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Ka Whakawātia te Koropiko Whakapakoko

1Ka riro ki te kore te tangata tika,ā, kāhore e maharatia iho e te ngākau o tētahi tangata;e tangohia atu anō hoki te hunga tohu tāngata;tē mahara tētahi.E tangohia atu ana te tangata tika kei kite i te hē.2Ka haere ia ki te rangimārie,ka okioki rātou ki ō rātou takotoranga, ka haere tēnā, tēnā,i runga i tōna whakaaro tapatahi.3“Ko koutou ia, awhi mai ki konei,e ngā tama a te wahine mākutu,e ngā uri o te tangata pūremu, o te wahine kairau.4He tākaro tā koutou ki a wai?Ki a wai te hāmama nui o ō koutou māngai,te whētero roa o te arero?He teka ianei he whānau koutou nā te poka kē,he uri nō te teka –5koutou, e tahu nā i ō koutou hiahia i waenga i ngā oki,i raro i ngā rākau kōuru nui katoa;e patu nā i ngā tamariki i ngā awaawa,i raro i ngā pari kōhatu?6Kei ngā kōhatu māeneene o te awa tōu wāhi;ko ēnā, ko ēnā te rota i a koe;ringihia ana e koe he ringihanga ki ēnā,whakaekea atu ana he whakahere.E mārie rānei ahau ki ēnā?7I runga i te maunga tiketike, aua noa atu ki runga,i hangā e koe tōu takotoranga,piki ai ki reira ki te mea patunga tapu.8Kua oti anō tōu whakamahara te whakatū e koeki tua i te tatau, i ngā pou;kua hura hoki koe i a koe ki tētahi atu,ehara i ahau, kua piki ki runga;kei te whakanui i tōu takotoranga,whakaritea ana e koe he kawenata ki a rātou;i matenuitia anō e koe tō rātou takotorangai te wāhi i kite ai koe.9I haere atu anō koe ki te kīngi, mea rawa ki te hinu,whakanuia ana e koe āu hinu whakaranu;ungā ana e koe āu karere ki tawhiti,whakaititia ana koe e koe anō ki raro rawa ki te rēinga.10Māuiui ana koe i te roa o tōu ara;otiia kāhore koe i mea, ‘Kāhore he manakohanga.’Kua kitea e koe e nui haere ana tōu kaha;koia koe tē ruha ai.
11“I pāwera koe, i wehi i a wai,i teka ai koe,i kore ai e mahara ki ahau,i kore ai tōu ngākau e mea mai?Kīhai ianei ahau i whakarongo puku he wā roa i mua rā anō,nā, kāhore ōu wehi ki ahau?12Māku e whakaatu tōu tika; tēnā ko āu mahi,e kore koe e whai pai i ēnā.13Ka tangi koe, mā ōu huihui koe e whakaora!Otiia, ka kāhakina rātou e te hauka riro katoa atu i te ngā.Ko te tangata ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki ahau, mōna te whenua,ka riro hoki i a ia tōku maunga tapu.”

He Whakamārie mō te Hunga Pōuri

14Ka kī anō ia:“Opehia ake, opehia ake, whakapaia te ara,hāpainga atu te tūtukitanga waewae i te ara o tāku iwi.”15Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a te Mea Tiketike o Runga Rawa,ko tōna kāinga nei kei ngā wā onamata, ko tōna ingoa ko Tapu:“Ko te wāhi e noho nei ahau kei te tiketike, kei te tapu,i te tangata he marū rawa tōna ngākau, he pāpaku,hei whakahauora i te wairua o te hunga pāpaku,hei whakahauora i te ngākau o ngā mea kua marū.16E kore hoki ahau e whawhai ā ake ake,e kore anō e mau tonu tōku riri;pēnā ka pēhia rawatia te wairua i tōku aroaro,me ngā manawa i hangā e ahau.17He hē nō tōna apo taonga i riri ai ahau, i patu ai i a ia;i huna ahau i tōku mata, i riri,ā, haere kotiti kē ana ia i runga i te ara o tōna ngākau.18Kua kite ahau i ōna ara, ka rongoātia anō ia e ahau;ka ārahi anō ahau i a ia, ka whakahoki anō i ngā whakamārietanga ki a ia,ki ōna tāngata anō hoki e tangi ana;19ko ahau te kaihanga o ngā hua o ngā ngutu.Ka mau, ka mau te rongo ki te hunga i tawhiti, ki te hunga i tata,” e ai tā Ihowā;“māku anō ia e rongoā.”20Ko te hunga kino ia rite tonu ki te moana ngarungaru;e kore e marino,heoi kei te āia ake e ōna wai te puehu, te paru.21“Kāhore he maunga rongo ki te hunga kino,” e ai tā tōku Atua.