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¹Otiia, tēnei ake kei ngā rā whakamutungaka whakapūmautia te maunga i tō Ihowā whareki te tihi o ngā maunga,ā, ka hikitia ki runga ake i ngā pukepuke,ā, ka rere ngā iwi ki reira.²Ā, he maha ngā iwi e haere, e mea:“Haere mai koutou, tātou ka haere ki runga ki te maunga o Ihowā,ki te whare o te Atua o Hākopa,ā, māna tātou e whakaako ki āna ara;ka haere hoki tātou i āna huarahi.”Nō te mea ka puta mai te ture i Hiona,te kupu hoki a Ihowā i Hiruhārama.³Ā, ka whakarite whakawā ia i waenganui i ngā iwi maha,ka rīria hoki e ia te hē o ngā iwi kaha i tawhiti;ā, ka patupatua e rātou ā rātou hoari hei hea parau,ā rātou tao hei mea tapahi manga.E kore tētahi iwi e hāpai hoari ki tētahi iwi,ā, heoi anō tā rātou ako ki te whawhai.⁴Engari ka noho rātou, ia tangata, ia tangata,i raro i tāna wāina, i raro i tāna piki;ā, kāhore he tangata hei whakawehi i a rātou;nā te māngai hoki o Ihowā o ngā mano te kōrero.

⁵Ka haere hoki ngā iwi katoa,ia tangata, ia tangata, i runga i te ingoa o tōna atua,ā, ka haere tātou i runga i te ingoa o Ihowā,o tō tātou Atua ā ake ake.

Ka Hoki mai a Īharaira i te Manene

⁶“Ā taua rā,” e ai tā Ihowā,“ka huihuia e ahau te wahine e totitoti ana,ka whakaminea te wahine i peia atu,me ia anō i whakatupuria kinotia e ahau;⁷ā, ka meinga e ahau te wahine e totitoti ana hei mōrehu,me te wahine i makā atu ki tawhiti hei iwi kaha;ā, ka kīngi a Ihowā ki a rātou ki Maunga Hionaāianei ā ake tonu atu.⁸Nā, ka tae mai ki a koe, e koe, e te pourewa o te kāhui,e te taumaihi o te tamāhine a Hiona;āe rā, ka tae mai ki a koe te kīngitanga ō mua rā,te kīngitanga o te tamāhine a Hiruhārama.”

⁹Nā, he aha koe i hāmama ai?Kāhore ianei he kīngi i roto i a koe,kua ngaro rānei tōu kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro,i mau pū ai koe i te mamaeme te mea he wahine e whānau ana?¹⁰Whakamamae, e ngana kia puta ki waho, e te tamāhine a Hiona,kia rite ki te wahine e whānau ana.Nō te mea ko āianei koe puta ai i roto i te pā,ā, ka noho ki te pārae,ā, ka tae ki Papurōna rā anō;hei reira koe ka whakaorangia;hei reira a Ihowā hoko ai i a koei te ringa o ōu hoariri.

¹¹Nā, tōna maha o ngā iwi kua huihui ki te whawhai ki a koe,e mea ana, “Tukua ia kia whakapokea,kia kite atu tō tātou kanohi i tāna koronga i runga i Hiona.”¹²Otirā, kāhore rātou e mātauki ngā whakaaro o Ihowā,kāhore hoki e mōhio ki tāna i whakatakoto ai;kua kohikohia hoki rātou e iaānō he paihere ki te patunga wīti.

¹³“Whakatika ki te patu wīti,e te tamāhine a Hiona;ka meinga hoki e ahau tōu haona hei rino,ka meinga hoki e ahau ōu pāua hei parāhi;ā, he maha ngā iwi e patupatua e koe ā mongamonga noa;ā, māu e whakatapu mā Ihowā ngā mea i apohia mai e rātou,ō rātou rawa mā te Ariki o te whenua katoa.”