1“Auē te mate mō ngā tamariki whakakeke,”e ai tā Ihowā,“e hanga whakaaro nei, otiia ehara i te mea nāku;e hīpoki nei i te hīpoki, ehara ia i te mea nā tōku wairua,he mea kia taparua iho ai e rātouhe hara ki runga ki te hara;2e haere nei ki raro ki Īhipa,kāhore hoki e ui tikanga ki tōku māngai;hei kaha hoki mō rātou te kaha o Parao,ā, e mea ana kia whakawhirinaki ki te taumarumarunga iho o Īhipa.3Mō reira hei mea whakamā ki a koutou te kaha o Parao,hei mea anō e numinumi ai koutoute whakawhirinaki ki te taumarumarunga iho o Īhipa.4I Toana hoki āna rangatira,i tae anō āna karere ki Hanahe,5whakamā katoa rātouki te iwi kāhore nei ā rātou pai mō rātou,kāhore he āwhina, kāhore he pai;engari he whakamā, he ingoa kino.”6Ko te poropititanga mō ngā kararehe o te tonga.I te whenua o te raruraru, o te ngākau mamae,nō reira nei te raiona uha me te raiona toa,te waipera me te nākahi e rere nei me he ahi,ka kawea atu e rātou ō rātou rawa i runga i ngā pokohiwi o ngā kūao kāihe,ō rātou taonga i runga i ngā koropuku o ngā kāmeraki te iwi kāhore nei ā rātou pai mō rātou.7Ko tā Īhipa āwhina hoki he horihori, he kore noa iho;koia i huaina ai e ahau,“Ko Rahapa noho tonu.”
He Hunga Whakakeke
8Nā, haere, tuhituhia ki te papa ki tō rātou aroaro,tāia iho hoki ki te pukapuka;me waiho anō tēnā i ngā rā i murihei kaiwhakaatu ā ake ake.9He tutū hoki tēnei iwi,he tamariki kōrero teka,he tamariki kāhore e pai ki te whakarongoki te Ture a Ihowā;10ko tā rātou nei kupu ki ngā matakite,“Kaua e kite!”ki ngā poropiti,“Kaua e poropititia ki a mātou ngā mea tika;kōrero ki a mātou i ngā mea ngāwari;hei ngā mea tinihanga he poropititanga mā koutou;11peka atu i te ara,whakarērea te huarahi,kāti tā te Mea Tapu o Īharairate mea mai ki tō mātou aroaro.”12Nā, ko te kupu tēnei a te Mea Tapu o Īharaira:“Kua paopao nā koutou ki tēnei kupu,kua okioki anō ki te tūkino,ki te whanokē, ū tonu atu ki reira;13nā, ko te tukunga iho o tēnei hē ki a koutou,ka rite ki te pakaru o te taiepa,meāke nei hinga, kua ngawhā haere i te wāhi tiketike,kitea rawatia ake, kua puta whakarere tōna pakaru.14Ka wāhia hoki e ia, pērā i te oko a te kaihanga rīhi e wāhia ana,mongamonga noa, e kore e tohungia;nā, e kore e kitea i roto i ōna kongakonga he maramarahei tango ahi mai i te kānga ahi,hei utu wai ake rānei i te poka.”15Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā, a te Mea Tapu o Īharaira:“Mā te tahuri mai, mā te hūmārie ka ora ai koutou;kei te āta noho, kei te whakawhirinaki he kaha mō koutou;heoi kīhai koutou i pai.16Nā, i kī nā koutou,‘Kāhore, engari me rere mātou i runga i te hōiho.’Mō reira ka rere koutou;ā, ‘Ka eke mātou ki runga ki te mea tere.’Mō reira ka tere anō te hunga e whai ana i a koutou.17Ko te mano kotahi, ka rere i te riri a te tangata kotahi;ka rere koutou i te riri a te tokorima;ā, ka mahue koutouānō he pou kara i te tihi o te maunga,ānō he kara i runga i te pukepuke.”
He Manaaki mō te Iwi a Ihowā
18Nā konei anō a Ihowā ka tatari,he mea kia atawhaitia ai koutou e ia,nā konei anō ia ka whakanekehia ake,kia tohungia ai koutou e ia.He Atua whakawā hoki a Ihowā,ka hari te hunga katoa e tatari ana ki a ia.19Tērā hoki te iwi e noho ki Hiona, ki Hiruhārama; mutu ake tōu tangi. He pono ka aroha ia ki a koe, ki tōu reo e tangi ana; ka rongo ia ki a koe, ka whakahoki kupu ia ki a koe.20Ahakoa hōmai e te Ariki hei taro mā koutou ko te ngākau mamae, hei wai anō ko te tūkino, e kore ōu kaiwhakaako e hunā ā muri; engari ka kite ōu kanohi i ōu kaiwhakaako.21Ā, ka rongo ōu taringa i te kupu i muri i a koe e mea ana, “Ko te ara tēnei; nā konei atu, ina tahuri koutou ki matau, ina tahuri ki mauī.”22Ka whakapokea hoki e koutou te kōpaki o āu whakapakoko hiriwa, me te mea whakakikorua o āu whakapakoko kōura whakarewa; ka rukerukea atu e koe, ānō he mea poke, ā, ka mea ki taua mea, “Haere atu!”23Ā, ka hōmai e ia he ua ki tāu purapura e whakatōkia e koe ki te oneone, he taro anō, he hua nō te oneone, ā, ka whai ngako, ka nui taua mea; i taua rā anō he nunui ngā pārae e kai ai āu kararehe.24Ā, ko ngā kau, me ngā kūao kāihe e mahi ana i te oneone, ka kai i te kai pai, he mea i whakarererea ki te koko, ki te whakarerere wīti;25ā, i runga i ngā maunga tiketike katoa, i ngā pukepuke ikeike katoa, ka rere he awa, he manga wai – i te rā o te parekura nui, ina hinga ngā pourewa.26Ko te mārama hoki o te marama ka rite ki te mārama o te rā, ā, ko te mārama o te rā, e whitu ōna whakanekehanga ake, ka rite ki te mārama o ngā rā e whitu, i te rā e takaia ai e Ihowā te kaiākiko o tāna iwi, ina rongoātia e ia te patunga i patua ai rātou.
Te Whakawātanga ki Ahiria
27Nanā, kei te haere mai te ingoa o Ihowā i tawhiti,kā tonu tōna riri, pongere tonu te paowa e kake ana;kī tonu ōna ngutu i te riri,ko tōna arero koia anō kei te ahi e kai ana.28Ko tōna manawa, ānō he awa e ngawhā ana,tae ana ki te kakī rawa –hei tātari i ngā iwi ki te tātari o te horihori;ā, mau rawa ki ngā kauae o ngā iwi he paraire,hei whakapōhēhē i a rātou.29Ka waiata koutou,me te mea ko te pō e mahia ai te hākari tapu;ka koa te ngākau,ānō he tangata e haere ana me tāna pūtōrino,e haere ana ki te maunga o Ihowā,ki te Kāmaka o Īharaira.30Ka meinga hoki e Ihowā tōna reo korōria kia rangona,kia kitea te tautanga iho o tōna ringa,me te weriweri o tōna riri, te mura o te ahi e kai ana,te apū hau, te tūpuhi, me te nganga kōhatu.31Mā te reo hoki o Ihowā ka pakaru ai te Ahirianai whiu nei ki te rākau.32Ā, ko ngā whakapānga katoa o te tokotoko i whakaritea,ko tā Ihowā hoki e whakapā ai ki a ia,ka meinga ki ngā timipera, ki ngā hāpa;he whawhai whakangāueue hoki tāna whawhai ki a rātou.33Nō mua iho hoki a Topete i whakaritea ai;āe rā, kua rite mō te kīngi;kua oti te whakahōhonu, te whakanui;ko tōna pūranga he ahi, nui atu hoki te wahie;ko te manawa o Ihowā, ānō he awa whānāriki, hei whakangiha.