1 "Nā, ka rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki ngā wāhina kotahi tekau, i mau i ā rātou rama, ā, haere ana ki te whakatau i te tāne mārena hou. 2 Tokorima o rātou he maharakore, tokorima he mahara. 3 Ko ngā mea maharakore i mau i ā rātou rama, kīhai ia i mau hinu. 4 Ko te hunga mahara i mau hinu atu i roto i ā rātou ipu me ā rātou rama. 5 Ka whakaroa te tāne mārena hou, ka tunewha rātou katoa, ka moe. 6 Nā, i waenganui pō, ka pā te karanga, ‘Ē, ko te tāne mārena hou! Puta mai koutou ki te whakatau i a ia.’

7 "Kātahi ka ara katoa aua wāhina, ka whakapai i ā rātou rama. 8 Nā, ka mea te hunga maharakore ki te hunga mahara, ‘Hōmai ki a mātou tētahi wāhi o tā koutou hinu; ka pirau hoki ā mātou rama.’ 9 Nā, ka whakahoki te hunga mahara, ka mea, ‘Kāhore! Kei kore e ranea mā mātou, mā koutou; engari, me haere koutou ki ngā kaihoko, hoko ai i tētahi mā koutou.’

10 "Ā, nō tō rātou haerenga atu ki te hoko, ka tae mai te tāne mārena hou; ā, tomo tahi ana me ia ki te mārena te hunga kua āta rite; ā, tūtakina ana te tatau. 11 Muri iho ka tae ērā wāhina, ka mea, ‘E te ariki, e te ariki, uakina ki a mātou.’ 12 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, ‘He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, kāhore ahau e mōhio ki a koutou.’

13 "Kia mataara rāpea koutou, e kore hoki koutou e mōhio ki te rā, ki te hāora, e puta mai ai te Tama a te tangata."