1 Ko wai tēnei e haere mai nei i Ēroma,

he mea rongoā mai ngā kākahu i Potora?

Tēnei he korōria rawa nei ōna kākahu,

e haere ana i runga i te nui o tōna kaha?

"Ko ahau e kōrero atu nei i runga i te tika,

ko te mea kaha ki te whakaora."

2 He aha i whero ai ōu kākahu,

i rite ai ōu weweru ki ō te kaitakahi i te takahanga wāina?

3 "Nā tōku kotahi te takahanga wāina i takahi,

kāhore hoki he tangata o te iwi hei hoa mōku.

Takahia iho rātou e ahau, he riri nōku;

takatakahia ana rātou e ahau ki raro, i ahau e weriweri ana;

patī ana ō rātou toto ki ōku weruweru,

whakapokea iho e ahau tōku kākahu katoa.

4 Kei roto hoki i tōku ngākau te rā o te rapu utu;

kua tae mai anō te tau o āku i hoko ai.

5 Nā, ka titiro atu ahau, ā, kāhore he kaiāwhina,

mīharo ana ahau nō te mea kāhore he kaitautoko ake;

nā, kua meatia e tōku tākakau,

he whakaoranga mōku;

ko tōku weriweri, nā tērā ahau i tautoko ake.

6 Nā, takahia ana e ahau ngā iwi, i ahau e riri nei;

i ahau anō e weriweri ana ka whakahaurangitia rātou e ahau,

ā, ringihia ana e ahau tō rātou toto ki te whenua."

7 Ka whakahuatia e ahau ngā mahi aroha a Ihowā,

ngā whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā,

ka rite ki ngā mea i hōmai e Ihowā ki a tātou;

ki te nui hoki o te pai ki te whare o Īharaira

i hōmai nei e ia ki a rātou;

he mea i rite tonu ki āna mahi tohu tangata,

ki te nui anō o āna mahi aroha.

8 I mea hoki ia, "He pono, ko tāku iwi rātou,

he tamariki e kore e kōrero teka";

nā, ko ia tō rātou kaiwhakaora.

9 I ō rātou pōuritanga ngākau katoa i pōuri anō ia,

ā, whakaorangia ake rātou e te anahera o tōna aroaro.

He aroha nōna, he mahi tohu tangata i hoko ai ia i a rātou,

hikitia ana rātou,

whakahāereerea ana i ngā rā katoa onamata.

10 Heoi, whakakeke ana rātou

whakapōuritia iho e rātou tōna Wairua Tapu.

Nā, ka puta kē ia hei hoariri mō rātou;

kei te whawhai anō ia ki a rātou.

11 Kātahi ia ka mahara ki ngā rā o mua,

ki a Mohi, ki tāna iwi, i mea ia,

Kei hea ia nāna rātou i kawe ake i te moana

me ngā hēpara o tāna kāhui?

Kei hea te kaiwhakanoho

o tōna Wairua Tapu ki waenganui i a rātou?

12 I ārahi nei i a rātou, he meatanga nā te ringa matau o Mohi,

nā tōna tākakau korōria?

I wāhi nei i ngā wai i tō rātou aroaro,

hei mea i tētahi ingoa mōna e mau tonu ana?

13 I ārahi nei i a rātou i waenganui o te moana,

ānō he hōiho i te koraha, tē hinga rātou?

14 Kei te kararehe e haere ana ki raro ki te awaawa te rite,

pērā tonu tā te Wairua o Ihowā meatanga i a rātou kia okioki.

Pērā tonu tāu arahanga i tāu iwi,

i whai ingoa korōria ai koe.

15 Titiro mai i runga i te rangi, mātakitaki mai

i runga i te nohoanga o tōu tapu, o tōu korōria.

Kei hea tōu ngākau nui, me āu mahi nunui?

Ko te ohoohonga o ōu whēkau,

ko āu mahi tohu ka pēhia iho ki ahau.

16 He pono ko koe tō mātou pāpā,

kāhore nei hoki a Āperahama e mōhio ki a mātou,

kāhore anō hoki a Īharaira e mahara ki a mātou;

ko koe, e Ihowā, tō mātou pāpā;

ko tō mātou kaihoko, nōnamata mai tōu ingoa.

17 He aha koe, e Ihowā, i mea ai i a mātou kia kotiti atu i āu ara,

whakapakeketia iho e koe ō mātou ngākau kia kaua e wehi ki a koe?

Hoki mai, kia mahara ki āu pononga,

ki ngā hapū o tōu kāinga pūmau.

18 He iti nei te wā i mau ai taua kāinga ki te iwi o tōu tapu;

e takatakahia ana tōu wāhi tapu e ō mātou hoariri.

19 Kua meinga mātou kia rite ki te hunga kīhai nei koe i kīngi mō rātou;

ki te hunga kīhai nei i huaina ki tōu ingoa.