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He Whakawātanga ki Īhipa

¹Ko te kupu a Ihowā i puta mai ki a Heremaia poropiti mō ngā iwi.

²Mō Īhipa, mō te ope a Parao Neko kīngi o Īhipa, mō tērā i te awa, i Uparati, i Karakemihi, i patua rā e Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna i te whā o ngā tau o Iehoiakimi tama a Hōhia kīngi o Hūrā:³“Whakapaia te whakangungu rākau me te puapua,whakatata ki te whawhai!⁴Whakanohoia ngā hōiho,e eke, e ngā kaieke hōiho!Ā, tū atu me ō koutou pōtae;whakakanapatia ngā tao,kākahuria ngā pukupuku!⁵He aha ahau i kite ai i tēnei?Kei te pāwera rātou, kua hoki ki muri;kua tukitukia ō rātou mārohirohi,kua whati noa atu, kīhai hoki i titiro whakamuri –kei ngā taha katoa te wehi,”e ai tā Ihowā.⁶“Kaua te tangata tere e rere atu,kaua hoki te mārohirohi e mawhiti;kei te raki, kei te awa, kei Uparati,kua tūtuki ō rātou waewae, kua hinga.

⁷“Ko wai tēnei e puhake ake nei me te mea ko te Naera,e tutū nei ōna wai me te mea ko ngā awa?⁸I puhake mai a Īhipa ānō ko te Naera,i tutū ōna wai ānō ko ngā awa;ā, ka mea ia, Ka puhake atu ahau, ā, ka taupokina te whenua;ka ngaro i ahau te pā me ōna tāngata.⁹Haere atu, e ngā hōiho;e ngana, e ngā hāriata!Tukua atu ngā mārohirohi;a Kuhu, a Putu, e rahurahu nei i te whakangungu rākau;ngā Rurimi, e rahurahu nei, e whakapiko nei i te kōpere.¹⁰Ko taua rā hoki he rā nā te Ariki, nā Ihowā o ngā mano,he rā rapu utu,e whai utu ai ia i ōna hoariri.Ā, ka horomi te hoari, ā, ka mākona,ka inu hoki, ki rawa i ō rātou toto.Nō te mea he patunga tapu tā te Ariki,tā Ihowā o ngā mano i te whenua ki te raki,i te taha o te awa o Uparati.

¹¹“Haere ki runga, ki Kireara,e te tamāhine wāhina a Īhipa, ka tiki he pama;ka maumau tāu mahi i ngā rongoā maha;kāhore he ora mōu.¹²Kua rongo ngā iwi ki tōu whakamā,kua pakū tāu karanga ki ngā whenua.Kua tūtuki nei hoki te waewae o te mārohirohi ki te mārohirohi,kua hinga ngātahi tautokorua.”

Mā Papurōna a Īhipa e Patu

¹³Ko te kupu i kōrerotia e Ihowā ki a Heremaia poropiti, tērā ka haere mai a Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna ki te patu i Īhipa:¹⁴“Kauwhautia e koutou ki Īhipa, pānuitia ki Mikitoro,pānuitia ki Nopo, ki Tahapanehe,mea atu, ‘E tū, kia tūmatohi;kua kai hoki te hoari i tētahi taha ōu, i tētahi taha.’¹⁵He aha ōu māia i tahia atu ai?Kīhai rātou i tū, nā Ihowā hoki rātou i ā atu.¹⁶He tini ngā mea nāna i tukoki ai,āe rā, i hinga rātou tētahi ki runga ki tētahi.I mea anō, ‘Whakatika, tātou ka haere ki tō tātou nei iwi,ki te whenua i whānau ai tātou,i te hoari tūkino.’¹⁷I karanga rātou i reira,‘He turituri kau a Parao kīngi o Īhipa;kua tukua e ia kia pahemo te wā i whakaritea.’

¹⁸“E ora ana ahau,” e ai tā te Kīngi,ko Ihowā o ngā mano nei tōna ingoa,“Kei Taporo i roto i ngā maunga,kei Karamere hoki i te moana he rite mō tōna haerenga mai.¹⁹E koe, e te tamāhine e noho nei i Īhipa,mahia ngā mea mōu mō te whakaraunga;nō te mea ka ururuatia a Nopo,ka wera, tē ai he tangata hei noho.

²⁰“He kūao kau ātaahua rawa a Īhipa –otiia, kua tae mai te whakangaro i te raki,tēnei kua tae mai.²¹Ko āna tāngata hoki i utu ai,rite tonu i roto i a ia ki te kūao whāngai;kua tahuri atu anō hoki rātou,kua oma ngātahi atu, kīhai hoki i tū;nō te mea kua tae mai te rā o tō rātou aituā ki a rātou,te wā e whiua ai.²²Ko tōna reo ka rite te puaki ki tō te nākahi;nō te mea he taua tā rātou ina haere,ka haere mai rātou ki a ia me ngā toki,ka rite ki ngā kaitapahi rākau.²³Ka tuaina e rātou tōna ngahere,”e ai tā Ihowā,“ahakoa e kore tōna mutunga e taea te rapu.He tini kē hoki rātou i te māwhitiwhiti,e kore e taea te tatau.²⁴Ka whakamā te tamāhine a Īhipa;ka tukua ia ki te ringa o te iwi ki te raki.”

²⁵E mea ana a Ihowā o ngā mano, te Atua o Īharaira: “Nanā, ka whiua e ahau a Amono o Nō, a Parao, a Īhipa hoki, me ō reira atua, me ō reira kīngi; a Parao rawa, rātou ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.²⁶Ka tukua hoki rātou e ahau ki te ringa o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea rātou, ki te ringa anō o Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, ki te ringa o āna tāngata. Ā muri iho ka nohoia, ka pērā me ngā rā o mua,” e ai tā Ihowā.

Ka Whakorangia e Ihowā a Īharaira

²⁷“Ko koe ia, kaua e wehi, e tāku pononga, e Hākopa,kaua e pāwera, e Īharaira.Nō te mea, nanā, māku koe e whakaora i tawhiti,ōu uri hoki i te whenua i whakaraua ai rātou;ā, ka hoki mai a Hākopa, ka āta noho,ka whai tānga manawa, tē ai he kaiwhakawehi mōna.²⁸Kaua koe e wehi, e tāku pononga, e Hākopa,”e ai tā Ihowā,“kei a koe nei hoki ahau.Ka poto rawa hoki i ahau ngā iwi katoakua peia nei koe e ahau ki reira,otiia e kore koe e poto rawa i ahau.Engari, ka pākia koe e ahau, he mea whakarite mārie,e kore ia koe e tukua kia kore e whiua.”