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Ka Torona te Kawenata ki ngā Mea Katoa i Whakarongo

¹Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:“Puritia te whakawā,mahia te tika;nō te mea ka tata he putanga mō tāku whakaora,he whakakitenga mō tōku tika.²Ka hari te tangata nāna tēnei mahi,te tama a te tangata e pupuri nei i a ia, mau tonu;e pupuri ana, ā, kāhore e whakapoke i te hāpati,e tiaki ana i tōna ringa kei mahi i tētahi hē.”

³Kaua hoki te tama a te tangata kē,kua honoa nei ki a Ihowā, e kōrero, e mea,“He pono ka wehea rawatia mai ahaue Ihowā i roto i tāna iwi.”Kaua anō te unaka e kī,“Nanā, he rākau maroke ahau.”⁴Ko tā Ihowā kupu hoki tēnei:“Mō ngā unaka e pupuri ana i āku hāpati,e whiriwhiri ana i ngā mea e paingia ana e ahau,ā, e hopu ana i tāku kawenata;⁵ka hoatu e ahau he wāhi ki a rātoui roto i tōku whare, i roto anō i ōku taiepa,he ingoa anō e pai ake ana i o ngā tama, i o ngā tamāhine;he ingoa mau tonu tāku e hoatu ai ki a rātou,he mea e kore e hātepea atu.⁶Ko ngā tamariki hoki a te tangata kē, kua oti te hono ki a Ihowā,he mea kia mahi ai rātou ki a ia, kia aroha ki te ingoa o Ihowā,kia waiho hei pononga māna,ko te hunga katoa e pupuri ana, ā, kāhore e whakapoke i te hāpati,ā, e hopu ana i tāku kawenata –⁷ka kawea rātou e ahau ki tōku maunga tapu,ka whakahari anō ahau i a rātou i roto i tōku whare īnoi;ka manakohia ā rātou tahunga tinana,me ā rātou patunga tapu i runga i tāku āta;nō te mea ka kīia tōku whare, he whare īnoimō ngā iwi katoa.”⁸He kupu tēnei nā te Ariki, nā Ihowā,nā te kaikohikohi mai o te hunga o Īharaira i peia atu,“Kua kohikohia ērā ki a ia;ka kohikohi anō ahau i ētahi atu ki a ia.”

Ka Whakawātia ngā Kaiārahi o Īharaira

⁹E ngā kīrehe katoa o te pārae,haere mai ki te kai, e ngā kīrehe katoa o te ngahere!¹⁰Ko ōna tūtei, he matapō katoa,kāhore e mōhio;he kurī reokore katoa rātou,e kore e tau;he momoe, he takoto,e matenui ana ki te moe.¹¹Āe rā, he kurī apo kai rātou;kāhore rawa e mākona.He hēpara ēnei e kore e ngoto te mātauranga;anga katoa ana rātou ki tōna ara, ki tōna ara,ki te mea taonga mōna i tōna wāhi, i tōna wāhi.¹²Ko tā rātou kī, “Haere mai, māku e tiki he wāina,kia nui anō tā tātou inu i te wai kaha;ā, ka rite te rā āpōpō ki tēnei rā,he rā kei runga noa atu tōna nui.”