1 He maha ngā wāhi, he maha ngā hua­rahi i kōrero ai te Atua i mua, arā ngā poro­piti, ki ngā mātua, 2 i ēnei rā whaka­mutu­nga nā tāna Tama āna kōrero ki a tātou, ko tāna hoki tērā i mea ai māna ngā mea katoa, ko tāna kai­hanga hoki tērā o ngā ao. 3 Ko ia te kānapa­tanga o tōna korōria, te tino āhua o tōna pūmau­tanga, e whakaū nei i ngā mea katoa ki te kupu o tōna kaha, ka oti i a ia ake anō te horoi ō tātou hara, nā noho ana ia i te ringa matau o te Nui i runga rawa.

4 Ā, meinga ana ia kia pai ake i ngā ana­hera, kia pērā me te ingoa i riro i a ia he nui atu i tō rātou. 5 Ki a wai hoki o ngā ana­hera tāna mea­tanga i mua:

"Ko koe tāku Tama,

nō nāia­nei koe i whaka­tupu­ria ai e ahau?"

Me tēnei anō:

"Ko ahau hei Matua ki a ia,

ko ia hei Tama ki ahau?"

6 I tāna kawe­nga mai anō hoki i te whānau mātā­mua ki te ao, ka mea ia,

"Kia koro­piko ngā ana­hera katoa a te Atua ki a ia."

7 Ko tāna kupu ia mō ngā ana­hera,

"Meinga ana e ia āna ana­hera hei wairua,

āna kai­mahi hei mura ahi."

8 Mō te Tama ia, i kī ia:

"Pūmau tonu tōu torōna, e te Atua, ake, ake;

ā, ko te hēpeta o te tika te hēpeta o tōu kīngi­tanga.

9 I aroha­ina e koe te tika, i kino­ngia e koe te hara;

nō reira nui atu i tō ōu hoa

te whaka­wahinga a te Atua,

a tōu Atua, i a koe ki te hinu o te hari."

10 Me tēnei anō:

"Nāu, e te Ariki, i te tīma­tanga i whaka­takoto te whenua;

he mahi anō ngā rangi nā ōu ringa.

11 Ko ērā e hemo atu, ko koe ia e mau tonu:

ka tawhito­tia katoa­tia hoki ērā me he kākahu.

12 Ka pō­kai­tia e koe, ānō he koheka,

ka whaka­putaia kētia.

Ko koe tonu anō ia koe,

kāhore hoki he mutu­nga o ōu tau."

13 Ki tēhea hoki o ngā ana­hera tāna mea­tanga i mua:

"Hei tōku ringa matau koe noho ai,

kia meinga rā anō e ahau ōu hoa­riri

hei tū­ranga wae­wae mōu"?

14 He teka ianei he wairua kai­mahi rātou katoa, he mea tono­tono hei minita, he whaka­aro ki te hunga mō rātou nei te ora?