1Anō rā ko Pirirara Huhi, i mea ia:2“Kia pēhea te roa o tā koutou whakatakoto māhanga mō ngā kupu?Kia whai mahara mai, muri iho ka kōrero mātou.3He aha mātou i kīia ai he kararehe,i waiho ai hei mea poke ki tā koutou titiro mai?4Haea iho koe e koe anō, i a koe e riri ana –māu koia ka mahue ai te whenua,ka nekehia ai te toka i tōna wāhi?5“E pirau anō hoki te rama a te hunga kino,ā, e kore te mura o tāna ahi e mārama.6Ka pōuri te mārama i roto i tōna tēneti,ka pirau anō hoki tāna rama i runga i a ia.7Ka whakakīkītia ngā takahanga o tōna kaha,ka kōkiritia iho anō ia ki raro e tōna whakaaro ake.8Nō te mea ka makā ia e ōna waewae ake ki te kupenga,ka haere hoki ia i runga i te reti.9Ka mau tōna rekereke i te tawhiti,ā, ka hopukia ia e te māhanga.10Kei te huna ki te whenua te aho mōna,te rore hoki mōna ki te huarahi.11He whakamataku i ngā taha katoa hei mea i a ia kia wehi,hei aruaru hoki i a ia i ōna hikitanga rekereke.12Ko tōna kaha ka hemo i te kai,ā, kei te whanga tonu te aituā ki tōna tatunga.13Ka pau i tērā ngā wāhi o tōna tinana,āe, ka pau ōna wāhi i te mātāmua o te mate.14Ka hūtia atu ia i roto i tōna tēneti, i whakamanawa ai ia,ā, ka kawea atu ia ki te kīngi o ngā whakamataku.15Nā, ka noho ki tōna tēneti te mea ehara nei i a ia;ā, ka ruia iho te whānāriki ki runga ki tōna kāinga.16Ka maroke ake ōna pakiaka i raro,ā, i runga ka tapahia atu tōna manga.17Ka ngaro atu te maharatanga ki a ia i runga i te whenua;e kore anō ia e whai ingoa i te huanui.18Ka peia atu anō ia i roto i te mārama ki te pōuri,ka atiatia atu hoki i te ao.19E kore ia e whai tama, e whai tama rānei a te tama, i roto i tōna iwi,he mōrehu rānei i te wāhi i noho ai ia.20Mīharo ana ki tōna rā te hunga i muri i a ia,pērā i te hunga i haere rā i mua, mau ana tō rātou wehi.21He pono ko ngā nohoanga ēnei o te tangata kino,ko te wāhi hoki tēnei o te tangata kāhore e mōhio ki te Atua.”