1 Na ka rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki nga wahine kotahi tekau, i mau i a ratou rama, a haere ana ki te whakatau i te tana marena hou;2 Tokorima o ratou he maharakore, tokorima he mahara.3 Ko nga mea maharakore i mau i a ratou rama, kihai ia i mau hinu:4 Ko te hunga mahara i mau hinu atu i roto i a ratou ipu me a ratou rama.5 Ka whakaroa te tane marena hou, ka tunewha ratou katoa, ka moe.6 Na, i waenganui po, ka pa te karanga, E, ko te tane marena hou! Puta mai koutou ki te whakatau i a ia.7 Katahi ka ara katoa aua wahine, ka whakapai i a ratou rama.8 Na ka mea te hunga maharakore ki te hunga mahara, Homai ki a matou tetahi wahi o ta koutou hinu: ka pirau hoki a matou rama.9 Na ka whakahoki te hunga mahara, ka mea, Kahore; kei kore e ranea ma matou, ma koutou: engari me haere koutou ki nga kaihoko, hoko ai i tetahi ma koutou.10 A, no to ratou haerenga atu ki te hoko, ka tae mai te tane marena hou: a tomo tahi ana me ia ki te marena te hunga kua ata rite: a tutakina ana te tatau.11 Muri iho ka tae era wahine, ka mea, E te Ariki, e te Ariki, uakina ki a matou.12 Na ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, Kahore ahau e mohio ki a koutou.13 Kia mataara rapea koutou, e kore hoki koutou e mohio ki te ra, ki te haora, e puta mai ai te Tama a te tangata.