1 Ko te poropititanga mō Tāira:

Auē, e ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi;

kua mōtī hoki ia, i kore ai he whare,

i kore ai he tapokoranga.

Nō te whenua o Kitimi

te whakaaturanga ki a rātou.

2 Whakarongoa, e ngā tāngata o te motu;

kua kī nā koe i tā ngā kaihokohoko o Hairona

e rere nei i te moana.

3 Kei ngā wai nui, kei ngā purapura o Hihoro,

kei te tapahanga wīti o te Naera, ōna hua;

ko ia anō te kaihokohoko ki ngā iwi.

4 Kia whakamā koe, e Hairona, kua kōrero hoki te moana,

te pā kaha o te moana kua mea,

"Kāhore ōku mamae hapū, kāhore hoki ahau i whānau,

kāhore i atawhai tamariki,

kāhore i whakatupu kōtiro."

5 Ka tae te rongo ki Īhipa,

ka tino mamae rātou, ki te rongo o Tāira.

6 Whakawhiti atu ki Tarahihi –

auē, e ngā tāngata o te motu.

7 Ko tō koutou pā koa ianei tēnei,

ko tōna tawhito nei nō ngā rā anō onamata?

Nā ōna waewae hoki ia i kawe

ki tawhiti noho ai.

8 Nā wai i whakatakoto tēnei whakaaro mō Tāira,

mō te pā whakakarauna,

he rangatira nei ōna kaihokohoko;

ko ōna kaiwhakawhitiwhiti taonga,

ko ngā metararahi o te whenua?

9 Nā Ihowā o ngā mano i whakatakoto –

hei whakapoke i te whakapehapeha o ngā mea ātaahua katoa,

hei mea kia whakahāweatia ngā metararahi o te whenua.

10 Tika atu nā waenganui i tōu whenua,

ānō ko te Naera, e te tamāhine a Tarahihi;

kua kore he whītiki mōu ā mua ake.

11 Kua totoro tōna ringa ki runga ki te moana,

whakangāueuetia ana e ia ngā rangatiratanga.

Nā Ihowā te whakahau mō Kanaana,

kia ngaro ōna pā kaha.

12 I mea anō ia, "Kāti rawa tōu koa,

e te wāhina e tūkinotia nei, e te tamāhine a Hairona.

"Whakatika, whakawhiti atu ki Kitimi –

ahakoa i reira kāhore he okiokinga mōu."

13 Nanā, te whenua o ngā Karari, kua kāhore tēnā iwi;

kua whakaritea a reira e ngā Ahiriana mō ngā kīrehe o te koraha.

Nā rātou i whakaara ā rātou pourewa,

kua horo i a rātou ōna whare kīngi;

kua meinga e ia hei ururua.

14 Auē, e ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi,

kua kore hoki tō koutou pā kaha.

15 I taua rā ka warewaretia a Tāira, e whitu tekau tau, ko ngā rā hoki o te kīngi kotahi; i te mutunga o ngā tau e whitu tekau ka rite tā Tāira ki te waiata a te wahine kairau:

16 "E mau ki te hāpa,

taiāwhiotia te pā,

e te wahine kairau i warewaretia nei!

Kia pai te waiata, kia maha ngā waiata,

kia maharatia ai koe."

17 Nā, i te mutunga o ngā tau e whitu tekau ka tirohia a Tāira e Ihowā, ā, ka hoki ia ki tāna utu, ka kairau anō ki ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua i runga i te mata o te oneone. 18 Nā, ko āna mea hokohoko, me ōna utu, he tapu ki a Ihowā; e kore e whaowhina ki te toa, e kore anō e rongoātia. Engari, mā te hunga e noho ana i te aroaro o Ihowā āna mea hokohoko, ā, ka mākona rātou i te kai, ka roa anō te mau o te kākahu.