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¹“Ki te mea ka hoki mai koe e Īharaira,” e ai tā Ihowā,“hoki mai ki ahau;ki te whakarērea anō e koe āu mea whakarihariha i tōku aroaro,e kore koe e riro kē,²ka oati anō koe, ‘Kei te ora a Ihowā,’i runga i te pono, i te whakawā pai, i te tika,māna hoki ngā iwi ka whakapai ai ki a rātou anō,ka whakamanamana anō rātou ki a ia.”

³Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā ki ngā tāngata o Hūrā, ā, ki Hiruhārama:“Ngakia tā koutou pātohe;kaua hoki e whakatō ki roto ki ngā tātarāmoa.⁴Kotia hoki koutou, hei mea ki a Ihowā,whakarērea hoki ngā kiri matamata o ō koutou ngākau,e ngā tāngata o Hūrā, e te hunga anō e noho ana i Hiruhārama;kei puta tōku riri ānō he ahi, kei mura,ā, kāhore e tineia, mō te kino hoki o ā koutou mahi.”

Ka Whakawehitia a Hūrā ki te Whakaekenga

⁵“Karangatia i roto i a Hūrā, kia rongo a Hiruhārama, mea atu:‘Whakatangihia te tētere ki te whenua!’Karanga, mea atu;‘Whakamine mai,tātou ka haere ki ngā pā taiepa!’⁶Whakaarahia te kara ki te ritenga o Hiona,pūtere atu koutou, kaua e tū;nō te mea ka kawea mai e ahau he kino i te raki,he whatīanga nui.”

⁷Kei te haere mai he raiona i tōna urupuia rākau,kei te ara anō he kaiwhakangaro mō ngā tauiwi;kei te ara ia, kua puta mai ia i tōna wāhi;hei whakangaro i tōu whenua,hei mea i ōu pā kia ururua;kāhore he tangata hei noho.⁸Mō konei whītikiria he kākahu taratara ki a koutou,e tangi, auē:Nō te mea kāhore te muranga o tō Ihowā ririe tahuri atu i a tātou.

⁹“I taua rā,” e ai tā Ihowā,“ka pirau te ngākau o te kīngi, me te ngākau o ngā rangatira;ā, ka mīharo ngā tohunga,ā, ko ngā poropiti ketekete kau ana.”

¹⁰Anō rā ko ahau, “Auē, e te Ariki, e Ihowā, kua pōhēhē rawa i a koe tēnei iwi, a Hiruhārama anō, i te kupu nei, ‘Ka mau te rongo ki a koutou.’ Tēnā ia, kua pā te hoari ki te wairua.”

¹¹I taua wā ka kōrerotia ki tēnei iwi, ki Hiruhārama anō, “He hau wera nō ngā wāhi tiketike i te koraha e tika mai ana ki te tamāhine a tāku iwi, ehara i te mea hei pōwhiriwhiri, hei tahi rānei –¹²he hau tōtōpū nō aua wāhi ka tae mai ki ahau. Ākuanei ahau whakapuaki ai i te whakawā mō rātou.”¹³Nanā, ko tōna haerenga mai ka rite ki ngā kapua,rite tonu anō ōna hāriata ki te tūkauati;he tere rawa ōna hōiho i te ēkara –auē, te mate mō tātou, kei te pāhuatia hoki tātou!¹⁴Horoia atu te kino o tōu ngākau e Hiruhārama,kia ora ai koe.Kia pēhea te roa o te noho o ōu whakaaro kinoi roto i a koe?¹⁵Nō te mea e whakaatu mai ana he reo i Rāna,e mea ana hoki i te kino kia rangona i Maunga Ēparaima.¹⁶“Kōrero ki ngā iwi;nanā, kia rangona te hē mō Hiruhārama:‘Kei te haere mai he kaitiaki i te whenua tawhiti,ka puaki tō rātou reo mō ngā pā o Hūrā.¹⁷Ko tā rātou ki a ia rite tonu ki tā ngā kaitiakio te māra i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha,mōna i tutū ki ahau,’ ”e ai tā Ihowā.¹⁸“Nā tōu ara, nā āu mahi,ēnei i pā ai ki a koe;nōu tēnei hē; he kawa hoki,kua pā hoki ki tōu ngākau.”

Te Pōuri mō te Iwi Turaki

¹⁹Ōku whēkau, ōku whēkau!Mamae pū a roto o tōku ngākau,oho ana tōku ngākau i roto i ahau;e kore ahau e whakarongo puku;kua rongo hoki koe, e tōku wairua,ki te tangi o te tētere,ki te hāmama o te whawhai.²⁰He ngaromanga hono iho ki te ngaromanga te karangatia nei;kua pāhuatia katoatia hoki te whenua;kitea rawatia ake kua pāhuatia ōku tēneti,mea kau iho ko ōku kākahu ārai.²¹Kia pēhea ake te roa ōku ka titiro nei ki te kara,ka rongo nei ki te tangi o te tētere?

²²“He wairangi hoki tāku iwi,kāhore e mōhio ki ahau.He tamariki kūware,kāhore ō rātou mātauranga;e mōhio ana rātou ki te mahi kino,ki te mahi pai ia kāhore he mātauranga.”

²³I titiro ahau ki te whenua,nā, kāhore he āhua, e takoto kau ana,ki ngā rangi anō,nā, kāhore ō reira mārama.²⁴I titiro ahau ki ngā maunga, nā, e ngāueue ana,ā, ko ngā pukepuke katoa e nekeneke haere ana.²⁵I titiro ahau, ā, kāhore he tangata,ā, ko ngā manu katoa o te rangi kua rere atu.²⁶I titiro ahau, nā, he koraha kau te māra mōmona,kua pakaru ōna pā katoai te aroaro o Ihowā, i te muranga o tōna riri.

²⁷Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā:“Ka ururua katoa te whenua,otiia e kore e whakapaua rawatia e ahau.²⁸Mō konei ka tangi te whenua,ka mangu anō te rangi i runga;nō te mea kua kōrero nei ahau, kua takoto tōku whakaaro,ā, kāhore anō i puta kē tāku, e kore hoki ahau e tahuri atu i tēnā.”

²⁹Ka whati katoa te pā i te ngangau o ngā hōia eke hōiho, o ngā kaikōpere;ka haere rātou ki roto ki ngā urupuia rākau,ka piki ki ngā kāmaka;ka mahue katoa ngā pā,kāhore hoki tētahi tangata e noho ki roto.

³⁰Ā, ko koe, kia oti koe te pāhua, ka pēhea koe?Ahakoa kākahu noa koe i te ngangana,ahakoa whakapaipai noa koe i a koe ki ngā whakapaipai kōura.Ahakoa haehae noa koe i ōu kanohi,mea rawa ki te pukepoto,maumau mea noa koe i a koe kia ātaahua.Ka whakahāwea ki a koe te hunga i aroha ki a koe,ka whai kia mate koe.

³¹Kua rongo hoki ahau i te reo, me te mea nō te wahine e whānau ana,he mamae, me te mea ko tāna mātāmua e puta ana,ko te reo o te tamāhine a Hiona e whakahotuhotu ana,whewhera tonu ōna ringa, me te karanga,“Auē te mate i ahau!Kua hemo hoki tōku wairua i mua i ngā kaiwhakamate!”