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I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 
“E te tama a te tangata, anga atu tōu mata ki Koko, o te whenua o Makoko, ki te rangatira o Roho, o Meheke, o Tūpara, ka poropiti atu he hē mōna; 
mea atu hoki: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nanā, hei hoariri tēnei ahau mōu, e Koko, e te rangatira o Roho, o Meheke, o Tūpara. 
Ka whakatahuritia anō koe e ahau, ka whakamaua he matau ki ōu kauae, ā, ka whakaputaina koe ki waho, me tōu ope katoa, ngā hōiho, me ngā kaieke hōiho, he mea whakakākahu rātou katoa ki ngā kākahu o te whawhai, he ope nui me te puapua, me te whakangungu rākau, ā, he hāpai hoari rātou katoa. 
Ko Pahia, ko Etiopia, ko Putu ō rātou hoa; rite katoa rātou i te whakangungu rākau, i te pōtae whawhai; 
ā, Kōmere, me ōna rōpū katoa; te whare o Tokārama, o ngā pito rawa ki te raki, rātou ko ōna ope katoa, arā, ko ngā iwi maha i tōu taha. 
“Kia noho rite koe, āe rā, whakatikatika i a koe, i a koe me ōu rōpū katoa kua huihui nei ki a koe, ā, ko koe hei kaitiaki mō rātou. 
Kia maha ngā rā ka tirohia koe, i ngā tau whakamutunga ka tae koe ki te whenua i whakahokia mai i te hoari, i kohikohia mai i roto i ngā iwi maha, ki ngā maunga o Īharaira kua ururua noa ake. Heoi, kua oti te whakaputa mai i roto i ngā iwi, ā, ka noho hūmārie rātou katoa. 
Ā, ka kake koe, ka haere mai koe me te paroro, ā, ka rite koe ki te kapua e taupoki ana i te whenua, a koe, me ōu rōpū katoa, koutou tahi ko ngā iwi maha. 
“Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nā, i taua rā ka puta ake he mea i tōu ngākau, ā, ka whakaaroa e koe he whakaaro nanakia. 
Ā, ka mea koe, ‘Ka haere ahau ki te whenua i ngā pā kore taiepa; ka tae ahau ki te hunga e āta noho ana, e noho wehikore ana, e noho ana rātou katoa kāhore he taiepa, kāhore he tūtaki, kāhore he kēti; 
ki te pāhua i ngā taonga, ki te tango mea parakete; tahuri tonu tōu ringa ki ngā wāhi ururua kua nohoia, ki te iwi kua oti te kohikohi mai i roto i ngā tauiwi, ā, kua whiwhi ki te kararehe, ki te taonga, e noho ana i waenganui o te whenua.’ 
Nā, ka mea a Hēpā, a Rerana, rātou ko ngā kaihokohoko o Tarahihi, me ngā kūao raiona katoa o reira ki a koe, ‘Kua tae mai rānei koe ki te pāhua taonga? Kua whakaminea rānei e koe tāu hui ki te tango i ngā mea parakete? Ki te mau atu i te hiriwa, i te kōura, ki te tango i ngā kararehe, i ngā taonga, ki te pāhua i ngā taonga maha?’ 
“Mō reira, e te tama a te tangata, poropiti, mea atu ki a Koko: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: I te rā e noho hūmārie ai tāku iwi a Īharaira, e kore ianei e mōhiotia e koe? 
Ā, tērā koe e haere mai i tōu wāhi i ngā pito rawa ki te raki, koutou ko ngā iwi maha, ko rātou katoa i runga i te hōiho, he hui nui, he ope nui. 
Ā, ka whakaekea e koe tāku iwi a Īharaira, me te mea he kapua e taupoki ana i te whenua; ā, i ngā rā whakamutunga ka kawea koe e ahau ki te whawhai ki tōku whenua, kia mōhio ai ngā tauiwi ki ahau, ina ka whakatapua ahau i runga i a koe, e Koko, i tā rātou tirohanga.” 
“Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ko koe rānei tērā i kōrerotia rā e ahau, arā e āku pononga, e ngā poropiti o Īharaira, i ngā rā onamata, i poropititia hoki e rātou i aua rā, he maha ngā tau, tāku kawenga i a koe ki a rātou? 
Nā, ā taua rā, ā te rā e haere mai ai a Koko ki te whenua o Īharaira, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, ka puta ake tōku weriweri ki ōku pongāihu. 
Kua kōrero hoki ahau i runga i tōku hae, i runga i te ahi o tōku riri: He pono i taua rā ka nui te rū ki te whenua o Īharaira; 
ā, ka wiri ngā ika o te moana ki tōku aroaro, ngā manu anō o te rangi, ngā kīrehe o te pārae, ngā mea ngōkingōki katoa e ngōkingōki ana i runga i te whenua, me ngā tāngata katoa i runga i te mata o te whenua, ka turakina iho hoki ngā maunga, ka hinga ngā wāhi poupou, ka hinga anō ngā taiepa katoa ki te whenua. 
Ā, ka karangatia e ahau he hoari hei patu mōna, puta noa i ōku maunga katoa, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā; ā, ko te hoari a tēnā tangata, a tēnā tangata, ka anga atu ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa. 
Ā, ko tāku mea hei totohe ki a ia, he mate urutā, he toto; ka uaina iho anō e ahau he ua, he waipuke, he whatu nui, he ahi, he whānāriki, ki a ia, ki ōna rōpū, ki ngā iwi maha e whai ana i a ia. 
Nā, ka whakanui ahau i ahau, ka whakatapu anō ahau i ahau; ā, ka mōhiotia ahau i te tirohanga a ngā iwi maha, ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau.” 
