1Auē te mate mōu e pāhua nei,ā, kīhai koe i pāhuatia;e tinihanga nei,ā, kīhai anō koe i tinihangatia!Kia mutu tāu pāhua,ka pāhuatia anō koe;kia mutu tāu tinihanga,ka tinihangatia koe.2Kia atawhai, e Ihowā, ki a mātou;kua tatari nei mātou ki a koe.Ko koe hei ringa mō rātou i tēnei ata, i tēnei ata,hei whakaora mō mātou i ngā wā o te raru.3I te rongonga i te ngangau, whati ana ngā iwi;i tōu aranga ki runga, marara ana ngā iwi.4Ko te kohikohinga o ō koutou taonga ānō he moka e kohi ana;kei te tarapeke o te māwhitiwhiti te rite ina kōkiritia e rātou.5Ka whakanuia a Ihowā; kei runga hoki tōna nohoanga;nāna a Hiona i kī ai i te whakawā, i te tika;6ā, ka ū ngā wā i a koe;hua tonu te whakaora, te whakaaro nui, te mātauranga;ko te wehi ki a Ihowā hei taonga mōna.7Nanā, he tangi ō rātou māia i waho;ko ngā karere hohou rongo,tīwerawera ana te tangi.8Kua ururuatia ngā ara,kua kore e haerea e te tangata.Kua paheke i a ia te kawenata,whakahāwea ana ia ki ngā pā;kāhore te tangata e whakaaroa e ia.9E tangi ana te whenua, ngohe noa iho;kua whakamā a Repanōna, kua memenge;a Harono, rite tonu ki te koraha;ko ngā rau o Pahana, o Karamere, ruirui rawa.10“Kātahi ahau ka whakatika,” e ai tā Ihowā;“kātahi ahau ka whakarewa ake i ahau,kātahi ahau ka neke ake.11Ko tō koutou hapū he pāpapa,whānau ake he kakau wīti;ko tō koutou manawa, ka rite ki te ahi, ka kai i a koutou.12Ka rite hoki ngā iwi ki ngā tahunga kotakota;ki te tātarāmoa kua tapahia, e tahuna ana ki te ahi.”13Whakarongo, e koutou o tawhiti ki tāku i mea ai;e te hunga e tata ana, kia mōhio mai ki tōku kaha.14Pawera noa iho ngā tāngata hara i Hiona,mau pū te hunga atuakore i te tūiri.“Ko wai o tātou e noho ki te ahi e kai ana?Ko wai o tātou e noho ki ngā tahunga e kore nei e mutu?”15Ko te tangata e haere ana i runga i te tika, he tika anō āna kōrero;ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki ngā taonga o te tūkino,e rukerukea ana e tōna ringa te utu whakapati;e punia ana ōna taringa kei rangona he kōrero toto,e whakamoe ana i ōna kanohi kei kite i te kino;16ko te nohoanga mō tērā kei runga rawa;ko tōna wāhi ārai riri ko ngā kaha o ngā kāmaka;ka hōmai he taro māna,ka pūmau te wai mōna.
Te Whenua o te Kīngi Rangatira
17Ka kite ōu kanohi i te kīngi, i tōna ātaahua;ka mātakitaki anō ki te whenua e hora mai ana i tawhiti.18Ka whakaaroaroa te wehi e tōu ngākau:“Kei hea te kaitatau?Kei hea te kaipāuna takoha?Kei hea te kaitatau o ngā pourewa?”19E kore koe e kite i te iwi nanakia,he hōhonu nei tō rātou reo, kāhore e rangona e koe;he rerekē te reo, e kore e mātauria e koe.20Titiro ki Hiona, ki te pā o ā tātou hākari;ka kitea e ōu kanohi a Hiruhārama,he nohoanga hūmārie, he tēneti, e kore e nekehia;ā, kore tētahi o ōna titi e unuhia ā ake ake,e kore anō tētahi o ōna taura e motu.21Engari, ki reira a Ihowā ki a tātou me tōna nui,hei wāhi mō ngā awa whānui mō ngā wai nunui;kāhore hoki he waka e hoehoea ki reira,kāhore he kaipuke nui e tika nā reira.22Nō te mea ko Ihowā tō tātou kaiwhakawā,ko Ihowā tō tātou kaiwhakatakoto tikanga,ko Ihowā tō tātou kīngi;māna tātou e whakaora.23Kua tangoro kau ōu pūwhenua,tē taea te tūranga o tō rātou rewa te whakaū,tē taea te rā te whewhera.Nā, nui atu te taonga parakete e wehewehea ana,pāhuatia ana ngā taonga pārau e ngā kopa.24Kāhore hoki he kīanga ake a te tangata whenua, “He mate tōku”;ko te iwi e noho ana i reira, ka murua tō rātou hē.