Đọc Ihāia 41

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Te Kupu Tūturu i a Īharaira

¹“Whakarongoa i tōku aroaro, e ngā motu;ā, kia puta hou mai he kaha mō ngā iwi;me neke mai rātou, ā, me kōrero rātou;tātou tahi me whakatata ki te whakawā.

²“Nā wai i whakaara ake tētahi i te rāwhiti,i karangatia e ia i runga i te tika ki tōna waewae?Hōmai ana e ia ngā iwi ki tōna aroaro,meinga ana ia e ia hei rangatira mō ngā kīngi;hōmai ana rātou e ia ānō he puehu ki tāna hoari,ānō he kakau wīti e āia ana, ki tāna kōpere.³Whāia ana rātou e ia, haere ora atu ana ia;āe rā, i te ara kīhai i haerea e ōna waewae.⁴Nā wai oti tēnei i mahi,kārangaranga ai i ngā whakatupuranga mai i te tīmatanga!Ko ahau, ko Ihowā, ko te tīmatanga,ā, kei ngā whakamutunga, ko ahau nei.”

⁵I kite ngā motu, ā, wehi ana,pairi noa iho ngā pito o te whenua,whakatata ana, haere mai ana.⁶Uru ana rātou ki te mahi a tōna hoa, a tōna hoa,me tā rātou kī ki tōna tuakana, ki tōna teina, “Kia māia!”⁷Nā, kei te whakatenatena te kāmura i te kaitahu kōura,te kaiwhakamāeneene ki te hama,i te tangata e patu ana ki te paepae,ko tāna kupu mō te whakapiringa, “Kei te pai”;nā, whakaūkia ana e ia ki te whao, tē taea te whakanekeneke.

⁸“Ko koe, e Īharaira, ko tāku pononga, ko Hākopa,ko tāku i whiriwhiri ai,ko te uri o tāku i aroha ai, o Āperahama;⁹ko tāku anō i tango mai ai i ngā pito o te whenua;he mea karanga nei hoki koe nāku i roto i ōna tōpito;ko tāku kupu hoki ki a koe, ‘Ko koe tāku pononga;he mea whiriwhiri koe nāku, kāhore koe e makā atu e ahau.’¹⁰Kaua e wehi; kei a koe nei hoki ahau;kaua anō e tirotiro; ko ahau nei hoki tōu Atua.Māku koe e whakakaha, āe rā, māku koe e āwhina,ka tautokona ake anō koe e te ringa matau o tōku tika.

¹¹“Nanā, ka whakamā, ka numinumi kaute hunga katoa e riri ana ki a koe;ka rite ki te kāhore;ka ngaro te hunga e ngangare ana ki a koe.¹²Ka rapua rātou, ōu hoariri, e koe,ā, e kore e kitea;ko te hunga i whawhai ki a koe,ka rite ki te kāhore, ki te mōtī noa iho.¹³Nō te mea ko ahau, ko Ihowā, ko tōu Atua,kei te pupuri i tōu matau,kei te mea ki a koe, ‘Kaua e wehi;ko ahau hei whakauru mōu.’¹⁴Kaua e wehi, e te kutukutu, e Hākopa,e ngā tāngata o Īharaira;māku koe e āwhina, e ai tā Ihowā,tā tōu kaihoko,” tā te Mea Tapu o Īharaira.¹⁵“Nanā, kua meinga koe e ahau hei patu wīti,koi tonu, hou tonu, he whai niho;ka patua e koe ngā maunga, ā, ngotangota noa;ko ngā pukepuke, ka meinga e koe kia rite ki te pāpapa.¹⁶Rererere ana rātou i a koe, kāhakina tonutia atu e te hau,tītaritaria ake rātou e te paroro.Ko koe ia ka hari ki a Ihowā,ka whakamanamana, ki te Mea Tapu o Īharaira.

¹⁷“E rapu ana ngā ware, ngā rawakore i te wai,ā, kāhore kau,hē ake ō rātou arero i te matewai;ka rongo ahau, a Ihowā, ki tā rātou;e kore ahau, te Atua o Īharaira, e whakarere i a rātou.¹⁸Ka whakapuaretia e ahau he awa ki ngā wāhi tiketike,he puna wai i waenganui i ngā raorao;ka meinga e ahau te koraha hei hārotoroto wai,te whenua maroke hei pupūtanga wai.¹⁹Ka whakatōkia e ahau te koraha ki te hīta,ki te kōwhai, ki te ramarama, ki te rākau hinu;ka tū i ahau te kauri ki te tītōhea,te rimu, rātou tahi anō ko te ake;²⁰kia kite ai rātou, kia mōhio ai,kia mahara ai, kia mātau ngātahi ai,he mea mahi tēnei nā te ringa o Ihowā;nā te Mea Tapu o Īharaira tēnei i hanga.”

Te Huakore o ngā Whakapakoko

²¹“Kawea mai tā koutou totohe,” e ai tā Ihowā.“Whakaputaina mai ā koutou kupu kaha,” e ai tā te Kīngi o Hākopa.²²“Me whakaputa mai e rātou, ā, me whakaatu maiki a tātou ngā mea meāke pono mai.Whakaaturia mai e koutou ngā mea o te tuatahi,he pēhea rānei, kia whakaaroarohia ai e tātou,kia mōhiotia ai tō rātou mutunga iho;kōrerotia rānei ki a tātou ngā mea e puta ā mua.²³Whakaaturia ngā mea e haere ake ana i muri,kia mōhio ai mātou he atua koutou;tēnā rā, mahia he pai, he kino rānei,kia wehi ai mātou, kia kite ngātahi ai.²⁴Nanā, nō te kāhore koutou,ko ā koutou mahi nō te kāhore rawa;he mea whakarihariha te tangata nāna koutou i whiriwhiri.

²⁵“Kua oho mai i ahau tētahi i te raki, ā, kua tae mai ia;nō te rerenga mai o te rā tētahi e karanga ana ki tōku ingoa.Ko tōna taenga mai ki ngā rangatira, ānō e eke ana ki te paru pokepoke,ānō ko te kaihanga rīhi e takatakahi ana i te paru.²⁶Nā wai i whakaatu mai i te tīmatanga, kia mōhio ai tātou?Nā wai i ngā wā onamata, mō tā tātou kī ake, ‘He tika tāna?’Āe rā, kīhai i whakaaturia e tētahi, āe rā, kīhai i kōrerotia e tētahi,kīhai anō tētahi i rongo i ā koutou kōrero.²⁷Māku te kupu tuatahi ki Hiona, ‘Nanā, tēnei rātou’;ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki Hiruhārama he kaikawe i te rongo pai.²⁸I titiro anō ahau, ā, kāhore he tangata;nā, i roto i ēnei katoa kāhore he kaiwhakatakoto whakaarohei whakahoki kupu mai i tāku uinga ki a rātou.²⁹Nanā, ko rātou katoa he horihori kau;he kore noa iho ā rātou mahi;ko ā rātou whakapakoko whakarewa he hau, he mea tikangakore.”