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He Whakawātanga ki ngā Pirihitini

1Ko te kupu a Ihowā i puta mai ki a Heremaia poropiti mō ngā Pirihitini i te mea kāhore anō a Parao i patu noa i Kaha:2Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:“Nanā, te puta mai nei ngā wai i te raki,ka meinga hei waipuke e ngawhā ana,ā, ka pōkia te whenua me ōna mea katoa,te pā me ngā tāngata e noho ana i roto.Ā, ka hāmama ngā tāngata,ka auē hoki ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua.3Hei te haruru o te takahi o ngā pāua o ōna hōiho kaha,hei te rorohū o ōna hāriata, hei te ngaehe o ōna wīra.Kore iho ngā mātua e tahuri ki muri ki ā rātou tamarikii te ngoikore hoki o ngā ringa.4Nā, mō te rā e haere mai nei,e pāhuatia ai ngā Pirihitini katoa,e hātepea atu ai i Tāira,i Hairona ngā kaiāwhina katoa e toe nei.Ka pāhuatia hoki e Ihowā ngā Pirihitini,ngā mōrehu o te motu, o Kapatoro.5Kua tae te pākira ki runga ki Kaha;kua whakamōtītia a Ahakeronome te toenga anō o tō rātou awaawa;kia pēhea te roa o tāu haehae i a koe?
6“ ‘E te hoari a Ihowā!Kia pēhea te roa ka āta takoto ai koe?Hoki atu ki roto ki tōu kōpaki;okioki, kāti hoki tāu!’7Me pēhea koe e āta takoto ai,kua hoatu nei hoki e Ihowā he whakahau ki a koe?He hē mō Ahakerono, mō te tahatika hoki o te moana –kua whakaritea e ia ki reira.”