5 I puta a Ihowā ki a Horomona ki Kipeono, he mea moemoeā i te pō; ā, ka mea te Atua, "Īnoi mai ko te aha kia hoatu e ahau ki a koe."

6 Nā, ka mea a Horomona, "Nui atu te aroha i whakaputaina e koe ki tāu pononga, ki a Rāwiri, ki tōku pāpā, i a ia e haere ana i tōu aroaro i runga i te pono, i te tapu, i te ngākau tika ki a koe; i rongoātia anō e koe tēnei aroha nui mōna, i a koe i hōmai nei i tētahi tama ki a ia hei noho ki tōna torōna, hei pēnei me tēnei ināianei.

7 "Nā, kua meinga nei tāu pononga e koe, e Ihowā, e tōku Atua, hei kīngi i muri i a Rāwiri, i tōku pāpā; nā, he tamariki rawa ahau; kāhore e mōhio ki te haere atu, ki te haere mai. 8 Nā, kei waenganui tēnei tāu pononga i tāu iwi i whiriwhiria e koe, he iwi nui, e kore e taea te tatau, te tuhituhi rānei, i te tini. 9 Heoi, hōmai ki tāu pononga he ngākau e mahara ana ki te whakahaere tikanga ki tāu iwi, ki te wehe i te pai, i te kino; ko wai hoki e āhei te whakahaere tikanga mō tēnei iwi nui āu?"

10 Ā, pai tonu taua kupu ki te whakaaro o te Ariki; nō Horomona i tono ki tēnei mea. 11 Nā, ka mea te Atua ki a ia, "Nā, kua tono nei koe ki tēnei mea māu, ā, kīhai i tono kia maha ngā rā mōu; kīhai anō i tono ki te taonga mōu, kīhai hoki i tono kia whakamatea ōu hoariri; heoi tonoa ana e koe he mōhio ki te whakarongo ki ngā whakawā; 12 nanā, kua meatia e ahau tāu i kōrero nā. Nanā, kua hoatu e ahau he ngākau mahara, he ngākau mōhio ki a koe; kāhore he rite mōu i mua atu i a koe; e kore anō e ara ake he rite mōu i muri i a koe.