1Kātahi a Ihowā ka whakahoki kupu ki a Hopa i roto i te tūkauati, ā, ka mea:2“Ko wai tēnei e whakapōuri nei i ngā whakaaroki ngā kupu kāhore ōna mātauranga?3Tēnā rā, whītikiria tōu hope, whakatāne;ka ui hoki ahau ki a koe,ā, māu e whakaatu mai ki ahau.4“I hea koia koe i ahau e whakatakoto ana i te tūranga o te whenua?Whakaaturia mai, ki te mea e mōhio ana koe ki te whakaaro.5Nā wai i whakarite ōna rūri? Ki te mea e mōhio ana koe;nā wai hoki i whakamārō te aho ki runga?6I whakaūkia ōna tūranga ki runga ki te aha?Nā wai hoki i whakatakoto tōna kōhatu kokonga;7i te mea i waiata ngātahi ngā whetū o te ata,ā, i hāmama ngā tama katoa a te Atua i te koa?8“Nā wai hoki i tūtaki te moana ki te tatau, i a ia e puta mai ana,me te mea e whānau mai ana i roto i te kōpū?9I ahau rā i mea ai i te kapua hei kākahu mōna,i te pōuri kerekere hei tākai mōna.10Ā, whakapuakina ana e ahau tāku tikanga mōna,mea rawa ki ngā tūtaki, ki ngā tatau,11me tāku kī atu anō, ‘Ka taea mai e koe a konei, kāti;hei konei ōu ngaru whakakake mau ai’?12“Ko koe koia, i ōu rā nei, te kaiwhakahau i te ata;nāu rānei te pūaotanga i mōhio ai ki tōna wāhi;13kia rurukutia e ia ngā pito o te whenua,ā, ruperupea ake ngā tāngata kikino i roto?14Kua whiti kē, kua pērā anō me te paru i te hīri;tū ake ana ngā mea katoa ānō he kākahu.15Ā, e kaiponuhia ana tō rātou mārama ki te hunga kino,whati iho te ringa whakakake.16“Kua tae atu rānei koe ki ngā mātāpuna o te moana?Kua whakatakina haeretia rānei e koe te rire?17Kua whakapuaretia rānei ki a koe ngā kūwaha o te mate?Kua kite rānei koe i ngā kūwaha o te ātārangi o te mate?18Kua oti rānei te whakaaro e koe te whānuitanga o te whenua?Kōrero mai, ki te mea e mōhiotia katoatia ana e koe.19“Kei hea te ara ki te nohoanga o te mārama?Te pōuri hoki, kei hea tōna wāhi?20Kia kawea atu ai e koe ki tōna rohe,ā, mōhio iho koe ki ngā huarahi ki tōna whare?21I mōhio pea koe nō te mea i whānau koe i taua wā,ā, he maha ōu rā!22“Kua tomo rānei koe ki ngā takotoranga o te hukarere,kua kite rānei koe i ngā takotoranga o te whatu,23i āku i rongoā ai mō te wā o te hē,mō te rā o te tatauranga, o te pakanga?24Tēnā koa, te ara i marara atu ai te mārama,i pakaru atu ai te marangai ki runga ki te whenua?25“Nā wai i wehe he awa mō te waipuke,he ara mō te uira o te whatitiri;26kia ua ai ki te whenua, ki te wāhi kāhore nei he tangata;ki te koraha, kāhore nei ō reira tangata;27hei whakamākona i te tūhea, i te ururua;hei mea kia pariri te tupu o te otaota hou?28“He matua tāne anō rānei tō te ua?I whānau rānei i a wai ngā pata o te tōmairangi?29I puta mai i roto i tō wai kōpū te huka tio?Ko te huka o te rangi, he whānau tēnā nā wai?30Me te mea he kōhatu e huna ana i te wai;ā, whakatotoka ana te mata o te rire.31“E taea rānei e koe te here te huihui o Matariki,e wewete rānei ngā here o Tautoru?32E taea rānei e koe te ārahi mai te Mataroto i tōna wā,te taki mai rānei a Aketura rātou ko tāna rōpū?33E mōhio ana rānei koe ki ngā tikanga o te rangi?Māu rānei e whai mana ai ki runga ki te whenua?34“E ara rānei i a koe tōu reo ki ngā kapua,kia nui ai ngā wai hei taupoki i a koe?35E taea rānei e koe ngā uira te unga atu, e haere ai rātou,me tā rātou kī anō ki a koe, ‘Tēnei mātou’?36Nā wai i whakanoho ngā whakaaro nunui ki ngā wāhi o roto?Nā wai i hōmai ngā mahara ki te ngākau?37Ko wai te mea whakaaro nui hei tatau i ngā kapua?Ko wai hei tāhoro i ngā ipu o te rangi?38Ina ka papatupu te puehu anō he mea whakarewa,ā, ka piri ngā pōkuru ki a rātou anō?39“Māu rānei e hopu he kai mā te raiona?Māu e nui ai he oranga mō ngā kūao raiona,40ina tāpapa iho rātou i ō rātou nohoanga,ina noho i te piringa whanga ai?41Nā wai i rite ai tāna kai mā te raweni,ina tangi āna pī ki te Atua,ina kōpikopiko rātou i te kore kai?”
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