TSK · Hopa 40:2

¶ He aha te marama i homai ai ki te tangata kei roto nei i te mate? te ora ki te tangata kua kawa te wairua?

He moana ranei ahau, he tohora, i mea ai koe i te kaitirotiro moku/

Ki te pai ia ki te totohe ki a ia, kahore he kupu kotahi o roto i te mano e taea e ia te whakahoki ki a ia.

Ehara hoki ia i te tangata, i te penei me ahau nei, e whakahoki kupu ai ahau ki a ia, e haere tahi ai maua ki te whakawa.

¶ Ki te hara ahau, ka matauria e koe; e kore ano koe e whakakahore ki toku he.

¶ Inaianei hoki e taua ana e koe oku hikoinga; he teka ianei e matatau tonu mai ana koe ki toku hara?

Kia mohio koutou na te Atua ahau i whakaparori i taku take, he mea hao mai ahau nana ki tana kupenga.

Kua huri ke, kua kino tau mahi ki ahau: ko te kaha o tou ringa kei te tukino i ahau.

Tena ra, whitikiria tou hope, whakatane; ka ui hoki ahau ki a koe, a mau e whakaatu mai ki ahau.

Ko wai tona hoa whakatakoto whakaaro hei tohutohu i a ia ki te ara o te whakawa, hei whakaako i a ia ki te matauranga, hei whakakite i te ara o te mohio ki a ia?

E tata ana te kaiwhakatikatika moku; ko wai hei whawhai ki ahau? kia tu ngatahi taua: ko wai he hoariri moku? kia tata mai ia ki ahau.

A, no ka riro i a ratou, ka amuamu ki taua rangatira whare,

Ko wai hoki te mohio ana ki te hinengaro o te Ariki? ko wai hoki tona hoa whakatakoto whakaaro?

E mea ana ranei tatou kia hae mai te Ariki? he kaha koia tatou i a ia?