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Ka Whakautu a Hopa: He Tika Taku Amuamu

¹Nā, ka whakautu a Hopa, ka mea:²“Auē, me i āta pāunatia tōku mamae, me i huihuia,me i whakairihia tōku aituā ki te pāuna!³Nā, ināianei taimaha ake i te onepū o te moana:heoi he ohorere rawa āku kupu.⁴Kei roto hoki i ahau ngā pere a te Kaha Rawa,inumia ake e tōku wairua tō rātou paihana;rārangi tonu mai ngā whakawehi a te Atua hei hoariri mōku.⁵E tangi anō rānei te kāihe mohoao te mea kei te tarutaru ia?E tangi anō rānei te kau i te mea e kai ana?⁶E taea rānei te kai, te mea kāhore nei ōna hā, ki te kāhore he tote?He reka rānei te whakakahukahu o te hua manu?⁷Hore rawa tōku wairua e mea kia pā atu ki ēnā;tō rātou rite ki ahau kei te kai whakarihariha.

⁸“Auē, me i riro mai tāku i tono ai,me i hōmai e te Atua tāku e tūmanako nei!⁹Me i pai hoki te Atua kia whakangaromia ahau,kia tukua mai tōna ringa hei hātepe i ahau!¹⁰Pēnei kua ai anō he whakamārie mōku.Āe, ka tino hari ahau ki te mamae, kāhore nei e tohu i ahau;kīhai hoki ngā kupu a te Mea Tapu i hunā e ahau.

¹¹“He aha tōku kaha, e tatari ai ahau?He aha hoki tōku mutunga, e whakamanawanui ai ahau?¹²He kaha kōhatu rānei tōku kaha?He parāhi rānei ōku kikokiko?¹³Ehara rānei i te mea kāhore he āwhina mōku i roto i ahau,ā, kua oti te ngoi te pei i roto i ahau?

¹⁴“Ko te tangata e ngoikore ana te ngākaukia puta mai te aroha o tōna hoa ki a ia,ahakoa kua mahue i a ia te wehi i te Kaha Rawa.¹⁵He mahi tinihanga a ōku tēina, he pērā me tā te awa;rere ana rātou ānō he waipuke awaawa,¹⁶kua mangu nei i te hukapapa,ngaro ana te hukarere i roto.¹⁷I te wā e mahana ai, ka memeha atu;i te weraweratanga, mōtī iho rātou i tō rātou wāhi.¹⁸Ka peka kē ngā tira e haere ana rā reira;riro ana ki te kore, ā, ngaro iho.¹⁹Tirotirohia ana e ngā tira o Tema;tāria atu ana e ngā tāngata haere o Hēpā.²⁰Whakamā ana rātou mō rātou i whakamanawa atu ki reira;te taenga ki aua awa, kanakana kau ana.²¹Nā, he kāhore noa iho koutou;ka kite koutou i te mea whakamataku, ā, ka wehi.²²I mea rānei ahau, ‘Hōmai ki ahau?He hākari rānei māku e hōmai i ō koutou rawa’?²³I mea rānei, ‘Whakaorangia ahau i te ringa o te hoariri’?‘Hokona ahau i roto i te ringa o te kaitūkino’?

²⁴“Whakaakona ahau, ā, ka whakarongo puku ahau;whakaaturia ki ahau te mea i hē ai ahau.²⁵Anō te kaha o ngā kupu tika! Ko te aha ia te rīria ana e ā koutou kupu?²⁶E mea ana rānei koutou kia rīria ngā kupu?He hau kau nei hoki ngā kōrero a te tangata kua pau ōna whakaaro.²⁷Āe rā, e mea ana koutou ki te maka rota mō ngā pani,ki te mea i tō koutou hoa hei taonga hokohoko.

²⁸“Nā, whakaae mai, titiro mai ki ahau;he pono hoki e kore ahau e kōrero teka ki tō koutou kanohi.²⁹Tēnā rā, tahuri mai; kaua hoki te hē e waiho;inā, tahuri mai, he tika hoki tāku take.³⁰He hē koia kei tōku arero?E kore rānei tōku hinengaro e mōhio ki ngā mea whanokē?”