E te Atua, nōku koe Atua; ka moata tāku rapu i a koe. E hiainu ana tōku wairua ki a koe, e hiahia ana ōku kikokiko ki a koe, i te whenua maroke, ruha noa, kāhore nei he wai.
Mō reira kāhore o te Ariki koa ki ā rātou taitamariki, e kore anō e tohungia ā rātou pani, ā rātou pouaru; nō te mea he noa rātou katoa, he kaimahi i te kino, he wairangi te kōrero a ngā māngai katoa. Ahakoa ko tēnei katoa, e kore tōna riri e tahuri kē, engari mārō tonu tōna ringa.
“E te tamāhine e noho mai nei i Ripono, makere mai i tōu korōria, e noho ki te matewai; nō te mea kua tae te kaipāhua o Moapa ki a koe, kua kore i a ia ōu wāhi kaha.
“He tika hoki a Ihowā; i whakakeke hoki ahau ki tāna kupu. Tēnā whakarongo mai, e ngā iwi katoa, titiro mai hoki ki tōku mamae; kua riro āku wāhina, āku taitama, i te whakarau.
Kei runga i te whenua ngā kaumātua o te tamāhine a Hiona e noho ana, whakarongo kau ana. Opehia ake e rātou he puehu ki runga ki ō rātou māhunga; whītiki rawa te kākahu taratara. Ko ngā wāhina o Hiruhārama, tuohu tonu ō rātou māhunga ki te whenua.
“Kei te takoto te taitama rāua ko te koroheke i runga i te whenua i ngā huarahi; kua hinga āku wāhina, āku taitamariki, i te hoari; he mea whakamate nāu i te rā i riri ai koe; tukitukia ana e koe, kīhai hoki i tohungia.
Kei tangohia ōna e ahau, ā, ka noho tahanga ia, kei meinga anō ia kia rite ki te rā i whānau ai ia; kei meinga ia e ahau kia rite ki te koraha, kei waiho ia hei whenua waikore, ā, ka mate i te matewai.
Kua kairau nei hoki tō rātou whaea; he mahi whakamā tā te wahine i whānau ai rātou. I mea hoki ia, ‘Ka whāia e ahau te hunga i aroha ki ahau, i hōmai nei i te taro māku, i te wai mōku, i te huruhuru hipi māku, i te muka māku, i te hinu māku, i te mea hei inu māku.’
Ko te hoari ki waho whakamate ai, ko te wehi ki roto i ngā whare. Māna e huna ngātahi te taitama me te taitamāhine, te mea ngote ū rāua ko te tangata hina.