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He Poto noa te Oranga

¹“Ko te tangata i whānau i te wahine,he torutoru ōna rā; kī tonu anō i te raruraru,²ānō he puāwai ia e puta mai ana, e kotia iho ana;rere ana ia, ānō he ātārangi, kāhore hoki he tūmautanga.³E titiro mai anō rānei ōu kanohi ki te pēnei?E mea rānei koe i ahau kia whakawā tāua ki a tāua?⁴Ko wai hei hōmai i te mea mā i roto i te mea poke?Hore rawa.⁵Kua rite nā hoki ngā rā mōna;kei a koe te maha o ōna marama.Takoto rawa i a koe te tikanga mōna,ā, e kore ia e whiti ki tua.⁶Tahuri kē atu te titiro i a ia,kia ai ōna pārīrātanga,kia āta tutuki ai tōna rā,kia rite ai ki ō te kaimahi.

⁷“Ka ai hoki he whakaaronga ki te rākau i tapahia,tērā anō e pariri, e kore anō hoki e mutu te wana o tōna pihi.⁸Ahakoa kua tawhitotia tōna pakiaka ki te whenua,ā, kua mate tōna tinana i roto i te oneone;⁹heoi, mā te haunga o te wai ka pihi,ka kōkiri ōna peka ānō ko tā te mea tupu.¹⁰Ko te tangata ia, mate iho, marere noa iho;āe, ka hemo te tangata, ā, kei hea ia?¹¹Pērā i ngā wai e hē mai nei i te moana,i te awa e mimiti ana, ka maroke;¹²e pērā ana anō te tangata, e takoto ana,ā, kāhore he whakatikanga ake.Kāhore he marangatanga ake mō rātou,ā kia kore rā anō ngā rangi;e kore anō rātou e ara i tō rātou moe.

¹³“Auē, kia hunā noatia oti ahau e koe ki te pō,kia waihotia noatia iho ahau e koe kia ngaro ana,kia hoki rā anō tōu riri;kia rohea noatia mai e koe tētahi wā mōku,ā, ka mahara mai ai anō ki ahau!¹⁴Ki te mate te tangata, e ora anō rānei ia?Ka tatari ahau i ngā rā katoa o tōku ngananga,kia tae mai rā anō he whakaputanga mōku.¹⁵Māu e karanga, kia whakaō atu ai ahau;kāhore hoki e kore ka matenui koe ki te mahi a ōu ringa.¹⁶Ināianei hoki e taua ana e koe ōku hīkoinga;he teka ianei e matatau tonu mai ana koe ki tōku hara?¹⁷Hīri rawa tōku hē ki roto ki te pūtea,tuitui rawa e koe tōku kino.

¹⁸“He pono ko te maunga e horo ana e memeha noa ake ana,e nekehia ana te toka i tōna wāhi.¹⁹E ngau ana te wai i ngā kōhatu;mā tōna puhaketanga e horoi atu te puehu o te whenua;ā, whakangaromia iho e koe te tūmanako a te tangata.²⁰Taea ana ia e koe ake tonu atu,ā, pahure ana ia;puta kē ana i a koe tōna mata,ā, tonoa atu ana ia kia haere.²¹Ko te whakahōnoretanga o āna tama,kāhore e mōhiotia e ia;ka hoki iho rātou hei ware,heoi kāhore tētahi aha o rātou e maharatia e ia.²²E mamae anō ia te kikokiko o tōna tinana,ā, ka tangi tōna wairua i roto i a ia.”