Ka Tika te Whiunga i te Hē o Hopa
1 Anō rā ko Topara Naamati, i mea ia:
2 "Kaua rānei hei whakautua te tini o ngā kupu,
ā, e whakatikaia rānei te tangata ngutu hohoro?
3 Mā āu kupu whakapehapeha rānei e nohopuku ai ngā tāngata,
ā, ina tāwai koe, kaua rānei he tangata e mea i a koe kia whakamā?
4 E mea ana hoki koe, ‘He tino tika tāku whakaako,
ā, he mā ahau ki ōu kanohi.’
5 Auē, me i kōrero te Atua,
me i puaki mai ōna ngutu ki te whakahē i a koe!
6 Me i whakaaturia mai e ia ki a koe ngā mea ngaro o te mātauranga,
te huhua o ngā ara o tāna mahi!
Nā, kia mātau koe: he iti iho i ōu hē tā te Atua e tango nei i a koe.
7 "Ina whakatakina e koe,
e kitea rānei e koe te Atua?
E tino kitea rawatia rānei e koe te Kaha Rawa?
8 Kei te rangi te tiketike; ka pēhea koe?
Hōhonu iho i te rēinga; ko te aha e mōhiotia e koe?
9 Ko tōna takoto, roa atu i te whenua,
whānui atu i te moana.
10 "Ki te mea ka haukotia e ia, ka hereherea rānei,
ka whakawākia rānei, mā wai ia e ārai?
11 E mōhio ana hoki ia ki ngā tāngata teka noa;
ā, e kite ana ia i te hē, ahakoa e kore e whakaaroa e ia.
12 Otiia, ko te mea whakaarokore nei,
ko te tangata kāhore rawa ōna hinengaro,
āe rā, tō te tangata rite i tōna whānautanga kei te kūao kāihe mohoao.
13 "Ki te whakatikaia e koe tōu ngākau,
ā, ka wherahia ōu ringa ki a ia;
14 ki te mea he hē kei tōu ringa,
whakamataratia atu, kaua hoki te kino e noho ki ōu tapenākara.
15 He pono ko reira ara ai tōu mata, tē ai he ira;
āe, ka ū hoki koe, tē ai he wehi.
16 Tērā hoki koe e wareware ki tōu māuiui;
ā, e maharatia e koe ānō ko ngā wai kua rere atu.
17 Ā, ko tōu ora tērā e mārama kē atu i tō te poutūmārōtanga o te rā;
ā, ahakoa e pōuri anō, ka rite ki te ata.
18 Ka tatū ōu whakaaro, nō te mea ka whai tūmanakohanga atu;
āe, ka rapu koe i tētahi taha ōu, i tētahi taha, ā, ka takoto mārire koe.
19 E takoto iho anō koe, tē ai he kaiwhakawehi;
he tokomaha anō hoki e whai kia paingia e koe.
20 Ka poko ia ngā kanohi o te hunga kino,
kore ake he rerenga mō rātou;
ko tā rātou e tūmanako atu ai ko te hemonga."