Epeha.
2.
Me koutou anō nāna i whakaora, i te mea he tūpāpaku i ngā hē, i ngā hara, 
i hāereerea rā e koutou i mua i runga i tā tēnei ao tikanga, i tā te rangatira o te kaha o ngā kapua, o te wairua e mahi nei ināianei i roto i ngā tama a te tutū. 
Arā, i ērā hoa o tātou katoa i mua, i a tātou e noho ana i runga i ngā hiahia o tō tātou kikokiko, e mahi ana i ngā mea e paingia ana e te kikokiko, e te whakaaro, i te māoritanga hoki he tamariki nā te riri, he pērā me ērā atu. 
Ko tā te Atua ia tēnei, ranea rawa hoki tāna mahi tohu, nui atu tōna aroha i arohaina mai ai tātou e ia, 
i te mea he tūpāpaku tātou i ngā hē, whakaorangia ngātahitia ana tātou e ia me te Karaiti, he aroha noa i whakaorangia ai koutou; 
ā, whakaarahia ngātahitia ana e ia, whakanohoia ngātahitia ana ki ngā wāhi o te rangi i roto i a Karaiti Īhu; 
kia whakakitea ai e ia i ngā wā e haere ake nei te hira o te taonga a tōna aroha noa, i a ia ka manaaki i a tātou i roto i a Karaiti Īhu. 
Nā te aroha noa hoki koutou i whakaorangia ai i runga i te whakapono; ehara anō hoki tēnei i te mea nō koutou; he mea hōmai noa nā te Atua. 
Ehara i ngā mahi, kei whakamanamana te tangata. 
He mahinga hoki tātou nāna, he mea hanga i roto i a Karaiti Īhu mō ngā mahi pai i whakaritea e te Atua i mua hei hāereerenga mō tātou. 
Nā, kia mahara he tauiwi koutou i mua nō te wāhi ki te kikokiko, e kīia ana hoki ko “te Kotingakore” e tēnei e kīia nei ko “te Kotinga” – arā tō te kikokiko, he mea nā te ringa – 
i taua wā he mea motu kē atu koutou i a te Karaiti, ehara i te tangata whenua nō Īharaira, he tangata kē ki ngā kawenata o te mea i whakaaria mai i mua, kāhore he tūmanakotanga atu, he hunga Atuakore i te ao. 
Nā, ināianei i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, ko koutou, ko te hunga i tawhiti i mua, kua meinga e ngā toto o te Karaiti kia tata. 
Ko ia hoki tō tātou maunga rongo, nāna i mea ngā mea e rua kia kotahi, whakahoroa iho e ia te pātū e ārai ana i waenga. 
Whaka­kāhore­tia ana hoki e ia ki tōna kiko­kiko te mauā­hara, arā te ture i ngā kupu ako, i ngā tikanga; kia hangā ai i roto i a ia te toko­rua hei tangata kotahi, hei tangata hou, kia mau ai te rongo i a ia; 
kia houhia ai anō hoki e ia te rongo a te toko­rua ki te Atua i roto i te tinana kotahi, he mea­tanga nā te rīpeka, mā reira hoki e whaka­mate te mauā­hara. 
Ā, haere mai ana ia, kauwhau ana i te maunga rongo ki a koutou i tawhiti, ki te hunga hoki e tata ana. 
Nāna hoki tātou, te toko­rua nei, i whai ta­ta­nga atu ai i roto i te Wairua kotahi ki te Matua. 
Nā reira, ehara koutou i te tāngata kē, i te manene rānei; engari he tāngata whenua koutou tahi ko te hunga tapu, nō te whare hoki o te Atua; 
he mea hanga ki runga ki te tū­ranga o ngā āpō­toro rātou ko ngā poro­piti, ko Īhu Karaiti anō hei tino kāmaka mō te koko­nga; 
kei roto nei i a ia tēnā whare, tēnā whare, he mea āta tātai mārie, ka tupu hei whare tapu i roto i te Ariki; 
me koutou anō e hangā tahi­tia ana i roto i a ia, hei nohoa­nga mō te Atua, he mea nā te Wairua. 
