ꞌI te taꞌe ai o te moni o rā kope mo ꞌauhau, he kī e te ꞌariki mo hoꞌo pa he ꞌekaravo koia ko tāꞌana viꞌe, ko tāꞌana ŋā poki, ꞌe he meꞌe taꞌatoꞌa ꞌāꞌana; pē ira ana ꞌauhau i tōꞌona tārahu.
Ki te tāvini raꞌe i vaꞌai ai e pae taꞌutini tara ꞌaurī, ki te rua e rua taꞌutini ꞌe ki te toru e tahi taꞌutini, i haka tano ki te rāua haka kē mo aŋa. I oti era he eꞌa rā taŋata he oho.
ꞌI raꞌe i tuꞌu ai te kope ki a ia i vaꞌai ai e pae taꞌutini. He vaꞌai ki te taŋata era ōꞌona te moni i tū pae taꞌutini era koia ko kī: “E pae taꞌutini koe i vaꞌai mai ai. He haka aŋa e au, ꞌe ꞌī e pae taꞌutini haka ꞌou ꞌī aꞌa”.
»He tuꞌu ia te tāvini era ki a ia i vaꞌai ai e rua taꞌutini ꞌe he kī: “E rua taꞌutini koe i vaꞌai mai ai. He haka aŋa e au, ꞌe nā e rua taꞌutini haka ꞌou”.
»I tuꞌu era te kope era ki a ia i vaꞌai ai e tahi taꞌutini tara ꞌaurī, he kī ki tū taŋata era ōꞌona te moni: “Ē, ko ꞌite ꞌana a au: taŋata haŋa koe mo aŋa e tuꞌu tāvini i taꞌa meꞌe kī ꞌe mo ravaꞌa meꞌe rahi atu meꞌe haka ꞌou mai taꞌa meꞌe vaꞌai. Pē ira takoꞌa ꞌana koe ꞌi te hora haka ꞌoka i te kai.
»ꞌE te ŋāŋata era e hoꞌe ꞌahuru mā vaꞌu mā-mate era he viri o te hare ruŋa nui ko Tiroē ki ruŋa i a rāua, ki te kōrua manaꞌu, ¿he ai i hau rō atu a rāua ꞌi te hara ki te tētahi atu nuꞌu o Hērutarema?
»He haꞌamata he kī mo oho ki a ia e tahi e tahi o te nuꞌu e ai rō ꞌana te rāua tārahu mo tū taŋata ꞌono era. He ꞌui ki te kope raꞌe: “¿E hia uꞌu tārahu mo te kope haka aŋa mai nei i a au?”.
»He ꞌui ki te rua: “ꞌE a koe, ¿e hia uꞌu tārahu?”. He pāhono e tū rua kope era: “E hoꞌe hānere pūtē tariko”. He kī e tū tāvini era: “ꞌĪ tuꞌu parau tārahu ꞌī aꞌa. Ka aŋa mai e tahi parau haka ꞌou mo te vaꞌu ꞌahuru nō pūtē”.