1 Nā, ka whakautu a Hopa, ka mea:

2 "He tika rawa ko koutou ngā tāngata,

ā, ka mate tahi atu te whakaaro nui me koutou.

3 Otirā, kei ahau anō hoki he ngākau he pērā anō me o koutou,

kīhai ahau i hoki iho i a koutou.

Ko wai rā te hē ana ki ēnei mea?

4 "Tōku rite kei te tangata e waiho ana hei kata mā tōna hoa,

he tangata e karanga ana ki te Atua,

ā, whakarongo mai ana tērā ki a ia;

e waiho ana te mea tika, te mea tapatahi, hei kata.

5 Kei roto i te whakaaro o te tangata,

e tau ana tāna noho, te whakahāwea ki te aituā;

e tauwhanga ana tēnā ki te hunga e paheke ana te waewae.

6 Kei te rangatira ngā tēneti o ngā kaipāhua,

ā, noho kore wehi ana te hunga e whakapātaritari ana ki te Atua;

he ope noa mai hoki tā te Atua ki ō rātou ringa.

7 "Tēnā rā, ui atu ki ngā kararehe mā rātou koe e whakaako;

ki ngā manu o te rangi, mā rātou e kōrero ki a koe;

8 kōrero atu rānei ki te whenua, ā, māna koe e whakaako;

ka whakaaturia mai anō hoki ki a koe e ngā ika o te moana.

9 Ko wai i kore te mōhio ki ēnei mea katoa,

he mea mahi tēnei nā te ringa o Ihowā?

10 Kei tōna ringa nei te wairua o ngā mea ora katoa,

te manawa hoki o ngā kikokiko tāngata katoa.

11 He teka ianei e whakamātauria ana ngā kupu e te taringa,

pērā hoki i te waha e whakarongo nei ki te reka o tāna kai?

12 Kei ngā kaumātua ngā whakaaro nui;

kei te roa o ngā rā te mātau.

13 "Kei a ia te whakaaro nui me te kaha;

kei a ia te tohutohu me te mātauranga.

14 Nanā, e wāwāhia ana e ia, kore iho e hangā anō;

e kopia ana e ia te tangata, kāhore rawa he putanga.

15 Nanā, e unuhia atu ana e ia ngā wai,

ā, kua maroke; e tukua mai ana anō e ia, ā, ka hurihia te whenua.

16 Kei a ia te kaha me te mahi tōtika;

ko te tangata tinihanga, me te tangata e tinihangatia ana, nāna.

17 E kāhakina atu ana e ia ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, he mea pāhua;

whakakūwaretia iho e ia ngā kaiwhakawā.

18 Ko te mana o ngā kīngi, wetekina ake e ia,

herea iho e ia ō rātou hope ki te whītiki.

19 E ārahina atu ana e ia ngā tohunga, he mea pāhua,

hurihia iho e ia te hunga kaha.

20 Whakakorea ake e ia he kupu mā te hunga ngākau pono,

riro ana i a ia ngā mahara o ngā kaumātua.

21 E ringihia ana e ia te whakahāwea ki runga ki ngā rangatira,

e wetekina ana e ia te whītiki o te hunga kaha.

22 E hurahia mai ana e ia ngā mea hōhonu i roto i te pōuri,

whakaputaina mai ana e ia te ātārangi o te mate ki te mārama.

23 E whakanuia ana e ia ngā iwi, ā, e hunā ana e ia;

e tohatohaina atu ana e ia ngā iwi,

ā, e whakawhāititia mai ana anō rātou e ia.

24 E tangohia atu ana e ia te ngākau o ngā rangatira o te iwi o te whenua,

ā, e meinga ana e ia kia kōpikopiko noa i te wāhi ururua kāhore nei he ara.

25 Whāwhā noa rātou i roto i te pōuri, kāhore hoki he mārama,

ā, meinga ana rātou e ia kia hūrori haere ānō he tangata haurangi."