1 Nā, kua hōmai ki ahau he kākaho e rite ana ki te toko­toko, ā, ka mea mai tētahi, "E ara, ka whanga­nga i te whare o te Atua, me te āta, me te hunga e koro­piko ana i roto. 2 Me whaka­rere ia ki waho te marae i te taha ki waho o te whare tapu, kaua tērā e whanganga­tia; kua hoatu hoki ki ngā tauiwi; ā, e taka­taka­hia e rātou te pā tapu, e whā tekau mā rua ngā marama. 3 Ā, māku e hoatu he tikanga ki āku kai­whaka­atu toko­rua, e poro­piti hoki rāua, kotahi mano e rua rau e ono tekau ngā rā, he tara­tara anō te kākahu."

4 Ko ngā ōriwa e rua ēnei, me ngā tū­ranga rama e rua, e tū nei i te aro­aro o te Ariki o te whenua. 5 Ā, ki te mea tētahi ki te tūkino i a rāua, ka puta mai he kāpura i ō rāua māngai, e pau ai ō rāua hoa­riri. Ki te mea hoki tētahi ki te tūkino i a rāua, ko te whaka­mate­nga tēnei mōna. 6 Kei a rāua te tikanga mō te kōpani i te rangi, kia kaua e ua te ua i ngā rā o tā rāua poro­piti­tanga. Kei a rāua anō te tikanga mō te whaka­puta kē i ngā wai hei toto, mō te patu anō i te whenua ki ngā patu­nga katoa, i ngā wā e pai ai rāua.

7 Ā, nō ka mutu tā rāua whaka­atu, ka whawhai ki a rāua te kararehe e haere ake ana i roto i te poka tōrere, ā, e taea rāua e ia, e whaka­matea rāua. 8 Ka takoto anō ō rāua tinana ki te hua­rahi o te pā nui, e huaina wairua­tia nei ko Horoma, ko Īhipa, ki te wāhi hoki i rīpeka­tia ai tō rāua Ariki. 9 Ā, e toru ngā rā me te hāwhe e tiro­hia ai ō rāua tinana e ngā hui­hui­nga tāngata, e ngā hapū, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi, e kore anō hoki e tukua ō rāua tinana kia hoatu ki te urupā. 10 Ka koa hoki ki a rāua te hunga e noho ana i te whenua, ka hara­koa, ka tāpae taonga tētahi ki tētahi; nō te mea i whaka­mamae ēnei poro­piti toko­rua i te hunga e noho ana ki te whenua. 11 Ā muri iho i aua rā e toru me te hāwhe, ka uru te manawa ora ki a rāua, he mea nā te Atua, ā, ka tū ō rāua wae­wae ki runga; nui atu hoki te wehi i pā ki te hunga e ti­tiro ana ki a rāua. 12 Ā, ka rongo rāua i te reo nui i te rangi e mea ana ki a rāua, "Haere ake kōrua ki konei." Nā, haere atu ana rāua ki te rangi i roto i te kapua; me te mā­taki­taki anō ō rāua hoa­riri ki a rāua. 13 I taua hāora anō ka puta he rū nui, ka hinga te wāhi whaka­tekau o te pā; ko ngā tāngata i mate i taua rū e whitu mano; ā, ka wehi ērā atu, ā, hoatu ana e rātou he korōria ki te Atua o te rangi.

14 Kua pahemo te rua o ngā Auē! Nā, ka hohoro te toru o ngā Auē te haere mai!

15 Nā, ka whaka­tangi te whitu o ngā ana­hera; ā, ka whai i muri ngā reo nunui i te rangi, e mea ana, "Kua riro te ranga­tira­tanga o te ao hei ranga­tira­tanga mō tō tātou Ariki, mō tāna Karaiti hoki; ko ia anō hei kīngi ake ake." 16 Nā, ko ngā kaumātua e rua tekau mā whā, e noho rā i te aro­aro o te Atua i runga i ō rātou torōna, ka takoto rātou, ko ō rātou kanohi ki raro, ka koro­piko ki te Atua, 17 ka mea:

"Ko tā mātou whaka­whetai tēnei ki a koe,

e te Ariki, e te Atua Kaha Rawa;

tēnei koe ināia­nei, ā, i mua anō koe,

ā, kei te haere mai anō;

nō te mea kua riro i a koe tōu mana nui,

kua kīngi anō koe.

18 I riri hoki ngā iwi, ā, kua tae mai tōu riri

me te wā mō ngā tū­pā­paku e whaka­wā­kia ai.

Te wā hoki e hoatu ai e koe he utu ki āu pono­nga,

ki ngā poro­piti, ki te hunga tapu anō hoki,

ki te hunga anō e wehi ana i tōu ingoa,

ki te hunga no­nohi, ki te hunga nunui;

e whaka­ngaro­mia ai hoki te hunga e whaka­ngaro nei i te whenua."

19 Ā, i whaka­puare­tia anō te whare o te Atua i roto i te rangi, ā, ka kitea te āka o tāna kawe­nata i roto i tōna whare; nā, he uira tērā, me ngā reo, me ngā whati­tiri, me te rū, me te whatu nui.