1 Ko wai i whakapono ki tā mātou kōrero;

i whakaaturia rānei ki a wai te ringaringa o Ihowā?

2 Ka tupu ake hoki ia ki tōna aroaro ānō he rākau wana,

me te pakiaka hoki i te oneone maroke.

Kāhore ōna āhuareka, kāhore hoki he pai; ā, ka titiro tātou ki a ia,

tē ai he ātaahua e minamina ai tātou ki a ia.

3 I whakahēngia, i whakakāhoretia ia e te tangata;

he tangata pōuri, kua mōhio hoki ki te tangi;

ā, i āhua huna ngā kanohi ki a ia;

i whakakāhoretia, kīhai hoki tātou i whakaaro ki a ia.

4 He pono, nāna ō tātou mate i pīkau,

nāna hoki i waha ō tātou pōuri;

ko tātou ia i mea, i tukitukia,

i patua ia e te Atua, i whakawhiua.

5 Kāhore, i werohia ia mō ō tātou hē,

i kurua mō ō tātou kino;

nōna te whiunga i mau ai tō tātou rongo,

kei ōna kārawarawa hoki he rongoā mō tātou.

6 Ko tātou katoa, ānō he hipi, kua marara kē,

kua anga atu tātou ki tōna ara, ki tōna ara;

nā Ihowā ia i mea kia tau iho ki a ia

te kino o tātou katoa.

7 I tūkinotia ia, i whakawhiua;

heoi kīhai i kuihi tōna māngai;

ānō he reme i ārahina ia kia patua,

me te hipi hoki i te aroaro o ōna kaikutikuti e wahangū ana,

kīhai i kuihi tōna waha.

8 Nā te tūkino, nā te whakawā, tangohia atu ana ia.

Tēnā ko tōna whakatupuranga,

ko wai o rātou i whakaaro kua wehea atu ia i te ao ora?

He mahi hē hoki nā tāku iwi i patua ai ia.

9 Ā, ka whakaritea hei te hunga kino he urupā mōna;

i te tangata taonga ia i tōna matenga;

ahakoa kāhore āna mahi tutū,

kāhore anō he tinihanga i tōna māngai.

10 Otiia, i pai hoki a Ihowā kia kurua ia; nāna ia i mea kia mamae.

Ina meinga e koe tōna wairua hei whakahere mō te hē,

ka kite ia i tōna uri, ka whakaroa i ōna rā,

ā, ko tā Ihowā i pai ai ka āta oti i a ia.

11 Ka kite ia i tā tōna wairua i uaua ai, ā, tatū ana te ngākau;

mā te mōhio ki a ia ka whakatikaia ai

te tini e tāku pononga tika;

māna hoki ō rātou kino e waha.

12 Mō reira ka hoatu e ahau he wāhi mōna i roto i ō te hunga nui,

ā, ka tū ngātahi ia me te hunga kaha i te taonga;

mō tōna wairua i ringihia e ia ki te mate,

ā, i taua ngātahitia me ngā poka kē;

nāna hoki ngā hara o te tini i waha,

nāna i wawao ngā poka kē.