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Te Ture a Ihowā

1Ka hari te hunga he tapatahi nei i te ara,e haere nei i te Ture a Ihowā.2Ka hari te hunga e mau ana ki āna whakaaturanga;e whakapaua ana ō rātou ngākau ki te rapu i a ia,3āe, e kore rātou e mahi i te kino;e haere ana rātou i āna ara.4Kua oti mātou te whakahau ki āu akoranga,kia āta puritia e mātou.5Auē, me i whakatikaia tōku araki te pupuri i āu akoranga!6Ko reira ahau ka kore ai e whakamā;i ahau ka whai whakaaro nei ki āu whakahau katoa.7Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe i runga i te ngākau tika,ina ako ahau i āu whakaritenga tika.8Ka puritia e ahau āu tikanga;kaua ahau e whakarērea rawatia.

Te Whakarongo ki te Ture a Ihowā

9He aha te mea e mā ai i te taitamariki tōna ara?Kia rite ki tāu kupu tāna whakamaharatanga iho.10Kua whakapaua e ahau tōku ngākau ki te rapu i a koe;kaua ahau e tukua kia kotiti kē i āu whakahau.11Kua whakatakotoria e ahau tāu kupu ki roto ki tōku ngākau,kei hara ahau ki a koe.12E Ihowā, ka whakapaingia koe;whakaakona ahau ki āu tikanga.13Kua whakapuakina e ōku ngutungā whakaritenga katoa a tōu māngai.14Ko tōku koa i te ara o āu whakaaturanga,me te mea mō ngā taonga katoa.15Ka whakaaroaro ahau ki āu ako,ā, ka whai mahara ki āu huarahi.16He oranga ngākau ki ahau āu tikanga;e kore ahau e wareware ki tāu kupu.

Te Hari i te Ture a Ihowā

17Kia atawhai ki tāu pononga,kia ora ai ahau; kia puritia ai hoki tāu kupu.18Whakatirohia ōku kanohi kia kite ai ahaui ngā mea whakamīharo i roto i tāu ture.19He manene ahau i runga i te whenua;kaua āu whakahau e hunā ki ahau.20Ka ngawhā tōku wairua i te matenui atuki āu whakaritenga i ngā wā katoa.21Kua rīria e koe te hunga whakakake kua oti nei te kanga,e kotiti kē nei i āu whakahau,22parea atu i ahau te tāwai me te whakahāwea,kua mau hoki ahau ki āu whakaaturanga.23I noho anō hoki ngā rangatira ki te kōrero kino mōku;otirā e whakaaro ana tāu pononga ki āu tikanga.24Ko āu whakaaturanga anō tōku oranga ngākau,ōku hoa whakatakoto whakaaro.

Te Hiringa kia Whakarongo ki te Ture a Ihowā

25Piri tonu tōku wairua ki te puehu;whakahauoratia ahau kia rite ki tāu kupu.26I whakaaturia e ahau ōku ara, ā, whakahoki kupu ana koe ki ahau;whakaakona ahau ki āu tikanga.27Meinga ahau kia mātau ki te ara o āu ako,kia whakaaroaro ai ahau ki āu mahi whakamīharo.28E māturuturu iho ana tōku wairua i te pōuri;kia rite ki tāu kupu tāu whakaū ake i ahau.29Whakamataratia atu i ahau te ara o te teka;kia atawhai mai hoki, ā, hōmai tāu ture.30Kua whiriwhiria e ahau te ara o te pono;ka waiho e ahau āu whakaritenga ki tōku aroaro.31Piri tonu ahau ki āu whakaaturanga, e Ihowā;kei whakamā ahau.32Ka oma ahau i te ara o āu whakahau,ina whakanuia e koe tōku ngākau.

He Īnoi mō te Māramatanga

33E Ihowā, whakaakona ahau ki te ara o āu tikanga;ā, ka mau i ahau taea noatia te mutunga.34Hōmai he mātauranga ki ahau, ā, ka mau i ahau tāu ture;ka whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te pupuri.35Meinga ahau kia haere i te ara o āu whakahau;ko tāku hoki tēnā e whakaahuareka nei.36Whakaangahia tōku ngākau ki āu whakaaturanga;kaua hoki ki te apo.37Whakatahuritia kētia ōku kanohi kei kite i te horihori;whakahauorangia ahau i tāu ara.38Whakapūmautia tāu kupu ki tāu pononga,e wehi nei ki a koe.39Parea atu tōku tāwainga, e wehi nei ahau,he pai hoki āu whakaritenga.40Nanā, kua matenui ahau ki āu ako;whakahauorangia ahau i runga i tōu tika.

E Whakawhirinaki ana ki te Ture a Ihowā

41Kia puta anō āu mahi tohu ki ahau, e Ihowā,arā tāu whakaoranga, kia rite ki tāu kupu.42Pēnei ka whai kupu māku ki tōku kaitāwai;nōku ka whakawhirinaki ki tāu kupu.43Kaua e tangohia rawatia i tōku māngai te kupu o te pono,e tūmanako nei hoki ahau ki āu whakaritenga.44Pēnei ka puritia e ahau tāu tureake ake.45Ā, ka hāereere noa ahau,kua rapua hoki e ahau āu akoranga.46Ka kōrerotia anō e ahau āu whakaaturanga ki te aroaro o ngā kīngi,e kore anō e whakamā.47Ā, ka waiho e ahau hei oranga ngākau mōkuāu whakahau e aroha nei ahau.48Ka toro atu hoki ōku ringa ki āu whakahau e aroha nei ahau,ka whakaaroaro anō ki āu tikanga.

He Whakamanawatanga ki te Ture a Ihowā

49Maharatia te kupu ki tāu pononga,nō te mea kua meinga ahau e koe kia tūmanako atu.50Ko tōku oranga ngākau tēnei i ahau e tangi nei;nā tāu kupu nei hoki ahau i whakahauora.51Nui rawa te whakahī ki ahau o te hunga whakakake,heoi, kīhai ahau i peka kē i tāu ture.52I mahara ahau ki āu whakaritenga, e Ihowā, o tua iho;ā, mārie ana tōku ngākau.53Mau pū ahau i te pāwera,mō te hunga kino kua whakarere nei i tāu ture.54Ko āu tikanga āku e hīmene aii te whare i noho manene ai ahau.55I mahara ahau ki tōu ingoa i te pō, e Ihowā,ā, puritia ana e ahau tāu ture.56I ahau tēnei,he mau nōku ki āu ako.

Te Whakangākau ki te Ture a Ihowā

57Ko Ihowā tōku wāhi;kua mea nei ahau, ka pupuri ahau i āu kupu.58I whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te īnoi ki a koe kia pai mai;kia rite ki tāu kupu tāu mahi tohu ki ahau.59I whakaaro ahau ki ōku ara,ā, anga ana ōku waewae ki āu whakaaturanga;60i hohoro ahau,ā, kīhai i whakaroa ki te pupuri i āu whakahau.61Karapotia pūtia ana ahau e ngā here a te hunga kino,kīhai ia ahau i wareware ki tāu ture.62I waenganui pō ka ara ahau ki te whakawhetai ki a koemō āu whakaritenga tika.63He hoa ahau nō te hunga katoa e wehi ana i a koe,nō te hunga anō e pupuri ana i āu ako.64Kī tonu, e Ihowā, te whenua i tāu mahi tohu;whakaakona ahau ki āu tikanga.

Te Painga o te Ture a Ihowā

65Pai rawa tāu hanga ki tāu pononga,e Ihowā, rite tonu ki tāu kupu.66Whakaakona ahau ki te ngārahu pai, ki te mātauranga;kua whakapono hoki ahau ki āu whakahau.67I ahau kīanō i whakawhiua, i hē ahau;tēnā ko tēnei, ka puritia e ahau tāu kupu.68He pai koe, he pai hoki āu mahi;whakaakona ahau ki āu tikanga.69Kua titoa e te hunga whakakake he teka mōku;ka whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te pupuri i āu ako.70He ngako rawa tō rātou ngākau, koia anō kei te taupā;ko ahau ia, he oranga ngākau ki ahau tāu ture.71Mārie anō ahau kia pēhia e te pōuri;i ako ai ahau i āu tikanga.72Ko te ture a tōu māngai pai kē atu ki ahaui ngā mano o te kōura, o te hiriwa.

Te Tika o te Ture a Ihowā

73Nā ōu ringa ahau i hanga, i whakawhaiahua;hōmai he mātauranga ki ahau, kia ako ai ahau ki āu whakahau.74Ka hari te hunga e wehi ana i a koe ina kite i ahau;nōku i tūmanako ki tāu kupu.75E mātau ana ahau, e Ihowā, he tika āu whakaritenga,ā, he pono nōu i pēhia ai tōku ngākau e koe.76Tēnā rā, waiho tāu mahi tohu hei whakamārie mōku,kia rite ki tāu kupu ki tāu pononga.77Kia puta ki ahau āu mahi aroha, kia ora ai ahau;ko tāu ture hoki tōku oranga ngākau.78Kia whakamā te hunga whakakake,nō te mea kāhore he take i hē ai tā rātou hanga ki ahau;ko ahau ia ka whakaaroaro ki āu akoranga.79Ko te hunga e wehi ana ki a koe me anga ki ahau,ā, ka mōhio rātou ki āu whakaaturanga.80Kia tapatahi tōku ngākau ki āu tikanga;kei whakamā ahau.

He Īnoi mō te Whakawāteatanga

81E matenui ana tōku wairua ki tāu whakaoranga;otiia ka tūmanako ahau ki tāu kupu.82Matawaia ana ōku kanohi he meatanga ki tāu kupu;i ahau e mea ana, “Āhea koe whakamārie ai i ahau?”83Kua rite nei hoki ahau ki te kōkī i roto i te paoa;he ahakoa e kore ahau e wareware ki āu tikanga.84E hia ngā rā o tāu pononga?Āhea koe whakarite whakawā ai mō te hunga e tūkino nei i ahau?85Kua keri poka te hunga whakakake mōku;he mea kāhore e rite ki tāu ture.86Pono tonu āu whakahau katoa;e tūkino takekore ana rātou i ahau; āwhinatia mai ahau.87Wāhi iti kua mōtī ahau i a rātou i runga i te whenua;otirā kīhai i mahue i ahau āu akoranga.88Kia rite ki tōu aroha tāu whakahauora i ahau;ā, ka puritia e ahau ngā whakaaturanga a tōu māngai.

Te Whakapono ki te Ture a Ihowā

89Pūmau tonu tāu kupu, e Ihowā,ake ake i runga i te rangi.90Kei ngā whakatupuranga katoa tōu pono;whakaūngia ana e koe te whenua, ā, e tū nei anō.91E tū nei anō ināianei, pērā tonu me tāu i whakarite ai,he pononga hoki ngā mea katoa nāu.92Me kaua tāu ture hei oranga mō tōku ngākau,kua ngaro ahau i reira i tōku auētanga.93E kore rawa ahau e wareware ki āu ako,he mea whakahauora hoki nāu ēnā i ahau.94Nāu ahau; māu ahau e whakaora,kua rapua hoki e ahau āu ako.95Kua tatari te hunga kino ki ahau kia whakamatea,ka whakaaro ia ahau ki āu whakaaturanga.96Kua kitea e ahau te mutunga o ngā mea tino tika katoa,he whānui rawa ia tāu whakahau.

Te Aroha ki te Ture a Ihowā

97Anō tōku aroha ki tāu ture!Ko tāku tēnā e whakaaroaro ai i te roa o te rā.98Nāu i hira ake ai ōku whakaaro i o ōku hoariri,nā āu whakahau, e piri tonu nei ki ahau.99Nui atu ōku mahara i o ōku kaiwhakaako katoa,nōku i whakaaroaro tonu ki āu whakaaturanga.100Tērā atu tōku mōhio i tō ngā kaumātua,nō te mea i pupuri ahau i āu ako.101Kua kaiponuhia mai e ahau ōku waewae i ngā ara kino katoa,kia pupuri ai ahau i tāu kupu.102Kīhai ahau i tītaha i āu whakaritenga;nāu hoki ahau i ako.103Anō te reka o āu kupu ki tōku ngao,āe rā, reka atu i te honi ki tōku māngai.104Nā āu ako ahau i whai mōhio ai;nā reira ahau i kino ai ki ngā ara teka katoa.

Te Mārama mai i te Ture a Ihowā

105He rama tāu kupu ki ōku waewae,he mārama ki tōku ara.106Kua oati ahau, ā, ka whakamanā anō e ahau,kia puritia e ahau āu whakaritenga tika.107He nui te mamae o tōku ngākau;whakahauorangia ahau, e Ihowā, kia rite ki tāu kupu.108Manakohia, e Ihowā, ngā ohaohatanga a tōku māngai,whakaakona hoki ahau ki āu whakaritenga.109Kei tōku ringa tonu tōku wairua,heoi kāhore ahau e wareware ki tāu ture.110Kua whakatakotoria e te hunga kino he māhanga mōku,heoi, kāhore ahau i peka kē i āu ako.111Ka waiho e ahau āu whakaaturanga hei kāinga tupu mōku ake ake;ko tōku koanga ngākau hoki ēnā.112Kua whakaanga e ahau tōku ngākau ki te mahi tonu i āu tikanga;ā te mutunga rā anō.

Te Whakarurutanga i te Ture a Ihowā

113E kino ana ahau ki te hunga whakaaro ruarua,ko tāu ture ia tāku e aroha ai.114Ko tōku piringa koe, ko tōku whakangungu rākau;e tūmanako ana ahau ki tāu kupu.115Mawehe atu i ahau, e te hunga kino,ka whakaritea hoki e ahau ngā whakahau a tōku Atua.116Kia rite ki tāu kupu tāu tautoko ake i ahau, kia ora ai ahau,kaua hoki ahau e tukua kia whakamā ki tāku e tūmanako atu nei.117Tautokona ake ahau, kia ora ai ahau,ā, ka whai whakaaro tonu ahau ki āu tikanga.118Kua whakahāweatia e koe te hunga katoa e kotiti kē ana i āu tikanga;he horihori hoki tō rātou tinihanga.119Ka whakakāhoretia e koe te hunga kino katoa o te whenua, ānō he para mata;koia ahau i aroha ai ki āu whakaaturanga.120Wiri ana ōku kikokiko i te wehi ki a koe,e mataku ana hoki ahau ki āu whakaritenga.

Te Whakarongo ki te Ture a Ihowā

121He whakawā tika, he tika tāku mahi;kaua ahau e tukua ki ōku kaitūkino.122Ko koe hei tuarā mō tāu pononga mō te pai;kei tūkinotia ahau e te hunga whakakake.123Matawaia ana ōku kanohi i te meatanga ki tāu whakaora,ki te kupu hoki o tāu tika.124Kia rite ki tōu aroha tāu mahi ki tāu pononga;whakaakona hoki ahau ki āu tikanga.125He pononga ahau nāu; hōmai he mahara ki ahau,kia mātau ai ki āu whakaaturanga.126Kua rite te wā hei mahinga mā Ihowā;kua whakakāhoretia hoki e rātou tāu ture.127Nā reira i arohaina rawatia ai e ahau āu whakahaui te kōura, āe, i te tino kōura.128Nā reira tika tonu ki ahau āu ako katoa mō ngā mea katoa;kino iho anō ahau ki ngā ara teka katoa.

Te Hiahia kia Whakarongo ki te Ture a Ihowā

129He mea whakamīharo āu whakaaturanga;i mau ai tōku wairua ki reira.130Ko te whakapuakanga o āu kupu he hōmai mārama;nā reira i hōmai he mahara ki ngā kūware.131I hāmama tōku māngai, i kihakiha;he matenui nōku ki āu whakahau.132Tahuri mai ki ahau, tohungia hoki ahau;kia rite ki tāu hanga ki te hunga e aroha ana ki tōu ingoa.133Whakatikaia ōku hīkoinga ki runga i tāu kupu;kaua hoki tētahi hē e tukua hei rangatira mōku.134Whakaorangia ahau i te tūkino a te tangata;ā, ka puritia e ahau āu ako.135Kia mārama mai tōu mata ki tāu pononga;whakaakona hoki ahau ki āu tikanga.136Heke noa ngā awa wai o ōku kanohi;mō rātou kāhore i pupuri i tāu ture.

Te Tika o te Ture a Ihowā

137He tika koe, e Ihowā,he tika anō āu whakaritenga.138He tika, he pono rawa āu whakaaturangai whakahaua mai e koe.139Ka ngaro ahau i tōku ngākau whakapuke,mō āu kupu ka wareware nei i ōku hoariri.140Hore rawa he para o tāu kupu;koia i arohaina ai e tāu pononga.141He iti ahau, e whakahāweatia ana;heoi, kāhore ahau e wareware ki āu ako.142He tika pūmau tonu tōu tika;he pono hoki tāu ture.143Kua pā mai ki ahau te pōuri me te mamae;ko āu whakahau ia tōku oranga ngākau.144Pūmau tonu te tika o āu whakaaturanga;hōmai he mahara ki ahau, ā, ka ora ahau.

He Īnoi mō te Whakawāteatanga

145I whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te karanga;whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e Ihowā.Ka mau i ahau āu tikanga.146I karanga ahau ki a koe; whakaorangia ahau,ā, ka puritia e ahau āu whakaaturanga.147Kīanō te ata i pūao noa, kua karanga ahau;i tūmanako ahau ki āu kupu.148I hohoro ōku kanohi i ngā mataaratangaki te whakaaroaro ki tāu kupu.149Whakarongo ki tōku reo, kia rite ki tōu aroha;kia rite, e Ihowā, ki tāu i whakarite ai tāu whakahauora i ahau.150E whakatata mai ana te hunga e whai ana i te whanokē;kei tawhiti atu rātou i tāu ture.151E tata ana mai koe, e Ihowā;he pono katoa āu whakahau.152Nōnamata ahau i mātau ai ki āu whakaaturanga,he mea whakapūmau nāu nō tua whakarere.

He Īnoi mō te Āwhina

153Whakaaro mai ki tōku mate, ā, whakaorangia ahau;kāhore hoki ahau e wareware ki tāu ture.154Tohea tāku tohe, whakaorangia hoki ahau;kia rite ki tāu kupu tāu whakahauoranga i ahau.155Kei tawhiti atu i te hunga kino te whakaoranga;kāhore hoki rātou e rapu ki āu tikanga.156E Ihowā, he nui āu mahi tohu;kia rite ki āu whakaritenga tāu whakahauora i ahau.157He tokomaha ōku kaitūkino, ōku hoariri,heoi, kāhore ahau i peka kē i āu whakaaturanga.158I kite ahau i ngā kaimahi i te kino, ā pōuri iho,nō rātou kāhore e pupuri i tāu kupu.159Tirohia mai tōku aroha ki āu ako;kia rite ki tōu aroha, e Ihowā, tāu whakahauora i ahau.160Ko te huinga katoatanga o tāu kupu he pono;pūmau katoa anō āu whakaritenga tika ake ake.

Te Ngākau Nui ki te Ture a Ihowā

161Hore he rawa i tūkinotia ai ahau e ngā rangatira,otiia, e wehi ana tōku ngākau i tāu kupu.162E hari ana ahau ki tāu kupu,ānō he tangata kua whiwhi ki te taonga nui.163E kino ana ahau, e whakarihariha ana ki te kōrero teka;ko tāu ture ia tāku i aroha ai.164Takiwhitu āku whakamoemiti ki a koei te rā tahi mō āu whakaritenga tika.165He rangimārie nui tō te hunga e aroha ana ki tāu ture;e kore hoki ō rātou waewae e tūtuki.166Ā, kua tūmanako ahau ki tāu whakaora, e Ihowā,kua mahi ahau i āu whakahau.167Kua puritia e tōku wairua āu whakaaturanga,āe, e arohaina nuitia ana e ahau.168Kua puritia e ahau āu ako me āu whakaaturanga;kei tōu aroaro hoki ōku ara katoa.

He Īnoi mō te Āwhina

169Tukua atu tāku tangi kia tata atu ki tōu aroaro, e Ihowā;hōmai he mahara ki ahau, kia rite ki tāu kupu.170Kia tae atu tāku īnoi ki tōu aroaro;kia rite ki tāu kupu whakaora i ahau.171Kia whakapuaki ōku ngutu i te whakamoemiti;e whakaako ana hoki koe i ahau ki āu tikanga.172Mā tōku arero e kōrero tāu kupu;he tika hoki āu whakahau katoa.173Kia rite tōu ringa ki te āwhina i ahau;kua whiriwhiria hoki e ahau ko āu ako.174Kua matenui ahau ki tāu whakaora, e Ihowā;ko tāu ture hoki tōku oranga ngākau.175Kia ora tōku wairua, ā, ka whakamoemiti ia ki a koe;kia āwhinatia hoki ahau e āu whakaritenga.176Kua kotiti kē ahau me he hipi ngaro;rapua tāu pononga,kāhore hoki ahau e wareware ki āu whakahau.