TSK · Hopa 6:24

Ka mea ahau ki te Atua, Kaua ahau e whakahengia; whakakitea ki ahau te take i totohe ai koe ki ahau.

Nana, i tatari ahau ki a koutou kupu; i whai taringa atu ki o koutou whakaaro mohio i a koutou e rapu kupu ana.

¶ Tena ra, whakarongo, e Hopa, ki aku korero, kia whai taringa ki aku kupu katoa.

Ko te mea kihai i kitea e ahau mau e whakaatu mai ki ahau; ki te mea i mahi ahau i te he, ka mutu taku.

Ka tohutohungia koe e ahau, ka whakaakona koe ki te ara e haere ai koe; ma toku kanohi koe e arahi.

Hoatu te mohio ki te tangata whakaaro nui, a ka neke ake ona whakaaro; whakaakona te tangata tika, a ka nui ake tona mohio.

¶ Kei te mohio koutou ki tenei, e oku hoa aroha, kia hohoro nga tangata katoa ki te whakarongo, kia puhoi ki te korero, kia puhoi kite riri: