1 “Putere atu, e ngā tama a Pineamine,
2 Ka tapahia atu e ahau te wahine ātaahua,
3 Ka haere mai ngā hēpara, me ā rātou kāhui ki a ia;
4 “Kia rite ngā mea mō te whawhai ki a ia;
5 Maranga, kia whakaekea e tātou te pō,
6 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:
7 Rite tonu ki te pukenga ake o te wai
8 E ako, e Hiruhārama,
9 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:
10 Ki a wai rā tāku kōrero, tāku whakaatu tikanga,
11 Nā, kī tonu ahau i te riri o Ihowā;
12 Ka riro kē ō rātou whare i ētahi atu,
13 “Ko te mea iti ō rātou, ko te mea nui hoki
14 Ko tā rātou rongoātanga hoki
15 I whakamā rānei rātou i a rātou e mahi ana i ngā mea whakarihariha?
16 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
17 I whakatūria anō e ahau ētahi kaitūtei mō koutou, i mea ahau,
18 Mō reira, whakarongo, e ngā iwi,
19 Whakarongo, e te whenua;
20 Hei aha te whakakakara i tae mai ai ki ahau i Hēpā,
21 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
22 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
23 Ka mau rātou ki te kōpere, ki te tao;
24 Kua rongo mātou ki tōna rongo;
25 Kei puta atu ki te māra,
26 E te tamāhine a tāku iwi, whītikiria te kākahu taratara,
27 “Kua oti koe te mea e ahau hei pourewa,
28 He tino nui tō rātou tutū,
29 Kei te kakā te hau o te pupuhi ahi;
30 E huaina rātou e te tangata he hiriwa i paopaongia,