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He Poropititanga mō Tāira
1 Ko te poropititanga mō Tāira:
Auē, e ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi;
kua mōtī hoki ia, i kore ai he whare,
i kore ai he tapokoranga.
Nō te whenua o Kitimi
te whakaaturanga ki a rātou.
2 Whakarongoa, e ngā tāngata o te motu;
kua kī nā koe i tā ngā kaihokohoko o Hairona
e rere nei i te moana.
3 Kei ngā wai nui, kei ngā purapura o Hihoro,
kei te tapahanga wīti o te Naera, ōna hua;
ko ia anō te kaihokohoko ki ngā iwi.
4 Kia whakamā koe, e Hairona, kua kōrero hoki te moana,
te pā kaha o te moana kua mea,
“Kāhore ōku mamae hapū, kāhore hoki ahau i whānau,
kāhore i atawhai tamariki,
kāhore i whakatupu kōtiro.”
5 Ka tae te rongo ki Īhipa,
ka tino mamae rātou, ki te rongo o Tāira.
6 Whakawhiti atu ki Tarahihi –
auē, e ngā tāngata o te motu.
7 Ko tō koutou pā koa ianei tēnei,
ko tōna tawhito nei nō ngā rā anō onamata?
Nā ōna waewae hoki ia i kawe
ki tawhiti noho ai.
8 Nā wai i whakatakoto tēnei whakaaro mō Tāira,
mō te pā whakakarauna,
he rangatira nei ōna kaihokohoko;
ko ōna kaiwhakawhitiwhiti taonga,
ko ngā metararahi o te whenua?
9 Nā Ihowā o ngā mano i whakatakoto –
hei whakapoke i te whakapehapeha o ngā mea ātaahua katoa,
hei mea kia whakahāweatia ngā metararahi o te whenua.
10 Tika atu nā waenganui i tōu whenua,
ānō ko te Naera, e te tamāhine a Tarahihi;
kua kore he whītiki mōu ā mua ake.
11 Kua totoro tōna ringa ki runga ki te moana,
whakangāueuetia ana e ia ngā rangatiratanga.
Nā Ihowā te whakahau mō Kanaana,
kia ngaro ōna pā kaha.
12 I mea anō ia, “Kāti rawa tōu koa,
e te wāhina e tūkinotia nei, e te tamāhine a Hairona.
“Whakatika, whakawhiti atu ki Kitimi –
ahakoa i reira kāhore he okiokinga mōu.”
13 Nanā, te whenua o ngā Karari, kua kāhore tēnā iwi;
kua whakaritea a reira e ngā Ahiriana mō ngā kīrehe o te koraha.
Nā rātou i whakaara ā rātou pourewa,
kua horo i a rātou ōna whare kīngi;
kua meinga e ia hei ururua.
14 Auē, e ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi,
kua kore hoki tō koutou pā kaha.
15 I taua rā ka warewaretia a Tāira, e whitu tekau tau, ko ngā rā hoki o te kīngi kotahi; i te mutunga o ngā tau e whitu tekau ka rite tā Tāira ki te waiata a te wahine kairau:
16 “E mau ki te hāpa,
taiāwhiotia te pā,
e te wahine kairau i warewaretia nei!
Kia pai te waiata, kia maha ngā waiata,
kia maharatia ai koe.”
17 Nā, i te mutunga o ngā tau e whitu tekau ka tirohia a Tāira e Ihowā, ā, ka hoki ia ki tāna utu, ka kairau anō ki ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua i runga i te mata o te oneone. 18 Nā, ko āna mea hokohoko, me ōna utu, he tapu ki a Ihowā; e kore e whaowhina ki te toa, e kore anō e rongoātia. Engari, mā te hunga e noho ana i te aroaro o Ihowā āna mea hokohoko, ā, ka mākona rātou i te kai, ka roa anō te mau o te kākahu.