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Te Kaiwhakaora o Īharaira
1 Nā ināianei, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā,
a tōu kaihanga, e Hākopa,
a tōu kaiwhakaahua, e Īharaira:
“Kaua e wehi kua oti nei hoki koe te hoko e ahau;
kua karangatia e ahau tōu ingoa; nāku koe.
2 Ka haere koe i roto i te wai, ko ahau hei hoa mōu;
i ngā awa anō, e kore e huri mai ki runga i a koe;
ki te haere koe i roto i te ahi, e kore koe e wera,
e kore anō te mura e kā ki a koe.
3 Ko Ihowā hoki ahau, ko tōu Atua,
ko te Mea Tapu o Īharaira, ko tōu kaiwhakaora;
i hoatu e ahau a Īhipa hei utu mōu,
a Etiopia rāua ko Tepa hei wāhi mōu.
4 I te mea he taonga nui koe ki tāku titiro,
he mea e whakahōnoretia ana, ā, i arohaina koe e ahau;
mō reira ka hoatu e ahau he tangata mō tōu tūranga,
he iwi hoki hei utu mōu kia ora.
5 Kaua e wehi; kei a koe nei hoki ahau:
ka kawea mai e ahau ōu uri i te rāwhiti,
ka kohikohia mai koe i te uru.
6 Ka mea ahau ki te raki, ‘Hōmai’;
ki te tonga, ‘Kaua e kaiponuhia’;
kawea mai āku tama i tawhiti,
āku tamāhine i te pito o te whenua –
7 te hunga katoa i huaina nei tōku ingoa mō rātou;
nāku hoki rātou i hanga hei whakakorōria mōku:
nāku ia i whakaahua, nāku hoki ia i mahi.”
8 Whakaputaina mai ngā matapō he kanohi nei ō rātou,
ngā turi he taringa nei ō rātou.
9 Kia huihui ngā iwi katoa, kia rūpeke tahi ngā tauiwi;
ko wai i roto i a rātou hei whakaatu i tēnei,
hei kōrero i ngā mea ō mua ki a tātou?
Kia hōmai e rātou ō rātou kaiwhakaatu,
kia whakatikaia atu ai tā rātou;
mā rātou rānei e whakarongo, e mea mai, “He pono.”
10 “Ko koutou hei whakaatu mō tāku,” e ai tā Ihowā,
“me tāku pononga i whiriwhiria e ahau,
kia mōhio ai koutou, kia whakapono ai ki tāku,
kia mātau ai ko ahau ia,
kāhore he Atua i whakaahuatia i mua i ahau,
kāhore hoki tētahi i muri i ahau.
11 Ko ahau, ko ahau nei anō, a Ihowā,
kāhore atu hoki he kaiwhakaora, ko ahau anake.
12 Nāku i whakaatu, nāku hoki i whakaora, nāku anō i kōrero,
i te mea kāhore he atua kē i roto i a koutou;
nā, ko koutou hei kaiwhakaatu mōku,” e ai tā Ihowā, “ā, ko te Atua ahau.
13 Āe rā, i te mea kāhore anō he rā ko ahau tēnei;
e kore hoki tētahi e whakaora ake i roto i tōku ringa;
māku e mahi, ko wai hoki hei whakakāhore?”
14 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā,
a tō koutou kaihoko, a te Mea Tapu o Īharaira:
“He whakaaro ki a koutou i unga tāngata ai ahau ki Papurōna,
ā, ka mauria mai e ahau rātou katoa,
he mawhiti mai, arā ngā Karari i runga i ngā kaipuke i harakoa ai rātou.
15 Ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Mea Tapu,
ko te kaihanga o Īharaira, ko tō koutou Kīngi.”
16 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā,
nāna nei i hōmai te ara i te moana,
he huarahi i roto i ngā wai kaha.
17 Nāna nei i whakaputa mai te hāriata, te hōiho,
te ope, me te kaha;
takoto tahi ana rātou, tē ara ki runga;
kua keto rātou, kua tineia, ānō he muka.
18 “Kaua e mahara ki ngā mea ō mua;
ko ngā mea onamata kaua e whakaaroa.
19 Tēnei ahau te mahi nei i te mea hou;
ākuanei te tupu ai; e kore rānei e mōhiotia e koutou?
Ka oti i ahau he ara i te koraha,
he awa i te tītōhea.
20 Ka whakakorōriatia ahau e ngā kararehe o te pārae,
e ngā kīrehe mohoao, e ngā otereti;
nō te mea ka hoatu e ahau he wai i te koraha,
he awa i te tītōhea,
hei inu mā tāku iwi, mā tāku i whiriwhiri ai;
21 mā te iwi i whakaahuatia e ahau māku,
mā rātou e kauwhau te whakamoemiti mōku.
22 “Nā, kīhai nei koe i karanga ki ahau, e Hākopa;
kua hōhā koe ki ahau e Īharaira.
23 Kīhai i kawea mai e koe ki ahau āu hipi hei tahunga tinana;
kīhai anō ahau i whakakorōriatia ki āu patunga tapu.
Kāhore āku whakamahi i a koe ki te whakahere,
kīhai anō koe i ngenge, i te meatanga i te whakakakara.
24 Kīhai i hokona e koe he kākaho reka māku ki te moni,
kīhai hoki ahau i mākona i te ngako o āu patunga tapu.
Engari, i whakamahia ahau e koe ki ōu hara,
māuiui ana ahau i āu mahi hē.
25 “Ko ahau, ko ahau nei anō,
te kaimuru atu i ōu hē, he whakaaro anō ki ahau;
e kore anō ōu hara e maharatia e ahau.
26 Whakamaharatia ahau; tātou ka whakawā ki a tātou anō;
kōrerotia e koe tāu, kia whakatikaia ai koe.
27 Ko tōu pāpā tuatahi, i hara;
ko ōu kaiwhakaako, whakakeke ana ki ahau.
28 Nā reira whakapokea iho e ahau ngā rangatira o te wāhi tapu,
ā, hoatu ana e ahau a Hākopa ki te kanga,
a Īharaira ki te tāwai.”