1 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
2 Ka ungā anō e ahau he kaitītaritari ki Papurōna,
3 Kaua te kaikōpere e whakapiko i tāna kōpere,
4 Nā, ka hinga ngā tūpāpaku ki te whenua o ngā Karari,
5 Kāhore hoki a Īharaira i whakarērea, kāhore anō hoki a Hūrā,
6 “Rere atu i roto o Papurōna,
7 He kapu kōura a Papurōna i roto i te ringa o Ihowā,
8 Inamata kua taka a Papurōna, kua pakaru.
9 “ ‘Tērā e rongoātia e mātou a Papurōna,
10 “ ‘Kua whakaputaina e Ihowā tō tātou tika;
11 “Whakakoia ngā pere!
12 Whakaarahia he kara ki ngā taiepa o Papurōna;
13 E te wahine e noho nā i runga i ngā wai maha,
14 Kua oatitia e Ihowā o ngā mano tōna oranga, kua mea:
15 “Nāna i hanga te whenua, nā tōna kaha;
16 Kia puaki tōna reo, ka haruru ngā wai i ngā rangi,
17 “Ka pōauau katoa te tangata, ka kore he mōhio;
18 He horihori kau rātou, he mea pōhēhē;
19 Kāhore e rite ki ērā te wāhi i a Hākopa;
20 “Ko koe tāku toki poutangata,
21 hei wāwāhi anō koe māku mō te hōiho rāua ko tōna kaieke;
22 hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te tangata, mō te wahine;
23 hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te hēpara, mō tāna kāhui;
24 “Ka utua hoki e ahau a Papurōna, me ngā tāngata katoa o Karari mō tā rātou kino katoa i mea ai rātou ki Hiona i tā koutou tirohanga,” e ai tā Ihowā.
25 “Nanā, hei hoariri ahau mōu, e te maunga whakamōtī,”
26 Ā, e kore tētahi kōhatu e tangohia mai e rātou i a koe mō te kokonga,
27 “Whakaarahia e koe he kara ki te whenua,
28 Kia rite mai ngā iwi, ngā kīngi o ngā Meri,
29 Nā, kei te wiri te whenua, kei te mamae;
30 Kua kāhore ngā mārohirohi o Papurōna e whawhai,
31 Ka rere tētahi kaikōrero kia tūtaki ki tētahi,
32 kua riro anō ngā whitinga,
33 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira:
34 “Kua pau ahau i a Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna,
35 Hei runga i Papurōna te tūkinotanga ki ahau, ki ōku kikokiko hoki,”
36 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
37 Ā, ka waiho a Papurōna hei pūranga,
38 Ka hāmama ngātahi rātou, ānō he raiona;
39 Kia werawera rātou, ka takā e ahau he hākari mā rātou,
40 “Ka riro rātou i ahau ki raro, ānō he reme ki te patunga;
41 “Taukiri e, kua horo a Hehaka,
42 Kua tae ake te moana ki Papurōna;
43 Kua mōtī ōna pā,
44 Ka whiua hoki e ahau a Pere i Papurōna,
45 “E tāku iwi, puta atu i roto i a ia!
46 Kei hopī ō koutou ngākau, kei wehi hoki koutou
47 Mō reira, nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā
48 Nā, kātahi ka waiata te rangi me te whenua,
49 “I te mea nā Papurōna i mea ngā tūpāpaku o Īharaira kia hinga,
50 E koutou kua mawhiti atu nā i te hoari,
51 “Whakamā ana mātou,
52 “Mō reira, nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā,” e ai tā Ihowā,
53 Ahakoa i kake atu a Papurōna ki runga ki te rangi,
54 “He reo te hāmama mai nei i Papurōna,
55 Nō te mea kei te pāhua a Ihowā i Papurōna,
56 Kua tae mai hoki te kaipāhua ki a ia,
57 Nā, ka whakahaurangitia e ahau ōna rangatira, ōna tāngata whakaaro nui,
58 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:
59 Ko te kupu i whakahaua e Heremaia poropiti ki a Heraia tama a Neria tama a Maaheia i tō rāua haerenga tahitanga atu ko Terekia kīngi o Hūrā ki Papurōna i te whā o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga. Nā, ko Heraia te tino rangatira o te whare kīngi.
60 Nā, tuhituhia iho e Heremaia ki te pukapuka te kino katoa meāke puta ki Papurōna, arā ēnei kupu katoa kua tuhituhia nei mō Papurōna.
61 Ā, i mea a Heremaia ki a Heraia, “E tae koe ki Papurōna, me tino kōrero e koe ēnei kupu katoa,
62 ā, ka mea, ‘E Ihowā, kua kōrerotia e koe tēnei wāhi kia hātepea atu, kia kaua hoki tētahi e noho ki konei, tangata rānei, kararehe rānei, engari kia waiho tonu hei ururua ake ake.’
63 Nā, ka mutu tāu kōrero i tēnei pukapuka, herea e koe ki reira tētahi kōhatu, ka maka atu ai ki waenganui o Uparati,
64 ā, ka mea atu koe, ‘Ka pēnei te totohutanga o Papurōna, e kore hoki e puea ake anō, i te kino e tākina mai e ahau ki runga ki a ia; ā, ka ruha rātou.’ ”