Ihāia.
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Ko wai i whakapono ki tā mātou kōrero; i whakaaturia rānei ki a wai te ringaringa o Ihowā? 
Ka tupu ake hoki ia ki tōna aroaro ānō he rākau wana, me te pakiaka hoki i te oneone maroke. Kāhore ōna āhuareka, kāhore hoki he pai; ā, ka titiro tātou ki a ia, tē ai he ātaahua e minamina ai tātou ki a ia. 
I whakahēngia, i whakakāhoretia ia e te tangata; he tangata pōuri, kua mōhio hoki ki te tangi; ā, i āhua huna ngā kanohi ki a ia; i whakakāhoretia, kīhai hoki tātou i whakaaro ki a ia. 
He pono, nāna ō tātou mate i pīkau, nāna hoki i waha ō tātou pōuri; ko tātou ia i mea, i tukitukia, i patua ia e te Atua, i whakawhiua. 
Kāhore, i werohia ia mō ō tātou hē, i kurua mō ō tātou kino; nōna te whiunga i mau ai tō tātou rongo, kei ōna kārawarawa hoki he rongoā mō tātou. 
Ko tātou katoa, ānō he hipi, kua marara kē, kua anga atu tātou ki tōna ara, ki tōna ara; nā Ihowā ia i mea kia tau iho ki a ia te kino o tātou katoa. 
I tūkinotia ia, i whakawhiua; heoi kīhai i kuihi tōna māngai; ānō he reme i ārahina ia kia patua, me te hipi hoki i te aroaro o ōna kaikutikuti e wahangū ana, kīhai i kuihi tōna waha. 
Nā te tūkino, nā te whakawā, tangohia atu ana ia. Tēnā ko tōna whakatupuranga, ko wai o rātou i whakaaro kua wehea atu ia i te ao ora? He mahi hē hoki nā tāku iwi i patua ai ia. 
Ā, ka whakaritea hei te hunga kino he urupā mōna; i te tangata taonga ia i tōna matenga; ahakoa kāhore āna mahi tutū, kāhore anō he tinihanga i tōna māngai. 
Otiia, i pai hoki a Ihowā kia kurua ia; nāna ia i mea kia mamae. Ina meinga e koe tōna wairua hei whakahere mō te hē, ka kite ia i tōna uri, ka whakaroa i ōna rā, ā, ko tā Ihowā i pai ai ka āta oti i a ia. 
Ka kite ia i tā tōna wairua i uaua ai, ā, tatū ana te ngākau; mā te mōhio ki a ia ka whakatikaia ai te tini e tāku pononga tika; māna hoki ō rātou kino e waha. 
Mō reira ka hoatu e ahau he wāhi mōna i roto i ō te hunga nui, ā, ka tū ngātahi ia me te hunga kaha i te taonga; mō tōna wairua i ringihia e ia ki te mate, ā, i taua ngātahitia me ngā poka kē; nāna hoki ngā hara o te tini i waha, nāna i wawao ngā poka kē. 
