1 Kua puaki te kupu a te Atua, a te Atua tonu, a Ihowā,

ā, karangatia ana e ia te whenua i te putanga mai o te rā,

tae noa ki tōna torengitanga.

2 Kua tīaho mai te Atua i roto i Hiona,

i te tino o te ātaahua.

3 Ka haere mai tō tātou Atua, e kore anō e wahangū;

ka kai te kāpura i tōna aroaro,

ā, ka hūkerikeri te āwhā ki tētahi taha ōna, ki tētahi taha.

4 Ka karangatia e ia ngā rangi i runga, me te whenua hoki,

ki te whakaritenga mō tōna iwi.

5 "Huihuia mai ki ahau tāku hunga tapu,

te hunga i whakarite kawenata ki ahau i runga i te patunga tapu."

6 Ā, mā ngā rangi e whakakite tōna tika;

ko te Atua ake nei hoki te kaiwhakawā. Hera

7 "Whakarongo, e tōku iwi, ā, ka kōrero ahau;

e Īharaira, ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe;

ko ahau te Atua, ko tōu Atua.

8 E kore ahau e riri ki a koe mō āu patunga tapu;

ā, kei tōku aroaro tonu āu tahunga tinana.

9 E kore ahau e tango i tētahi pūru i roto i tōu whare,

i ētahi koati toa rānei i roto i āu taiepa.

10 Nāku nei hoki ngā kīrehe katoa o te ngahere,

ngā kararehe i runga i te mano o ngā pukepuke.

11 E mātau ana ahau ki ngā manu katoa o ngā maunga;

nāku anō ngā kīrehe o te pārae.

12 "Me he matekai tōku, e kore ahau e kōrero ki a koe;

nāku nei hoki te ao, me ōna tini mea.

13 E kai koia ahau i te kikokiko o ngā pūru,

e inu rānei i te toto o ngā koati?

14 Ko te whakawhetai hei patunga tapu māu ki te Atua;

whakamanā hoki āu kupu taurangi ki te Runga Rawa.

15 Ā, karanga ki ahau i te rā o te hē;

māku koe e whakaora, ā, ka whakakorōriatia ahau e koe."

16 Ki te tangata hara ia ka mea te Atua:

"He aha māu te whakapuaki i āku tikanga,

te whakahua rānei i tāku kawenata e tōu māngai?

17 Kua kino nei hoki koe ki te ako,

ā, e ākiri ana i āku kupu ki muri i a koe.

18 I tōu kitenga i te tāhae, nā, whakaae ana koe ki a ia;

ā, whai tahi ana me te hunga pūremu.

19 "Kua tukua e koe tōu māngai ki te kino;

ā, e tito hīanga ana tōu arero.

20 Noho ana koe, ka kōrero kino ki tōu teina;

ngautuarā tonu iho koe ki te tama a tōu whaea.

21 Ko āu mahi ēnei, ā, wahangū tonu ahau;

i mea koe he pēnā pū ahau me koe.

Otirā, ka rīria koe e ahau,

ka whakarārangitia anō aua mea ki tōu aroaro.

22 "Nā, whakaaroa tēnei, e te hunga kua wareware ki te Atua;

kei haehaea koutou e ahau, ā, kāhore he kaiwhakaora.

23 Ko te whakamoemiti te patunga tapu e whai korōria ai ahau;

ko te tangata hoki he tika nei tōna ara

ka whakakitea e ahau ki a ia te whakaoranga a te Atua."