1 Nā, ka whakautu a Hopa, ka mea:
2 “Auē, me i āta pāunatia tōku mamae, me i huihuia,
3 Nā, ināianei taimaha ake i te onepū o te moana:
4 Kei roto hoki i ahau ngā pere a te Kaha Rawa,
5 E tangi anō rānei te kāihe mohoao te mea kei te tarutaru ia?
6 E taea rānei te kai, te mea kāhore nei ōna hā, ki te kāhore he tote?
7 Hore rawa tōku wairua e mea kia pā atu ki ēnā;
8 “Auē, me i riro mai tāku i tono ai,
9 Me i pai hoki te Atua kia whakangaromia ahau,
10 Pēnei kua ai anō he whakamārie mōku.
11 “He aha tōku kaha, e tatari ai ahau?
12 He kaha kōhatu rānei tōku kaha?
13 Ehara rānei i te mea kāhore he āwhina mōku i roto i ahau,
14 “Ko te tangata e ngoikore ana te ngākau
15 He mahi tinihanga a ōku tēina, he pērā me tā te awa;
16 kua mangu nei i te hukapapa,
17 I te wā e mahana ai, ka memeha atu;
18 Ka peka kē ngā tira e haere ana rā reira;
19 Tirotirohia ana e ngā tira o Tema;
20 Whakamā ana rātou mō rātou i whakamanawa atu ki reira;
21 Nā, he kāhore noa iho koutou;
22 I mea rānei ahau, ‘Hōmai ki ahau?
23 I mea rānei, ‘Whakaorangia ahau i te ringa o te hoariri’?
24 “Whakaakona ahau, ā, ka whakarongo puku ahau;
25 Anō te kaha o ngā kupu tika! Ko te aha ia te rīria ana e ā koutou kupu?
26 E mea ana rānei koutou kia rīria ngā kupu?
27 Āe rā, e mea ana koutou ki te maka rota mō ngā pani,
28 “Nā, whakaae mai, titiro mai ki ahau;
29 Tēnā rā, tahuri mai; kaua hoki te hē e waiho;
30 He hē koia kei tōku arero?