1. E taku tama, e Orihana, me whakarongo kia rongo, kia kite hoki i taku, i ta te Ariki, i ta te Atua, ae ra, i ta Ihu Karaiti, tou Kai-whakaora, e korero ai ki a koe;

2. Ko te maramatanga me te ora o te ao; he maramatanga e tiaho ana i roto i te pouritanga, a te matauria e te pouritanga;

3. Ko ia ano tera i aroha nui ki te ao a homai ana e ia ko ia ano kia mate, kia meinga ai hei tamariki ma te Atua te hunga katoa e whakapono ana: no reira, he tamaiti koe naku,

4. A ka koa koe mou i whakapono;

5. A ka hira ake tou manaakitanga i te mea kua karangatia koe ki te kauwhau i taku Rongo-pai,

6. Kia whakaara hoki i tou reo, ano ko te tangihanga o te tetere, kia nui kia roa, ki te karanga i te ripenetatanga ki tetahi whakatupuranga pakeke, parori ke, me te whakapai ano i te huarahi o te Ariki mo tona haerenga tuaruatanga mai;

7. No te mea nana, he pono, he pono taku e mea nei ki a koe, kua tata te wa e puta mai ahau i roto i te kapua i runga i te mana me te kororia nui,

8. A he ra nui whakaharahara te wa o toku haerenga mai, no te mea ka wiri nga iwi katoa.

9. Heoi i mua i te taenga mai o taua ra nui, ka whakapouritia te ra, me te marama hoki ka whakatoto, e kore hoki nga whetu e tiaho mai, ko etahi ka taka, a he nui nga whakangaromanga e whanga ana mo te hunga kino.

10. No reira, kia ara ake tou reo, kaua hoki e arai i nga kupu, no te mea na te Ariki, na te Atua i korero; no reira, e poropiti a ka hoatu hoki tau e poropiti ai e te mana o te Wairua Tapu;

11. A ki te u koe ki te pono, nana, ko au tonu kei a koe taea noatia te wa e haere mai ai ahau:

12. A he pono, he pono taku e mea nei ki a koe ka hohoro toku haerenga mai. Ko ahau tou Ariki me tou Kai-hoko. Ae ra, koia ano. Amine.