Ehekiera.
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I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 
“Kia anga atu ākuanei tāu tangi, e te tama a te tangata, ki a Tāira; 
mea atu hoki ki a Tāira: E koe e noho nei i te tapokoranga mai o te moana, ko koe nei te kaihokohoko a ngā iwi ki ngā motu maha: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: E Tāira, kua mea nā koe, ‘Ko ahau te mea ātaahua rawa.’ 
Kei waenga moana ōu rohe, oti rawa koe te whakaataahua e ōu kaihanga. 
Nō ngā kauri o Heniri ngā papa katoa i hangā ai ōu kaipuke; i tīkina anō he hīta i Repanōna hei hanga rewa māu. 
Nō ngā oki o Pahana ngā hoe i hangā māu, ōu taumanu he mea hanga ki te rei, he mea kua oti te whakanoho ki te ake o ngā motu o Kitimi. 
He rīnena pai, he mea whakairo nō Īhipa te mea i wherahia e koe hei kōmaru mōu, hei kara māu; ko te hīpoki mōu, he purū, he pāpura nō ngā motu o Eriha. 
Ko āu kaihoe ko ngā tāngata o Hairona, o Arawara; ko āu kaiurungi ko ngā tāngata whakaaro nui i roto i a koe, e Tāira. 
I roto ngā kaumātua o Kepara i a koe, me ngā tāngata whakaaro nui o reira hei kaimono māu. I a koe ngā kaipuke katoa o te moana, me ō rātou kaiwhakatere, hei hoko i ōu taonga. 
“I roto i tōu ope ko Pahia, ko Ruru, ko Putu, he hōia nāu. Whakairihia ake ana e rātou te puapua me te pōtae i roto i a koe; he mea whakahōnore koe nā rātou. 
I runga i ōu taiepa ngā tāngata o Arawara me tōu ope anō ā tawhio noa, i roto i ōu pourewa ngā Kamarimi. Whakairihia ana e rātou ā rātou whakangungu rākau ki ōu taiepa ā tawhio noa; oti rawa koe te whakaataahua e rātou. 
“He kaihokohoko a Tarahihi ki a koe, he nui hoki nō ōu taonga katoa; ko tā rātou i tuku ai i āu hokohokonga he hiriwa, he rino, he tine, he matā. 
“Ko Iawana, ko Tūpara, ko Meheke, he kaihokohoko rātou nāu; ko tā rātou i tuku ai i ōu kāinga hoko, he tāngata, he oko parāhi. 
“Ko ngā tāngata o te whare o Tokārama, ko tā rātou i tuku ai i āu hokohokonga he hōiho, he hōiho nō te whawhai, he muera. 
“He kaihokohoko nāu ngā tāngata o Rerana; he maha ngā motu i hokohokona ai ngā taonga e koe. Kawea mai ana e rātou hei whakawhiti ki a koe, he haona rei, he eponi. 
“He kaihokohoko nāu a Hīria, i te nui hoki o ngā mahi a ōu ringa; ko tā rātou i tuku ai mō āu taonga he emerara, he pāpura, he mea whakairo, he rīnena pai, he kaoa, he rupi. 
“Ko Hūrā, ko te whenua o Īharaira ko rātou āu kaihokohoko. Ko tā rātou i tuku ai i ōu kāinga hoko he wīti nō Miniti, he panaka, he honi, he hinu, he pama. 
“He kaihokohoko nāu a Ramahiku he nui nō ngā mahi a ōu ringa, he nui nō ngā taonga katoa; ko tā rātou, he wāina nō Herepono, he huruhuru hipi mā. 
“I tuku taonga a Rāna, a Iawana, he miro huruhuru, i roto i āu hokohokonga. I āu taonga hokohoko ko te rino kua oti te mahi, ko te kahia, ko te kākaho kakara. 
“Ko Rerana tāu kaihokohoko i ngā kākahu utu nui mō ngā hāriata. 
“Ko Arāpia, ko ngā rangatira katoa o Kerara, i hokohokona ō rātou taonga e koe, ngā reme, ngā hipi toa, ngā koati. Ko ngā mea ēnā i hokohoko ai rātou ki a koe. 
“Ko ngā kaihokohoko o Hēpā, o Rāma, he kaihokohoko anō rātou nāu; ko tā rātou i tuku ai i āu hokohokonga ko ngā mea pai rawa o ngā kīnaki reka katoa, ko ngā kōhatu utu nui katoa, ko te kōura. 
“Ko Harana, ko Kane, ko Erene, ko ngā kaihokohoko o Hēpā, ko Ahuru, ko Kirimara, he kaihokohoko nāu. 
Ko rātou hei hoko i ngā mea pai rawa ki a koe, i ngā kākahu purū, i te mea whakairo, i ngā pouaka kākahu pai, he mea paihere ki te aho, he hīta, i roto i ōu taonga hoko. 
Ko ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi ngā waka harihari i ōu taonga. Ā, ka whakakīia koe, ka meinga kia nui rawa tōu korōria i waenga moana. 
I kawea koe e ōu kaihoe ki ngā wai maha; i pākarua koe e te hau marangai ki waenga moana. 
Ko ōu taonga, ko āu hokohokonga, ko āu whakawhitiwhitinga, ko āu kaiwhakatere kaipuke, ko āu kaiurungi, ko āu kaimono, me ngā kaiwhakawhitiwhiti i āu taonga, me āu hōia katoa i roto i a koe, i roto anō i tōu hui katoa i waenganui i a koe, ka taka rātou ki waenga moana i te rā e hinga ai koe. 
Ka ngateri a waho o te pā i te ngangau, i te hāmama o āu kaiurungi. 
Nā, ko ngā kaihāpai hoe katoa, ko ngā kaiwhakatere, ko ngā kaiurungi katoa o te moana, ka mahuta mai i runga i ō rātou kaipuke, ka tū ki te tuawhenua, 
ā, ka meinga e rātou tō rātou reo mōu kia rangona, tīwerawera ana tā rātou tangi, ka opehia anō e rātou he puehu ki ō rātou māhunga, ka takaoriori ki te pungarehu. 
Moremore rawa rātou i te whakaaro ki a koe, he kākahu taratara te whītiki, mamae rawa te ngākau, tīwerawera te tangi e tangi ai rātou ki a koe. 
I a rātou anō e tangi ana, ka maranga tā rātou tangi apakura mōu, ā, ka uhunga rātou ki a koe, ka mea, ‘Ko tēhea pā i rite ki Tāira, ki tēnei i whakawahangūtia nei i waenga moana? 
I te putanga atu o ōu taonga i ngā moana, he maha ngā iwi i mākona i tāu; i whai taonga ngā kīngi o te whenua i a koe, i te nui hoki o ōu taonga, o ōu rawa. 
I te wā i pakaru ai koe i ngā moana, ki ngā wāhi hōhonu o te moana, i taka ōu rawa, me tōu hui katoa i waenganui i a koe. 
Ko ngā tāngata katoa o ngā motu, ketekete ana ki a koe, nui atu te wehi o ō rātou kīngi, ko ō rātou mata kōhukihuki ana. 
Ka whakahī mai ki a koe ngā kaihokohoko i roto i ngā iwi; ka ai koe hei whakawehi; ā, kore tonu ake koe ake ake.’ ” 
