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He Poropititanga mō Tāira

¹Ko te poropititanga mō Tāira:Auē, e ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi;kua mōtī hoki ia, i kore ai he whare,i kore ai he tapokoranga.Nō te whenua o Kitimite whakaaturanga ki a rātou.

²Whakarongoa, e ngā tāngata o te motu;kua kī nā koe i tā ngā kaihokohoko o Haironae rere nei i te moana.³Kei ngā wai nui, kei ngā purapura o Hihoro,kei te tapahanga wīti o te Naera, ōna hua;ko ia anō te kaihokohoko ki ngā iwi.

⁴Kia whakamā koe, e Hairona, kua kōrero hoki te moana,te pā kaha o te moana kua mea,“Kāhore ōku mamae hapū, kāhore hoki ahau i whānau,kāhore i atawhai tamariki,kāhore i whakatupu kōtiro.”⁵Ka tae te rongo ki Īhipa,ka tino mamae rātou, ki te rongo o Tāira.

⁶Whakawhiti atu ki Tarahihi –auē, e ngā tāngata o te motu.⁷Ko tō koutou pā koa ianei tēnei,ko tōna tawhito nei nō ngā rā anō onamata?Nā ōna waewae hoki ia i kaweki tawhiti noho ai.⁸Nā wai i whakatakoto tēnei whakaaro mō Tāira,mō te pā whakakarauna,he rangatira nei ōna kaihokohoko;ko ōna kaiwhakawhitiwhiti taonga,ko ngā metararahi o te whenua?⁹Nā Ihowā o ngā mano i whakatakoto –hei whakapoke i te whakapehapeha o ngā mea ātaahua katoa,hei mea kia whakahāweatia ngā metararahi o te whenua.

¹⁰Tika atu nā waenganui i tōu whenua,ānō ko te Naera, e te tamāhine a Tarahihi;kua kore he whītiki mōu ā mua ake.¹¹Kua totoro tōna ringa ki runga ki te moana,whakangāueuetia ana e ia ngā rangatiratanga.Nā Ihowā te whakahau mō Kanaana,kia ngaro ōna pā kaha.¹²I mea anō ia, “Kāti rawa tōu koa,e te wāhina e tūkinotia nei, e te tamāhine a Hairona.“Whakatika, whakawhiti atu ki Kitimi –ahakoa i reira kāhore he okiokinga mōu.”¹³Nanā, te whenua o ngā Karari, kua kāhore tēnā iwi;kua whakaritea a reira e ngā Ahiriana mō ngā kīrehe o te koraha.Nā rātou i whakaara ā rātou pourewa,kua horo i a rātou ōna whare kīngi;kua meinga e ia hei ururua.

¹⁴Auē, e ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi,kua kore hoki tō koutou pā kaha.

¹⁵I taua rā ka warewaretia a Tāira, e whitu tekau tau, ko ngā rā hoki o te kīngi kotahi; i te mutunga o ngā tau e whitu tekau ka rite tā Tāira ki te waiata a te wahine kairau:¹⁶“E mau ki te hāpa,taiāwhiotia te pā,e te wahine kairau i warewaretia nei!Kia pai te waiata, kia maha ngā waiata,kia maharatia ai koe.”

¹⁷Nā, i te mutunga o ngā tau e whitu tekau ka tirohia a Tāira e Ihowā, ā, ka hoki ia ki tāna utu, ka kairau anō ki ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua i runga i te mata o te oneone.¹⁸Nā, ko āna mea hokohoko, me ōna utu, he tapu ki a Ihowā; e kore e whaowhina ki te toa, e kore anō e rongoātia. Engari, mā te hunga e noho ana i te aroaro o Ihowā āna mea hokohoko, ā, ka mākona rātou i te kai, ka roa anō te mau o te kākahu.