1 "Whakarongoa i tōku aroaro, e ngā motu;

ā, kia puta hou mai he kaha mō ngā iwi;

me neke mai rātou, ā, me kōrero rātou;

tātou tahi me whakatata ki te whakawā.

2 "Nā wai i whakaara ake tētahi i te rāwhiti,

i karangatia e ia i runga i te tika ki tōna waewae?

Hōmai ana e ia ngā iwi ki tōna aroaro,

meinga ana ia e ia hei rangatira mō ngā kīngi;

hōmai ana rātou e ia ānō he puehu ki tāna hoari,

ānō he kakau wīti e āia ana, ki tāna kōpere.

3 Whāia ana rātou e ia, haere ora atu ana ia;

āe rā, i te ara kīhai i haerea e ōna waewae.

4 Nā wai oti tēnei i mahi,

kārangaranga ai i ngā whakatupuranga mai i te tīmatanga!

Ko ahau, ko Ihowā, ko te tīmatanga,

ā, kei ngā whakamutunga, ko ahau nei."

5 I kite ngā motu, ā, wehi ana,

pairi noa iho ngā pito o te whenua,

whakatata ana, haere mai ana.

6 Uru ana rātou ki te mahi a tōna hoa, a tōna hoa,

me tā rātou kī ki tōna tuakana, ki tōna teina, "Kia māia!"

7 Nā, kei te whakatenatena te kāmura i te kaitahu kōura,

te kaiwhakamāeneene ki te hama,

i te tangata e patu ana ki te paepae,

ko tāna kupu mō te whakapiringa, "Kei te pai";

nā, whakaūkia ana e ia ki te whao, tē taea te whakanekeneke.

8 "Ko koe, e Īharaira, ko tāku pononga, ko Hākopa,

ko tāku i whiriwhiri ai,

ko te uri o tāku i aroha ai, o Āperahama;

9 ko tāku anō i tango mai ai i ngā pito o te whenua;

he mea karanga nei hoki koe nāku i roto i ōna tōpito;

ko tāku kupu hoki ki a koe, ‘Ko koe tāku pononga;

he mea whiriwhiri koe nāku, kāhore koe e makā atu e ahau.’

10 Kaua e wehi; kei a koe nei hoki ahau;

kaua anō e tirotiro; ko ahau nei hoki tōu Atua.

Māku koe e whakakaha, āe rā, māku koe e āwhina,

ka tautokona ake anō koe e te ringa matau o tōku tika.

11 "Nanā, ka whakamā, ka numinumi kau

te hunga katoa e riri ana ki a koe;

ka rite ki te kāhore;

ka ngaro te hunga e ngangare ana ki a koe.

12 Ka rapua rātou, ōu hoariri, e koe,

ā, e kore e kitea;

ko te hunga i whawhai ki a koe,

ka rite ki te kāhore, ki te mōtī noa iho.

13 Nō te mea ko ahau, ko Ihowā, ko tōu Atua,

kei te pupuri i tōu matau,

kei te mea ki a koe, ‘Kaua e wehi;

ko ahau hei whakauru mōu.’

14 Kaua e wehi, e te kutukutu, e Hākopa,

e ngā tāngata o Īharaira;

māku koe e āwhina, e ai tā Ihowā,

tā tōu kaihoko," tā te Mea Tapu o Īharaira.

15 "Nanā, kua meinga koe e ahau hei patu wīti,

koi tonu, hou tonu, he whai niho;

ka patua e koe ngā maunga, ā, ngotangota noa;

ko ngā pukepuke, ka meinga e koe kia rite ki te pāpapa.

16 Rererere ana rātou i a koe, kāhakina tonutia atu e te hau,

tītaritaria ake rātou e te paroro.

Ko koe ia ka hari ki a Ihowā,

ka whakamanamana, ki te Mea Tapu o Īharaira.

17 "E rapu ana ngā ware, ngā rawakore i te wai,

ā, kāhore kau,

hē ake ō rātou arero i te matewai;

ka rongo ahau, a Ihowā, ki tā rātou;

e kore ahau, te Atua o Īharaira, e whakarere i a rātou.

18 Ka whakapuaretia e ahau he awa ki ngā wāhi tiketike,

he puna wai i waenganui i ngā raorao;

ka meinga e ahau te koraha hei hārotoroto wai,

te whenua maroke hei pupūtanga wai.

19 Ka whakatōkia e ahau te koraha ki te hīta,

ki te kōwhai, ki te ramarama, ki te rākau hinu;

ka tū i ahau te kauri ki te tītōhea,

te rimu, rātou tahi anō ko te ake;

20 kia kite ai rātou, kia mōhio ai,

kia mahara ai, kia mātau ngātahi ai,

he mea mahi tēnei nā te ringa o Ihowā;

nā te Mea Tapu o Īharaira tēnei i hanga."

21 "Kawea mai tā koutou totohe," e ai tā Ihowā.

"Whakaputaina mai ā koutou kupu kaha," e ai tā te Kīngi o Hākopa.

22 "Me whakaputa mai e rātou, ā, me whakaatu mai

ki a tātou ngā mea meāke pono mai.

Whakaaturia mai e koutou ngā mea o te tuatahi,

he pēhea rānei, kia whakaaroarohia ai e tātou,

kia mōhiotia ai tō rātou mutunga iho;

kōrerotia rānei ki a tātou ngā mea e puta ā mua.

23 Whakaaturia ngā mea e haere ake ana i muri,

kia mōhio ai mātou he atua koutou;

tēnā rā, mahia he pai, he kino rānei,

kia wehi ai mātou, kia kite ngātahi ai.

24 Nanā, nō te kāhore koutou,

ko ā koutou mahi nō te kāhore rawa;

he mea whakarihariha te tangata nāna koutou i whiriwhiri.

25 "Kua oho mai i ahau tētahi i te raki, ā, kua tae mai ia;

nō te rerenga mai o te rā tētahi e karanga ana ki tōku ingoa.

Ko tōna taenga mai ki ngā rangatira, ānō e eke ana ki te paru pokepoke,

ānō ko te kaihanga rīhi e takatakahi ana i te paru.

26 Nā wai i whakaatu mai i te tīmatanga, kia mōhio ai tātou?

Nā wai i ngā wā onamata, mō tā tātou kī ake, ‘He tika tāna?’

Āe rā, kīhai i whakaaturia e tētahi, āe rā, kīhai i kōrerotia e tētahi,

kīhai anō tētahi i rongo i ā koutou kōrero.

27 Māku te kupu tuatahi ki Hiona, ‘Nanā, tēnei rātou’;

ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki Hiruhārama he kaikawe i te rongo pai.

28 I titiro anō ahau, ā, kāhore he tangata;

nā, i roto i ēnei katoa kāhore he kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro

hei whakahoki kupu mai i tāku uinga ki a rātou.

29 Nanā, ko rātou katoa he horihori kau;

he kore noa iho ā rātou mahi;

ko ā rātou whakapakoko whakarewa he hau, he mea tikangakore."