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Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koe i te aroaro o te Atua, o Karaiti Īhu hoki, māna nei e whakawā te hunga ora me te hunga mate, i te āhua o tōna putanga mai me tōna rangatiratanga, 
kauwhautia te kupu; tohea i ngā wā pai, i ngā wā kino; rīria te hē, whakahēngia iho, whakahaua, whakapaua te manawanui me te whakaako. 
Tēnei ake hoki te wā e kore ai rātou e whakarongo ki te whakaako tika; heoi, i te mea he taringa minamina ō rātou, ka apohia e rātou he kaiwhakaako e rite ana ki ō rātou nā hiahia. 
Ka tahuri kē ō rātou taringa i te pono, ka anga atu ki ngā kōrero tito noa. 
Kia mau ia koe i ngā mea katoa; tukua atu ngā mamae ki a koe; mahia te mahi a te kaikauwhau i te rongopai; whakapaua tāu mahi minita. 
Tēnei hoki ahau kei te ringihia, kua rite anō te wā hei haerenga mōku. 
Kua whawhaitia e ahau te whawhai pai, kua omakia tōku omanga, kua rite i ahau te whakapono. 
Kei te takoto mai mōku i ngā wā ō muri nei te karauna o te tika, e hōmai ki ahau ā taua rā e te Ariki, e te kaiwhakawā tika. He teka ki ahau anake, engari ki te hunga katoa anō hoki kua matenui ki tōna putanga mai. 
Kia puta tōu uaua ki te haere wawe mai ki ahau; 
kua whakarērea ahau e Rīmaha, he aroha nōna ki tēnei ao, ā, haere ana ia ki Teharonika; kua riro atu a Kerekena ki Karatia, a Taituha ki Raramatia. 
Ko Ruka anake kei ahau. Tēnā a Māka mauria mai hei hoa mōu; he pai hoki ia mō tāku mahi minita. 
Kua tonoa e ahau a Tikiku, ki Epeha. 
Ka haere mai koe, mauria mai te koroka i mahue atu i ahau ki Toroa, ki a Karapu, me ngā pukapuka; tēnā rawa ia ngā kirihipi. 
He maha ngā kino i meatia mai e Arehānera, e te kaimahi parāhi ki ahau. Mā te Ariki e hoatu ki a ia he utu e rite ana ki āna mahi. 
Kia tūpato hoki koe ki a ia; he rahi rawa hoki tāna totohe ki ā mātou kupu. 
I tāku kōrerotanga tuatahi, i karo ai i ahau, kāhore he tangata hei tuarā mōku, heoi, whakarērea ake ahau e te katoa. Kaua tēnei e whakairia ki a rātou. 
I tū ia te Ariki ki tōku taha, nāna hoki ahau i whakakaha; kia whakapaua rawatia ai e ahau te kauwhau, kia rongo katoa ai ngā tauiwi. Ā, tōia mai ana ahau i roto i te māngai o te raiona. 
Tērā ahau e tōia mai e te Ariki i roto i ngā mahi kino katoa, e whakaorangia hoki tae noa ki tōna rangatiratanga i te rangi. Waiho atu i a ia te korōria ake ake. Āmine. 
Oha atu ki a Pirihira rāua ko Akuira, ki te hunga anō hoki o te whare o Onehipora. 
I noho atu a Eratu i Koriniti; ko Toropimu i mahue atu, i ahau ki Miretu, he mate. 
Kia puta tōu uaua ki te haere mai i mua o te hōtoke. Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koe a Ūpuru, a Purena, a Rinuha, a Karauria, me ngā tēina katoa. 
Kia noho te Ariki ki tōu wairua. Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou.
