1 Kua oti i te whakaaro nui tētahi whare mōna te hanga,
2 Kua oti āna kararehe te patu e ia, whakananu rawa tāna wāina;
3 Kua ungā e ia āna kōtiro, e karanga ana ia
4 “Ki te mea he kūware tētahi, me peka mai ia ki konei!”
5 “Haere mai, kainga tāku taro,
6 Kāti rā, e te hunga kūware, kia ora ai koutou;
7 Ko ia e papaki ana i te tangata whakahīhī, ka whakamā;
8 Kaua e rīria te tangata whakahī, kei kino ia ki a koe;
9 Hoatu te mōhio ki te tangata whakaaro nui, ā, ka neke ake ōna whakaaro;
10 Ko te tīmatanga o te whakaaro nui ko te wehi ki a Ihowā;
11 Māku hoki ka maha ai ōu rā,
12 Ki te nui ōu whakaaro, mōu anō ōu whakaaro nui;
13 Ko te wahine wairangi, he māngai nui ia;
14 Noho ana ia i te kūwaha o tōna whare
15 kia karanga atu ai ia ki ngā tāngata e haere ana i te ara,
16 “Ko te kūware, peka mai ki konei!”
17 “He reka te wai tāhae,
18 Tē mōhio ia kei reira ngā tūpāpaku;