1 "Tēnā rā, whakarongo, e Hopa, ki āku kōrero,

kia whai taringa ki āku kupu katoa.

2 Nanā, kua puaki nei tōku māngai,

kei te kōrero tōku arero i roto i tōku māngai.

3 Mā āku kupu e whakapuaki te tika o tōku ngākau;

ka kōrero pono ōku ngutu i tā rātou e mātau ana.

4 He mea hanga ahau nā te Wairua o te Atua,

ā, nā te manawa o te Kaha Rawa ahau i whai ora ai.

5 Ki te taea e koe, whakahokia mai e koe he kupu ki ahau;

whakatikaia āu kōrero ki tōku aroaro; e tū ki runga.

6 Nanā, ko tōku anga ki te Atua he pēnā hoki i tāu;

he mea hanga nei anō hoki ahau ki te paru.

7 Nanā, e kore te wehi ki ahau e whakawehi i a koe;

e kore anō hoki tōku ringa e taimaha iho ki a koe.

8 "He pono kua hakiri ōku taringa ki āu kupu,

ā, kua rongo atu ahau i te reo o āu kupu, e mea ana,

9 ‘He mā ahau, kāhore ōku hē;

he harakore ahau, kāhore hoki he kino i roto i ahau.

10 Nā, e rapu ana ia i te take riri ki ahau,

e kīia ana ahau e ia he hoariri nōna;

11 e karapitia ana e ia ōku waewae ki te rākau,

e āta titiro ana ia ki ōku hīkoinga katoa.’

12 "Nanā, māku e whawhati tāu kupu,

ehara tēnei mea āu i te mea tika;

nui atu hoki te Atua i te tangata.

13 He aha koe i totohe ai ki a ia?

E kore hoki e kōrerotia e ia te tikanga o tētahi o āna mea.

14 Kotahi hoki, āe rā, e rua kōrerotanga a te Atua,

otiia kāhore e maharatia e te tangata.

15 I te moe, i te putanga moemoeā mai o te pō,

ina au iho te moe o te tangata,

i ngā moenga i runga i te takotoranga;

16 ko reira ia whakapuare ai i ngā taringa o ngā tāngata,

hīri ai hoki i te ako mō rātou;

17 kia whakanekehia ai te tangata i tāna whakaaro,

kia hīpokina ai hoki te whakapehapeha o te tangata;

18 e puritia ana e ia tōna wairua kei tae ki te rua,

tōna ora kei riro i te hoari.

19 E whiua ana hoki ia ki te mamae i runga i tōna moenga,

ki te ngau tonu hoki o ōna wheua;

20 ā, whakarihariha ana tōna ora ki te taro,

tōna wairua ki te kai whakaminamina.

21 E honia ana ōna kiko, ā, kore noa e kitea;

ā, pūrero mai ana ōna wheua kīhai nei i kitea i mua.

22 Heoi, e whakatata ana tōna wairua ki te rua,

tōna ora ki ngā kaiwhakamate.

23 "Ki te mea he karere tērā kei a ia,

he kaiwhakaatu tikanga tētahi i roto i te mano,

hei whakaatu i tōna tika ki te tangata:

24 Nā, ka tohu tērā i a ia, ā, ka mea,

‘Whakaorangia ia kei heke ki te rua,

kua kitea hoki e ahau he utu.’

25 Ko tōna kiri ka ngāwari atu i tō te tamaiti;

ka hoki iho ia ki ngā rā o tōna tamarikitanga.

26 Ka īnoi ia ki te Atua, ā, ka manako tērā ki a ia;

heoi ka kite ia i tōna mata i runga i te koa;

ā, ka utua e ia te tika o te tangata.

27 E waiata ana ia i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, e mea ana,

‘Kua hara ahau, whakaparoritia ake e ahau te tika,

ā, kāhore he pai ki ahau.

28 Kua whakaorangia e ia tōku wairua kei riro ki te rua,

ā, e kite tōku wairua i te mārama.’

29 "Nanā, e meatia ana ēnei mea katoa e te Atua,

e tuaruatia ana, āe, e tuatorutia ana, ki te tangata,

30 hei whakahoki mai i tōna wairua i roto i te rua,

kia whakamāramatia ai ki te mārama o te ora.

31 "Kia whai whakaaro mai, e Hopa, whakarongo mai ki ahau;

kāti tāu, ā, ka kōrero ahau.

32 Ki te mea he kupu tāu, utua mai tāku: kōrero,

ko tāku hoki i pai ai kia whakatikaia tāu.

33 Ki te kāhore, whakarongo ki ahau;

noho puku koe, ā, māku koe e whakaako ki te whakaaro nui."