikiria tōu hope,
8 Me whakakāhore anō rānei e koe tāku whakawā?
9 He ringa pērā rānei tōu i tō te Atua?
10 “Tēnā rā, rākai i a koe ināianei ki te rangatiratanga, ki te korōria;
11 Ringihia atu te puhaketanga o tōu riri;
12 Titiro atu ki ngā mea whakakake katoa, whakapikoa iho;
13 Huihuia atu rātou, hunā ki te puehu,
14 Nā, ko reira ahau whakaae ai ki a koe,
15 “Nā, whakaaroa a Pehemoto,
16 Nanā, ko tōna kaha kei tōna hope,
17 Ko tōna hiawero, ānō he hīta e tāwhiria ana e ia;
18 Ko ōna wheua, ānō he kōrere parāhi;
19 “Ko ia te tino mea nui o ngā ara o te Atua –
20 He pono ko ngā maunga hei hōmai kai māna;
21 Ko tōna takotoranga ko raro i ngā rākau kōuru nui,
22 Hei taupoki mōna te whakamarumaru o ngā rākau kōuru nui,
23 Nanā, ki te āki mai te waipuke, e kore ia e tūiri;
24 E hopukia rānei ia e tētahi i a ia e mataara ana,