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Ka Whakakinotia a Īharaira
1 “Nā, whakahuatia he tangi mō ngā rangatira o Īharaira, 2 mea atu hoki:
‘He aha tōu whaea? He raiona uha;
i roto ia i ngā raiona e takoto ana,
ko āna kūao he mea whakatupu nāna
i roto i ngā raiona.
3 Nā, atawhaitia ake ana e ia tētahi o āna kūao;
kua rahi.
Kua ako ki te hopu tūpāpaku māna;
kua kai tāngata.
4 I rongo anō ngā iwi ki a ia;
i mau ia ki roto ki tā rātou poka.
Nā, kawea ana e rātou, mekameka rawa,
ki te whenua o Īhipa.
5 “ ‘Nā, i tōna kitenga he tatari kau tāna
ā, kua kore tāna i tūmanako ai,
nā, ka mau ki tētahi atu o āna kūao,
meinga ana e ia hei kūao rahi.
6 Nā, kei te hāereere tērā i roto i ngā raiona,
kua rahi.
Kua ako ki te hopu tūpāpaku māna;
kua kai tāngata.
7 I mōhio anō ia ki ō rātou whare kīngi,
whakaururuatia ana e ia ō rātou pā;
mōtī iho te whenua me ōna tini mea
i te haruru o tōna hāmama.
8 Kātahi ia ka whakaekea e ngā iwi o ngā kāwanatanga
i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha;
horahia ana e rātou he kupenga ki runga ki a ia;
kua mau ia ki roto ki tā rātou poka.
9 Nā, ka tūtakina atu ia, mea rawa ki te mekameka,
ka kawea ki te kīngi o Papurōna.
I kawea ia ki ngā pā kaha,
kia kore ai tōna reo e rangona
i muri ki runga ki ngā maunga o Īharaira.
10 “ ‘I rite tōu whaea ki te wāina, ōu toto nā anō,
he mea whakatō ki te taha o ngā wai.
He mea whai hua, he mea whai manga,
he maha hoki nō ngā wai.
11 He peka kaha anō ōna
hei hēpeta mō ngā kīngi;
pūrero tonu rātou, roa tonu,
i roto i ngā manga pūruru,
i kitea atu rātou e pūrero ana,
me ōna manga maha.
12 Otiia, i hūtia ia i runga i te āritarita,
makā iho ki te whenua,
maroke ake ōna hua i te hau marangai;
i whatiwhatiia ōna peka kaha,
maroke ake;
kainga ake e te ahi.
13 Nā ināianei, kua oti ia te whakatō ki te koraha,
ki te whenua maroke, waikore.
14 Ā, kua puta atu he ahi i roto i ngā peka o ōna manga,
pau ake ōna hua;
kore ake ōna peka kaha
hei hēpeta kīngi.’
He tangi tēnei, ka waiho anō hei tangi.”