1 Mō Moapa:
2 Kua kāhore te whakamoemiti mō Moapa;
3 Ka puta te reo auē i Horonaimi,
4 Ka oti a Moapa te tukituki!
5 Ka haere hoki rātou mā te pikinga atu ki Rūhiti
6 E rere! Kāhaki i a koutou kia ora ai!
7 “Nō te mea, nāu i whakawhirinaki ki āu mahi, ki āu taonga,
8 Ka tae te kaipāhua ki ngā pā katoa,
9 Hoatu he parirau mō Moapa,
10 “Ka kangā te tangata e mahi whakaparahako ana i tā Ihowā mahi,
11 “I runga a Moapa i te rangimārie nō tōna tamarikitanga ake,
12 Mō reira, nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā,”
13 Nā, ka whakamā a Moapa ki a Kemoho,
14 “He pēhea tā koutou e kī nā,
15 Kua pāhuatia a Moapa, ā, kua piki atu rātou ki ōna pā,
16 Ka tata te aituā o Moapa te puta,
17 Tangihia ia, e koutou katoa i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha,
18 “E te tamāhine e noho mai nei i Ripono,
19 E te wahine e noho ana i Aroere,
20 Kua whakamā a Moapa, kua pakaru;
21 “Kua tae atu anō te whakawā ki te mānia;
22 ā, ki Ripono, ki Nepo, ki, Pēteripirataima,
23 ki Kiriataima, ki Petekamuru, Petemeono,
24 ki Kerioto, ki Potora,
25 Kua oti te haona o Moapa te pōuto atu,
26 “Meinga ia e koutou kia haurangi;
27 He teka ianei i waiho a Īharaira hei katanga māu?
28 E ngā tāngata o Moapa,
29 “Kua rongo tātou i te whakahīhī o Moapa –
30 E mōhio ana ahau ki tōna riri,”
31 Mō reira ka tangi ahau mō Moapa;
32 E te wāina o Hipima,
33 Ā, kua whakakāhoretia atu te koa me te hari
34 “Nō te auētanga i Hehepona tae noa ki Ereare,
35 Ka meinga anō hoki e ahau kia mutu
36 Nā reira kei te tangi tōku ngākau ki a Moapa ānō he pūtōrino,
37 He mea moremore katoa hoki ngā māhunga,
38 Kei runga i ngā tuanui katoa o Moapa a kei ōna ara he uhunga kei ngā wāhi katoa;
39 “Anō tōna wawāhanga! Tā rātou auē!
40 Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
41 Kua horo Kerioto,
42 Ā, ka hunā a Moapa, ka kore tēnā iwi,
43 Ko te wehi, ko te poka, ko te rore,
44 “Ko te tangata e rere ana i te wehi,
45 “Ko te hunga i rere, tū ana rātou
46 Auē te mate mōu, e Moapa!
47 “Otiia, ka whakahokia mai anō e ahau a Moapa