1 Ka koa te koraha me te wāhi mokemoke,

ka hari te koraha, koia anō kei te rōhi te whai puāwai.

2 Nui atu te tupu, ka koa,

āe rā, koa ana, waiata ana.

Ka hoatu te korōria o Repanōna ki reira,

te nui o Karamere, o Harono.

Ka kite rātou i te korōria o Ihowā,

i te nui o tō tātou Atua.

3 Whakakahangia ngā ringa ngoikore,

whakaūngia ngā turi ngonge.

4 Mea atu ki te hunga ngākau pōtatutatu,

"Kia kaha, kaua e wehi!

Nanā, ka haere mai tō koutou Atua,

me te rapu utu, me te whakautu a te Atua;

ka haere mai anō ia

ki te whakaora i a koutou."

5 Ko reira ngā kanohi o ngā matapō kite ai,

ā, ka puare ngā taringa o ngā turi.

6 Ko reira te kopa tūpeke ai, ānō he hāta,

ka waiata te arero o te whango.

Nō te mea ka pakaru mai ngā wai i te koraha,

ngā awa i te wāhi tītōhea.

7 Nā, ka meinga te kirikiri mumura hei hārotoroto,

te whenua maroke hei pupūtanga wai;

ā, i te nohoanga i takoto ai ngā kīrehe mohoao,

ko te tarutaru, ko te kākaho, ko te wīwī.

8 Ka whai huanui anō a reira, me tētahi ara,

ka kīia hoki, Ko te Ara o te Tapu.

E kore te poke e haere i reira;

engari, ka waiho mō rātou, ā, ko te tangata haere ara,

ahakoa he wairangi, e kore e hē ki reira.

9 Kāhore o reira raiona,

e kore anō tētahi kararehe kai kino e tika nā reira;

e kore e kitea ki reira;

engari ka hāereerea e te hunga i hokona.

10 Nā, ko ā Ihowā i hoko ai ka hoki mai,

ka haere mai i runga i te waiata ki Hiona;

i runga i ō rātou māhunga ko te haringa e kore e mutu;

ka whiwhi rātou ki te koa, ki te hari,

ā, rere atu ana te pōuri me te auē.