1Nā, ka whakautu a Hopa, ka mea:2“He tika rawa ko koutou ngā tāngata,ā, ka mate tahi atu te whakaaro nui me koutou.3Otirā, kei ahau anō hoki he ngākau he pērā anō me o koutou,kīhai ahau i hoki iho i a koutou.Ko wai rā te hē ana ki ēnei mea?4“Tōku rite kei te tangata e waiho ana hei kata mā tōna hoa,he tangata e karanga ana ki te Atua,ā, whakarongo mai ana tērā ki a ia;e waiho ana te mea tika, te mea tapatahi, hei kata.5Kei roto i te whakaaro o te tangata,e tau ana tāna noho, te whakahāwea ki te aituā;e tauwhanga ana tēnā ki te hunga e paheke ana te waewae.6Kei te rangatira ngā tēneti o ngā kaipāhua,ā, noho kore wehi ana te hunga e whakapātaritari ana ki te Atua;he ope noa mai hoki tā te Atua ki ō rātou ringa.7“Tēnā rā, ui atu ki ngā kararehe mā rātou koe e whakaako;ki ngā manu o te rangi, mā rātou e kōrero ki a koe;8kōrero atu rānei ki te whenua, ā, māna koe e whakaako;ka whakaaturia mai anō hoki ki a koe e ngā ika o te moana.9Ko wai i kore te mōhio ki ēnei mea katoa,he mea mahi tēnei nā te ringa o Ihowā?10Kei tōna ringa nei te wairua o ngā mea ora katoa,te manawa hoki o ngā kikokiko tāngata katoa.11He teka ianei e whakamātauria ana ngā kupu e te taringa,pērā hoki i te waha e whakarongo nei ki te reka o tāna kai?12Kei ngā kaumātua ngā whakaaro nui;kei te roa o ngā rā te mātau.13“Kei a ia te whakaaro nui me te kaha;kei a ia te tohutohu me te mātauranga.14Nanā, e wāwāhia ana e ia, kore iho e hangā anō;e kopia ana e ia te tangata, kāhore rawa he putanga.15Nanā, e unuhia atu ana e ia ngā wai,ā, kua maroke; e tukua mai ana anō e ia, ā, ka hurihia te whenua.16Kei a ia te kaha me te mahi tōtika;ko te tangata tinihanga, me te tangata e tinihangatia ana, nāna.17E kāhakina atu ana e ia ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, he mea pāhua;whakakūwaretia iho e ia ngā kaiwhakawā.18Ko te mana o ngā kīngi, wetekina ake e ia,herea iho e ia ō rātou hope ki te whītiki.19E ārahina atu ana e ia ngā tohunga, he mea pāhua,hurihia iho e ia te hunga kaha.20Whakakorea ake e ia he kupu mā te hunga ngākau pono,riro ana i a ia ngā mahara o ngā kaumātua.21E ringihia ana e ia te whakahāwea ki runga ki ngā rangatira,e wetekina ana e ia te whītiki o te hunga kaha.22E hurahia mai ana e ia ngā mea hōhonu i roto i te pōuri,whakaputaina mai ana e ia te ātārangi o te mate ki te mārama.23E whakanuia ana e ia ngā iwi, ā, e hunā ana e ia;e tohatohaina atu ana e ia ngā iwi,ā, e whakawhāititia mai ana anō rātou e ia.24E tangohia atu ana e ia te ngākau o ngā rangatira o te iwi o te whenua,ā, e meinga ana e ia kia kōpikopiko noa i te wāhi ururua kāhore nei he ara.25Whāwhā noa rātou i roto i te pōuri, kāhore hoki he mārama,ā, meinga ana rātou e ia kia hūrori haere ānō he tangata haurangi.”