1 Pūmau tonu tōku ngākau, e te Atua;

ka waiata ahau, āe rā, ka hīmene ahau,

me tōku korōria anō.

2 E ara, e te hātere, e te hāpa!

Ka ara wawe anō ahau.

3 Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā, i waenganui i ngā iwi,

ka hīmene ki a koe i waenganui i ngā tauiwi.

4 He nui atu hoki tāu mahi tohu i ngā rangi,

ā, ko tōu pono tutuki noa atu ki ngā kapua.

5 Kia whakanuia koe, e te Atua, ki runga atu i ngā rangi,

hei runga atu i te whenua katoa tōu korōria.

6 Kia puta tāu i aroha ai, mā tōu ringa matau mātou e whakaora,

ā, whakahokia mai he kupu ki a mātou.

7 Kua kōrero te Atua i runga i tōna tapu:

"Ka hari ahau, ka kotikoti i Hekeme,

ka roherohe i te raorao o Hukota.

8 Nōku Kireara; nōku a Mānahi;

ko Ēparaima anō hoki te kaha o tōku mātenga;

ko Hūrā tāku hēpeta.

9 Ko Moapa tāku oko horoi;

ka makā e ahau tōku hū ki runga ki Ēroma;

ka whakamanamana ahau ki Pirihitia."

10 Mā wai ahau e kawe ki te pā tūwatawata?

Ko wai nāna ahau i ārahi ki Ēroma?

11 He teka ianei kua pangā mātou e koe, e te Atua?

Kāhore hoki koe, e te Atua, e haere tahi me ō mātou taua.

12 Hōmai ki a mātou he āwhina ki te hoariri;

he teka kau noa hoki te āwhina a te tangata.

13 Mā te Atua tātou ka toa ai;

māna hoki e takahi ki raro ō tātou hoa whawhai.