1 Auē te mate mō tēnei e whakakeke nei,
2 Kīhai ia i whakarongo ki te reo,
3 He raiona e hāmama ana
4 Ko ōna poropiti, he wairangi,
5 He tika a Ihowā i roto i a ia;
6 “Kua oti ngā iwi te hātepe atu e ahau;
7 I kī ahau, ‘He pono ka wehi koe i ahau,
8 “Mō reira tatari mai ki ahau,” e ai tā Ihowā,
9 “Ka puta kē hoki i ahau i reira
10 Ka kawea mai he whakahere ki ahau
11 “I taua rā e kore koe e whakamā
12 Ka whakatoea anō e ahau ētahi i roto i a koe,
13 E kore ngā toenga o Īharaira
14 Waiata, e te tamāhine a Hiona;
15 Kua kore i a Ihowā ngā whakawā mōu,
16 Ko te kōrero tēnei ki Hiruhārama i taua rā:
17 Kei roto a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i a koe,
18 “Ka whakaminea e ahau te hunga
19 Nanā, i taua wā,
20 I taua wā ka kawea mai koutou e ahau,