1 Nanā, ka kīngi te kīngi i runga i te tika,

ka whakahaere tikanga anō ngā rangatira i runga i te whakawā.

2 Ā, ka ai he tangata hei kuhunga ina pā te hau,

hei piringa kei mate i te tūpuhi;

ka rite ki ngā awa wai i te wāhi maroke,

ki te ata o te kōhatu nui i te whenua ngaunga rā.

3 Nā, e kore e atarua ngā kanohi o te hunga kite;

ka whakarongo anō te hunga i te taringa rongo.

4 Ka mātauria anō te mātauranga e te ngākau o te hunga pōnānā,

ā, ka hohoro te arero o ngā reo kīkiki ki te kōrero mārama.

5 E kore te wairangi e kīia i muri he ohaoha,

e kore anō te kaiponu e kīia he atawhai.

6 Ka kōrero hoki te tangata nanakia i te nanakia,

ā, ka mahi tōna ngākau i te kino,

kia whakahāwea ai ki te tapu,

kia puta kē ai tāna kōrero ki a Ihowā,

kia noho tahanga ai i a ia te wairua o te tangata matekai,

kia mōtī ai hoki he wai mō te tangata matewai.

7 He kino hoki ngā hanga a te kaiponu;

e whakatakotoria ana e ia he whakaaro kino,

he kōrero teka e hē ai te hunga iti,

ahakoa e tika ana anō ngā kōrero a te rawakore.

8 He ohaoha ia ngā tikanga a te ohaoha;

ā, ka ū ia ki ngā mahi ohaoha.

9 Whakatika e ngā wāhine e noho pai ana,

whakarongo ki tōku reo;

e ngā tamāhine whakaarokore,

kia whai taringa, ki āku kupu.

10 He maha ngā rā i tua atu i te tau

e raruraru ai koutou, e ngā wāhine maharakore;

nō te mea ka kore te whakinga wāina,

e kore hoki e tae mai te kohikohinga.

11 E wiri, e ngā wāhine e noho hūmārie ana;

pōkaikaha noa iho, e te hunga maharakore;

whakarērea ngā kākahu, noho tahanga,

whītikiria he kākahu taratara ki ō koutou hope.

12 Ka papaki rātou ki ngā uma mō ngā māra ātaahua,

mō te wāina hua,

13 ka puta ake te tātarāmoa me te tūmatakuru

ki te oneone o tāku iwi,

inā, ki runga ki ngā whare koa katoa

o te pā hari.

14 Nō te mea ka mahue te whare kīngi,

ka whakarērea te pā tokomaha;

ko te puke me te pourewa

ka waiho hei ana ā ake ake,

hei mea e koa ai ngā kāihe mohoao,

hei wāhi kai mā ngā kāhui;

15 kia ringihia mai rā anō i runga te wairua ki a tātou,

kia meinga rā anō te koraha hei māra whai hua,

kia kīia anō te māra whai hua he ngahere.

16 Ko reira te whakawā noho ai ki te koraha,

ā, hei kāinga te māra hua mō te tika.

17 Ā, ko te mahi a te tika he rongo mau;

ko te whakaotinga o te tika he āta noho, he ngākau ū ā ake ake.

18 Ka noho hoki tāku iwi ki te nohoanga o te rongo mau,

ki ngā kāinga e ū ai te ngākau,

ki ngā okiokinga hūmārie.

19 Ka tārere iho ia te whatu i te hinganga o te ngahere;

ā, ka whakahoroa rawatia te pā ki raro.

20 Anō te hari o koutou,

o te hunga e whakatō ana ki te taha o ngā wai katoa,

e tuku atu ana i ngā waewae o te kau, o te kāihe.