1 Nā, ka whakautu a Hopa, ka mea:

2 "Auē, me i āta pāunatia tōku mamae, me i huihuia,

me i whakairihia tōku aituā ki te pāuna!

3 Nā, ināianei taimaha ake i te onepū o te moana:

heoi he ohorere rawa āku kupu.

4 Kei roto hoki i ahau ngā pere a te Kaha Rawa,

inumia ake e tōku wairua tō rātou paihana;

rārangi tonu mai ngā whakawehi a te Atua hei hoariri mōku.

5 E tangi anō rānei te kāihe mohoao te mea kei te tarutaru ia?

E tangi anō rānei te kau i te mea e kai ana?

6 E taea rānei te kai, te mea kāhore nei ōna hā, ki te kāhore he tote?

He reka rānei te whakakahukahu o te hua manu?

7 Hore rawa tōku wairua e mea kia pā atu ki ēnā;

tō rātou rite ki ahau kei te kai whakarihariha.

8 "Auē, me i riro mai tāku i tono ai,

me i hōmai e te Atua tāku e tūmanako nei!

9 Me i pai hoki te Atua kia whakangaromia ahau,

kia tukua mai tōna ringa hei hātepe i ahau!

10 Pēnei kua ai anō he whakamārie mōku.

Āe, ka tino hari ahau ki te mamae, kāhore nei e tohu i ahau;

kīhai hoki ngā kupu a te Mea Tapu i hunā e ahau.

11 "He aha tōku kaha, e tatari ai ahau?

He aha hoki tōku mutunga, e whakamanawanui ai ahau?

12 He kaha kōhatu rānei tōku kaha?

He parāhi rānei ōku kikokiko?

13 Ehara rānei i te mea kāhore he āwhina mōku i roto i ahau,

ā, kua oti te ngoi te pei i roto i ahau?

14 "Ko te tangata e ngoikore ana te ngākau

kia puta mai te aroha o tōna hoa ki a ia,

ahakoa kua mahue i a ia te wehi i te Kaha Rawa.

15 He mahi tinihanga a ōku tēina, he pērā me tā te awa;

rere ana rātou ānō he waipuke awaawa,

16 kua mangu nei i te hukapapa,

ngaro ana te hukarere i roto.

17 I te wā e mahana ai, ka memeha atu;

i te weraweratanga, mōtī iho rātou i tō rātou wāhi.

18 Ka peka kē ngā tira e haere ana rā reira;

riro ana ki te kore, ā, ngaro iho.

19 Tirotirohia ana e ngā tira o Tema;

tāria atu ana e ngā tāngata haere o Hēpā.

20 Whakamā ana rātou mō rātou i whakamanawa atu ki reira;

te taenga ki aua awa, kanakana kau ana.

21 Nā, he kāhore noa iho koutou;

ka kite koutou i te mea whakamataku, ā, ka wehi.

22 I mea rānei ahau, ‘Hōmai ki ahau?

He hākari rānei māku e hōmai i ō koutou rawa’?

23 I mea rānei, ‘Whakaorangia ahau i te ringa o te hoariri’?

‘Hokona ahau i roto i te ringa o te kaitūkino’?

24 "Whakaakona ahau, ā, ka whakarongo puku ahau;

whakaaturia ki ahau te mea i hē ai ahau.

25 Anō te kaha o ngā kupu tika! Ko te aha ia te rīria ana e ā koutou kupu?

26 E mea ana rānei koutou kia rīria ngā kupu?

He hau kau nei hoki ngā kōrero a te tangata kua pau ōna whakaaro.

27 Āe rā, e mea ana koutou ki te maka rota mō ngā pani,

ki te mea i tō koutou hoa hei taonga hokohoko.

28 "Nā, whakaae mai, titiro mai ki ahau;

he pono hoki e kore ahau e kōrero teka ki tō koutou kanohi.

29 Tēnā rā, tahuri mai; kaua hoki te hē e waiho;

inā, tahuri mai, he tika hoki tāku take.

30 He hē koia kei tōku arero?

E kore rānei tōku hinengaro e mōhio ki ngā mea whanokē?"