1 Ko te kupu i kōrerotia e Ihowā mō Papurōna, mō te whenua o ngā Karari, i puaki i a Heremaia poropiti:
2 “Kauwhautia i roto i ngā tauiwi, pānuitia,
3 Nō te mea kei te haere mai he iwi ki a ia i te raki,
4 “I aua rā, i taua wā hoki,”
5 Tērā rātou e ui mō Hiona,
6 “Ko tāku iwi he hipi ngaro;
7 Kua kainga rātou e te hunga katoa i kite i a rātou;
8 “Rere atu i roto i Papurōna,
9 Nō te mea, nanā, ka whakaarahia e ahau,
10 Ā, ka pāhuatia a Karari;
11 “Nō te mea e koa ana koutou,
12 ka nui rawa te whakamā o tō koutou whaea;
13 He riri nō Ihowā e kore ai e nohoia,
14 Whakatakoto i ō koutou matua hei whawhai ki Papurōna,
15 Hāmama ki a ia i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha!
16 Hātepea atu te kairui i roto i Papurōna,
17 “He hipi a Īharaira i marara atu;
18 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira:
19 Ā, ka whakahokia e ahau a Īharaira ki tōna takanga,
20 I aua rā, ā, i taua wā,”
21 “Haere atu ki te whenua o Merataimi,
22 He ngangau nō te whawhai kei te whenua,
23 Tōna poroporonga rawatanga,
24 I whakatakotoria e ahau he māhanga mōu,
25 Kua whakapuaretia e Ihowā tōna whare taonga,
26 Haere mai ki a ia i te pito rawa rā anō,
27 Patua ana pūru katoa;
28 Ko te reo o te hunga e rere ana,
29 “Kārangarangatia kia hui ngā kaikōpere ki te tatau ki Papurōna,
30 Mō reira ka hinga āna taitama ki ōna huarahi,
31 “Nanā, hei hoariri ahau mōu, e te mea whakakake,”
32 Ā, ka tūtuki ngā waewae o te mea whakapehapeha, ka hinga,
33 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:
34 He kaha tō rātou kaihoko;
35 “Kei runga i ngā Karari te hoari,” e ai tā Ihowā,
36 Kei runga te hoari i te hunga whakapehapeha,
37 Kei runga te hoari i ō rātou hōiho, kei runga i ō rātou hāriata,
38 He mimiti kei runga i ōna wai,
39 “Mō reira ka nohoia a reira e ngā kīrehe mohoao
40 Ka rite ki tā te Atua hurihanga i Horoma, i Komora,
41 “Nanā, kei te haere mai he iwi i te raki;
42 Ka rarau rātou ki te kōpere, ki te tao;
43 Kua rongo te kīngi o Papurōna i tō rātou rongo,
44 Nanā, ka haere ake ia ānō he raiona i te ngawhātanga o Horano
45 Mō reira whakarongo ki te tikanga a Ihowā,
46 Ngateri ana te whenua i te haruru o te horonga o Papurōna,