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He Poropititanga mō Etiopia

1Ha, ko te whenua e kapakapa nei ngā pariraui tērā taha o ngā wai o Etiopia!2E unga karere nei i runga i te moana,ā, ko ō rātou kaipuke he kākaho i runga i ngā wai,e kī ana, Haere, e ngā karere tere,ki tētahi iwi roroa, maheni hoki,ki te iwi i wehingia i tō rātou tīmatanga iho ā mohoa noa nei;ki te iwi he mahi rūri nei, he takatakahi nei tāna,ko tōna whenua wāhia iho e ngā awa.
3E ngā tāngata katoa o te ao,e te hunga e noho ana i te whenua,titiro mai, ina whakaarahia te kara ki runga i ngā maunga;whakarongo mai, ina whakatangihia te tētere.4Ko tā Ihowā kupu hoki tēnei ki ahau:“Ka āta noho ahau, ka titiro hoki i tōku nohoanga;ka rite ahau ki te mahana i te mea ka mahea,ka rite ki te kapua tōmairangi i te mahana o te kotinga.”5Hei mua hoki i te kotinga, kia ngahoro te puāwai,kia puta ki te puāwai he karepe e maoa haere ana,nā, ka hātepea atu e ia ngā peka ririki ki te tapahi peka,ā, ko ngā manga ka tangohia, ka tapahia ki raro.6Ka waiho ngātahi atu rātoumā ngā manu tokokai o ngā maunga,mā ngā kararehe hoki o te whenua.Ka whakatau ngā manu tokokaiki runga ki a rātou i te raumati,ka whakakainga hoki ngā kararehe katoao te whenua ki reira i te hōtoke.
7I taua wā ka maua mai he hākari ki a Ihowā o ngā mano,o te iwi roroa, maheni hoki,nā te iwi i wehingia i tō rātou tīmatanga iho, ā mohoa noa nei,nā te iwi he mahi rūri nei,he takatakahi nei tāna, ā, ko tōna whenua wāhia iho e ngā awa –ki te wāhi o te ingoa o Ihowā o ngā mano, ki Maunga Hiona.