1 Ā, i mea ahau:

"Whakarongo mai, e ngā upoko o Hākopa,

e ngā ariki o te whare o Īharaira!

He teka ianei mō koutou te mātauranga ki te whakawā?

2 E kino nā ki te pai, e aroha nā ki te kino;

e tīhore nā i tō rātou kiri i ō rātou tinana,

i tō rātou kikokiko i ō rātou wheua;

3 e kai nā hoki i ngā kikokiko o tāku iwi;

e tīhore nā i tō rātou kiri i ō rātou tinana,

e wāwāhi nā i ō rātou wheua;

āe rā, e tapatapahia rawatia ana e rātou,

ānō he mea mō te kōhua,

ānō he kikokiko i roto i te kōhua nui."

4 Ko reira rātou karanga ai ki a Ihowā,

heoi e kore ia e whakahoki kupu ki a rātou.

Āe rā, ka hunā e ia tōna mata ki a rātou i taua wā,

ka rite ki tō rātou kino i mahia e rātou.

5 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Mō ngā poropiti e whakapōhēhē nei i tāku iwi,

e ngau nei ō rātou niho,

me te karanga, ‘He rongo māu’;

ā, ki te kāhore e komotia e tētahi he mea ki ō rātou māngai,

ka tino anga rātou ki te whakataka whawhai ki a ia.

6 Mō reira ko te pō mō koutou,

e kore ai he kite ki a koutou;

ā, ka pōuri ki a koutou,

e kore ai koutou e kite tikanga;

ā, ka tō te rā ki ngā poropiti,

ā, ka mangu te awatea ki runga ki a rātou.

7 Ā, tērā e whakamā ngā matakite,

e numinumi hoki ngā tohunga tūāhu;

āe rā, tērā rātou katoa e ārai i ō rātou ngutu;

nō te mea kāhore he kupu whakahoki a te Atua."

8 Otiia, he pono, kua kī ahau i te kaha,

he mea nā te Wairua o Ihowā,

i te whakawā hoki, i te mana,

kia whakaaturia ai e ahau ki a Hākopa tōna poka kē,

ki a Īharaira tōna hara.

9 Tēnā rā, whakarongo ki tēnei,

e ngā upoko o te whare o Hākopa,

e ngā ariki hoki o te whare o Īharaira,

e whakarihariha nā ki te whakawā,

e whakapeau kē nā i te tika katoa.

10 E hanga ana rātou i Hiona ki te toto,

i Hiruhārama ki te hē.

11 E whakawā ana ōna upoko, he mea nā te patipati,

e whakaako ana ōna tohunga, he mea nā te utu;

ko ōna poropiti nā te hiriwa i kite tikanga ai;

otiia kei te whakawhirinaki rātou ki a Ihowā, kei te mea,

"He teka ianei kei roto a Ihowā i a tātou?

E kore tētahi hē e pā ki a tātou."

12 Mō reira ka parautia a Hiona,

ānō he māra, he mea mō koutou,

ā, ka waiho a Hiruhārama hei pūranga,

ka rite hoki te maunga o te whare

ki ngā wāhi tiketike o te ngahere.