1 "He rua hoki tō te hiriwa e puta mai ai,

he wāhi anō tō te kōura e whakarewaina ai.

2 He mea tango mai te rino nō roto i te whenua;

nō te kāmaka te parāhi, he mea whakarewa.

3 E whakatakotoria ana e te tangata he mutunga mai mō te pōuri,

e rapua ana e ia ki te tino tutukitanga atu ngā kōhatu o te pōuri,

o te ātārangi o te mate.

4 E pākaruhia mai ana e ia he rua i kō ake o ngā nohoanga tāngata;

kua wareware rātou i te waewae e haere ana;

he tawhiti i te tangata tō rātou tārenga, e piu atu ana, e piu ana mai.

5 Ko te whenua, e puta mai ana he taro i roto i a ia:

ā, e hurihia ake ana a raro iho ānō he ahi.

6 Hei wāhi mō ngā hāpira ōna kōhatu,

he puehu kōura anō tōna.

7 "He ara tēnā kāhore i mōhiotia e te manu,

kīanō i kitea e te kanohi o te whatura.

8 Kāhore ngā kīrehe whakahī kia takahi i taua ara,

kāhore hoki a reira kia haerea e te raiona tutū.

9 "E pā atu ana tōna ringa ki te kiripaka;

hurihia ake e ia ngā take o ngā maunga.

10 E tapahia ana e ia he awa i roto i ngā kāmaka,

ā, e kite ana tōna kanohi i ngā mea utu nui katoa.

11 E herea ana e ia ngā awa kei māturuturu;

e whakaputa mai ana hoki i ngā mea ngaro ki te mārama.

12 "E kitea ia ki hea te whakaaro nui,

kei hea hoki te wāhi o te mōhio?

13 E kore te tangata e mōhio ki tōna utu,

e kore anō taua hanga e kitea ki te whenua o te ora.

14 E kī ake ana te rire, ‘Kāhore i ahau,’

e kī mai ana hoki te moana, ‘Kāhore i ahau.’

15 E kore e hokona ki te kōura,

e kore anō hoki e taea te pāuna te hiriwa hei utu mōna.

16 E kore e taea te whakarite ki te kōura o Ōpira,

ki te onika utu nui, ki te hāpira.

17 E kore e rite te kōura, te kōhatu pīata ki a ia;

e kore e hokona ki ngā oko kōura parakore.

18 E kore e whakahuatia te kaoa, ngā peara rānei;

hira ake hoki te utu o te whakaaro nui i tō te rupi.

19 E kore te tōpaha o Etiopia e rite ki a ia,

e kore e tau te kōura parakore hei utu.

20 "Ka haere mai rā i hea te whakaaro nui?

Kei hea te wāhi o te mātau?

21 He mea huna atu nā hoki i ngā kanohi o ngā mea ora katoa,

ngaro rawa i ngā manu o te rangi.

22 E kī ake ana te whakangaromanga rāua ko te mate,

‘I hakiri ō māua taringa ki tōna rongo.’

23 "E mōhio ana te Atua ki tōna ara,

kua kite anō ia i tōna wāhi.

24 E titiro ana hoki ia ki ngā pito o te whenua,

e kite ana ia i ngā mea i raro i te rangi, ā puta noa.

25 E mea ana i te whakataimaha mō te hau;

āe, e mēhua ana ia i ngā wai ki te mēhua.

26 I a ia e whakatakoto ana i te tikanga mō te ua,

i te huarahi mō te uira o te whatitiri,

27 ka kitea e ia i reira, ā, whakapuakina mai ana;

i whakaūkia e ia, ā, āta rapua ana e ia.

28 Ā, ka mea ia ki te tangata,

‘Nā, ko te wehi ki te Ariki, ko te whakaaro nui tēnā;

ā, ko te mawehe atu i te kino, koia te mātauranga.’ "