1 Auē, me he wai tōku māhunga,

me he puna roimata ōku kanohi,

kia tangihia ai e ahau

ngā tūpāpaku o te tamāhine

a tāku iwi i te ao, i te pō!

2 Auē, me he tīhokahoka tōku,

he mea nā te tira haere i te koraha!

Kia whakarērea ai e ahau tāku iwi,

kia mawehe ai i roto i a rātou,

he hunga pūremu katoa nei hoki rātou,

he huihuinga nō te hunga tinihanga.

3 "Me te mea he kōpere nā rātou ō rātou arero

e whakapikoa ana hei kōrero teka;

kua tupu kaha ake rātou i runga i te whenua,

kāhore ia mō te pono;

engari e koni atu ana i te kino ki te kino,

kāhore hoki ō rātou mōhio ki ahau," e ai tā Ihowā.

4 "Kia tūpato i ō koutou hoa, e tēnei, e tēnei,

kaua e whakawhirinaki ki te tuakana, ki te teina.

Nō te mea he māminga rawa tā ngā tuākana, tā ngā tēina katoa;

kei runga anō i te ngautuarā te haere o ngā hoa katoa.

5 Ka tinihangatia e rātou tōna hoa, tōna hoa,

kāhore hoki he pono o te kōrero;

kua whakaakona e rātou ō rātou arero ki te kōrero teka;

ruha noa rātou i te mahinga i te hē.

6 Kei waenga tinihanga koe e noho ana;

nā te tinihanga rātou te pai ai ki te mōhio ki ahau,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

7 Heoi, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:

"Nanā, ka whakarewa ahau i a rātou, ka whakamātau i a rātou;

me pēhea hoki ahau, ko te tamāhine nei ia a tāku iwi?

8 Ko te rite i tō rātou arero kei te kōpere whakamate;

he kōrero tinihanga tāna.

He kōrero pai tā te māngai o tētahi ki tōna hoa,

kei roto ia i tōna ngākau e whanga ana mōna.

9 E kore ianei ahau e whiu i a rātou mō ēnei mea? e ai tā Ihowā;

e kore ianei tōku wairua

e rapu utu i te iwi pēnei?"

10 He whakaaro ki ngā maunga i ara ai tāku tangi,

tāku auē, he whakaaro ki ngā puninga o te koraha tāku uhunga;

nō te mea kua wera, kāhore tētahi tangata e tika nā reira,

kāhore e rangona te reo o ngā kararehe;

ko ngā manu o te rangi, ko ngā kararehe,

pūtere atu ana, kua riro.

11 "Ka meinga hoki e ahau a Hiruhārama hei pūranga,

hei nohoanga kurī mohoao,

ka meinga anō e ahau ngā pā o Hūrā kia ururuatia,

tē ai he tangata."

12 Ko wai te tangata whakaaro nui e mātau ana ki tēnei? I kōrerotia anō ki a wai e te māngai o Ihowā, māna e whakaatu? He aha rā te whenua i whakangaromia ai, i wera ai, ānō ko te koraha, kāhore he tangata e tika ana i reira?

13 Anō rā ko Ihowā: "Mō rātou i whakarere i tāku ture i hoatu e ahau ki tō rātou aroaro, ā, kīhai i whakarongo ki tōku reo, kīhai i haere i taua ara. 14 Nā, haere ana rātou i ngā tikanga mārō o ō rātou ngākau; kei te whai i ngā Paarimi i whakaakona nei e ō rātou mātua ki a rātou." 15 Heoi, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: "Tēnei ahau te whāngai nei i a rātou, i tēnei iwi, ki te taru kawa, te whakainu nei i a rātou ki te wai kawa. 16 Ka whakamararatia anō rātou e ahau ki roto ki ngā iwi kīhai nei i mōhiotia e rātou, e ō rātou mātua; ka ungā anō e ahau te hoari hei whai i a rātou ā poto noa rātou i ahau."

17 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:

"Whakaaroa e koutou, karangatia hoki ngā wāhine tangi kia haere mai;

unga tāngata ki ngā wāhine whakaaro nui kia haere mai.

18 Kia hohoro anō te ara o tā rātou tangi mō tātou,

kia tārere ai ngā roimata o ō tātou kanohi,

kia maringi iho ai ngā wai o ō tātou kamo.

19 Nō te mea e rangona ana te reo tangi i Hiona:

‘Anō tō tātou pāhuatanga!

Nui atu tō tātou whakamā,

nō te mea kua mahue i a tātou te whenua,

nō te mea kua turakina mai e rātou ō tātou nohoanga.’ "

20 Whakarongo rāia, e ngā wāhine, ki te kupu a Ihowā,

kia riro anō i ō koutou taringa te kupu a tōna māngai.

Whakaakona ā koutou tamāhine ki te tangi,

ngā hoa hoki o tēnei, o tēnei, ki te uhunga.

21 Nō te mea kua tae ake te mate ki roto ki ō tātou matapihi,

kua tomo ki ō tātou whare kīngi,

hautope atu ai i ngā kōhungahunga i waho,

i ngā taitamariki anō hoki i ngā huanui.

22 Kōrero! "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

‘Tērā ngā tinana o ngā tāngata e hinga

ānō he whakawairākau ki te mata o te māra,

ānō he kutanga wīti i muri i te kaitapahi,

ā, kāhore he kaikohi.’ "

23 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Kaua te tangata whakaaro nui e whakamanamana ki tōna whakaaro nui,

kaua hoki te mārohirohi e whakamanamana ki tōna mārohirohi;

kaua te tangata taonga e whakamanamana ki ōna taonga;

24 engari, ko tēnei hei whakamanamananga mā te tangata whakamanamana,

arā kua whai whakaaro ia, kua mōhio ki ahau,

ko Ihowā ahau, ko te kaimahi o te mahi tohu, o te whakawā,

o te tika i runga i te whenua;

ko āku hoki ēnei e whakaahuareka ai,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

25 "Nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā," e ai tā Ihowā, "e whiua ai e ahau te hunga katoa i kotia i roto i tō rātou kotingakore: 26 ko Īhipa, ko Hūrā, ko Ēroma, ko ngā tama a Āmona, ko Moapa, ko te hunga katoa e noho ana i te koraha, e whakaihoa nei ngā tapa o ō rātou makawe. He mea kokotikore hoki ngā iwi katoa; ko te whare katoa anō o Īharaira, he mea kokotikore te ngākau."