1 Nā, ka whakautu a Pirirara Huhi, ka mea:
2 “Kia pēhea ake te roa o tāu kōrero i ēnei mea?
3 E whakaparori kē rānei te Atua i te whakawā?
4 Ki te mea i hara āu tamariki ki a ia,
5 Ki te rapu wawe koe i te Atua,
6 ki te mea he mā koe, he tika,
7 Ahakoa i iti tōu tīmatanga,
8 “Tēnā rā, ui atu ki tō mua whakatupuranga;
9 Nōnanahi nei hoki tātou, kāhore hoki e mōhio;
10 E kore rānei rātou e whakaako i a koe, e kōrero ki a koe,
11 “E tupu rānei te wīwī i te mea kāhore he repo?
12 I te mea he kaiota tonu, ā, kīhai i tapahia,
13 Ka pērā anō ngā ara o te hunga katoa e wareware ana ki te Atua,
14 Ka motuhia atu tāna i whakamanawa atu ai,
15 Ka okioki atu ia ki tōna whare; heoi e kore e tū;
16 E matomato ana i te mea kāhore nei te rā,
17 Kapi tonu te pūranga i ōna pakiaka,
18 Ki te whakamōtītia iho ia i tōna wāhi,
19 Nanā, ko te hari tēnei o tōna ara,
20 “Nanā, e kore te Atua e whakakāhore ki te tangata tika,
21 Tērā anō tōu māngai ka whakakīia e ia ki te kata,
22 He whakamā te kākahu mō te hunga e kino ana ki a koe,