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1Nō te mea tēnei te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano,te tango atu nei i Hiruhārama, i a Hūrā,i te tītoko me te tokotoko –i te tītoko taro katoa,i te tītoko wai katoa –2i te mārohirohi, i te tangata whawhai;i te kaiwhakawā, i te poropiti,i te tohunga, i te tautahito;3i te rangatira rima tekau,i te tangata nui,i te kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro,i te kaimahi mōhio, i te mea mātau ki te taki.4Ka hoatu anō e ahau he tamariki hei rangatira mō rātou,he kōhungahunga hoki hei kīngi mō rātou.5Ka tūkinotia anō te iwi, tētahi e tētahi,te tangata e tōna hoa tata;ka whakahīhī hoki te tamariki ki te kaumātua,te mea e whakahāweatia ana ki te tangata e whakahōnoretia ana.6E mau hoki te tangata ki tōna tuakana,i te whare o tōna pāpā, ā, ka mea,“He kākahu tōu;hei rangatira koe mō mātou,ā, hei raro i tōu ringatēnei whakatakanga.”7Ā taua rā ka karanga nui ia, ka mea,“E kore ahau e pai hei kaiwhakaora;kāhore hoki he taro i tōku whare, kāhore he kākahu;kaua ahau e meinga e koutouhei rangatira mō te iwi.”8Kua taka hoki a Hiruhārama,kua hinga a Hūrā;kua whawhai nei hoki tō rātou arero, me ā rātou mahi, ki a Ihowā,whakapātaritari ai i ngā kanohi o tōna korōria.9Ko te titiro hoki a ō rātou kanohi hei kaiwhakaatu mō tō rātou hē;e pērā ana me Horoma e whakapuaki ana i ō rātou hara,kāhore e huna.Auē te mate mō tō rātou wairua!Ko tā rātou utu hoki ki a rātou anō, ko te kino.10Mea atu ki te tangata tika, ko te pai mōna;ka kainga hoki e rātou ngā hua o ā rātou mahi.11Auē te mate mō te tangata kino!Ko te hē mōna; ka riro hoki i a ia te utu o tā ōna ringa.12Tēnā ko tāku iwi – he tamariki ō rātou kaitūkino,he wāhine hoki e kīngi ana mō rātou.E tāku iwi, ko ōu kaiārahi kei te whakapōhēhē i a koe,kei te whakakāhore hoki i te tikanga o ōu huarahi.13E whakatika ake ana a Ihowā ki te tohe;e tū ana ia ki te whakawā i ngā iwi.14Ka tīmata tā Ihowā whakawāi ngā kaumātua o tāna iwi, i ōna rangatira anō hoki:“Ko koutou nāna i pau ai te māra wāina;ko ngā taonga a ngā rawakorei pāhuatia kei roto i ō koutou whare.15He aha tā koutou tikanga i kuru ai koutou i tāku iwi,i orohina ai e koutou ngā mata o ngā rawakore?”e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā o ngā mano.16Nā, i mea anō a Ihowā:“Nā, i te mea e whakapehapeha ana ngā tamāhine o Hiona,e haere ana me te uatoko o ngā kakī,me te takataka o ngā karu,ka whakameamea,me te tatangi anō ngā waewae;17mō reira ka whakangaua e te Ariki ki te pātitote tumuaki o ngā tamāhine o Hiona,ka takoto kau anō hoki i a Ihowā ō rātou wāhi ngaro.”18I taua rā ka kore i te Ariki te ātaahua o ngā mea tatangi o ngā waewae, o ngā whakapaipai rīpekapeka, o ngā heitiki;19ngā mekameka, ngā poroporo me ngā ārai kanohi,20ngā pōtae, ngā whakapaipai o ngā waewae, ngā pākawe, ngā pouaka hongihongi me ngā whakakai;21ngā mōwhiti, ngā whakapaipai a te ihu;22ngā kākahu whakapaipai, ngā koroka, ngā hōro me ngā pūkoro;23ngā whakaata me te rīnena pai, ngā pōtae me ngā ārai whakapaipai.24Nā, he kakara pai i mua, tērā e puta ake he piro;he whītiki, tuku iho he tawhetawhe;he koukou huatau, tau iho he pākira kau;he tātua whakapaipai, kōpakina iho ki te kākahu taratara;he ātaahua, hunuhunua ake.25Ka hinga ōu tāngata i te hoari,ōu mārohirohi i te whawhaitanga.26Ka tangi, ka auē ōna kūwaha; ā, ka mokemoke ia,ka tau ki te whenua.