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He Karanga ki te Rīpenetātanga

¹Whakarongo ki tēnei kupu, kua maranga nei i ahau hei tangi ki a koutou, e te whare o Īharaira:²“Kua hinga te wāhina a Īharaira,e kore ia e ara i muri;kua whakatakā ia ki runga ki tōna oneone;kāhore he mea hei whakaara ake i a ia.”

³Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:“Ko te pā kotahi nei te mano i te haerenga atu,kotahi rau e toe,ā, ko tērā kotahi nei te rau i te haerenga atu,kotahi tekau e toe ki te whare o Īharaira.”

⁴Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā ki te whare o Īharaira:“Rapua ahau, kia ora ai koutou;⁵otiia, kaua e rapu i Pētēre,kaua e haere ki Kirikara,kaua anō e haere ki Peerehepa;nō te mea tērā a Kirikara ka riro i te whakarau,ā, hei kore noa iho a Pētēre.”

⁶Rapua a Ihowā, ā, ka ora koutou;kei toro atu ia, ānō he ahi, i roto i te whare o Hōhepa,ā, pau noa, ā, kore noa iho he kaitinei i roto i Pētēre.⁷E te hunga i puta kē ai te whakawā hei taru kawa,i tāia ai te tika ki te whenua.

⁸Rapua te kaihanga o Matariki, o Tautoru;e riro kē ana i a ia te ātārangi o te mate hei ata,e whakapōuritia ana e ia te rā hei pō;e karangatia ana e ia ngā wai o te moana,ā, ringihia ana e ia ki runga ki te mata o te whenua,ko Ihowā tōna ingoa;⁹nāna i whakaputa ohorere te whakangaromanga ki te hunga kaha,i tae ai te whakangaromanga ki te pā kaha.

¹⁰E kinongia ana e rātou te kairiri hē i te kūwaha,ā, he mea whakarihariha ki a rātou te tangata kōrero tika.

¹¹Nā, i te mea he takahi tā koutou i te ware,he tango i te takoha wīti i a ia;he whare kōhatu tārai tā koutou i hanga ai,nā, e kore e nohoia e koutou;he māra wāina e minaminatia ana tā koutou i whakatō ai,otiia e kore te wāina o aua māra e inumia e koutou.

¹²E mōhiotia ana hoki e ahau te maha o ō koutou poka kē,me te kaha o ō koutou hara –o koutou e whakatupu kino nei i te tangata tika,e tango nei i te utu whakapati,e whakangau kē nei i tā te rawakore i te kūwaha.¹³Mō reira ka whakarongo puku te tangata tūpato i taua wā;nō te mea he wā kino.

¹⁴Rapua te pai, kauaka hoki te kino,kia ora ai koutou;pēnei ko Ihowā, ko te Atua o ngā mano hei hoa mō koutou,hei pēnā anō me tā koutou e kī nā.¹⁵Kinongia te kino, arohaina te pai,whakapūmautia te whakawā ki te kūwaha.Tērā pea a Ihowā, te Atua o ngā mano,ka aroha ki te toenga o Hōhepa.

¹⁶Mō reira tēnei kupu a Ihowā, a te Atua o ngā mano, a te Ariki:“I ngā waharoa katoa ko te tangi;ko tā rātou kupu i ngā huarahi katoa, ‘Auē! auē!’Ka karangatia te kaingaki whenua ki te tangi,me te hunga mātau ki te uhunga, hei auē;¹⁷ā, he auē i ngā māra wāina katoa,ka tika atu hoki ahau i waenganui i a koe,”e ai tā Ihowā.

He Rā Pōuri te Rā o Ihowā

¹⁸Auē te mate mō koutou e hiahia nei ki te rā o Ihowā!Hei aha mā koutou te rā o Ihowā?He pōuri hoki, ehara i te mārama;¹⁹ka pērā me te tangata i rere atu i te aroaro o te raiona,ā, ka tūtaki te pea ki a ia;i haere rānei ki roto ki te whare,ā, okioki atu ana tōna ringa ki te pakitara,nā, ngaua iho ia e te nākahi.²⁰He teka ianei tērā e pōuri te rā o Ihowā, e kore e mārama?Tērā e pōuri kerekere, kāhore hoki he mārama i roto?

²¹“E kino ana ahau, e whakarihariha ana ki ā koutou hākari,ā, e kore ahau e āhuareka ki ā koutou huihui nunui.²²Āe rā, ahakoa whakaeke noa koutou i ngā tahunga tinana,i ā koutou whakahere totokore ki ahau,e kore e manakohia e ahau.E kore anō e tirohia e ahau ngā whakahere mō te pai,arā ā koutou mea mōmona.²³Maua atu kia matara i ahau te ngangau o āu waiata;e kore hoki ahau e whakarongo ki te rangi o āu hātere.²⁴Engari, kia huri mai te whakawā ānō he wai,te tika ānō he awa nui.

²⁵“I kawea mai koia e koutou ki ahau he patunga tapu,he whakahere totokore, e te whare o Īharaira, i te koraha, i ngā tau e whā tekau?²⁶Āe rā, kua maua e koutou a Hikutu,tō koutou kīngi, a Kiunu hoki, ā koutou whakapakoko,te whetū o tō koutou atua,i hangā nei e koutou mā koutou.²⁷Nā, ka whakaraua koutou e ahau ki kō atu i Ramahiku,”e ai tā Ihowā nōna nei te ingoa, Ko te Atua o ngā Mano.