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Te Hēnga Katoa o te Iwi

¹Auē te mate i ahau!He rite hoki ahau ki ngā kohikohinga o ngā hua raumati,ki ngā hamunga i te wā e whawhaki karepe ana.Kāhore he tautau hei kai;e hiahia ana tōku wairua ki te hua piki mātāmua.²Kua ngaro te tangata tapu i runga i te whenua,kāhore hoki he tangata tika i roto i ngā tāngata;kei te whanga katoa rātou ki te toto;kei te whai rātou i tōna hoa, i tōna hoa ki te kupenga.³Kei runga ō rātou ringa i te mea kino kia mahia mārietia e rātou;ka tono te rangatira, kei te tatari hoki te kaiwhakawā kia utua;ā, ko te tangata nui, e puaki ana i a ia te nanakia o tōna wairua;nā, whiria tahitia ake e rātou.

⁴Ko te tangata pai o rātou, rite tonu ki te tūmatakuru;ko te mea tino tika, kino atu i te taiepa tātarāmoa.Kua tae mai te rā o āu tūtei, arā te rā e whiua ai koe;ko āianei rātou pōkaikaha ai.⁵Kaua e whakapono ki te hoa,kaua e whakawhirinaki ki te kaiārahi;kaiponuhia ngā tatau o tōu māngaiki te wahine e takoto nā i tōu uma.

⁶E whakaiti ana hoki te tama ki te pāpā,e whakatika atu ana te kōtiro ki tōna whaea,te hunaonga ki tōna hungawai wahine;ko ngā hoariri o te tangata ko ngā tāngata o tōna whare.⁷Tēnā ko ahau, ka titiro ahau ki a Ihowā;ka tatari ahau ki te Atua o tōku whakaoranga;tērā tōku Atua e rongo ki ahau.

Ka Mauria te Whakaoranga e Ihowā

⁸Kei whakamanamana ki ahau e tōku hoariri;ki te hinga ahau, ka ara anō ahau;ki te noho ahau i te pōuri,ko Ihowā hei whakamārama mōku.⁹Māku e waha te riri, o Ihowā,kua hara nei hoki ahau ki a ia;kia tohe rā anō ia i tāku tohe,kia whakarite rā anō i tāku whakawā.Ka whakaputaina ahau e ia ki waho ki te mārama,ā, ka kite ahau i tōna tika.

¹⁰Kātahi tōku hoariri ka kite,ā, ka taupokina e te whakamā;i kī mai rā hoki ia ki ahau,“Kei hea a Ihowā, tōu Atua?”Ka kite ōku kanohi i taua wahine;ākuanei ia takahia ai,pērātia ai me te paru o ngā ara.

He Poropiti mō te Whakaoranga

¹¹He rā hei hanganga mō ōu taiepa!Ā taua rā ka matara rawa atu te tikanga i whakatakotoria.¹²Ā taua rā ka haere mai rātou ki a koe,mai i Ahiria me ngā pā o Īhipa,mai i Īhipa ki te awa,mai i tētahi moana ki tētahi,i tētahi maunga ki tētahi maunga.¹³Otiia ka ururuatia te whenua,he mea mō te hunga e noho ana i reira,mō ngā hua hoki o ā rātou mahi.

¹⁴Whāngaia tāu iwi ki tāu rākau,ngā hipi o tōu kāinga tupu,e noho mokemoke nei i te ngaherei waenganui o Karamere;kia kai rātou ki Pahana, ki Kireara,kia pērā me ngā rā o mua.

¹⁵“Ka rite ki ngā rā i haere mai ai koe i te whenua o Īhipa,ka whakaaturia e ahau ki a ia ngā mea whakamīharo.”

¹⁶Ka kite ngā iwi, ka whakamāki tō rātou mārohirohi katoa;ka kōpania tō rātou māngai ki tō rātou ringa,ā, ka turi ō rātou taringa.¹⁷Ka mitimiti rātou i te puehu, ānō he nākahi;ka oho wiri mai rātou i ō rātou piringa kōpiri,ānō ko ngā mea ngōkingōki o te whenua;ka haere wehi mai rātou ki a Ihowā, ki tō tātou Atua,ā, ka mataku ki a koe.

Te Aroha o Ihowā ki a Īharaira

¹⁸Ko wai he Atua hei rite mōu, e muru nei i te hē,e whakarere noa nei i te poka kēo ngā mōrehu o tōna wāhi tupu?E kore ia e kawe tonu i tōna riri ā ake ake,nō te mea e ngākau nui ana ia ki te tohu tangata.¹⁹Tērā ia e tahuri anō, ka aroha ki a tātou;ka pēhia e ia ō tātou kino ki raro ki ōna waewae.Ka pangā anō e koe ō rātou haraki ngā rire o te moana.²⁰Ka whakatutukitia e koe te mea tika ki a Hākopa,te aroha ki a Āperahama,ko tāu i oati ai ki ō mātou mātuai ngā rā ō mua.