1 Auē te mate mō tēnei e whakakeke nei,

kua poke nei, mō te pā tūkino!

2 Kīhai ia i whakarongo ki te reo,

kīhai i pai ki te ako.

Kīhai i whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā,

kīhai i whakatata ki tōna Atua.

3 He raiona e hāmama ana

ōna rangatira i roto i a ia,

he wuruhi i te ahiahi ōna kaiwhakarite,

kāhore ā rātou toenga mō te ata.

4 Ko ōna poropiti, he wairangi,

he hunga tinihanga;

kua whakapokea te wāhi tapu e ōna tohunga,

kua tūkinotia e rātou te ture.

5 He tika a Ihowā i roto i a ia;

kāhore āna mahi hē.

I tēnei ata, i tēnei ata, e puta ana tāna whakawākanga

ki te mārama, e kore tāna e ngaro atu;

nā, ko te kaimahi i te hē, e kore ia e mōhio ki te whakamā.

6 "Kua oti ngā iwi te hātepe atu e ahau;

tū kau ana ō rātou taumaihi.

Kua ururua i ahau ō rātou ara,

kāhore e haerea;

kua ngaro ō rātou pā,

kāhore he tangata, kāhore he kainoho.

7 I kī ahau, ‘He pono ka wehi koe i ahau,

ka pai ki te ako;

pēnei kīhai i hātepea atu tōna nohoanga,

kīhai i pērā me āku whiunga katoa i a ia.’

Heoi, moata tonu tō rātou maranga,

he iho ā rātou mahi katoa."

8 "Mō reira tatari mai ki ahau," e ai tā Ihowā,

"ki te rā e whakatika ai ahau ki te taonga parakete.

Ko tāku tikanga hoki tēnei,

kia huihuia mai ngā tauiwi,

kia tāwhiua mai ngā kīngitanga,

kia ringihia ki runga ki a rātou tōku riri,

tōku āritarita katoa, mura tonu;

ka pau hoki te whenua katoa i te ahi, arā i tōku hae.

9 "Ka puta kē hoki i ahau i reira

he reo tino tika mō ngā iwi,

e karanga ai rātou katoa ki te ingoa o Ihowā,

e kotahi tonu ai te whakaaro e mahi ai ki a ia.

10 Ka kawea mai he whakahere ki ahau

e te hunga e īnoi ana ki ahau,

arā e te tamāhine a āku whati,

i tērā taha o ngā awa o Etiopia.

11 "I taua rā e kore koe e whakamā

ki tētahi o āu mahi, o ōu hē ki ahau;

nō te mea ka tangohia atu e ahau i roto i a koe

te hunga e whakamanamana ana, e whakapehapeha ana,

e kore anō koe e whakakake ā muri ake nei,

i runga i tōku maunga tapu.

12 Ka whakatoea anō e ahau ētahi i roto i a koe,

he ware, he rawakore,

ā, ka whakawhirinaki rātou ki te ingoa o Ihowā.

13 E kore ngā toenga o Īharaira

e mahi hē, e kōrero teka rānei;

e kore anō e kitea he arero teka

i roto ō rātou māngai.

Ka kai hoki rātou, ka takoto,

tē ai he kaiwhakawehi."

14 Waiata, e te tamāhine a Hiona;

hāmama, e Īharaira!

Whakapaua te ngākau ki te koa, ki te whakamanamana,

e te tamāhine a Hiruhārama.

15 Kua kore i a Ihowā ngā whakawā mōu,

kua peia e ia tōu hoariri.

Kei roto i a koe te kīngi o Īharaira, arā a Ihowā;

e kore koe e kite i te kino ā muri ake nei.

16 Ko te kōrero tēnei ki Hiruhārama i taua rā:

Kaua e wehi; e Hiona,

kei ruha ōu ringa.

17 Kei roto a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i a koe,

ā, he nui ia, māna e whakaora;

ka koa ia, ka hari ki a koe;

ka āta noho ia i runga i tōna aroha,

ka whakamanamana ia,

ka waiata ki a koe.

18 "Ka whakaminea e ahau te hunga

e pōuri ana ki te huihuinga nui,

ērā i roto i a koe,

ērā e mau nā tōna ingoa kino ki a rātou.

19 Nanā, i taua wā,

ka mahi ahau ki te hunga katoa

e whakatupu kino ana i a koe.

Ka whakaora i te wahine e totitoti ana;

ka kohikohi i te mea i peia atu,

ā, hei whakamoemititanga rātou,

hei ingoa i ngā whenua katoa i whakamā ai rātou.

20 I taua wā ka kawea mai koutou e ahau,

ā, i taua wā ka whakaminea mai koutou e ahau;

ā, hei ingoa koutou, hei whakamoemititanga

i roto i ngā iwi katoa o te whenua,

ina whakahokia koutou e ahau

i te whakarau me te titiro anō koutou,"

e ai tā Ihowā.