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Te Oati Pono o Hopa

¹Nā, i kōrero tonu anō a Hopa i tāna pepeha, i mea:²“E ora ana te Atua, nāna nei i whakakāhore tōku tika;te Kaha Rawa nāna nei i whakakawa tōku wairua;³kei te toitū tonu hoki tōku ora i roto i ahau,ā, kei roto i ōku pongaponga te Wairua o te Atua;⁴e pono, e kore ōku ngutu, e kōrero kino,e kore te hīanga e puaki i tōku arero.⁵Auē kia whakatikaia tā koutou e ahau!E kore e whakarērea e ahau tōku ngākau tapatahi, ā mate noa.⁶Ka mau tāku pupuri ki tōku tika, e kore e tukua atu e ahau;e kore tōku ngākau e whakahē ki ahau i ahau anō e ora nei.

⁷“Ko tōku hoariri, kia rite ia ki te tangata kino;ko te tangata e whakatika mai ana ki ahau, kia rite ia ki te tangata hara.⁸He aha oti tā te whakapono kore e tūmanako ai,ahakoa whiwhi ia i te rawa,ki te mea ka tangohia atu tōna wairua e te Atua?⁹E rongo rānei te Atua ki tāna tangiina pā te hē ki a ia?¹⁰E āhuareka rānei ia ki te Kaha Rawa,e karanga rānei ki te Atua i ngā wā katoa?

¹¹“Ka whakaakona koutou e ahau ki te ringa o te Atua;e kore e hunā e ahau ngā mea e takoto mai nei i te Kaha Rawa.¹²Nanā, kua kite koutou katoa;ā, nā te aha koutou i wairangi rawa ai?

¹³“Ko tā te Atua wāhi tēnei mā te tangata kino,ko te mea e whakarērea iho mā ngā kaitūkino,ko tā te Kaha Rawa e riro i a rātou.¹⁴Ki te mea ka tokomaha āna tamariki, hei mea mā te hoari;e kore anō hoki ōna uri e mākona i te taro.¹⁵Ko ōna mōrehu ka tanumia ki te mate;e kore anō hoki āna pouaru e tangi.¹⁶Ahakoa āmene ia i te hiriwa ānō he puehu,ā, pae tonu te kākahu mōna ānō he paru –¹⁷e pae anō i a ia, otiia ka kākahuria e te tangata tika,ka wehewehea hoki te hiriwa e te harakore.¹⁸Ka rite tāna hanga i tōna whare ki tā te pūrehurehu;tōna rite kei te whare tīhokahoka e hangā ana e te kaitiaki.¹⁹Ka takoto ia, he tangata taonga, otiia e kore e kohia ki te urupā;ko te tirohanga ake a ōna kanohi, nā, kua kāhore noa iho ia.²⁰Rite tonu ki te wai ngā whakawehi e mau ai ia;tāhaetia ana ia e te paroro i te pō.²¹Ka kāhakina atu ia e te marangai, ā, riro ana ia;ka āia atu anō ia i tōna wāhi.²²Ka āki mai hoki te Atua ki a ia, e kore anō ia e tohungia;mea noa ia kia rere mai i roto i tōna ringa.²³Ka papaki te tangata i ō rātou ringa ki a ia,ā, ka whakahī, ka ā atu i a ia i tōna wāhi.”