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Te Kaniawhea me te Whakawhiunga o Īharaira

1Whakarongo ki tēnei kupu i kōrerotia e Ihowā mō koutou, e ngā tama a Īharaira, mō te hapū katoa i kawea mai e ahau i te whenua o Īhipa, i mea ahau:2“Ko koutou anake tāku i mōhio aio ngā hapū katoa o te ao.Mō reira ka whiua koutou e ahaumō ō koutou hē katoa.”
3E haere tahi anō rānei te tokorua,ki te kore e whakaae ki a rāua?4E hāmama rānei te raiona i te ngaherei te mea kāhore āna tūpāpaku?E tangi rānei te reo o te kūao raiona i tōna kuhunga,ki te kore tētahi mea e mau i a ia?5E taka rānei te manu ki roto ki te māhanga i runga i te whenuai te mea kāhore he āhere mōna?E mokowhiti ake rānei te māhanga i te oneone,ā, hore rawa he mea e mau?6E tangi rānei te tētere i roto i tētahi pā,ā, kāhore te iwi e wehi?E puta rānei he kino ki te pā,ā, ehara i a Ihowā nāna i mahi?7He pono e kore te Ariki, a Ihowā, e mahi i tētahi mea,engari ka whakakitea e ia tōna whakaaro hunaki āna pononga, ki ngā poropiti.
8Kua hāmama te raiona;ko wai e kore e wehi?Kua kōrero a Ihowā, te Ariki;ko wai e kore e poropiti?

Te Turakitanga o Hamaria

9Pānuitia atu i roto i ngā whare kīngi i Aharoro,i ngā whare kīngi hoki i te whenua o Īhipa,mea atu, “Whakamine i a koutou ki runga ki ngā maunga o Hamaria,ka mātakitaki ki ngā ngangau nui i waenga o reira,ki ngā tūkinotanga hoki i waenga o reira.”
10“Kāhore hoki rātou e mōhio ki te mahi i te tika,” e ai tā Ihowā,“e rongoā nei rātou i te mahi tutū me te pāhua i roto i ō rātou whare kīngi.”
11Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:“He hoariri tērā, ka karapotia e ia te whenua;ā, ka riro iho i a ia tōu kaha,ka pāhuatia hoki ōu whare kīngi.”
12Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:“Ka rite ki te hēpara e tango mai nei i ngā waewae e rua i te māngai o te raiona,i tētahi wāhi rānei o te taringa;ka pēnā anō te tangohanga mai o ngā tama a Īharaira e noho rā i Hamariai te pito o te moenga,i runga hoki i ngā urunga o tētahi moenga.”
13“Whakarongo koutou, whakaaturia hoki he hē mō te whare o Hākopa,” e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, tā te Atua o ngā mano.14“Nō te mea hei te rā e pā ai tāku ki a Īharaira mō ōna poka kē,ka pā anō hoki tāku ki ngā āta o Pētēre,ā, ka pōutoa ngā haona o te āta,ka taka ki te whenua.15Ka patua anō e ahau te whare hōtokeme te whare raumati;ā, ka mōtī ngā whare rei,ka kore ngā whare nunui,”e ai tā Ihowā.