1 "Nā konei anō wiri ana tōku ngākau,

maunu atu ana i tōna wāhi.

2 Āta whakarangona tōna reo e papā ana,

te pakūtanga hoki e puta mai ana i tōna māngai.

3 E whakatikaia atu ana e ia ki ngā wāhi katoa i raro i te rangi,

ko tōna uira hoki ki ngā pito o te whenua.

4 I muri iho ko te reo e hāmama ana;

papā ana te whatitiri o te reo o tōna nui;

e kore anō ērā e tauhikuhiku ina rangona tōna reo.

5 Ko tā te Atua whatitiri he reo whakamīharo;

nui atu āna mahi, e kore hoki e mōhiotia.

6 E kī ana hoki ia ki te hukarere, ‘Hei runga koe i te whenua’;

ki te ua pūnehunehu anō hoki, rāua ko te ua tā o tōna kaha;

7 hīritia ake e ia te ringa o ngā tāngata katoa;

kia mōhio ai ngā tāngata katoa nāna nei i hanga ki tāna mahi.

8 Haere ana ngā kīrehe ki ngā piringa

noho ana i ō rātou nohoanga.

9 Puta mai ana te tūpuhi i te whare o te tonga;

te mātao hoki i te hauraro.

10 Nā te manawa o te Atua i hōmai te huka;

ā, kūiti iho te whānuitanga o ngā wai.

11 Āe rā, e utaina ana e ia te kapua mātotoru ki te haukū;

tohatohaina ana e ia te kohu o tāna uira.

12 E whakakōpikopikoa ana anō ā tawhio noa, he mea hoki nā ōna whakaaro;

hei mea i ngā mea katoa e whakahaua atu ana e ia ki te mata o te ao.

13 E whakaputaina ana e ia hei whiu,

hei mea rānei mō tōna whenua, hei atawhai rānei.

14 "Kia whai taringa mai ki tēnei, e Hopa;

tū mārie, ka whakaaro ki ngā mea whakamīharo a te Atua.

15 E mōhio ana rānei koe ki tā te Atua whakahautanga ki a rātou i tāna,

i puta ai te mārama o tāna kapua?

16 E mōhio ana rānei koe ki ngā pāunatanga o ngā kapua,

ki ngā mahi whakamīharo a te tino o te mātauranga?

17 Ki ōu kākahu nei ka mahana,

ina whakamārietia e ia te whenua ki te hau tonga?

18 Ka taea rānei e koe te whakatakoto ngātahi me ia te rangi hei papatupu,

ānō he whakaata whakarewa?

19 "Whakaaturia mai ki a mātou tā mātou e kōrero ai ki a ia;

e kore hoki e tika i te pōuri tā mātou whakatakoto o te kōrero.

20 E kōrerotia rānei ki a ia kei te mea ahau ki te kōrero?

Kia hiahia rānei te tangata kia horomia ia?

21 Nā, ināianei e kore ngā tāngata e kite ana i te mārama

e wheriko mai nei i te rangi;

otiia ka tika atu te hau, ka whakawāteatia rātou.

22 E ahu mai ana i te hauraro te aho ānō he kōura;

kei te Atua te korōria whakawehi.

23 Ko te Kaha Rawa – e kore ia e taea te whakataki e tātou;

hira rawa tōna kaha;

ā, e kore ia e tūkino i tāna whakarite whakawā, i te nui o te tika.

24 Koia ka wehi ngā tāngata i a ia;

e kore ia e whai whakaaro ki te hunga ngākau mōhio."