1“Tēnā rā, karanga; ka whakaō rānei tētahi ki a koe?Ā, ka anga atu koe ki a wai o te hunga tapu?2E patua ana hoki te kūware e te āritarita,e whakamatea ana te whakaarokore e te hae.3I kite ahau i te kūware e hou ana ōna pakiaka;kitea rawatia ake kua kangā e ahau tōna nohoanga.4Kei tawhiti atu āna tama i te ora,mongamonga noa rātou i te kūwaha,kāhore hoki he kaiwhakaora.5Ko āna hua ka kainga e te tangata matekai,ka riro i a ia ahakoa i roto i te tātarāmoa,ā, ka hāmama te māhanga ki ō rātou rawa.6Nā, e kore te hē e puta ake i te puehu,e kore anō te raruraru e tupu ake i te oneone;7i whānau te tangata ki te raruraru,tōna rite kei ngā korakora e rere nei whakarunga.8“Ko ahau ia ka rapu i tā te Atua;me tuku atu tāku kōrero ki te Atua.9E mahi nei i ngā mea nunui e kore nei e taea te rapu atu,i ngā mea whakamīharo e kore nei e taea te tatau.10E hōmai nei i te ua ki te mata o te whenua,e unga nei i te wai ki te mata o ngā pārae;11e whakanoho nei i te hunga iti ki te wāhi tiketike,ā, whakanekehia ake ana te hunga pōuri ki te ora.12E haukoti nei i ngā whakaaro o te hunga tinihanga,tē taea e ō rātou ringa tā rātou i mea ai.13Mau ake i a ia te hunga whakaaro i tō rātou tinihanga:pororaru iho ngā whakaaro o te hunga kotiti kē.14I te awatea nei, tūtaki ana rātou ki te pōuri;whāwhā ana rātou i te poutūmārōtanga, ānō ko te pō.15Otiia, e whakaorangia ana e ia te rawakore i te hoari, i tō rātou māngai,i te ringa anō o te tangata kaha.16Ka ai anō he tūmanakohanga atu mō te ware;kokopi tonu ia te māngai o te kino.17“Nanā, ka hari te tangata e ākona ana e te Atua;nā, kaua e whakahāwea ki te papaki a te Kaha Rawa.18He whakamamae hoki tāna, he takai anō;e patu ana ia, ā, ko ōna ringa anō hei whakaora.19E ono ngā matenga e whakaora ai ia i a koe;ahakoa e whitu, e kore te hē e pā ki a koe.20I te matekai ka hokona koe e ia kei mate;i te tatauranga anō, kei pāngia e te hoari.21Ka huna koe i te whiu a te arero,e kore anō koe e wehi i te whakangaromanga ina tae mai.22E kata anō koe ki te whakangaromanga rāua ko te hemokai;e kore hoki koe e wehi i ngā kīrehe o te whenua.23Nō te mea ka takoto tāu kawenata ki ngā kōhatu o te pārae;ka mau anō tā koutou rongo ko ngā kīrehe o te pārae.24Ka mōhio anō koe e tū ana tōu tēneti i te āionuku,ka hāereere anō koe ki tōu nohoanga, tē ai he hara.25Ka mōhio anō koe he nui ōu uri,he pērā anō tōu whānau me te tarutaru o te whenua.26Ka āta rite ōu tau ina tae koe ki te urupā,ka pērā anō me te pūranga wīti e hikitia ake ana i tōna wā e rite ai.27“Nanā, tēnei, he mea rapu nā mātou, ko te mea tika hoki ia;whakarangona mai, ka mōhio iho hei pai mōu.”