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Ka Whakawahia e Ihowā a Hairuha
1 “Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā ki tāna i whakawahi ai,
ki a Hairuha, he mea pupuri nei nāku tōna ringa matau,
kia pēhia ai e ia ngā iwi ki raro i a ia;
māku anō e wewete tō ngā hope o ngā kīngi;
ko ngā tatau ka whakapuaretia ki tōna aroaro;
e kore anō ngā kūwaha e tūtakina:
2 Ko ahau e haere i mua i a koe,
ki te whakatikatika i ngā wāhi tāpokopoko;
ko ngā tatau parāhi ka pakaru i ahau;
ka tapahia anō e ahau ngā tūtaki rino.
3 Ka hoatu anō e ahau ki a koe ngā taonga o te pōuri,
me ngā mea huna o ngā wāhi ngaro,
kia mōhio ai koe ko Ihowā ahau,
e whakahua atu nei i tōu ingoa, ko te Atua o Īharaira.
4 He whakaaro nāku ki tāku pononga, ki a Hākopa,
ki a Īharaira, ki tāku i whiriwhiri ai,
nā reira koe, tōu ingoa, i karangatia ai e ahau;
whakahuatia ana e ahau tōu ingoa
i te mea kāhore anō koe kia mōhio ki ahau.
5 Ko Ihowā ahau, kāhore atu hoki;
kāhore kē atu he Atua, ko ahau anake;
māku koe e whītiki, ahakoa kāhore koe i mōhio ki ahau;
6 kia mōhio ai te hunga i te rāwhiti me o te uru,
kāhore atu, ko ahau anake.
Ko Ihowā ahau, kāhore kē atu.
7 Nāku te mārama i whai āhua ai, nāku i hanga te pōuri;
ko ahau te kaihohou rongo, te kaihanga anō o te kino;
ko ahau, ko Ihowā, te kaimahi o ēnei mea katoa.
8 “Māturuturu iho, e ngā rangi i runga;
kia ringihia mai anō he tika e ngā kapua;
kia puare te whenua, kia hua te whakaora,
kia wana ngātahi te tika;
nāku, nā Ihowā, taua mea i hanga.
9 “Auē te mate mō te tangata e totohe ana ki tōna Kaiwhakaahua!
He maramara rīhi i roto i ngā maramara rīhi o te oneone!
E mea ake rānei te paru ki tōna kaiwhakaahua,
‘He aha tāu e mahi nā’?
E mea rānei tāu i hanga ai,
‘Kāhore ōna ringa?’
10 Auē te mate mō te tangata e mea ana ki tōna pāpā,
‘He aha tāu kua whānau nei?’
ki te wahine rānei,
‘He aha te mea ka whakamamae nā koe?’ ”
11 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā,
a te Mea Tapu o Īharaira, a tōna Kaiwhakaahua anō:
“Uia mai ki ahau ngā mea e puta mai ā mua,
ko ngā meatanga ki āku tamariki,
ki te mahi hoki a ōku ringa, whakahaua mai ahau e koe.
12 Nāku i mahi te whenua,
i hanga hoki ngā tāngata o runga;
nāku, nā ōku ringa i hora ngā rangi;
ko ō rātou mano katoa he mea whakahau nāku.
13 Nāku ia i whakaara ake i runga i te tika,
māku anō e whakatikatika ōna ara katoa;
ko ia hei hanga i tōku pā,
hei tuku i āku pārau kia haere,
kāhore hoki he utu, kāhore he moni whakapati,
e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano.”
14 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
“Ko ngā māuiui o Īhipa, ko ngā taonga hokohoko o Etiopia,
ko ngā Tapeani, he tāngata roroa,
ka tae mai ki a koe, ā, ka riro i a koe;
ka whai rātou i a koe;
ka tae mekameka mai, ka piko ki a koe,
ka mea, ‘He pono kei roto i a koe te Atua,
kāhore atu hoki, kāhore he Atua.’ ”
15 He pono he Atua koe e whakangaro ana i a koe,
e te Atua o Īharaira, e te Kaiwhakaora.
16 Ka whakamā, āe rā, ka numinumi kau rātou katoa;
ka riro ngātahi ki te whakamā ngā kaimahi o ngā whakapakoko.
17 Ko Īharaira ia, ka ora i roto i a Ihowā,
he whakaoranga pūmau tonu;
e kore koutou e whakamā, e kore e numinumi
ā ake ake.
18 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā,
a te kaihanga o ngā rangi;
ko ia te Atua;
nāna i whakawhaiahua te whenua,
nāna i mahi; nāna i whakapūmau,
kīhai i hangā e ia hei takoto kau,
i whakaahuatia e ia hei nohoanga:
“Ko Ihowā ahau, kāhore kē atu.
19 Kīhai ahau i kōrero i te wāhi ngaro,
i te wāhi pōuri o te whenua;
kīhai ahau i mea ki te uri o Hākopa,
‘Rapua ahau, he mea noa iho.’
Ko tāku kōrero, ko tā Ihowā, kei te tika,
e whakaatu ana i ngā mea e rite ana.”
Ko Ihowā Anake ka Whakaora
20 “Huihui, haere mai, whakatata ngātahi mai,
e ngā oranga o ngā iwi.
Kāhore he mōhio o te hunga
e mau ana i te rākau o tā rātou whakapakoko,
e īnoi ana ki te atua
e kore nei e whakaora.
21 Whakaaturia, kawea mai kia tata,
kia whakatakoto whakaaro ngātahi rātou.
Nā wai tēnei i kōrero i mua riro,
nā wai i whakaatu i ngā wā onamata?
He teka ianei nāku, nā Ihowā?
Kore atu hoki he atua, ko ahau anake;
he Atua tika, he kaiwhakaora;
kāhore kē atu, ko ahau anake.
22 “Tahuri mai ki ahau, kia ora ai koutou,
e ngā pito katoa o te whenua;
ko te Atua hoki ahau, kāhore kē atu.
23 Kua waiho ahau e ahau anō hei oati;
kua puta atu te kupu i tōku māngai i runga i te tika,
e kore anō e hoki mai, arā:
‘Ka tūturi ngā turi katoa ki ahau,
ka oati mai anō ngā arero katoa.’
24 “Ka mea mai tētahi ki ahau,
‘Kei a Ihowā anake te tika, te kaha.’
Ka haere mai ki a ia ngā tāngata,
ā, ko ngā tāngata katoa i riri ki a ia ka whakamā.
25 Mā Ihowā ka tika ai,
ka whakamanamana ai te uri katoa o Īharaira.”