1 Ko te manaaki tēnei i manaaki ai a Mohi, te tangata a te Atua, i ngā tama a Īharaira i mua ake o tōna matenga. 2 Nā, ka mea ia:

I haere mai a Ihowā i Hinai,

i rere mai i Heira ki runga ki a rātou;

i whiti mai ia i Maunga Parana,

ā, haere mai ana ia i ngā mano tini o te hunga tapu;

he ture i tōna ringa matau mō rātou, e mura ana.

3 Inā, e aroha ana ia ki ngā iwi;

kei roto i tōu ringa āna tāngata tapu katoa;

ā, noho ana rātou i ōu waewae;

ka riro i a rātou katoa āu kōrero.

4 Nā Mohi te ture i ako ki a tātou, hei taonga tuku iho,

tuku iho mō te huihui o Hākopa.

5 Ko ia anō te kīngi o Iēhuruna

i te huihuinga o ngā upoko o te iwi,

rātou ko ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira.

6 "Kia ora a Reupena, kaua hoki e mate;

otiia kia tokoouou ōna tāngata."

7 Ā, tēnei anō te manaaki mō Hūrā:

nā, ka mea ia: "Whakarongo, e Ihowā, ki te reo o Hūrā,

māu anō hoki ia e kawe ki tōna iwi.

I kaha hoki ōna ringa ki te tohe mōna ake;

ā, māu ia e āwhina ki ōna hoariri."

8 Ā, mō Rīwai i mea ia:

"Kei tōu tangata tapu ōu Tumime me ōu Urimi,

i whakamātautauria rā ia e koe ki Maha,

i ngangautia rā e koe ki ngā wai o Meripa;

9 i mea nei mō tōna pāpā rāua ko tōna whaea,

‘Kāhore ahau i kite i a ia.’

Kīhai anō hoki ia i mōhio ki ōna tuākana,

kīhai i mātau ki āna ake tamariki;

he mea hoki, e pupuri ana rātou i tāu kupu,

e tiaki ana i tāu kawenata.

10 Mā rātou a Hākopa e whakaako ki āu whakaritenga,

a Īharaira hoki ki tāu ture;

mā rātou hoki te paowa kakara e hoatu ki tōu aroaro,

me te tahunga tinana ki runga ki tāu āta.

11 Manaakitia ōna rawa, e Ihowā,

kia aro mai hoki koe ki te mahi a ōna ringa;

whatia ngā hope o te hunga e whakatika ana ki a ia,

o ngā mea hoki e kino ana ki a ia,

kei whakatika mai anō rātou."

12 Ko tāna kupu mō Pineamine:

"Ko tā Ihowā i aroha ai ka noho hūmārie ki tōna taha –

ko ia e uhi ana i a ia ā pau noa te rā –

e noho ana i waenganui o ōna pokohiwi."

13 Ko tāna kupu mō Hōhepa:

"He manaakitanga tōna whenua nā Ihowā;

ki ngā mea papai o te rangi, ki te tōmairangi,

ki te wai hōhonu e takoto ake ana i raro,

14 ki ngā hua papai o te rā,

ki ngā mea papai hoki e whakaputaina mai ana e te marama,

15 ki ngā mea nunui hoki o ngā maunga onamata,

ki ngā mea papai o ngā maunga tū tonu;

16 ki ngā mea papai hoki o te whenua me ōna tini mea;

ki te manakohanga hoki ana i noho i te rākau.

Kia tae mai te manaaki ki runga ki te māhunga o Hōhepa,

ki te tumuaki hoki ōna i wehea i ōna tuākana.

17 He korōria kei te mātāmua a tāna pūru;

ko ōna haona kei ngā haona o te unikanga;

ka panā e ia ngā iwi, rātou katoa,

ki ērā, tae noa ki ngā pito o te whenua;

ā, ko ēnei ngā mano tini o Ēparaima,

ko ēnei hoki ngā mano o Mānahi."

18 Ā, ko tāna kupu mō Hepurona:

"Kia koa, e Hepurona, i tōu putanga ki waho;

e Ihākara hoki, i ōu tēneti.

19 Mā rātou ngā iwi e karanga ki te maunga;

ki reira rātou patu ai i ngā patunga o te tika;

nō te mea ka ngongo rātou i te raneatanga o ngā moana,

i ngā taonga huna hoki o te onepū."

20 Ko tāna kupu mō Kara:

"Ka manaakitia te kaiwhakawhānui i a Kara!

Noho ana ia me he raiona kātua,

haea iho e ia te ringa, āe rā me te tumuaki.

21 Ā, tangohia ana e ia te wāhi tuatahi mōna;

nō te mea kei reira te wāhi a te kaiwhakahaere tikanga e tiakina ana;

ā, haere mai ana me ngā upoko o te iwi,

ā, oti ana i a ia, rātou tahi ko Īharaira,

te tikanga a Ihowā, me āna whakaritenga."

22 Ā, ko tāna kupu mō Rāna:

"Hei kūao raiona a Rāna,

ka mokowhiti mai ia i Pahana."

23 Ā, ko tāna kupu mō Napatari:

"E Napatari, e mākona nei i te manakohanga,

e kī ana hoki i te manaaki a Ihowā;

nohoia e koe te taha ki te hauāuru me te tonga."

24 Ā, ko tāna kupu mō Āhera:

"Ko ngā tamariki te manaaki mō Āhera;

kia arongia mai ia e ōna tuākana,

kia toua hoki tōna waewae ki te hinu.

25 Ko ōu tūtaki he rino, he parāhi;

ā, ka rite tōu kaha ki ōu rā."

26 "Kāhore he rite mō te Atua, e Iēhuruna,

e eke hōiho nei i ngā rangi ki te whakauru i a koe,

ki ngā kapua hoki, i runga anō i tōna korōria.

27 Ko te Atua ora tonu tōu nohoanga,

ā, kei raro ko ngā ringa o tua iho;

ā, i peia e ia te hoariri i tōu aroaro,

i mea hoki, ‘Whakangaromia!’

28 Nā, ka noho hūmārie a Īharaira,

me te mātāpuna o Hākopa ko ia anake,

ki te whenua wīti, wāina;

āe rā, ka māturuturu iho te tōmairangi o ōna rangi.

29 Ka hari koe, e Īharaira! Ko wai hei rite mōu,

mō te iwi i whakaorangia nei e Ihowā,

te pukupuku hei whakapuru mōu,

ko te hoari hoki e whai korōria ai koe!

Ā, ka tuku mai ōu hoariri i a rātou ki a koe;

ā, ka takatakahi koe i ō rātou wāhi teitei."