1 Ka waiatatia e ahau ngā mahi tohu a Ihowā ake ake;
2 I mea hoki ahau, “Ka hangā ake te mahi tohu mō ake tonu atu;
3 “Kua whakarite kawenata ahau ki tāku i whiriwhiri ai;
4 ‘Ka pūmau i ahau ōu uri ake ake;
5 Ka whakamoemiti anō ngā rangi, e Ihowā,
6 Ko wai oti i ngā rangi hei rite mō Ihowā?
7 he Atua whakamataku rawa i roto i te whakaminenga o te hunga tapu,
8 E Ihowā, e te Atua o ngā mano
9 Ko koe te kīngi o te huamo o te moana;
10 Mongamonga noa i a koe a Rahapa ānō he tangata i patua;
11 Nāu ngā rangi, nāu te whenua;
12 Ko te raki me te tonga nāu ēnā i hanga;
13 He tākakau mārohirohi tōu;
14 Ko te tika me te whakawā te tūranga o tōu torōna;
15 Ka hari te iwi e mōhio ana ki te tangi whakahari;
16 e hari ana rātou ki tōu ingoa i te roa o te rā;
17 Ko koe hoki te korōria o tō rātou kaha;
18 Nā Ihowā hoki tō mātou whakangungu rākau;
19 I kōrero moemoeā koe i reira ki tāu Mea Tapu, i mea:
20 Kua kitea e ahau tāku pononga, a Rāwiri;
21 Ka ū atu tōku ringa hei āwhina mōna;
22 E kore te hoariri e whai wāhi ki a ia;
23 Māku e tukituki ōna hoariri ki tōna aroaro;
24 Otirā, ka mau ki a ia tōku pono me tāku mahi tohu;
25 Māku anō tōna ringa ka pā ai ki te moana;
26 Ka karanga ia ki ahau, ‘Ko koe tōku Pāpā,
27 Ka waiho anō ia hei mātāmua māku
28 Ka rongoātia e ahau tāku mahi i tohu mōna ake tonu atu;
29 Ka meinga hoki e ahau ōna uri kia mau tonu ake ake,
30 “Ki te whakarērea e āna tamariki tāku ture,
31 ki te takahi rātou i āku tikanga;
32 kātahi ka whāia tā rātou mahi tutū e tāku rākau,
33 Otirā, e kore e tangohia rawatia e ahau tāku mahi tohu i a ia,
34 E kore tāku kawenata e takahia e ahau,
35 Kotahi āku oatitanga i tōku tapu;
36 Ka mau tonu tōna uri ake ake;
37 Ka rite tōna pūmau ki tō te marama ake ake;
38 Nā, kua panga nei koe, kua whakarihariha,
39 Kua weriweri koe ki te kawenata ki tāu pononga;
40 Kua pākaruhia e koe ōna taiepa katoa;
41 E pāhua ana i a ia ngā tāngata katoa e tika ana i te ara;
42 Kua whakarewaina e koe te ringa matau o ōna hoa whawhai;
43 Āe, e ngore ana i a koe te mata o tāna hoari;
44 Kua whakamutua e koe tōna korōria,
45 Kua poroa e koe ngā rā o tōna taitamarikitanga;
46 Kia pēhea te roa, e Ihowā, e whakangaro ai koe i a koe, ake tonu atu?
47 Kia mahara ki te poto rawa o tōku tāima;
48 Ko wai tēnā tangata e ora nei, ā, e kore e kite i te mate?
49 E te Ariki, kei hea āu arohatanga ō mua
50 Maharatia, e te Ariki, te tāwai ki āu pononga;
51 te tāwai a ōu hoariri, e Ihowā,
52 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā ake ake.