1 Whakawhetai ki a Ihowā, he pai hoki ia;
2 Whakawhetai ki te Atua o ngā atua;
3 Whakawhetai ki te Ariki o ngā ariki;
4 E mahi nei tōna kotahi i ngā merekara nunui,
5 i tohunga rawa nei ki te hanga i ngā rangi,
6 i whakatakoto nei i te whenua ki runga ki ngā wai,
7 ki te kaihanga i ngā whakamārama nunui,
8 i te rā hei tohutohu i te awatea,
9 i te marama me ngā whetū hei tohutohu i te pō,
10 Ki te kaipatu i Īhipa, arā i ā rātou mātāmua,
11 ā, ārahina mai ana a Īharaira i waenganui i a rātou,
12 nā te ringa kaha me te tākakau mārō,
13 i tapahi nei i te Moana Whero ā motu rawa,
14 ā, meinga ana a Īharaira kia haere rā waenganui,
15 ā, hurihia ana a Parao me āna mano ki te Moana Whero,
16 i ārahi nei i tāna iwi rā te koraha,
17 i patu nei i ngā kīngi nunui,
18 i whakamate nei i ngā kīngi rongo nui,
19 i a Hihona kīngi o ngā Amori,
20 i a Oka kīngi o Pahana,
21 ā, hōmai ana tō rātou whenua hei kāinga pūmau,
22 hei kāinga pūmau mō Īharaira, mō tāna pononga,
23 I mahara nei ki a tātou i tō tātou itinga,
24 ā, whakaorangia ana tātou i ō tātou hoariri,
25 ko ia te kaihōmai i te kai mā ngā kikokiko katoa,
26 Whakawhetai ki te Atua o te rangi,