1 “I a Īharaira e tamariki ana i aroha ahau ki a ia i reira,
2 E karanga ana rātou i a rātou,
3 “Otiia nāku a Ēparaima i ako ki te haere;
4 He taura tangata āku ki te kukume i a rātou,
5 “E kore ia e hoki atu ki te whenua o Īhipa;
6 Ka hāua iho te hoari ki runga ki ōna pā,
7 Ā, kei te tohe tāku iwi ki te tahuri kē i ahau;
8 “Me pēhea koe ka hoatu whakarere ai e ahau, e Ēparaima?
9 E kore tōku riri e mura nei e puta,
10 “Ka whāia e rātou a Ihowā,
11 Ka rere wiri mai rātou i Īhipa ānō he manu,
12 Kua oti ahau te karapoti e Ēparaima ki te teka,