Eclesiastes 1

9 Ko tō mua mea koia anō hei mea āianei,

ā, ko te mea i mahia i mua ka mahia anō āianei;

kāhore hoki he mea hou i raro i te rā.

10 Tērā anō rānei he mea e kī ai tētahi,

"Titiro, he mea hou tēnei"?

He mea ia nō ngā wā ō mua,

nō ērā i mua atu i a tātou.