Ngā Tangi.
3.
Ko ahau te tangata kua kite i te pōuri, he mea nā te rākau o tōna riri. 
I ārahina e ia, i meinga kia haere i te pōuri, kāhore i te mārama. 
He pono kua tahuri mai ia ki ahau, kua anga mai tōna ringa ki ahau, ā pau noa te rā. 
Kua meinga nei e ia ōku kikokiko me tōku kiri kia rite ki ō te koroheke, mangungu kau i a ia ōku wheua. 
Kua hangā e ia he patu mōku; karapotia ana ahau ki te wai kawa, ki te raruraru. 
Kua meinga ahau e ia kia noho ki ngā wāhi pōuri, kia pērā me te hunga kua mate noa ake. 
Kua oti ahau te taiepa mai e ia, tē puta atu ahau; kua meinga e ia tōku mekameka kia taimaha. 
Āe rā, i ahau e karanga ana, e hāmama ana kia āwhinatia, ka āraia mai e ia tāku īnoi. 
Kua oti anō ōku ara te taiepa mai e ia ki te kōhatu tārai, whakakōpikopikoa ake e ia ōku ara. 
Ko tōna rite ki ahau kei te pea e whanga ana, kei te raiona i ngā wāhi ngaro. 
Whakangaua kētia ana e ia ōku ara, haehaea pūtia iho ahau; meinga ana ahau e ia kia noho kau noa iho. 
Kua whakapikoa e ia tāna kōpere, ā, whakatūria ake ahau e ia hei kōperenga pere. 
Kua meinga e ia ngā pere o tāna papa pere kia ngoto ki ōku whatumanawa. 
Kua waiho ahau hei katanga mā tōku iwi katoa; hei waiata mā rātou ā pau noa te rā. 
Kua whakakīia ahau e ia ki ngā mea kawa, whakainumia rawatia ana ahau e ia ki te taru kawa. 
Kua whatiwhatiia anō hoki e ia ōku niho ki te kirikiri, hīpokina ana ahau e ia ki te pungarehu. 
Kua nekehia atu e koe tōku wairua kei tata ki te rangimārie; i wareware ahau ki te pai. 
Kī tonu ake ahau, “Kua pirau tōku kaha, kāhore he tūmanakohanga māku ki a Ihowā.” 
Mahara ki tōku ngākau mamae, ki tōku pōuri, ki te taru kawa, ki te wai kawa! 
Māharahara tonu tōku wairua ki a rātou, piko tonu iho i roto i ahau. 
E whakahokia ake ana tēnei e ahau ki tōku ngākau, koia i tūmanako ai ahau. 
He mahi tohu nā Ihowā tē poto ai tātou, he kore nō āna mahi aroha e mutu. 
E hou tonu ana rātou i tēnei ata, i tēnei ata; he nui tōu pono. 
“Ko Ihowā te wāhi mōku,” e ai tā tōku wairua; “nō reira ka tūmanako ahau ki a ia.” 
He pai a Ihowā ki te hunga e tūmanako ana ki a ia, ki te wairua e rapu ana i a ia. 
He pai anō kia tūmanako te tangata, kia tatari mārie hoki ki tā Ihowā whakaora. 
He pai anō mō te tangata kia amohia e ia te ioka i tōna tamarikitanga. 
Me noho ia, tōna kotahi, me whakarongo puku hoki, nō te mea nāna i uta ki a ia. 
Me tuku e ia tōna māngai ki te puehu; mehemea pea tērā he tūmanakohanga. 
Me hoatu e ia tōna pāpāringa ki te tangata e papaki ana i a ia; kia kī tonu ia i te tāwai. 
E kore hoki e mau tonu tā Ihowā panga. 
Ahakoa whakapōuri ia, ka aroha anō ia, ka rite ki te nui o tāna mahi tohu. 
Kāhore hoki ōna ngākau whiu, whakapōuri rānei, i ngā tama a te tangata. 
Ko te kuru i ngā herehere katoa o te whenua ki raro i ōna waewae; 
ko te whakapeau kē i te tika o te tangata ina whakawākia i te aroaro o te Runga Rawa; 
ko te whakariro kē i tā te tangata ina totohe, e kore tēnā e whakapaingia e te Ariki. 
Ko wai tēnei hei kī mai, ā, ka oti, i te mea kīhai i whakahaua e te Ariki? 
He teka ianei e puta mai ana te kino me te pai i roto i te māngai o te Runga Rawa? 
He aha te tangata ora i amuamu ai, te tangata ina whiua mō ōna hara? 
E rapu tātou, e kimi i ō tātou ara, ā, ka tahuri anō ki a Ihowā. 
Kia ara atu ō tātou ngākau me ō tātou ringa ki te Atua i te rangi. 
I hē mātou, i whakakeke; kīhai anō koe i muru i tō mātou hē. 
Kua hīpokina nei e koe ki te riri, tūkinotia ana mātou e koe; tukitukia ana e koe, kīhai anō i tohungia e koe. 
Hīpokina ana e koe he kapua ki a koe, kei puta atu tā mātou īnoi. 
Kua meinga mātou e koe hei paru tāhinga, hei mea ākiri i waenga i ngā iwi. 
Kua hāmama mai ngā māngai o ō mātou hoariri katoa ki a mātou. 
Ko te wehi, ko te rua, kua tae mai kei a mātou, te whakamōtī me te wāwāhi. 
Kei te tārere nei ngā awa wai i tōku kanohi, mō te wawāhanga o te tamāhine a tōku iwi. 
Māturuturu ana te wai i tōku kanohi, kāhore hoki e mutu, tē ai he pārīrātanga, 
kia titiro mai rā anō a Ihowā, kia kite mai rā anō ia i runga i te rangi. 
E meatia iho ana tōku ngākau e tōku kanohi, mō ngā tamāhine katoa o tōku pā. 
Kua whāia kinotia ahau ānō he manu e rātou, e te hunga e hoariri ana ki ahau, kāhore he take. 
Ngaro iho i a rātou tōku ara i roto i te poka, kua makā e rātou he kōhatu ki runga ki ahau. 
I rere ngā wai i runga i tōku māhunga; i mea ahau, “Kua motuhia kētia ahau.” 
I karanga ahau ki tōu ingoa, e Ihowā, i roto i te poka i raro rawa. 
I rongo koe ki tōku reo; “Kaua e hunā tōu taringa ki te tānga o tōku manawa, ki tāku karanga.” 
I whakatata mai koe i te rā i karanga ai ahau ki a koe; i kī mai koe, “Kaua e wehi.” 
Kua tohea e koe, e te Ariki, ngā tohe a tōku wairua; kua hokona e koe tōku ora. 
Kua kite koe, e Ihowā, i te hē i mahia ki ahau. Māu e whakarite tāku whakawā. 
Kua kite koe i tō rātou mauāhara katoa, i ō rātou whakaaro katoa mōku. 
Kua rongo koe ki tā rātou tāwai, e Ihowā, ki ō rātou whakaaro katoa mōku; 
ki ngā ngutu o te hunga i whakatika mai ki ahau, ki tā rātou tikanga mōku, ā pau noa te rā. 
Tirohia mai tō rātou nohoanga iho, tō rātou whakatikanga ake; ko ahau te waiatatia nei e rātou. 
Hoatu he utu ki a rātou, e Ihowā, kia rite ki te mahi a ō rātou ringa. 
Hoatu ki a rātou he ngākau pakeke, tāu kanga ki a rātou. 
Whāia rātou i runga i te riri, whakangaromia atu rātou i raro i ngā rangi o Ihowā. 
