1“Putere atu, e ngā tama a Pineamine,i roto i Hiruhārama!Whakatangihia te tētere ki Tekoa,kōkiritia ake he ahi tohu ki Petehakereme.He kino hoki te titiro mai nei i te raki,he whakangaromanga nui.2Ka tapahia atu e ahau te wahine ātaahua,te wahine whakatarapī, te tamāhine a Hiona.3Ka haere mai ngā hēpara, me ā rātou kāhui ki a ia;ka whakatūria ō rātou tēneti ki tētahi taha ōna, ki tētahi taha;ka kai rātou ki tōna wāhi, ki tōna wāhi.4“Kia rite ngā mea mō te whawhai ki a ia;whakatika, kia whakaekea i te poutūmārōtanga.Auē te mate mō tātou! Kua tāwharara hoki te rā,kua whakawairua kau anō ngā ātārangi o te ahiahi.5Maranga, kia whakaekea e tātou te pō,kia wāwāhia anō ōna whare kīngi.”6Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:“Tuaina he rākau,haupūria ake he pukepuke hei whawhai ki Hiruhārama.Ko te pā tēnei e whiua;he tūkino kau tāna i roto i a ia.7Rite tonu ki te pukenga ake o te waio te puna te pukenga ake o tōna kino.He tūkino, he pāhua te rangona ana i roto i a ia;kei tōku aroaro tonu te mamae me te patunga.8E ako, e Hiruhārama,kei puta kē tōku ngākau ki a koe,kei meinga koe e ahau kia ururuatia,he whenua kāhore e nohoia.”9Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:“Ka āta hamua mārietia ngā toenga o Īharaira,ānō he wāina;kia rite tāu ki tā te kaikohi karepe,whakahokia iho tōu ringa ki roto ki ngā kete.”10Ki a wai rā tāku kōrero, tāku whakaatu tikanga,e rongo ai rātou?Nanā, he mea kokotikore tō rātou taringa,tē whakarongo ai rātou.Nanā, hei tāwainga mā rātou te kupu a Ihowā,kāhore e arongia e rātou.11Nā, kī tonu ahau i te riri o Ihowā;ruha iho ahau i te koromaki.“Ringihia ki runga ki te kōhungahunga i te ara,ki te whakaminenga anō o ngā taitamariki, hui katoa;nō te mea ka hopukia te tāne rāua ko te wahine,te koroheke rāua ko te tangata kua maha ōna rā.12Ka riro kē ō rātou whare i ētahi atu,ngā māra ngātahi anō ko ngā wāhine;nō te mea ka totoro tōku ringaki ngā tāngata o te whenua,”e ai tā Ihowā.13“Ko te mea iti ō rātou, ko te mea nui hokikei runga i te apo;ko te poropiti, ko te tohunga,rātou katoa kei te mahi teka.14Ko tā rātou rongoātanga hokii te mamae o tāku iwi he hanga noa iho;e kī ana, ‘Ka mau te rongo, ka mau te rongo’;i te mea kāhore nei he maunga rongo.15I whakamā rānei rātou i a rātou e mahi ana i ngā mea whakarihariha?Hore rawa ō rātou whakamā,kāhore hoki i mōhio ki te numinumi.Mō reira ka hinga rātou i roto i te hunga e hinga ana;i te wā e whiu ai ahau i a rātou,ka whakatakā rātou,”e ai tā Ihowā.16Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:“E tū ki ngā ara, tirohia atu,uia ngā ara tawhito kei hea te ara pai,ka haere i reira, ā, ka kite koutoui te tānga manawa mō ō koutou wairua.Heoi, e kī mai ana rātou, ‘E kore mātou e haere i reira.’17I whakatūria anō e ahau ētahi kaitūtei mō koutou, i mea ahau,‘Whakarongo ki te tangi o te tētere.’Heoi, e kī ana rātou, ‘E kore mātou e whakarongo.’18Mō reira, whakarongo, e ngā iwi,kia mōhio anō koe, e te huihui,ki ngā mea kei roto i a rātou.19Whakarongo, e te whenua;tēnei ahau te kawe mai nei i te kino mō tēnei iwi,i ngā hua o ō rātou whakaaro;mō rātou kīhai i whakarongo ki āku kōrero;ko tāku ture, paopaongia ake e rātou.20Hei aha te whakakakara i tae mai ai ki ahau i Hēpā,te kākaho kakara i te whenua tawhiti?E kore ā koutou tahunga tinana e arongia,e kore anō ā koutou patunga tapu e reka ki ahau.21Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:Tēnei ahau te whakatakoto neii ngā tūtukitanga waewae ki mua i tēnei iwi,e tūtuki ngātahi ai ngā mātua, ngā tamariki;ka ngaro te tangata noho tata rāua ko tōna hoa.”22Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:“Tēnei te haere mai nei he iwi i te whenua ki te raki,ka whakaarahia mai anō he iwi nui i ngā pito o te whenua.23Ka mau rātou ki te kōpere, ki te tao;he nanakia rātou, e kore hoki e tohu tāngata.Ko tō rātou reo, ānō kei te moana e haruru ana,ā, eke ai rātou i runga i te hōiho;rārangi rawa rātou, me te mea he tāngata e mea anaki te whawhai ki a koe, e te tamāhine a Hiona.”24Kua rongo mātou ki tōna rongo;ngoikore iho ō mātou ringa.Mau pū mātou i te pāwera, i te mamae,me te mea he wahine e whānau ana.25Kei puta atu ki te māra,kaua hoki e haere i te ara;kei reira hoki te hoari a te hoariri,ā, kei ngā taha katoa te wehi.26E te tamāhine a tāku iwi, whītikiria te kākahu taratara,ka takaoriori ki te pungarehu,hei te tangi ki te huatahi tāu tangi ki a koe,kia tīwerawera te tangi;nō te mea kīhai i aha kua tae maite kaipāhua ki a tātou.27“Kua oti koe te mea e ahau hei pourewa,hei pā kaha, i roto i tōku iwi;kia mōhio ai koe,kia whakamātau ai i tō rātou ara.28He tino nui tō rātou tutū,ā, ko tā rātou i a rātou e hāereere ana he ngau tuarā.He parāhi rātou, he rino;he hunga whakangau kē rātou katoa.29Kei te kakā te hau o te pupuhi ahi;kua pau te matā i te ahi,maumau whakarewa noa te kaitahi para;kāhore nei hoki te hunga kino kia unuhia atu.30E huaina rātou e te tangata he hiriwa i paopaongia,nō te mea kua paopao nei a Ihowā ki a rātou.”