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Te Hīta Teitei
1I te tekau mā tahi o ngā tau, i te toru o ngā marama, i te tuatahi o ngā rā o te marama, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea:2“E te tama a te tangata, mea atu ki a Parao kīngi o Īhipa, rātou ko āna mano tini:I a koe e nui nā ko wai tōu rite?3Nanā, he hīta i Repanōna te Ahiriana,he pai ngā manga, pūruru tonu,marumaru tonu, he roa rawa, pūrero rawa;i roto anō tōna kōuru i ngā manga pūruru.4Nui tonu ia, nā te wai hoki roa tonu,he mea nā te wai hōhonu;i rere hoki ōna awai tētahi taha o ōna māhuri, i tētahi taha;i tukua atu anō ōna awa ririkiki ngā rākau katoa o te pārae.5Nā reira roa rawa ia,pūrero rawa ki runga ake i ngā rākau katoa o te pārae;kua maha anō ōna peka, kua roroa ōna manga,he maha hoki nō ngā wai,i a ia e kōkiri ake ana.6I hangā ō rātou ōhangae ngā manu katoa o te rangi ki ōna peka,i whānau anō ngā kīrehe katoao te pārae ki raro i ōna manga,i noho anō ngā iwi nunui katoaki raro i tōna taumarumarunga iho.7Heoi, ātaahua tonu ia, i a ia i nui rā,i te roa hoki o ōna manga;i te taha hoki o ngā wai nui tōna pakiaka.8Kīhai ia i ngaro i ngā hīta o tā te Atua kāri;kīhai ngā kauri i rite ki ōna peka,kīhai anō ngā rākau pereni i rite ki ōna manga;kāhore he rākau o te kāri a te Atua hei rite mōna;i a ia i ātaahua tonu rā.9I meinga ia e ahau kia ātaahua tonui te maha o ōna manga;ā, hae ana ngā rākau katoa o Erene,i te kāri a te Atua, ki a ia.10“Nā reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Kua tiketike nā koe, kua roa, ā, kōkiri atu ana tōna kōuru ki roto ki ngā manga pūruru, ā, neke ake ana tōna ngākau i a ia i tiketike rā;11mō reira ka tukua ia e ahau ki te ringa o te mea kaha o ngā tauiwi. Ka nui tā tērā mahi ki a ia; he kino nōna i peia ai ia e ahau.12Nā, kua hātepea atu ia e ngā tautāngata, e ngā mea nanakia o ngā iwi, ā, kua whakarērea iho. Kua taka ōna rārā ki runga ki ngā maunga, ki ngā awaawa katoa; kua whatiwhatiia ōna manga ki te taha o ngā awa katoa o te whenua; kua heke mai anō ngā iwi katoa o te whenua i tōna taumarumarutanga iho, whakarērea ake e rātou.13Kei runga i a ia, ina hinga, he kāinga mō ngā manu katoa o te rangi, ā, ka noho ngā kīrehe katoa o te pārae ki ōna manga.14He mea kei neke ake, kei pūrero ki runga tētahi o ngā rākau i te taha o ngā wai, kei kōkiri ake ō rātou kōuru ki roto ki ngā manga pūruru, kei tū hoki, kei teitei ngā rākau katoa e inu wai ana. Kua tukua katoatia hoki ki te mate, ki ngā wāhi o raro rawa o te whenua, ki roto ki ngā tama a te tangata, ki te hunga e heke ana ki te rua.15“Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: I te rā i heke ai ia ki te rua i meinga ia e ahau kia tangihia, he whakaaro ki a ia i hīpokina ai e ahau te rire, i puritia ai ōna awa, ā, ko ngā wai nunui mau rawa. Ā, meinga ana e ahau a Repanōna kia tangi ki a ia, ā, ko ngā rākau katoa o te pārae ngohe kau ki a ia.16Meinga ana e ahau kia rurea ngā iwi e te haruru o tōna hinganga, i tāku makanga i a ia ki raro i te rēinga, rātou tahi ko te hunga e heke ana ki te rua; ko ngā rākau katoa anō hoki o Erene, ko ngā mea whiriwhiri, ko ngā mea papai o Repanōna, ko ngā mea katoa e inu ana i te wai, ka whai whakamārietanga i ngā wāhi o raro rawa o te whenua.17I heke tahi anō rātou me ia ki te rēinga, ki te hunga kua patua ki te hoari; āe rā, me te hunga anō i waiho nei hei ringa mōna, i noho nei i raro i tōna taumarumarunga iho i waenganui o ngā tauiwi.18“Ko wai hei rite mōu, te korōria, te nui, i roto i ngā rākau o Erene? Heoi, ka tukua ngātahitia iho koutou ko ngā rākau o Erene ki ngā wāhi o raro rawa o te whenua. Ka takoto koe i roto i te hunga kokotikore, i roto i te hunga i patua ki te hoari.“Ko Parao tēnei, rātou ko āna mano tini katoa, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.”