He Whakawātanga ki ngā Rangatira, ngā Tohunga, ngā Poropiti Hē
1Auē te hē mō te karauna whakapehapeha o te hunga haurangi o Ēparaima,ki te puāwai memenge hoki o tōna ātaahua whakakorōria,tērā i te wāhi ki runga o te awaawa mōmonao te hunga kua hinga i te wāina!2Nanā, he mea kaha, he mea pakari tā te Ariki;koia anō kei te āwhā whatu, kei te tūpuhi e wāwāhi ana,kei te waipuke, he wai nui e ngawhā atu ana,ka tāia iho anō e tōna ringa ki te whenua.3Ka takahia e ngā waewaete karauna whakapehapeha o te hunga haurangi o Ēparaima.4Ā, ko te puāwai memenge o tōna ātaahua whakakorōria,kei te wāhi nei ki runga o te awaawa mōmona,ka rite ki te hua mātāmua o te piki i te mea kāhore anō te raumati;ā, ka kite te mea i titiro atu,ka horomia e ia i te mea kei tōna ringa anō.5I taua rā ko Ihowā o ngā manohei karauna korōria,hei pōtae ātaahuaki ngā mōrehu o tāna iwi;6hei wairua whakawāki te tangata e noho ana ki te whakawā,hei kaha mō te hunga e whakahoki anai te whawhai i te kūwaha.7Otiia kua pōhēhē anō ēnei i te wāina,ā, kua kotiti kē i te wai kaha;ko te tohunga, ko te poropiti,kua pōhēhē i te wai kaha,kua horomia rāua e te wāina,ā, kua kotiti kē i te wai kaha;he titiro hē tā rāua,e tapepa ana tā rāua whakawā.8Kī tonu hoki ngā tēpu katoa i te ruaki,i te paru, kāhore he wāhi mā.9“Ko wai e whakaakona e ia ki te mātauranga?Ko wai e meinga e ia kia mōhio ki te kupu?Ko te hunga kua whakamutua tā rātou kai waiū,kua tangohia mai i te ū?10He whakahau nei hoki tēnei i runga i te whakahau,he whakahau i runga i te whakahau;he ako i runga i te ako, he ako i runga i te ako;he iti ki konei, he iti ki kō rā.”11Engari mā ētahi tāngata rerekē ngā ngutu,he reo kē te reo e kōrero ai ia ki tēnei iwi;12i kī atu ia ki a rātou,“Ko te okiokinga tēnei,hoatu e koutou he okiokinga ki te tangata māuiui;ko te tānga manawa hoki tēnei”;nā, kīhai rātou i pai ki te whakarongo.13Nō reira, ko tā Ihowā kupu ki a rātou:“He whakahau i runga i te whakahau, he whakahau i runga i te whakahau;he ako i runga i te ako, he ako i runga i te ako;he wāhi iti ki konei, he wāhi iti ki kō rā;”kia haere ai rātou, ka hinga whakamuri,ka wāwāhia, ka māhangatia, ka mau.14Mō reira whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā, e te hunga whakahī,e ngā rangatira o tēnei iwi i Hiruhārama.15Kua mea nā hoki koutou, “Kua whakarite kawenata mātou ki te mate;kua rite ā mātou whakarite ko te rēinga;ki te pāha i waenga te whiu i rite nei ki te waipuke,e kore e tae mai ki a mātou;nō te mea kua oti te teka te mea e mātou hei whakawhirinakitanga,ka piri mātou ki roto ki te horihori.”16Nā, ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:“Nanā, tēnei ahau te whakatakoto nei i te kōhatu ki Hiona hei tūranga,he kōhatu kua oti te whakamātautau,mō te kokonga, he mea utu nui, he tūranga ū;ko te tangata e whakapono ana e kore e pōtatutatu.17Ka whakatakotoria anō e ahau te tikanga o te whakawā,mea rawa ki te aho, me te tika anō, paramu rawa;ā, ka tahia atu te whakawhirinakitanga teka e te whatu,ka huri anō ngā wai ki runga ki te piringa.18Ka whakatakā hoki tā koutou kawenata ki te mate;e kore anō e tū tā koutou i whakarite ai ki te rēinga;ko te whiu i rite nei ki te waipuke, ki te tika atu i waenga,ka waiho koutou hei takahanga māna.19I ōna wā e haere atu ai taua whiu,ka riro koutou i a ia;ka haere atu hoki i tēnei ata, i tēnei ata,i te ao, i te pō;ā, he whakamataku anake te mea kia mōhio ki te kupu.”20He poto hoki te moenga, e kore e whārōrō te tangata;he whāiti te hīpoki, e kore e taea te roropi mai.21Nō te mea ka rite ki tērā i Maunga Peratimi tō Ihowā whakatikanga ake,kei tērā i te raorao i Kipeono te rite o tōna riri;kia mahi ai ia i tāna mahi, i tāna mahi rerekē,kia whakatutuki ai i tāna hanga, i tāna hanga rerekē.22Nā, kāti rā tā koutou whakahī,kei whakaūkia ō koutou here;kua rongo nei hoki ahau ki te Ariki, ki a Ihowā o ngā mano,ki te whakaotinga, ki te mea i whakaritea mō te whenua katoa.23Kia whai taringa mai, whakarongo hoki ki tōku reo;mahara mai, whakarongo ki tāku kōrero.24Ko tā te kaiparau koia i ngā rā katoa he parau, hei whakatōkanga?He whakatuwhera tonu rānei tāna,he wāwāhi i ngā pōkurukuru o tōna oneone?25Ka oti i a ia te mata o taua māra te mea kia rite,e kore ianei ia e maka atu i te pī,e whakatō i te kumine,e rui i te wīti, rārangi rawa, i te pārei ki te wāhi i whakaritea,me te rai anō ki tōna tapa?26Ko tōna Atua hoki hei whakaako i a iaki te tikanga pai,hei tohutohu anō i a ia.27E kore hoki ngā pī e patua ki te mea koi,e kore anō te wīra kāta e hurihia ki runga ki te kumine;engari e patua ana ngā pī ki te rākau,ngā kumine ki te patupatu.28Ko te wīti hei taro e kurua ana;e kore hoki e patua tonutia e ia.Nā, ahakoa tohaina e te wīra o tāna kāta,e ana hōiho rānei, kāhore e tukia e ia kia ririki.29E puta mai ana hoki tēnei i a Ihowā o ngā mano,he mea whakamīharo nei ōna whakaaro,he nui anō āna tikanga.