1 “Mea atu koutou ki ō koutou tuākana, ‘Ami,’ ki ō koutou tuāhine, ‘Ruhama.’ ”
2 “Whakawākia tō koutou whaea, whakawākia,
3 Kei tangohia ōna e ahau, ā, ka noho tahanga ia,
4 Āe rā, e kore āna tamariki e tohungia e ahau;
5 Kua kairau nei hoki tō rātou whaea;
6 “Mō reira tēnei ahau te tūtaki nei i tōu ara ki te tātarāmoa,
7 Ka whāia anō e ia āna i aroha ai,
8 Kīhai rā hoki ia i mōhio
9 “Mō reira ka hoki ahau,
10 Nā, ākuanei ka whakakitea e ahau
11 Ka mutu katoa anō i ahau tōna koa,
12 Ka ururua anō i ahau āna wāina, me āna piki,
13 Ka whiua anō ia e ahau mō ngā rā o ngā Paarimi,
14 “Mō reira, nanā, ka whakawai ahau i a ia,
15 Ka hoatu anō e ahau ētahi māra wāina ki a ia i reira,
16 “Nā, i taua rā,” e ai tā Ihowā,
17 Nō te mea ka tangohia e ahau ngā ingoa o ngā Paarimi i roto i tōna māngai,
18 Ka whakaritea anō e ahau i taua rā he kawenata,
19 Ka taumautia anō koe e ahau ā ake ake;
20 Ka taumautia anō koe māku i runga i te pono, ā, ka mōhio koe ki a Ihowā.
21 “I taua rā ka whakarongo ahau,” e ai tā Ihowā,
22 Ka whakarongo anō te whenua ki te wīti, ki te wāina, ki te hinu;
23 ka whakatō anō ahau i a ia māku ki te whenua.