1 “Ki te mea ka hoki mai koe e Īharaira,”
2 ka oati anō koe, ‘Kei te ora a Ihowā,’
3 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā ki ngā tāngata o Hūrā, ā, ki Hiruhārama:
4 Kotia hoki koutou, hei mea ki a Ihowā,
5 “Karangatia i roto i a Hūrā, kia rongo a Hiruhārama, mea atu:
6 Whakaarahia te kara ki te ritenga o Hiona,
7 Kei te haere mai he raiona i tōna urupuia rākau,
8 Mō konei whītikiria he kākahu taratara ki a koutou,
9 “I taua rā,” e ai tā Ihowā,
10 Anō rā ko ahau, “Auē, e te Ariki, e Ihowā, kua pōhēhē rawa i a koe tēnei iwi, a Hiruhārama anō, i te kupu nei, ‘Ka mau te rongo ki a koutou.’ Tēnā ia, kua pā te hoari ki te wairua.”
11 I taua wā ka kōrerotia ki tēnei iwi, ki Hiruhārama anō, “He hau wera nō ngā wāhi tiketike i te koraha e tika mai ana ki te tamāhine a tāku iwi, ehara i te mea hei pōwhiriwhiri, hei tahi rānei –
12 he hau tōtōpū nō aua wāhi ka tae mai ki ahau. Ākuanei ahau whakapuaki ai i te whakawā mō rātou.”
13 Nanā, ko tōna haerenga mai ka rite ki ngā kapua,
14 Horoia atu te kino o tōu ngākau e Hiruhārama,
15 Nō te mea e whakaatu mai ana he reo i Rāna,
16 “Kōrero ki ngā iwi;
17 Ko tā rātou ki a ia rite tonu ki tā ngā kaitiaki
18 “Nā tōu ara, nā āu mahi,
19 Ōku whēkau, ōku whēkau!
20 He ngaromanga hono iho ki te ngaromanga te karangatia nei;
21 Kia pēhea ake te roa ōku ka titiro nei ki te kara,
22 “He wairangi hoki tāku iwi,
23 I titiro ahau ki te whenua,
24 I titiro ahau ki ngā maunga, nā, e ngāueue ana,
25 I titiro ahau, ā, kāhore he tangata,
26 I titiro ahau, nā, he koraha kau te māra mōmona,
27 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā:
28 Mō konei ka tangi te whenua,
29 Ka whati katoa te pā i te ngangau o ngā hōia eke hōiho, o ngā kaikōpere;
30 Ā, ko koe, kia oti koe te pāhua, ka pēhea koe?
31 Kua rongo hoki ahau i te reo, me te mea nō te wahine e whānau ana,