1 Auē, me he wai tōku māhunga,
2 Auē, me he tīhokahoka tōku,
3 “Me te mea he kōpere nā rātou ō rātou arero
4 “Kia tūpato i ō koutou hoa, e tēnei, e tēnei,
5 Ka tinihangatia e rātou tōna hoa, tōna hoa,
6 Kei waenga tinihanga koe e noho ana;
7 Heoi, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:
8 Ko te rite i tō rātou arero kei te kōpere whakamate;
9 E kore ianei ahau e whiu i a rātou mō ēnei mea? e ai tā Ihowā;
10 He whakaaro ki ngā maunga i ara ai tāku tangi,
11 “Ka meinga hoki e ahau a Hiruhārama hei pūranga,
12 Ko wai te tangata whakaaro nui e mātau ana ki tēnei? I kōrerotia anō ki a wai e te māngai o Ihowā, māna e whakaatu? He aha rā te whenua i whakangaromia ai, i wera ai, ānō ko te koraha, kāhore he tangata e tika ana i reira?
13 Anō rā ko Ihowā: “Mō rātou i whakarere i tāku ture i hoatu e ahau ki tō rātou aroaro, ā, kīhai i whakarongo ki tōku reo, kīhai i haere i taua ara.
14 Nā, haere ana rātou i ngā tikanga mārō o ō rātou ngākau; kei te whai i ngā Paarimi i whakaakona nei e ō rātou mātua ki a rātou.”
15 Heoi, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: “Tēnei ahau te whāngai nei i a rātou, i tēnei iwi, ki te taru kawa, te whakainu nei i a rātou ki te wai kawa.
16 Ka whakamararatia anō rātou e ahau ki roto ki ngā iwi kīhai nei i mōhiotia e rātou, e ō rātou mātua; ka ungā anō e ahau te hoari hei whai i a rātou ā poto noa rātou i ahau.”
17 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:
18 Kia hohoro anō te ara o tā rātou tangi mō tātou,
19 Nō te mea e rangona ana te reo tangi i Hiona:
20 Whakarongo rāia, e ngā wāhine, ki te kupu a Ihowā,
21 Nō te mea kua tae ake te mate ki roto ki ō tātou matapihi,
22 Kōrero! “Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
23 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
24 engari, ko tēnei hei whakamanamananga mā te tangata whakamanamana,
25 “Nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā,” e ai tā Ihowā, “e whiua ai e ahau te hunga katoa i kotia i roto i tō rātou kotingakore:
26 ko Īhipa, ko Hūrā, ko Ēroma, ko ngā tama a Āmona, ko Moapa, ko te hunga katoa e noho ana i te koraha, e whakaihoa nei ngā tapa o ō rātou makawe. He mea kokotikore hoki ngā iwi katoa; ko te whare katoa anō o Īharaira, he mea kokotikore te ngākau.”