1 Kia pēhea te roa o tōu wareware ki ahau, e Ihowā? Mō ake tonu atu rānei?

Kia pēhea te roa o tāu hunanga i tōu mata ki ahau?

2 Kia pēhea te roa o tōku whakaaroaronga i roto i tōku wairua,

o te pōuri i roto i tōku ngākau i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā?

Kia pēhea te roa o te whakakake mai a tōku hoariri ki ahau?

3 Titiro mai, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e Ihowā, e tōku Atua;

whakamāramatia ōku kanohi, kei moe ahau i te moe o te mate.

4 Kei mea mai tōku hoariri, "Kua taea ia e ahau,"

kei whakamanamana ōku hoariri, ina whakakorikoria ahau.

5 Ko ahau ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki tāu mahi tohu;

ka whakamanamana tōku ngākau ki tāu whakaoranga.

6 Ka waiata ahau ki a Ihowā,

mōna i atawhai mai ki ahau.