TSK · Hopa 20:2

Ki te anga matou ki te korero ki a koe, e pouri ranei koe? otira e taea e wai te pehi te kupu?

Kua rongo ahau i te whakahe moku, e pa ai te whakama ki ahau, a na te wairua o toku ngakau mahara te kupu whakahoki ki ahau.

I ki hoki ahau i toku potatutatunga, Kua motuhia mai ahau i mua i ou kanohi: ahakoa ra i rongo koe ki toku reo inoi i taku karangatanga ki a koe.

I mea ahau i toku ohoreretanga, He teka kau nga tangata katoa.

¶ Ka kite ranei koe i te tangata kaika ki te korero? engari te wairangi ka totika ake i a ia.

A ki te ki ahau, E kore ahau e whakahua i a ia, e kore ano hoki e korero i runga i tona ingoa a muri ake nei; na ka ka i roto i toku ngakau me te mea he ahi e ngiha ana, tutaki iho ki roto ki oku whenua, a ka ruha ahau i te koromaki, a kahore e t aea e ahau te pupuri.

E whakaae ana hoki ahau ki a ratou, he ngakau nui to ratou ki te Atua, otiia ehara i te mea mohio.