1 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Puritia te whakawā,

mahia te tika;

nō te mea ka tata he putanga mō tāku whakaora,

he whakakitenga mō tōku tika.

2 Ka hari te tangata nāna tēnei mahi,

te tama a te tangata e pupuri nei i a ia, mau tonu;

e pupuri ana, ā, kāhore e whakapoke i te hāpati,

e tiaki ana i tōna ringa kei mahi i tētahi hē."

3 Kaua hoki te tama a te tangata kē,

kua honoa nei ki a Ihowā, e kōrero, e mea,

"He pono ka wehea rawatia mai ahau

e Ihowā i roto i tāna iwi."

Kaua anō te unaka e kī,

"Nanā, he rākau maroke ahau."

4 Ko tā Ihowā kupu hoki tēnei:

"Mō ngā unaka e pupuri ana i āku hāpati,

e whiriwhiri ana i ngā mea e paingia ana e ahau,

ā, e hopu ana i tāku kawenata;

5 ka hoatu e ahau he wāhi ki a rātou

i roto i tōku whare, i roto anō i ōku taiepa,

he ingoa anō e pai ake ana i o ngā tama, i o ngā tamāhine;

he ingoa mau tonu tāku e hoatu ai ki a rātou,

he mea e kore e hātepea atu.

6 Ko ngā tamariki hoki a te tangata kē, kua oti te hono ki a Ihowā,

he mea kia mahi ai rātou ki a ia, kia aroha ki te ingoa o Ihowā,

kia waiho hei pononga māna,

ko te hunga katoa e pupuri ana, ā, kāhore e whakapoke i te hāpati,

ā, e hopu ana i tāku kawenata –

7 ka kawea rātou e ahau ki tōku maunga tapu,

ka whakahari anō ahau i a rātou i roto i tōku whare īnoi;

ka manakohia ā rātou tahunga tinana,

me ā rātou patunga tapu i runga i tāku āta;

nō te mea ka kīia tōku whare, he whare īnoi

mō ngā iwi katoa."

8 He kupu tēnei nā te Ariki, nā Ihowā,

nā te kaikohikohi mai o te hunga o Īharaira i peia atu,

"Kua kohikohia ērā ki a ia;

ka kohikohi anō ahau i ētahi atu ki a ia."

9 E ngā kīrehe katoa o te pārae,

haere mai ki te kai, e ngā kīrehe katoa o te ngahere!

10 Ko ōna tūtei, he matapō katoa,

kāhore e mōhio;

he kurī reokore katoa rātou,

e kore e tau;

he momoe, he takoto,

e matenui ana ki te moe.

11 Āe rā, he kurī apo kai rātou;

kāhore rawa e mākona.

He hēpara ēnei e kore e ngoto te mātauranga;

anga katoa ana rātou ki tōna ara, ki tōna ara,

ki te mea taonga mōna i tōna wāhi, i tōna wāhi.

12 Ko tā rātou kī, "Haere mai, māku e tiki he wāina,

kia nui anō tā tātou inu i te wai kaha;

ā, ka rite te rā āpōpō ki tēnei rā,

he rā kei runga noa atu tōna nui."