1 He aha ka nana ai ngā tauiwi,

ka whakaaro horihori ai ngā iwi?

2 Whakatika mai ana ngā kīngi o te whenua,

rūnanga tahi ana ngā ariki,

ki te whawhai ki a Ihowā,

ki tāna tangata hoki i whakawahi ai; me te kī anō,

3 "Kia motumotuhia e tātou ā rāua here,

kia ākiritia ā rāua taura i a tātou."

4 Ko ia kei te rangi e noho ana, ka kata ia;

ka whakahī te Ariki ki a rātou.

5 Nā, ka kōrero ia ki a rātou me te riri anō;

ka tino weriweri hoki, ka whakaohorere i a rātou,

6 "Ahakoa rā ka whakawahia e ahau tāku kīngi

ki runga ki tāku maunga tapu, ki Hiona."

7 Māku e whakapuaki te kupu:

Kua mea a Ihowā ki ahau, "Ko koe tāku tama,

nōnāianei koe i whakatupuria ai e ahau.

8 Īnoi ki ahau, ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe ngā tauiwi hei kāinga mōu,

me ngā tōpito o te whenua hei nohoanga tupu mōu.

9 Ka wāwāhi koe i a rātou ki te whiu rino,

mongamonga noa rātou i a koe, ānō he oko nā te kaihanga rīhi."

10 Nā, kia mahara rā, e ngā kīngi;

kia ākona, e ngā kaiwhakawā o te whenua.

11 Mahi atu ki a Ihowā i runga i te wehi,

kia hari me te wiri.

12 Kihia te tama kei riri ia,

ā, ka mate koutou i te ara,

ka hohoro tonu hoki te mura o tōna riri.

Ka hari katoa te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.