1 "Tēnā rā, karanga; ka whakaō rānei tētahi ki a koe?

Ā, ka anga atu koe ki a wai o te hunga tapu?

2 E patua ana hoki te kūware e te āritarita,

e whakamatea ana te whakaarokore e te hae.

3 I kite ahau i te kūware e hou ana ōna pakiaka;

kitea rawatia ake kua kangā e ahau tōna nohoanga.

4 Kei tawhiti atu āna tama i te ora,

mongamonga noa rātou i te kūwaha,

kāhore hoki he kaiwhakaora.

5 Ko āna hua ka kainga e te tangata matekai,

ka riro i a ia ahakoa i roto i te tātarāmoa,

ā, ka hāmama te māhanga ki ō rātou rawa.

6 Nā, e kore te hē e puta ake i te puehu,

e kore anō te raruraru e tupu ake i te oneone;

7 i whānau te tangata ki te raruraru,

tōna rite kei ngā korakora e rere nei whakarunga.

8 "Ko ahau ia ka rapu i tā te Atua;

me tuku atu tāku kōrero ki te Atua.

9 E mahi nei i ngā mea nunui e kore nei e taea te rapu atu,

i ngā mea whakamīharo e kore nei e taea te tatau.

10 E hōmai nei i te ua ki te mata o te whenua,

e unga nei i te wai ki te mata o ngā pārae;

11 e whakanoho nei i te hunga iti ki te wāhi tiketike,

ā, whakanekehia ake ana te hunga pōuri ki te ora.

12 E haukoti nei i ngā whakaaro o te hunga tinihanga,

tē taea e ō rātou ringa tā rātou i mea ai.

13 Mau ake i a ia te hunga whakaaro i tō rātou tinihanga:

pororaru iho ngā whakaaro o te hunga kotiti kē.

14 I te awatea nei, tūtaki ana rātou ki te pōuri;

whāwhā ana rātou i te poutūmārōtanga, ānō ko te pō.

15 Otiia, e whakaorangia ana e ia te rawakore i te hoari, i tō rātou māngai,

i te ringa anō o te tangata kaha.

16 Ka ai anō he tūmanakohanga atu mō te ware;

kokopi tonu ia te māngai o te kino.

17 "Nanā, ka hari te tangata e ākona ana e te Atua;

nā, kaua e whakahāwea ki te papaki a te Kaha Rawa.

18 He whakamamae hoki tāna, he takai anō;

e patu ana ia, ā, ko ōna ringa anō hei whakaora.

19 E ono ngā matenga e whakaora ai ia i a koe;

ahakoa e whitu, e kore te hē e pā ki a koe.

20 I te matekai ka hokona koe e ia kei mate;

i te tatauranga anō, kei pāngia e te hoari.

21 Ka huna koe i te whiu a te arero,

e kore anō koe e wehi i te whakangaromanga ina tae mai.

22 E kata anō koe ki te whakangaromanga rāua ko te hemokai;

e kore hoki koe e wehi i ngā kīrehe o te whenua.

23 Nō te mea ka takoto tāu kawenata ki ngā kōhatu o te pārae;

ka mau anō tā koutou rongo ko ngā kīrehe o te pārae.

24 Ka mōhio anō koe e tū ana tōu tēneti i te āionuku,

ka hāereere anō koe ki tōu nohoanga, tē ai he hara.

25 Ka mōhio anō koe he nui ōu uri,

he pērā anō tōu whānau me te tarutaru o te whenua.

26 Ka āta rite ōu tau ina tae koe ki te urupā,

ka pērā anō me te pūranga wīti e hikitia ake ana i tōna wā e rite ai.

27 "Nanā, tēnei, he mea rapu nā mātou, ko te mea tika hoki ia;

whakarangona mai, ka mōhio iho hei pai mōu."