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I kōrero anō hoki a Erihu, i mea: 
“Whakarongo ki āku kupu, e te hunga whakaaro nui; kia whai taringa ki ahau, e te hunga mōhio. 
E whakamātau ana hoki te taringa i te kupu, e pērā ana me tā te māngai ki te reka o te kai. 
Ko tā tātou e whiriwhiri ai mā tātou ko te mea tika; kia mōhiotia hoki e tātou, e tēnei, e tēnei, ko te aha te mea pai. 
“Kua mea nei hoki a Hopa, ‘He tika tāku, ā, kua whakapeaua kētia e te Atua te whakawā mōku; 
ahakoa kei ahau te tika ka kīia ahau he tangata teka; e kore e mahu tōku werohanga, ahakoa kāhore ōku hē.’ 
Ko wai te tangata e rite ki a Hopa, me te mea he wai te tāwai e inumia ana e ia? 
Kua uru nei ki te tira o ngā kaimahi i te hē, ā, e haere tahi ana me ngā tāngata kikino. 
Kua mea hoki ia, ‘Kāhore he painga ki te tangata ki te āhuareka atu ia ki te Atua.’ 
“Nō reira whakarongo mai ki ahau, e ngā tāngata ngākau mōhio; e kore rawa te Atua e mahi i te kino; e kore, rawa hoki te Kaha Rawa e mahi i te hē. 
Ka utua hoki e ia te tangata mō tāna mahi, ka rite hoki ki tō te tangata ara ngā mea e whakawhiwhia e ia ki a ia. 
Tika rawa, e kore te Atua e kino, e kore anō hoki te Kaha Rawa e whakaputa kē i te whakawā. 
Nā wai ia i mea hei kaitirotiro mō te whenua? Nā wai hoki i whakatakoto ngā tikanga mō te ao katoa? 
Ki te anga mai tōna ngākau ki te tangata, ki te kohia atu e ia ki a ia tōna wairua me tōna manawa; 
ka hemo ngātahi ngā kikokiko katoa, ā, ka hoki anō te tangata ki te puehu. 
“Nā, ki te mea he ngākau mōhio tōu, whakarongo ki tēnei; kia whai taringa mai ki te reo o āku kupu. 
E whai kīngitanga rānei tētahi kotahi e kino ana ki te tika? E whakakino rānei koe ki te tangata tika, kaha hoki? 
E tau ana rānei te mea atu ki te kīngi, ‘He weriweri koe’? ki ngā rangatira rānei, ‘He kino koutou’? 
Kia iti rawa iho ki a ia e kore nei e whakapai ki te kanohi o ngā rangatira, e kore nei e hira ake tōna pai ki te hunga whai rawa i ngā rawakore? Nō te mea he mahi rātou katoa nā ōna ringa. 
Kīhai i aha kua mate rātou; kua mate i waenganui pō; ka wiri te iwi, ka pahemo atu, ka riro te hunga nunui, kāhore hoki he ringa. 
“Kei runga hoki i ngā ara o te tangata ōna kanohi, ā, kitea ana e ia ōna hīkoinga katoa. 
Kāhore he pōuri, kāhore he ātārangi o te mate e piri ai ngā kaimahi i te kino. 
E kore hoki e nui atu i te tika te mea e whakawahā e ia ki te tangata, e haere ai ia ki te aroaro o te Atua ki te whakawā. 
Ka wāwāhia e ia ngā tāngata nunui, tē mōhiotia ngā ara, ā, whakatūria ake ētahi atu i muri i a rātou. 
Nā, e mōhio ana ia ki ā rātou mahi, ā, hurihia ake rātou e ia i te pō, ā, mongamonga noa rātou. 
He hunga kino rātou, pākia iho e ia i te tirohanga a te tangata; 
mō rātou i tahuri kē i te whai i a ia, kīhai hoki i whakaaro ki tētahi o ōna ara – 
nā rātou hoki i puta ai te tangi a te rawakore ki a ia, ā, rongo ana ia ki te tangi a te hunga e tūkinotia ana. 
Ki te meinga e ia kia āta noho, ko wai hei whakararuraru? Ā, ki te hunā e ia tōna kanohi, ko wai e kite i a ia? Ahakoa i meatia ki te iwi, ki te tangata rānei, rite tonu. 
Kore ake te whakapono kore e whai kīngitanga, kore ake te iwi e māhangatia. 
“Kua mea atu rānei ki te Atua, ‘Kua pēhia ahau e te whiu; e kore ahau e mahi i te hē ā muri nei? 
Ko te mea kīhai i kitea e ahau māu e whakaatu mai ki ahau; ki te mea i mahi ahau i te hē, ka mutu tāku.’ 
Kia rite rānei tāna utu ki tāu e mea ai, i whakakāhoretia ai e koe? Māu te whiriwhiri, kāhore māku; nā, māu e kōrero mai tāu i mōhio ai. 
“Ka kōrero mai ngā tāngata ngākau mahara ki ahau, āe rā, ngā tāngata whakaaro nui e whakarongo ana ki ahau, 
‘Kāhore he mātauranga o Hopa i a ia i kōrero rā, kāhore hoki he mahara i roto i āna kupu.’ 
He pai me i whakamātauria a Hopa ā te mutunga rā anō, mō āna kupu i whakahokia mai nei e ia, he mea i rite ki ā ngā tāngata kikino. 
E tāpiritia ana hoki e ia te tutū ki runga ki tōna hara, kei te pakipaki ia i ōna ringa i waenganui i a tātou, ā, whakanuia ana e ia āna kupu ki te Atua.” 
