1 "E taea rānei a Rewiatana te kukume mai e koe ki te matau?

Te pēhi rānei i tōna arero ki te aho?

2 E whakanohoia rānei e koe he aho ki tōna ihu?

E pokaia rānei e koe tōna kauae ki te matau?

3 E maha rānei āna īnoi ki a koe?

E kōrero ngāwari rānei ia ki a koe?

4 E whakarite kawenata rānei ia ki a koe?

E riro ai ia i a koe hei pononga oti tonu mai?

5 Ka rite rānei ia ki te manu hei mea tākaro māu?

E herea rānei ia e koe hei mea mā āu kōtiro?

6 E waiho rānei ia hei taonga hokohoko mā ngā rōpū tāngata hī ika?

E wehewehea atu rānei mā ngā kaihokohoko?

7 E kapi rānei tōna kiri i o tao?

Tōna pane i ngā wero ika?

8 Kia pā tōu ringa ki a ia;

maharatia te whawhai, ā, kei pēnā ā mua.

9 Nanā, he hori kau te manako ki a ia;

e kore rānei tētahi e hinga noa ki te kite kau atu i a ia?

10 Kāhore he tangata e māia rawa hei whakaoho i a ia;

nā, ko wai e tū ki tōku aroaro?

11 Ko wai te tangata nāna te mea kua takoto wawe ki ahau, e whakautu ai ahau ki a ia?

Ahakoa he aha te mea i raro i ngā rangi, puta noa, nāku katoa.

12 "E kore e hunā e ahau te kōrero mō ōna wāhi, mō tōna kaha,

mō te ātaahua hoki o tōna hanganga.

13 Mā wai e tīhore a waho o tōna kākahu?

Ko wai e tae ki tāna paraire rererua?

14 Mā wai e whakatuwhera ngā tatau o tōna mata?

He wehi kei ōna niho ā taka noa.

15 Ko tāna e whakamanamana ai ko ōna unahi pakari;

tūtaki rawa pērā i te hīri piri tonu.

16 Nā, i te tata tonu o tētahi ki tētahi,

e kore te hau e puta i waenga.

17 Piri tonu rātou ki a rātou anō, mau tonu,

e kore anō e taea te wehe.

18 Ka tihe ia, ka kōwhā mai te mārama;

ā, ko te rite i ōna kanohi kei ngā kamo o te ata.

19 E puta ana mai i tōna māngai he rama mura,

mokowhiti ana ngā kora ahi.

20 Puta ana te paowa i ōna pongaponga,

me te mea nō te kōhua e koropupū ana, nō te otaota e kāia ana.

21 Ngiha ana ngā waro i tōna hā,

rere atu ana te mura i tōna māngai.

22 Kei tōna kakī te kaha e noho ana,

e tuapa ana te pāwera i tōna aroaro.

23 Ko ōna kikokiko tāwerewere piri tonu;

mārō tonu ki runga ki a ia, e kore e taea te whakakorikori.

24 Pakari tonu tōna ngākau ānō he kāmaka;

āe rā, mārō tonu ānō ko tō raro kōhatu huri.

25 Ka whakarewa ia i a ia ki runga ka wehi ngā tāngata nunui;

nā te pororaru ka pōrangi noa iho rātou.

26 Ki te whai tētahi i a ia ki te hoari, e kore e taea;

ahakoa e te tao, e te pere, e te koikoi rānei.

27 Ki tōna whakaaro he kakau wīti te rino,

he rākau popopopo te parāhi.

28 E kore ia e tahuti i te pere;

ki a ia ka meinga noatia ngā kōhatu o te kōtaha hei pāpapa.

29 Kīia ake e ia ngā patu hei pāpapa

e kataina ana e ia te huhū o te tao.

30 Ko raro ōna e rite ana ki te kōhatu koikoi;

e whārikitia ana e ia a runga o te paru ānō he patunga wīti.

31 E meinga ana e ia te rire kia koropupū ānō he kōhua,

me te moana kia rite ki te hinu.

32 E hangaia ana e ia he huarahi mārama i muri i a ia;

tērā e maharatia he hina te moana.

33 I te whenua nei kāhore he mea hei rite mōna,

he mea i hangā nei kāhore ōna wehi.

34 E titiro ana ia ki ngā mea tiketike katoa;

he kīngi ia mō ngā tama katoa a te whakapehapeha."