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Te Kōrero Whakamutunga a Hopa i Tana Take

¹Ā, i kōrero tonu a Hopa i tāna pepeha, i mea:²“Auē, me i rite ki ngā marama ō mua,ki ngā rā i tiaki ai te Atua i ahau!³I tīaho mai ai tāna rama ki tōku mātenga,ā, nā tāna whakamārama i haere ai ahau i te pōuri;⁴me i pērā anō me ahau i ngā rā o tōku taiohitanga,i te mea nei kei runga tō te Atua whakaaro puku i tōku tēneti;⁵i te mea e noho ana anō te Kaha Rawa i ahau,ā, kei tētahi taha ōku āku tamariki, kei tētahi taha;⁶i horoia ai ōku takahanga ki te pata,ā, rere mai ana ngā awa hinu ki ahau i roto i te kōhatu!

⁷“I tōku haerenga atu ki te kūwaha ki te pā,ā, whakapai ana i te nohoanga mōku i te waharoa,⁸ka kite ngā taitamariki i ahau, ā, piri ana rātou;whakatika ana ngā koroheke, tū ana ki runga;⁹mutu pū te kōrero a ngā tino tāngata,kua kōpania te ringa ki ō rātou māngai;¹⁰ngaro ana te reo o ngā rangatira,piri ana ō rātou arero ki ō rātou ngao.¹¹Nō te rongonga hoki o te taringa i ahau, manaaki ana i ahau;te kitenga o te kanohi i ahau, whakaae mai ana ki āku mahi;¹²nō te mea nāku i whakaora te rawakore i a ia e karanga ana,te pani me te tangata hoki kāhore nei ōna kaiāwhina.¹³I tau ki runga ki ahau te manaaki a te tangata e tata ana ki te whakangaromanga;harakoa ana i ahau te ngākau o te pouaru.¹⁴I kākahuria e ahau te tika, ā, ko tērā tōku kākahu;e rite ana tāku whakarite whakawā he koroka, he karauna.¹⁵He kanohi ahau ki te matapō,he waewae ki te kopa.¹⁶He matua ahau ki ngā rawakore;ā, i āta rapua e ahau te tikanga o te totohea te tangata kīhai nei ahau i mōhio.¹⁷Wāwāhia ana e ahau ngā kauae o te tangata kino,ā, tākiritia mai ana e ahau tāna mea pāhua i roto i ōna niho.

¹⁸“Kātahi ahau ka mea, ‘Tērā ahau e mate i roto i tōku ōhanga;ka whakanuia ōku rā kia rite ki te onepū te maha.¹⁹Ko tōku pakiaka tautoro tonu ki ngā wai,ā, i te pō tau ana te tōmairangi ki runga ki tōku peka;²⁰ko tōku korōria hou tonu i roto i ahau,ā, hoki ake ana te kaha o tāku kōpere i tōku ringa.’

²¹“I whakarongo mai ngā tāngata ki ahau, i tatari,whakarongo puku ana rātou i ahau e whakatakoto whakaaro ana.²²I muri i āku kupu kore ake rātou kōrero anō;māturuturu iho ana āku kupu ki runga ki a rātou.²³I tāria mai ahau e rātou ānō ko te ua;hāmama mai ana ō rātou māngaiānō e tatari ana ki te ua ō muri.²⁴Ka kata ahau ki a rātou, kīhai i whakaponohia e rātou;kīhai hoki rātou i whakataka i te mārama o tōku mata.²⁵Nāku tō rātou ara i whiriwhiri, ā, noho ana ahau hei rangatira,noho ana hoki ahau ānō he kīngi i roto i te opei rite ahau ki te kaiwhakamārie o te hunga e tangi ana.