1 "Whakarongo ki ahau, e koutou e whai nā i te tika,

e rapu nā i a Ihowā.

Titiro ki te kōhatu i hāua mai ai koutou,

ki te poka i te rua i keria mai ai koutou.

2 Titiro ki a Āperahama, ki tō koutou matua,

ki a Hera hoki i whānau ai koutou;

he kotahi hoki ia, karangatia ana ia e ahau,

manaakitia ana, whakanuia ana.

3 Tā te mea kua whakamārie a Ihowā i Hiona;

kua whakamārie ia i ōna wāhi katoa ka ururuatia,

kua mea hoki i tōna wāhi koraha kia rite ki Erene,

i tōna wāhi tītōhea kia rite ki te kāri a Ihowā;

he koa, he hari, ka kitea i roto,

he whakawhetai, me te reo hoki e waiata ana.

4 "Whakarongo ki ahau, e āku tāngata,

kia whai taringa ki ahau, e tāku iwi;

ka puta atu hoki he ture i roto i ahau,

ka takoto anō i ahau tāku whakawā

hei whakamārama mō ngā iwi.

5 Kei te tata mai tōku tika;

kua puta tāku whakaora,

mā ōku ringa e whakawā mō ngā iwi;

ka tatari ki ahau ngā motu,

ka okioki ki tōku ringa.

6 Anga ake ō koutou kanohi ki ngā rangi,

tirohia iho te whenua i raro;

ka memeha atu hoki ngā rangi, ānō he paowa,

ka tawhitotia te whenua, me he kākahu,

ko te hunga hoki e noho ana i reira ka pēnā te mate;

ko tāku whakaoranga ia ka mau tonu;

e kore anō tōku tika e heke.

7 "Whakarongo ki ahau, e koutou e mōhio nā ki te tika,

e te hunga kei ō koutou ngākau nei tāku ture;

kei wehi i te tāwai a te tangata,

kei numinumi i ā rātou taunu.

8 Ka kai hoki te pūrehurehu i a rātou, ānō he kākahu,

ka pau rātou, ānō he huruhuru hipi i te huhu;

ka mau tonu ia tōku tika,

tāku whakaora ki ngā whakapaparanga katoa."

9 Maranga, maranga, kākahuria te kaha,

e te ringa o Ihowā!

Maranga, kia rite ki ngā rā ō mua rā,

ki ngā whakatupuranga onamata.

Ehara oti i a koe nāna i kotikoti a Rahapa,

i wero te tarakona?

10 Ehara oti i a koe nāna i whakamaroke te moana,

ngā wai o te rire nui,

ko ngā wai hōhonu o te moana waiho ake

e koe hei huarahi haerenga mō te hunga kua oti te hoko?

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

ka haere mai ki Hiona, me te waiata anō rātou;

i runga i ō rātou māhunga he hari e kore e mutu;

ka whiwhi rātou ki te koa, ki te hari;

ā, rere ana te pōuri me te auē.

12 "Ko ahau, inā, māku koutou e whakamārie;

ko wai koe, e wehi nā i te tangata e matemate nei,

i te tama a te tangata ka meinga nei hei tarutaru?

13 Ka wareware nei hoki ki a Ihowā, ki tōu kaihanga,

nāna ngā rangi i hora,

nāna i whakatakoto te tūranga mō te whenua.

Ka pāwera tonu koe i ngā rā katoa i te riri o te kaiwhakawhiu,

i te mea e anga mai ana ia ki te whakamate,

ā, kei hea te riri o te kaiwhakawhiu?

14 Hohoro tonu te wetekina o te herehere i whakaraua;

e kore hoki ia e mate, e heke ki te poka,

e kore hoki e whakakorea he taro māna.

15 Ko Ihowā ia ahau, ko tōu Atua,

i whakakorikori nei i te moana, ā, hāmama ana ōna ngaru –

ko Ihowā o ngā mano tōna ingoa.

16 Ā, kua hoatu e ahau āku kupu ki tōu māngai;

kua hīpokina koe ki te marumaru o tōku ringa,

kia whakatōkia ai ngā rangi,

kia takoto ai te tūranga mō te whenua,

hei mea hoki ki Hiona, ‘Ko koe tāku iwi.’ "

17 Maranga, maranga!

Whakatika, e Hiruhārama,

i whakainumia nei e te ringa o Ihowā

ki te kapu o tōna riri;

kua inu koe i ngā nganga o te kapu wiri,

he mea tatau nāu.

18 Kāhore kau tētahi hei tautītī i a ia

o ngā tama katoa i whānau i roto i a ia;

kāhore hoki tētahi o ngā tama i atawhaitia e ia

hei pupuri i tōna ringa.

19 Ka rua ēnei mea ka pono nei ki a koe –

ko wai hei tangi ki a koe?

Ko te whakangaromanga, ko te wawāhanga, ko te matekai, ko te hoari

me pēhea tāku whakamārie i a koe?

20 Kua hemo āu tama;

e takoto ana i te ahunga mai o ngā ara katoa,

ānō he anaterope i roto i te kupenga;

kī tonu rātou i te riri o Ihowā,

i te whakatūpehupehu o tōu Atua.

21 Mō reira, whakarongo ki tēnei, e koe kua tūkinotia nei;

e haurangi ana, rāia, ehara i te haurangi wāina.

22 Ko te kupu tēnei a tōu Ariki, a Ihowā,

arā a tōu Atua, e tohe nei i tā tōna iwi:

"Nanā, ka tangohia e ahau te kapu wiri i tōu ringa,

ngā nganga o te kapu o tōku riri;

e kore e inumia anō e koe ā muri ake nei.

23 Ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki te ringa o te hunga e whakatupu kino nei i a koe,

i mea rā ki tōu wairua,

‘Piko iho nei, kia haere atu ai mātou.’

Nā, kua whakatakotoria e koe tōu tuarā hei whenua,

hei huarahi mō te hunga i haere atu rā."