1 Whakarongo ki te kupu kua kōrerotia nei e Ihowā ki a koutou, e te whare o Īharaira;
2 ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
3 He mea teka noa hoki ngā tikanga a ngā iwi:
4 Kei te whakapaipai i taua mea ki te hiriwa, ki te kōura,
5 He rite aua mea ki te nīkau, i āta mahia,
6 Kāhore rawa he rite mōu, e Ihowā;
7 Ko wai e kore e wehi i a koe, e te Kīngi o ngā iwi?
8 Huihuia rātou, he pōauau rawa, he wairangi;
9 E maua mai ana he hiriwa pāraharaha i Tarahihi,
10 Ko Ihowā ia te Atua pono;
11 “Kia pēnei tā koutou kī atu ki a rātou: ‘Ko ngā atua kīhai nei i hanga i te rangi, i te whenua, ka ngaro i runga i te whenua, i raro atu anō hoki i ngā rangi.’ ”
12 Nāna i hanga te whenua, nā tōna kaha hoki;
13 Ka puaki tōna reo, he haruru wai kei ngā rangi,
14 Pōauau kau ngā tāngata katoa, ā, kāhore he mōhio;
15 He horihori kau rātou, he mahi pōhēhē;
16 Kāhore e rite ki ērā te wāhi i a Hākopa;
17 Kohikohia āu mea i te whenua,
18 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā:
19 Auē te mate i ahau,
20 Kua pāhuatia tōku tēneti,
21 Kua pōauau nei hoki ngā hēpara;
22 Nanā, te haere mai nei te reo o ngā kōrero,
23 E mōhio ana anō ahau, e Ihowā, kāhore o te tangata ara i a ia ake anō;
24 Pākia ahau, e Ihowā, me te whakariterite anō ia;
25 Ringihia atu tōu riri ki ngā tauiwi kāhore nei e mātau ki a koe,