1I muri i tēnei, ka puaki te māngai o Hopa, ā, ka kangā e ia tōna rā.2Nā, ka oho a Hopa, ka mea:3“Kia ngaro te rā i whānau ai ahau,te pō, i kōrerotia ai,‘He tamāroa kei roto i te kōpū.’4Waiho taua rā mō te pōuri;kaua e tirohia iho e te Atua i runga;kaua hoki e whitingia e te mārama.5Kia poke ia i te pōuri, i te ātārangi hoki o te mate;kia tauria iho e te kapua;kia whakawehia anō hoki e te whakapōuritanga o te rā.6Nā, ko taua pō – kia mau pū i te pōuri kerekere;kei honoa ki ngā rā o te tau;kei huihuia atu ina taua ngā marama.7Nanā, kia mokemoke taua pō,kaua te reo koa e uru ki roto.8Kia kangā hoki e te hunga kanga i te rā,e te hunga mōhio ki te whakaara rewiatana.9Kia pōuri ngā whetū o tōna kākarauritanga;kia tatari ki te mārama, ā, kāhore noa iho;kei kite hoki i te tākiritanga ata –10mōna kīhai i tūtaki i ngā tatau o te kōpū o tōku whaea,kīhai i huna i te māuiui kei kitea e ahau.11“He aha ahau tē mate ai i te kōpū?He aha tē hemo ai i tōku putanga mai i te kōpū?12He aha i rite wawe ai ngā turi mōku,me ngā ū hei ngote māku?13Me i pēnā, kua āta takoto ahau, te ai he whakaohooho;moe ana ahau; kātahi ahau ka whai okiokinga,14i roto i ngā kīngi, i ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro o te whenuai hanga nei i ngā wāhi mokemoke mō rātou,15i roto rānei i ngā rangatira whai kōura,ō rātou nei whare kī tonu i te hiriwa.16Kua kāhore noa iho rānei, kua pērā me te materoto e ngaro neime ngā kōhungahunga kāhore nei e kite i te mārama.17Mutu ake i reira te whakararuraru a te hunga kino;okioki ana i reira, te hunga kua māuiui ngā uaua.18Āta noho ana ngā herehere i reiratē rongo i te reo o te kaitūkino.19Kei reira te iti, te rahi,kāhore hoki he rangatira o te pononga.20“He aha te mārama i hōmai ai ki te tangata kei roto nei i te mate,te ora ki te tangata kua kawa te wairua?21E kōingo nei ki te mate, heoi kāhore noa iho;e keri ana kia taea ia, nui atu i te keri i ngā taonga huna.22Hari pū rātou, koa ana,ina kitea te urupā.23He aha anō te mārama i hōmai ai ki te tangatakua huna nei tōna ara,kua oti nei te tūtakitaki mai e te Atua?24Kīanō hoki ahau i kai, kua tae mai tāku mapu;ānō he wai ōku hāmama e ringihia ana.25Nō te mea kua tae mai ki ahau te mea whakawehi e wehi nei ahau;ko tāku e pāwera nei kua pā ki ahau.26Kāhore ōku hūmārie, kāhore ōku āta noho,ehara i te mea e okioki ana; nā, kua puta te raruraru.”