1 E pupuke ake ana te mea pai i roto i tōku ngākau;
2 Engari koe he ātaahua i ngā tama a te tangata;
3 Whītikiria tāu hoari ki tōu hūwhā, e te Nui Rawa,
4 Aratakina hoki tōu hōiho i runga i tōu hōnore, i te kaha,
5 He koi āu pere; ka hinga ngā iwi ki raro i a koe;
6 He pūmau, e te Atua, tōu torōna ake ake;
7 Kua aroha koe ki te tika, kua kino ki te hara;
8 Ko tōu kākahu katoa he kakara maira, he aroe, he kahia.
9 Kei roto i āu wāhine hōnore ngā tamāhine kīngi;
10 Whakarongo, e kō, titiro, tahuri iho tōu taringa;
11 Pēnei ka matenuitia e te kīngi tōu ātaahua;
12 Ko reira anō te tamāhine o Tāira me te ohaoha;
13 Kei roto te tamāhine a te kīngi, he korōria kau,
14 He mea whakapaipai ki te ngira tōna kākahu e kawea ai ia ki te kīngi;
15 He hari, he koa ina kawea mai rātou;
16 Ko āu tamariki hei whakakapi mō ōu mātua;
17 Ka meinga e ahau tōu ingoa kia maharatia e ngā whakatupuranga katoa;