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Te Pononga, he Mārama ki ngā Iwi

¹“Nanā, tāku pononga e tautokona ake nei e ahau,tāku i whiriwhiri ai, āhuareka tonu tōku ngākau ki a ia;ka waiho e ahau tōku wairua ki runga ki a ia;māna e whakapuaki te whakawā ki ngā tauiwi.²E kore ia e hāmama, e kore anō tōna reo e ara,e kore e rangona i te ara.³Ko te kākaho kōpē e kore e whatia porokeretia e ia;e kore hoki te muka whakapaowa e tineia e ia;ka whakapuakina e ia te whakawā i runga i te pono.⁴E kore ia e ngoikore, e kore e ngākaukore,kia takoto rā anō i a ia te whakawā ki te whenua;ka tatari anō ngā motu ki tāna ture.”

⁵Ko te kupu tēnei a te Atua, a Ihowā,nāna nei ngā rangi i hanga, i hora;nāna nei i takoto ai te whenua me ngā mea anō e puta mai ana i reira;nāna nei i hōmai he manawa ki ō reira tāngata,me te wairua anō ki te hunga e hāereere ana i reira:⁶“He mea karanga koe nāku, nā Ihowā,i runga i te tika, māku anō tōu ringa e pupuri,māku koe e tiaki, ka hoatu anō koe e ahau hei kawenata ki te iwi,hei mārama mō ngā tauiwi;⁷hei whakatitiro i ngā kanohi matapō,hei whakaputa mai i ngā herehere i roto i te whare e tūtaki tonu ana,i te hunga e noho ana i te pōuri, i roto i te whare herehere.

⁸“Ko Ihowā ahau; ko tōku ingoa tēnā;e kore anō e tukua e ahau tōku korōria ki tētahi atu,tōku whakamoemiti ki te whakapakoko.⁹Nanā, kua puta mai ngā mea ō mua,he mea hou ēnei e whakaaturia nei e ahau;i te mea kāhore anō kia pihi noaka kōrerotia nei e ahau ki a koutou.”

He Waiata Whakamoemiti

¹⁰Waiatatia ki a Ihowā he waiata hou,me te whakamoemiti ki a ia i te pito o te whenua,e te hunga e haere ana ki raro,ki te moana, e ō reira tini mea, e ngā motu,e ngā tāngata e noho ana i reira.¹¹Nō reira kia nui te reo o te koraha, o ngā pā anō o reira,o ngā kāinga, e nohoia ana e Kerara;kia waiata ngā tāngata o Hera,kia hāmama rātou i runga i te tihi o ngā maunga.¹²Kia whakakorōriatia a Ihowā e rātou,kia kauwhautia te whakamoemiti ki a ia i ngā motu.¹³Ka puta mai a Ihowā, ko te āhua kei tō te tangata mārohirohi;ka whakaoho i te hae ka pērā i te tangata whawhai;ka karanga, āe rā, ka hāmama;ka kaha noa atu i ōna hoariri.

¹⁴“Ka roa nei tāku whakamorokitanga,i whakarongo puku ahau, whakakoromaki tonu;kātahi nei ahau ka auē, ka pērā me te wahine e whānau ana;ka whakahotu ahau, ka kahekahe ngātahi.¹⁵Ka whakaururuatia e ahau ngā maunga me ngā pukepuke,ka maroke i ahau ngā otaota katoa o reira;ka meinga ngā awa hei motu,ka maroke anō i ahau ngā hārotoroto.¹⁶Ka kawea anō e ahau ngā matapō mā te ara kīhai nei rātou i mōhio;ka meinga te pōuri hei mārama ki tō rātou aroaro,me ngā wāhi kōpikopiko kia tika.Ka meatia ēnei mea e ahau ki a rātou,e kore anō ahau e whakarere i a rātou.¹⁷Ka hoki rātou ki muri, nui atu tō rātou whakamā,tō te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā whakapakoko,e mea ana ki te mea whakarewa,‘Ko koutou ō mātou atua.’

¹⁸“Whakarongo, e ngā turi;titiro, e ngā matapō, kia kite ai koutou!¹⁹Ko wai atu te matapō? Ko tāku pononga nei anake;ko wai te turi hei rite mō tāku pononga i ungā nei e ahau?Ko wai te matapō hei rite mō te tangata e mau nei tana rongo ki ahau?Ko wai te matapō hei rite mō tā Ihowā pononga?²⁰He maha ngā mea e kitea ana e koe, heoi kāhore e mahara;e puare ana ōna taringa, heoi kāhore e rongo.”

Te Whakakeke a Īharaira

²¹Pai tonu mai a Ihowā, he whakaaro ki tōna tika;ka whakanuia e ia te ture, ka whakahōnoretia.²²Ko tēnei iwi ia he pāhuatanga, he taonga pārau;he mea māhanga rātou katoa i roto i ngā rua,ngaro tonu i roto i te whare herehere,hei pāhuatanga rātou, kāhore hoki he kaiwhakaora;hei taonga pārau; kāhore hoki he tangata e kī ana, “Whakahokia!”

²³Ko wai i roto i a koutou e whai taringa ki tēnei?Ko wai e mahara mai, e whakarongo mai, mō ngā wā hoki ō muri?²⁴Nā wai a Hākopa i tuku hei taonga pārau,a Īharaira hoki hei meatanga mā ngā kaipāhua?He teka ianei nā Ihowā?Kua hara nei hoki tātou ki a ia,kīhai hoki rātou i pai kia haere i āna ara,kīhai i whakarongo ki tāna ture.²⁵Nā reira ringihia ana e ia te āritarita o tōna riri ki a ia,me te pakanga kaha;wera ana ia i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, tē mōhio ia;tahuna ana ia, heoi kīhai tōna ngākau i mahara.