1 Nā, kua hōmai ki ahau he kākaho e rite ana ki te tokotoko, ā, ka mea mai tētahi, "E ara, ka whanganga i te whare o te Atua, me te āta, me te hunga e koropiko ana i roto. 2 Me whakarere ia ki waho te marae i te taha ki waho o te whare tapu, kaua tērā e whangangatia; kua hoatu hoki ki ngā tauiwi; ā, e takatakahia e rātou te pā tapu, e whā tekau mā rua ngā marama. 3 Ā, māku e hoatu he tikanga ki āku kaiwhakaatu tokorua, e poropiti hoki rāua, kotahi mano e rua rau e ono tekau ngā rā, he taratara anō te kākahu."

4 Ko ngā ōriwa e rua ēnei, me ngā tūranga rama e rua, e tū nei i te aroaro o te Ariki o te whenua. 5 Ā, ki te mea tētahi ki te tūkino i a rāua, ka puta mai he kāpura i ō rāua māngai, e pau ai ō rāua hoariri. Ki te mea hoki tētahi ki te tūkino i a rāua, ko te whakamatenga tēnei mōna. 6 Kei a rāua te tikanga mō te kōpani i te rangi, kia kaua e ua te ua i ngā rā o tā rāua poropititanga. Kei a rāua anō te tikanga mō te whakaputa kē i ngā wai hei toto, mō te patu anō i te whenua ki ngā patunga katoa, i ngā wā e pai ai rāua.

7 Ā, nō ka mutu tā rāua whakaatu, ka whawhai ki a rāua te kararehe e haere ake ana i roto i te poka tōrere, ā, e taea rāua e ia, e whakamatea rāua. 8 Ka takoto anō ō rāua tinana ki te huarahi o te pā nui, e huaina wairuatia nei ko Horoma, ko Īhipa, ki te wāhi hoki i rīpekatia ai tō rāua Ariki. 9 Ā, e toru ngā rā me te hāwhe e tirohia ai ō rāua tinana e ngā huihuinga tāngata, e ngā hapū, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi, e kore anō hoki e tukua ō rāua tinana kia hoatu ki te urupā. 10 Ka koa hoki ki a rāua te hunga e noho ana i te whenua, ka harakoa, ka tāpae taonga tētahi ki tētahi; nō te mea i whakamamae ēnei poropiti tokorua i te hunga e noho ana ki te whenua.

11 Ā muri iho i aua rā e toru me te hāwhe, ka uru te manawa ora ki a rāua, he mea nā te Atua, ā, ka tū ō rāua waewae ki runga; nui atu hoki te wehi i pā ki te hunga e titiro ana ki a rāua. 12 Ā, ka rongo rāua i te reo nui i te rangi e mea ana ki a rāua, "Haere ake kōrua ki konei." Nā, haere atu ana rāua ki te rangi i roto i te kapua; me te mātakitaki anō ō rāua hoariri ki a rāua.

13 I taua hāora anō ka puta he rū nui, ka hinga te wāhi whakatekau o te pā; ko ngā tāngata i mate i taua rū e whitu mano; ā, ka wehi ērā atu, ā, hoatu ana e rātou he korōria ki te Atua o te rangi.

14 Kua pahemo te rua o ngā Auē! Nā, ka hohoro te toru o ngā Auē te haere mai!

15 Nā, ka whakatangi te whitu o ngā anahera; ā, ka whai i muri ngā reo nunui i te rangi, e mea ana:

"Kua riro te rangatiratanga o te ao hei rangatiratanga mō tō tātou Ariki, mō tāna Karaiti hoki;

ko ia anō hei kīngi ake ake."

16 Nā, ko ngā kaumātua e rua tekau mā whā, e noho rā i te aroaro o te Atua i runga i ō rātou torōna, ka takoto rātou, ko ō rātou kanohi ki raro, ka koropiko ki te Atua, 17 ka mea:

"Ko tā mātou whakawhetai tēnei ki a koe,

e te Ariki, e te Atua Kaha Rawa;

tēnei koe ināianei, ā, i mua anō koe,

ā, kei te haere mai anō;

nō te mea kua riro i a koe tōu mana nui,

kua kīngi anō koe.

18 I riri hoki ngā iwi, ā, kua tae mai tōu riri

me te wā mō ngā tūpāpaku e whakawākia ai.

Te wā hoki e hoatu ai e koe he utu ki āu pononga,

ki ngā poropiti, ki te hunga tapu anō hoki,

ki te hunga anō e wehi ana i tōu ingoa,

ki te hunga nonohi, ki te hunga nunui;

e whakangaromia ai hoki te hunga e whakangaro nei i te whenua."

19 Ā, i whakapuaretia anō te whare o te Atua i roto i te rangi, ā, ka kitea te āka o tāna kawenata i roto i tōna whare; nā, he uira tērā, me ngā reo, me ngā whatitiri, me te rū, me te whatu nui.