1 He pono, he pai te Atua ki a Īharaira;
2 Ko ahau ia, wāhi iti kua tapepa ōku waewae;
3 I hae hoki ahau ki te hunga whakahī,
4 Kāhore hoki he whakawiringa a te mate i a rātou;
5 Kāhore ngā mea whakapōuri tāngata e pā ki a rātou;
6 Nā reira, ānō he hei te whakakake e awhi nei i a rātou,
7 Pupuhi ana ō rātou kanohi i te ngako;
8 E whakahī ana rātou, e kōrero kino ana mō te whakatoi;
9 Tutuki tonu tō rātou māngai ki ngā rangi;
10 Koia tōna iwi i hoki mai ai ki konei;
11 E mea ana rātou, “Mā te aha e mātau ai te Atua?
12 Nanā, ko te hunga kino tēnei,
13 He pono he maumau tāku mea i tōku ngākau kia mā,
14 E whiua ana hoki ahau i te roa o te rā,
15 Me i kī ahau, “Ka pēnei tāku kōrero,”
16 I tāku meatanga kia mātauria tēnei,
17 tae noa ahau ki te wāhi tapu o te Atua,
18 He pono i whakatūria rātou e koe ki ngā wāhi pāhekeheke;
19 Anō te pānga whakareretanga o tō rātou hunanga,
20 Ka rite ki te rekanga kanohi, ina ara ake te tangata,
21 Nā, mamae noa iho tōku ngākau,
22 He whakaarokore hoki ahau, he kūware;
23 Ahakoa rā kei a koe tonu ahau;
24 Mā tōu whakaaro ahau e ārahi;
25 Ko wai hoki tōku i te rangi ko koe anake?
26 Hemo iho ōku kikokiko me tōku ngākau;
27 Nā, ko te hunga e mamao atu ana i a koe ka mate;
28 Ko ahau ia, he pai ki ahau te whakatata ki te Atua;