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