1 Kua puaki te kupu a te Atua, a te Atua tonu, a Ihowā,
2 Kua tīaho mai te Atua i roto i Hiona,
3 Ka haere mai tō tātou Atua, e kore anō e wahangū;
4 Ka karangatia e ia ngā rangi i runga, me te whenua hoki,
5 “Huihuia mai ki ahau tāku hunga tapu,
6 Ā, mā ngā rangi e whakakite tōna tika;
7 “Whakarongo, e tōku iwi, ā, ka kōrero ahau;
8 E kore ahau e riri ki a koe mō āu patunga tapu;
9 E kore ahau e tango i tētahi pūru i roto i tōu whare,
10 Nāku nei hoki ngā kīrehe katoa o te ngahere,
11 E mātau ana ahau ki ngā manu katoa o ngā maunga;
12 “Me he matekai tōku, e kore ahau e kōrero ki a koe;
13 E kai koia ahau i te kikokiko o ngā pūru,
14 Ko te whakawhetai hei patunga tapu māu ki te Atua;
15 Ā, karanga ki ahau i te rā o te hē;
16 Ki te tangata hara ia ka mea te Atua:
17 Kua kino nei hoki koe ki te ako,
18 I tōu kitenga i te tāhae, nā, whakaae ana koe ki a ia;
19 “Kua tukua e koe tōu māngai ki te kino;
20 Noho ana koe, ka kōrero kino ki tōu teina;
21 Ko āu mahi ēnei, ā, wahangū tonu ahau;
22 “Nā, whakaaroa tēnei, e te hunga kua wareware ki te Atua;
23 Ko te whakamoemiti te patunga tapu e whai korōria ai ahau;