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Te Take a Ihowā ki a Īharaira

¹Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā, e ngā tama a Īharaira;he tautohe hoki tā Ihowā ki ngā tāngata o te whenua.“Nō te mea kāhore he pono, kāhore he tohu tangata,kāhore he mātauranga ki te Atua i te whenua.²Te oati, te kōrero teka, te kōhuru,te tāhae, te pūremu, pakaru mai ana rātou;te toto, pā tonu ki te toto.³Mō reira te whenua ka pōuri,ko ōna tāngata katoa ka tangi,me ngā kīrehe o te pārae,me ngā manu o te rangi;ka whakakorea anō ngā ika o te moana.

⁴“Kaua ia te tangata e whakawā,e whakahē i tētahi tangata:e rite ana hoki tōu iwi ki te hunga e totohe ana ki te tohunga.⁵Nā, ka hinga koe i te awatea,me te poropiti, ka hinga ngātahi kōrua i te pō;ka whakangaromia anō hoki e ahau tōu whaea.⁶Ka ngaro tāku iwi i te kore mātauranga;kua paopao nā koe ki te mātauranga,nā, ka paopao anō ahau ki a koe hei tohunga māku.Kua wareware nā koe ki te ture a tōu Atua,ka wareware anō ahau ki āu tamariki.

⁷“I te mea ka nui rātou,kātahi rātou ka hara ki ahau;whakaputaina kētia ana e ahau tō rātou korōria hei whakamā.⁸Ko te hara o tāku iwi kainga ake e rātou,ko tō rātou ngākau anga tonu ki tō rātou hē.

⁹“Ko te tukunga iho: rite iwi, rite tohunga;ā, ka whiua rātou e ahau mō ō rātou ara,ka utua ā rātou mahi.¹⁰Ka kai hoki rātou, ā, e kore e mākona;ka moepuku, ā, e kore e tokomaha;mō tā rātou whakarerei ngā mahara ki a Ihowā.¹¹Riro pū te hinengaro i te moepuku,i te wāina, i te wāina hou.”

Ka Whakahētia e Ihowā te Koropiko ki ngā Atua Kē

¹²“E ui tikanga ana tāku iwi ki ā rātou rākau,ko tō rātou tokotoko anō hokihei whakaatu tikanga ki a rātou.Kua pōhēhē hoki rātou i te wairua o te moepuku,kua maunu atu i raro i tō rātou Atua ki te pūremu.¹³E patu ana rātou i ngā patunga tapui runga i ngā tihi o ngā maunga,e tahu whakakakara ana i runga i ngā pukepuke,i raro i ngā oki, i ngā pāpara, i ngā terepini,he pai hoki nō te taumarumarunga iho.Mō reira ka moepuku ā koutou tamāhine,ka pūremu ā koutou wāhine.

¹⁴“E kore ahau e whiu i ā koutou tamāhine ina moepuku,i ā koutou wāhine ina pūremu;ko ngā tāne nei hoki he mea wehe atu ki ngā wāhine moepuku,ko rātou tahi ko ngā wāhine kairau kei te mea patunga tapu.Mō reira ka hinga te iwi kāhore nei ō rātou mātauranga.

¹⁵“Ahakoa koe, e Īharaira, kairau noa,kaua a Hūrā e hē;ā, kaua hoki koutou e haere mai ki Kirikara,kaua hoki e haere ki runga ki Peteawene,ā, kaua e oati, ‘Kei te ora a Ihowā.’¹⁶Kua whakangutungutu hoki a Īharaira,tōna rite kei te kūao kau e whakatotoi ana;ākuanei rātou whāngaia ai e Ihowā,pērātia ai me te reme i te wāhi whānui.

¹⁷“Kua honoa a Ēparaima ki ngā whakapakoko –tukua atu ki tāna.¹⁸Ko te mea e inumia ana e rātou kua kawa;he moepuku tonu tā rātou;ā, he whakamā tā ō rātou rangatira e matenui ana.¹⁹Kua oti ia te kōpaki e te hau ki roto ki ōna parirau;ka whakamā hoki rātou ki ā rātou patunga tapu.”