1 Nā, ka whakahoki a Hopa, ka mea:
2 “E mōhiotia ana anō tēnei e ahau;
3 Ki te pai ia ki te totohe ki a ia,
4 He ngākau mōhio ia, he pakari tōna kaha;
5 E nekehia ana e ia ngā maunga, tē mōhio rātou;
6 E whakangāueuetia ana e ia te whenua,
7 E kōrero nei ki te rā, ā, kore ake e whiti;
8 ko ia nei anake hei hora i ngā rangi,
9 Nāna nei i hanga a Aketura, a Tautoru,
10 Nāna nei i mahi ngā mea nunui, e kore nei e taea te rapu atu,
11 Inā tonu ia e haere atu nei, ā, kāhore ahau i kite;
12 Nanā, ka hopu ia i tāna i aru ai, mā wai ia e ārai?
13 “E kore te Atua e whakahoki iho i tōna riri;
14 Ā, kia whakahoki kupu anō ahau ki a ia,
15 Ahakoa he tika ahau, e kore ahau e whakahoki kupu atu;
16 Me i karanga atu ahau, ā, whakahokia mai ai e ia te kupu ki ahau,
17 E āki ana hoki ia i ahau ki te tūpuhi,
18 Kāhore ahau e tukua e ia kia tā tōku manawa;
19 Ki te kōrero tātou mō te kaha o te hunga pakari, nanā, kei reira ia!
20 “Ahakoa he tika ahau mā tōku māngai anō ahau e whakahē;
21 He tapatahi ahau; kāhore ahau e whakaaro ki ahau anō;
22 He kotahi tonu ēnā; koia ahau ka mea,
23 Nā, ka whakamate tata nei te whiu,
24 Kua hoatu te whenua ki te ringa o te tangata kino;
25 “Nā, ko te hohoro o ōku rā, nui atu i tō te kaikawe pukapuka;
26 Kua pahemo, kua pērā me ngā kaipuke tere,
27 Ki te mea ahau, ‘Ka wareware ahau ki tāku tangi,
28 e wehi ana ahau i ōku mamae katoa,
29 Tērā hoki ahau e whakahēngia;
30 Ki te horoi ahau i ahau ki te hukarere,
31 kātahi ahau ka rumakina e koe ki te poka,
32 “Ehara hoki ia i te tangata, i te pēnei me ahau nei,
33 Kāhore he kaiwhakatikatika mō tā māua,
34 Me tango atu e ia tāna patu i ahau,
35 Hei reira ahau ka kōrero, ā, kāhore e wehi i a ia;