1Nanā, kīhai i mutua te ringa o Ihowā, tē tau ai te whakaora;kīhai anō i taimaha tōna taringa, tē rongo ai ia.2Engari nā ō koutou hē i wehekoutou ko tō koutou Atua,nā ō koutou hara anō i hunā ai tōna mata ki a koutou,tē whakarongo ai ia.3Kua poke hoki ō koutou ringa i te toto,ō koutou maihao i te hē;ko ō koutou ngutu kua kōrero teka,ko ō koutou arero kei te whakapuaki i te whanokē.4Kāhore he karanga ki te tika,kāhore he tohe ki te pono;ko te horihori tō rātou okiokinga, e kōrero teka ana rātou;ko tō rātou hapū he nanakia, whānau ake he kino.5E paoa ana e rātou ngā hua o te neke,e hangā ana e rātou te whare pūngāwerewere.Ko te tangata e kai ana i ā rātou hua ka mate,ā, ki te kōpēngia tētahi, ka puta he waipera.6E kore ō rātou whare pūngāwerewere e tau hei kākahu,e kore anō rātou e whai hīpoki i ā rātou mahi.Ko ā rātou mahi he mahi nā te kino,he mahi nanakia kei ō rātou ringa.7E rere ana ō rātou waewae i te kino,hohoro tonu hoki rātou ki te whakaheke i te toto harakore.Ko ō rātou whakaaro he whakaaro ki te kino,he whakamōtī, he wāwāhi kei ō rātou ara.8Kāhore ō rātou mātauranga ki te ara o te rangimārie,kāhore hoki he whakawā i ō rātou ara.Ko ō rātou huarahi, whakakōpikopikoa ake e rātou;ko te hunga katoa e haere ana nā reira,e kore e mōhio ki te rangimārie.9Nā reira matara noa atu te whakawā i a tātou,tē mau tātou i te tika.E tāria atu ana e tātou te mārama, nā, ko te pōuri;te tīaho, nā, kei te haere nei tātou i te pōuri.10E whāwhā ana tātou ki te taiepa ānō he matapō,āe rā, me te mea ko te hunga kāhore he kanohi;e tūtuki ana ō tātou waewae i te poutūmārōtanga me te mea i te ahiahi;he rite tātou ki te tūpāpaku i roto i ngā tāngata pakari.11Kei te ngengere tātou katoa ānō he pea;ko tō tātou rite kei te kūkupa e tumutumu tonu ana.E tatari ana tātou ki te whakawā, heoi kua kāhore;ki te whakaora, otiia kei tawhiti atu i a tātou.12Kua nui hoki ō mātou poka kē i tōu aroaro,e whakaatu ana hoki ō mātou hara i tō mātou hē.Kei a mātou nei hoki ō mātou poka kē,ā, ko ō mātou kino, e mōhiotia ana ērā e mātou:13he poka kē, he whakakāhore ki a Ihowā,he peka atu i te whai i tō mātou Atua,he whanokē ngā kōrero, he whakakeke;kua hapū, kua puaki i te ngākau he kupu teka.14Kua tahuri atu nei ki muri te whakawā,ko te tika tū mai ana i tawhiti;kua hinga hoki te pono i te waharoa,ā, kāhore he tomokanga mō te tika.15Āe rā, kua kore te pono;ā, ko te tangata e whakarere ana i te kinoka waiho hei taonga pārau.Nā, ka kite a Ihowā, ka kino ki tāna titiro,nō te mea kāhore he whakawā.16Nā, titiro rawa mai ia, kāhore he tangata,mīharo ana ia nō te mea kāhore he kaiwawao;nā, kei tōna ringa he whakaora mōna;ko tōna tika, nā tērā ia i tautoko ake.17I kākahuria hoki e ia te tika hei pukupuku,ko te whakaora hei pōtae ki tōna māhunga;kākahuria ana e ia ngā kākahu o te rapu utu hei kākahu,ropia mai ana te hae hei koroka.18Ko tāna utu ka rite ki ā rātou mahi,he riri ki ōna hoa whawhai,he utu ki ōna hoariri;ki ngā motu hoki ka hōmai e ia he utu.19Nā, ka wehingia te ingoa o Ihowā i te uru,tōna korōria i te rāwhiti.Ka haere mai hoki ia ānō he awa e tāheke ana,e āia ana e te manawa o Ihowā.20“Ā, ka haere mai te kaihoko ki Hiona,ki te hunga o Hākopa e tahuri atu ana i te poka kē,”e ai tā Ihowā.21“Ko ahau nei, ko tāku kawenata tēnei ki a rātou,” e ai tā Ihowā. “Ko tōku wairua i a koe nā, me āku kupu i hoatu e ahau ki tōu māngai, e kore e neke atu i tōu māngai, i te māngai o ōu uri, i te māngai anō o ngā uri o ōu uri,” e ai tā Ihowā, “āianei ā ake tonu atu.”