1Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: “Haere ki raro, ki te whare o te kīngi o Hūrā, ka kōrero i tēnei kupu ki reira,2mea atu: ‘Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā, e te kīngi o Hūrā, e noho nā i runga i te torōna o Rāwiri – a koe, koutou ko ōu tāngata, ko tōu iwi e tomo ana ki ēnei kūwaha.3Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Whakaritea te whakawā me te tika, whakaorangia te tangata e pāhuatia ana i te ringa o te kaitūkino. Kaua e mauria kinotia, kaua e whakatupuria kinotia te manene, te pani, te pouaru, kaua hoki e whakahekea te toto harakore ki tēnei wāhi.4Nō te mea ki te mahia mārietia tēnei e koutou, kātahi ka tomo mai ki ngā kūwaha o tēnei whare he kīngi e noho ana i runga i te torōna o Rāwiri, e eke ana ki te hāriata, ki te hōiho, a ia, me āna tāngata, me tōna iwi.5Engari, ki te kore koutou e whakarongo ki ēnei kupu, hei oati tēnei māku ki ahau anō, e ai tā Ihowā, tērā tēnei whare e takoto kau.’ ”6Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā mō te whare o te kīngi o Hūrā:“Ko Kireara koe ki ahau,ā, ko te tihi o Repanōna;otiia he pono ka meinga koe e ahau hei koraha,hei pā hoki e kore e nohoia.7Ā, ka whakaritea e ahau he kaiwhakangaro mōu,rite rawa i tāna patu, i tāna patu;ā, ka tuaina e rātou ōu hīta papai,ka makā hoki ki te ahi.8“Ā, he maha ngā iwi e haere mā te taha o tēnei pā, ā, ka mea tēnā ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa, ‘He aha tēnei i meatia e Ihowā ki tēnei pā nui?’9Kātahi rātou ka kī ake: ‘Mō rātou i whakarere i te kawenata a Ihowā, a tō rātou Atua, ā, koropiko ana ki ngā atua kē, mahi atu ana ki a rātou.’ ”10Kaua koutou e tangi ki te tūpāpaku,e uhunga rānei ki a ia;engari kia nui te tangi mō te tangata e haere atu ana;nō te mea e kore ia e hoki mai ā muri,e kore anō e kite i te whenua i whānau ai ia.
He Pānui ki ngā Tama a Hōhia
11Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā mō Harumu tama a Hōhia, kīngi o Hūrā, i kīngi nei i muri i tōna pāpā, i a Hōhia, i haere atu nei hoki i tēnei wāhi: “E kore ia e hoki mai ki konei ā ake ake.12Engari, hei te wāhi i whakaraua atu ai ia, ka mate ia ki reira, ā, e kore ia e kite i tēnei whenua ā ake ake.13Auē te mate mō te tangata e hanga nei i tōna whare ki te hē,i ngā rūma hoki o reira ki te whakawā hē;e whakamahi nei i tōna hoa, kāhore e utua,kāhore hoki e hoatu tō tāna mahi ki a ia;14e mea ana, ‘Ka hangā e ahau he whare māhorahora mōku,he rarahi ngā rūma.’Pokaia ana he matapihi mōna i roto;ā, ko te hīpoki he hīta,pania ake ki te whero ngangana.15“E kīngi rānei koe,nō te mea e whai ana koe kia pērā rawa atu te hīta?Kīhai ianei tōu pāpā i kai, i inu,i whakarite i te whakawā, i te tika?Ā, he pai i reira ki a ia.16I whakaritea e ia te whakawā a te ware a te rawakore;ā, he pai i reira.He teka ianei ko te mōhio tēnei ki ahau?”e ai tā Ihowā.17“Kāhore hoki ōu kanohi, ōu ngākaumō tētahi mea kē atu,heoi mō tōu apo anake,mō te whakaheke i te toto harakore,mō te tūkino, mō te tutū, hei mahi māu.”18Mō reira ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei mō Iehoiakimi tama a Hōhia kīngi o Hūrā:“Kāhore he tangi mōna, he mea:‘Auē, e tōku tuakana!’ ko tēnei rānei, ‘Auē, e te tuahine!’Kāhore rātou e tangi mōna, e mea,‘Auē, te ariki! Auē, tōna korōria!’19Ka tanumia ia ki te tanu o te kāihe –ka tōia, ka makā ki waho i ngā kūwaha o Hiruhārama.20“E piki ki Repanōna tangi ai,kia puaki hoki tōu reo i Pahana;tangi mai hoki i Aparimi,kua mongamonga katoa hoki te hunga i aroha ki a koe.21I kōrero ahau ki a koe i te wā o tōu rangatiratanga;engari i mea koe, ‘E kore ahau e rongo.’Ko tāu tikanga tēnei nō tōu tamarikitanga ake,kīhai koe i rongo ki tōku reo.22Mā te hau e whāngai āu hēpara katoa,ka riro hoki te hunga i aroha ki a koe ki te whakarau.Kātahi rawa koe ka whakamā,ka numinumi kau ki tōu kino katoa.23E te wahine e noho nā i Repanōna,e hanga nā i tōu kōhanga ki ngā hīta,anō te nui o te manawapā mōu ina tae ngā mamae ki a koe,te mamae e rite ana ki tō te wahine e whānau ana!”
He Whakawātanga ki a Konia
24“E ora ana ahau,” e ai tā Ihowā, “ahakoa a Konia tama a Iehoiakimi kīngi o Hūrā, ko te mōwhiti i runga i tōku ringa matau, ka unuhia tonutia atu koe e ahau i reira;25ā, ka hoatu koe e ahau ki te ringa o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea koe, ki te ringa anō o te hunga e wehi nā koe, arā ki te ringa o Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, ki te ringa hoki o ngā Karari.26Ka ākiritia atu anō koe e ahau me tōu whaea i whānau ai koe ki tētahi atu whenua ehara nei i te wāhi i whānau ai kōrua; ā, mate atu kōrua ki reira.27Engari ko te whenua i ōkaka tonu ai ō rāua ngākau kia hoki ki reira, e kore rāua e hoki ki reira.”28Ko tēnei tangata, ko Konia,he oko pakaru rānei ia e whakahāweatia ana?He oko kāhore e matenuitia ana?He aha i ākiritia atu ai, rātou ko ōna uri, i makā atu aiki te whenua kīhai i mōhiotia e rātou?29E te whenua, te whenua, te whenua,whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā.30Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:“Tuhituhia e koutou tēnei tangata, he urikore,he tangata e kore e oti pai tāna i ōna rā e ora ai;e kore hoki e tōtika tā tētahi o ōna urie noho ana i runga i te torōna o Rāwiri,e kīngi ana ā muri ake nei i roto i a Hūrā.”