He ꞌui takoꞌa e te tētahi vaꞌehau: —ꞌE, ꞌa mātou, ¿he aha te mātou meꞌe mo aŋa? He pāhono e Iovani: —ꞌIna ko toꞌo i te meꞌe o te rua hai haka riꞌa-riꞌa, ꞌe ꞌina ko tuhi reo-reo i te meꞌe kai aŋa e te rua. Ka koa nō kōrua ꞌi te moni ꞌauhau atu.
ꞌI rā ŋā ara takoꞌa i rahi rō tāꞌaku aŋa ꞌe i rohi-rohi rō a au; i rahi rō te mahana ꞌina a au kai haꞌuru; ꞌi tōꞌona mahana i maruaki rō ꞌe i pohe rō ki te vai. I ai rō te mahana ꞌina a au kai kai, ꞌe kē mahana i takeꞌo rō ꞌi te kahu kore mo puꞌa.
E tuꞌu rō ꞌā a mātou pa he nuꞌu e mamae rō ꞌā te māhatu, ꞌe, ka ai atu pē ira, ko te koa iŋa ꞌā. E uꞌi mai ena i a mātou pa he nuꞌu veve, ꞌe, ka ai atu pē ira, e rahi rō ꞌā te nuꞌu haka ꞌono e mātou. E tuꞌu rō ꞌā pa he meꞌe ena ē: ꞌina e tahi mātou meꞌe, ꞌe te parautiꞌa e ai tahi rō ꞌā.
Ko ꞌite ꞌana, paꞌi, kōrua: te tātou Pūꞌoko Haka Tere ko Ietū Kiritō, ka ai atu he ꞌono ꞌi te raŋi, ꞌi tōꞌona riva rahi, i haka veve nō i a ia mo te kōrua riva-riva, ki ꞌono ai kōrua ꞌi te meꞌe o te ꞌAtua hai rā haka veve iŋa era ōꞌona.
ꞌE taꞌe nō pē ira. Mōꞌoku, ꞌina e tahi meꞌe mo hāhine ki te meꞌe ena he māhani ki a Ietū Kiritō, Pūꞌoko Haka Tere ōꞌoku. Ko hoa tahi ꞌana e au i rā ŋā meꞌe mo koa ōꞌona; mōꞌoku, paꞌi, rā ŋā meꞌe taꞌatoꞌa he tūtaꞌe nō atu e tahi o te ao nei. Tāꞌaku meꞌe haŋa nō ko ia
I haka ꞌaroha rō kōrua mo te nuꞌu puru ꞌi roto i te hare maꞌuꞌaurī, ꞌe ꞌātā hai koa e haka rē era e kōrua mo toꞌo e te nuꞌu i te kōrua hauhaꞌa, he ꞌite o kōrua: ꞌi te raŋi e ai rō ꞌā te meꞌe ꞌata hau rō atu e ko pau ki te hora hopeꞌa.