1 Nā, ka waiata a Tepora rāua ko Paraka tama a Apīnoama i taua rā, ka mea:
2 “Whakapaingia a Ihowā mō te takitakinga
3 “Whakarongo, e ngā kīngi, kia whai taringa, e ngā rangatira;
4 “E Ihowā, i tōu putanga atu i Heira,
5 I rere ā-wai ngā maunga i te aroaro o Ihowā, ko taua Hinai anō hoki,
6 “I ngā rā o Hamakara tama a Anata,
7 I mutu rawa ngā rangatira o Īharaira,
8 I whiriwhiria e rātou he atua hou;
9 Kei ngā kaiwhakatakoto tikanga o Īharaira tōku ngākau;
10 “Kōrerotia, e ngā kaieke kāihe mā,
11 Mamao noa mai i te reo o ngā kaikōpere,
12 Maranga, maranga, e Tepora!
13 “Kātahi ka haere mai ki raro te mōrehu o ngā rangatira, me te iwi;
14 I puta mai i a Ēparaima te hunga ko tō rātou pakiaka nei kei a Amareke;
15 i a Tepora hoki ngā rangatira o Ihākara;
16 He aha koe i noho ai ki ngā taiepa hipi,
17 I noho a Kireara ki tērā taha o Horano;
18 Ko Hepurona he iwi i whakahāwea ō rātou tinana ki te mate;
19 “I haere mai ngā kīngi, i whawhai,
20 I whawhai iho rātou i te rangi;
21 I kāhakina atu rātou e te awa, e Kihona,
22 Takatakahi ana i reira ngā pāua o ngā hōiho,
23 ‘Kangā a Meroho,’ e ai tā te anahera a Ihowā;
24 “Kia manaakitia i roto i ngā wāhine a Taere
25 I tonoa e tuahangata he wai mōna, he waiū tāna i hoatu ai,
26 Totoro atu ana tōna ringa ki te titi
27 Kūpapa ana ia ki ōna waewae,
28 “I titiro mai te whaea o Hihera i te matapihi,
29 Ka utua e ngā mea mōhio o āna wāhine rangatira;
30 ‘Kāhore rānei rātou i tūpono atu, i wehewehe i ngā taonga?
31 “Kia pēnā te whakangaromanga o ōu hoariri katoa, e Ihowā.