1 “Tēnā rā, karanga; ka whakaō rānei tētahi ki a koe?
2 E patua ana hoki te kūware e te āritarita,
3 I kite ahau i te kūware e hou ana ōna pakiaka;
4 Kei tawhiti atu āna tama i te ora,
5 Ko āna hua ka kainga e te tangata matekai,
6 Nā, e kore te hē e puta ake i te puehu,
7 i whānau te tangata ki te raruraru,
8 “Ko ahau ia ka rapu i tā te Atua;
9 E mahi nei i ngā mea nunui e kore nei e taea te rapu atu,
10 E hōmai nei i te ua ki te mata o te whenua,
11 e whakanoho nei i te hunga iti ki te wāhi tiketike,
12 E haukoti nei i ngā whakaaro o te hunga tinihanga,
13 Mau ake i a ia te hunga whakaaro i tō rātou tinihanga:
14 I te awatea nei, tūtaki ana rātou ki te pōuri;
15 Otiia, e whakaorangia ana e ia te rawakore i te hoari, i tō rātou māngai,
16 Ka ai anō he tūmanakohanga atu mō te ware;
17 “Nanā, ka hari te tangata e ākona ana e te Atua;
18 He whakamamae hoki tāna, he takai anō;
19 E ono ngā matenga e whakaora ai ia i a koe;
20 I te matekai ka hokona koe e ia kei mate;
21 Ka huna koe i te whiu a te arero,
22 E kata anō koe ki te whakangaromanga rāua ko te hemokai;
23 Nō te mea ka takoto tāu kawenata ki ngā kōhatu o te pārae;
24 Ka mōhio anō koe e tū ana tōu tēneti i te āionuku,
25 Ka mōhio anō koe he nui ōu uri,
26 Ka āta rite ōu tau ina tae koe ki te urupā,
27 “Nanā, tēnei, he mea rapu nā mātou, ko te mea tika hoki ia;