Te Wairangi kia Whakawhirinaki ki ngā Taonga
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He hīmene mā ngā tama a Koraha.
1 Whakarongo ki tēnei, e ngā iwi katoa;
tahuri mai ō koutou taringa, e ngā tāngata katoa o te ao.
2 E ngā tāngata iti, koutou ko ngā tāngata rahi,
e te tangata taonga kōrua ko te rawakore.
3 Ka whakapuakina he mātauranga e tōku māngai;
ā, he āta ngārahu te whakaaro o tōku ngākau.
4 Ka tītaha tōku taringa ki te kupu whakarite;
ka puaki tāku pepeha i runga i te hāpa.
5 Kia wehi ahau ki te aha i ngā rā o te kino,
ina karapotia ahau e te kino kei ōku rekereke?
6 Ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki ō rātou taonga,
e whakamanamana ana ki te nui o ō rātou rawa.
7 E kore tētahi o rātou e āhei te hoko i tōna teina,
te hoatu rānei i tētahi utu mōna ki te Atua.
8 He nui hoki te utu mō tō rātou wairua,
ā, me whakarere atu ake ake;
9 kia ora tonu ai ia ake ake,
kia kaua e kite i te pirau.
10 E kite ana hoki ia e matemate ana ngā tāngata whakaaro nui,
e ngaro ngātahi ana te pōauau me te whakaarokore,
ā, mahue iho ō rātou taonga ki ētahi atu.
11 Ki tō rātou whakaaro puku, tērā e pūmau tonu ō rātou whare me ō rātou nohoanga,
ki ngā whakatupuranga katoa;
huaina iho ō rātou whenua ki ō rātou ingoa.
12 Heoi, kāhore te tangata e noho tonu i roto i te hōnore;
ko tōna rite kei ngā kararehe ka mōtī nei.
13 Ko tō rātou ara tēnei, arā ko tō rātou pōauau;
heoi e whakapai ana tō rātou uri ki ā rātou kōrero. Hera
14 Kei te hipi te rite; ko te wāhi mō rātou ko te rēinga;
ko te mate hei hēpara mō rātou,
hei rangatira anō te hunga tika mō rātou i te ata;
ko tō rātou ātaahua mā te rēinga e whakamōtī,
kia kore ai he whare mōna.
15 Mā te Atua ia tōku wairua e hoko mai i te rēinga;
ko ia hoki hei tukunga atu mōku. Hera
16 Kaua e wehi ua whai taonga te tangata,
ina nui haere te korōria o tōna whare.
17 Kāhore hoki āna mea e mau atu ai ia ina mate;
e kore tōna korōria e tuku iho i muri i a ia.
18 Whakapai noa ia i tōna wairua i a ia e ora ana;
ā, ka whakamoemititia koe ua pai āu mahi ki a koe anō.
19 Ka haere ia ki te whakatupuranga o ōna tūpuna;
e kore rawa rātou e kite i te mārama.
20 Ko te tangata e whakahōnoretia ana, ā, kāhore e whai whakaaro,
kei ngā kararehe ka mōtī nei tōna rite.