[1] Ariki hopea omua i

oho mai nei ko

Rukuga.

[2] I ka noho ko tetahi tau

i tomo ai

kое e te matua e

ki te Pito о te Henua.

[3] He noho he hakarata

te matua a Rute.

[4] I ka tuu ki te tahi

tau i hoki nei kое

e te matua

e ki to ona kaiga

ki Maareva

anake anake ko

toona pukuraga.

[5] He tuu he noho i

Maareva.

[6] I ka tuu, ki te tahi

tau, he oho mau

te matua a Tepano

mai Tahiti ki Maareva.

[7] He tuu, he noho,

he ui te matua a Tepano

ki a Rute:

«Pehe te ki о te

kaiga era а kое

i oho mai ena

hoki ku

magaro ana

teu mahigo».

[8] He ki mai te matua

a Rute:

«Ku rata tahi ana

tooku mahigo aau,

i oho mai nei».

[9] He ki te matua

a Tepano

ki te pukuruga

о Rute,

ko Agata hoki:

«Ina he ariki о tou

henua».

[10] He ki a Agata e te

matua: «Ina he ariki roe

o to matou kaiga.

Ko Rukuga te ariki

hopea,

i haka mao,

i garo nei ki a Peru».

[11] He ki te matua

a Tepano:

«Hoki ina he tagata

paari toe

о tou kaiga».

[12] He ki kое e Agata e:

«Ina he tagata

paari toe.

Ku hakamao ana

te tagata paari

ko Gure».

[13] He ki te matua

a Tepano

ki a Agata:

«Не avai atu au

i te ariki kia kое».

[14] He too mai i te

ariki,

he hakatuu i te ariki.

[15] Ko Agate te

ariki о Rapa-Nui,

ariki vie.

[16] He noho he tuu

ki te tahi marama,

he oho mai

kое e Agata e

ki Rapa-Nui.

[17] He ui i te

tagata paari

mo avai i te

tapoa ariki.

[18] He too mai, he avai

ki a Ure Vae Iku

a Vaka Hono.

[19] Kо Ure Vae Iku

te ariki potahe,

he noho a Ure Vae Iku.

[20] He tuu ki te tahi

tau, he hakahoki

i te ariki ki

Atamu a te Kena.

[21] Ko Atamu te

ariki tumu

i hoa о te mukomuko.

[22] E te tagata

ko Atamu, ko Riro,

ko Atamu a te Kena,

ko Riro a Gure,

ko Atamu, ko Riro

te ariki,

i oho о te mukomuko.

[23] Ko Atamu hoki

ko Ika a Tuu Hati

ko Tuu a Hereveri.

[24] Ko Ika a Tuu Hati

ko Tuu a Hereveri

te ariki patahe

kai oho te mukomuko.