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He Kupu Whakamārie ki a Hiruhārama
1 “Whakarongo ki ahau, e koutou e whai nā i te tika,
e rapu nā i a Ihowā.
Titiro ki te kōhatu i hāua mai ai koutou,
ki te poka i te rua i keria mai ai koutou.
2 Titiro ki a Āperahama, ki tō koutou matua,
ki a Hera hoki i whānau ai koutou;
he kotahi hoki ia, karangatia ana ia e ahau,
manaakitia ana, whakanuia ana.
3 Tā te mea kua whakamārie a Ihowā i Hiona;
kua whakamārie ia i ōna wāhi katoa ka ururuatia,
kua mea hoki i tōna wāhi koraha kia rite ki Erene,
i tōna wāhi tītōhea kia rite ki te kāri a Ihowā;
he koa, he hari, ka kitea i roto,
he whakawhetai, me te reo hoki e waiata ana.
4 “Whakarongo ki ahau, e āku tāngata,
kia whai taringa ki ahau, e tāku iwi;
ka puta atu hoki he ture i roto i ahau,
ka takoto anō i ahau tāku whakawā
hei whakamārama mō ngā iwi.
5 Kei te tata mai tōku tika;
kua puta tāku whakaora,
mā ōku ringa e whakawā mō ngā iwi;
ka tatari ki ahau ngā motu,
ka okioki ki tōku ringa.
6 Anga ake ō koutou kanohi ki ngā rangi,
tirohia iho te whenua i raro;
ka memeha atu hoki ngā rangi, ānō he paowa,
ka tawhitotia te whenua, me he kākahu,
ko te hunga hoki e noho ana i reira ka pēnā te mate;
ko tāku whakaoranga ia ka mau tonu;
e kore anō tōku tika e heke.
7 “Whakarongo ki ahau, e koutou e mōhio nā ki te tika,
e te hunga kei ō koutou ngākau nei tāku ture;
kei wehi i te tāwai a te tangata,
kei numinumi i ā rātou taunu.
8 Ka kai hoki te pūrehurehu i a rātou, ānō he kākahu,
ka pau rātou, ānō he huruhuru hipi i te huhu;
ka mau tonu ia tōku tika,
tāku whakaora ki ngā whakapaparanga katoa.”
9 Maranga, maranga, kākahuria te kaha,
e te ringa o Ihowā!
Maranga, kia rite ki ngā rā ō mua rā,
ki ngā whakatupuranga onamata.
Ehara oti i a koe nāna i kotikoti a Rahapa,
i wero te tarakona?
10 Ehara oti i a koe nāna i whakamaroke te moana,
ngā wai o te rire nui,
ko ngā wai hōhonu o te moana waiho ake
e koe hei huarahi haerenga mō te hunga kua oti te hoko?
11 Nā, ko ā Ihowā i hoko ai ka hoki mai,
ka haere mai ki Hiona, me te waiata anō rātou;
i runga i ō rātou māhunga he hari e kore e mutu;
ka whiwhi rātou ki te koa, ki te hari;
ā, rere ana te pōuri me te auē.
12 “Ko ahau, inā, māku koutou e whakamārie;
ko wai koe, e wehi nā i te tangata e matemate nei,
i te tama a te tangata ka meinga nei hei tarutaru?
13 Ka wareware nei hoki ki a Ihowā, ki tōu kaihanga,
nāna ngā rangi i hora,
nāna i whakatakoto te tūranga mō te whenua.
Ka pāwera tonu koe i ngā rā katoa i te riri o te kaiwhakawhiu,
i te mea e anga mai ana ia ki te whakamate,
ā, kei hea te riri o te kaiwhakawhiu?
14 Hohoro tonu te wetekina o te herehere i whakaraua;
e kore hoki ia e mate, e heke ki te poka,
e kore hoki e whakakorea he taro māna.
15 Ko Ihowā ia ahau, ko tōu Atua,
i whakakorikori nei i te moana, ā, hāmama ana ōna ngaru –
ko Ihowā o ngā mano tōna ingoa.
16 Ā, kua hoatu e ahau āku kupu ki tōu māngai;
kua hīpokina koe ki te marumaru o tōku ringa,
kia whakatōkia ai ngā rangi,
kia takoto ai te tūranga mō te whenua,
hei mea hoki ki Hiona, ‘Ko koe tāku iwi.’ ”
17 Maranga, maranga!
Whakatika, e Hiruhārama,
i whakainumia nei e te ringa o Ihowā
ki te kapu o tōna riri;
kua inu koe i ngā nganga o te kapu wiri,
he mea tatau nāu.
18 Kāhore kau tētahi hei tautītī i a ia
o ngā tama katoa i whānau i roto i a ia;
kāhore hoki tētahi o ngā tama i atawhaitia e ia
hei pupuri i tōna ringa.
19 Ka rua ēnei mea ka pono nei ki a koe –
ko wai hei tangi ki a koe?
Ko te whakangaromanga, ko te wawāhanga, ko te matekai, ko te hoari
me pēhea tāku whakamārie i a koe?
20 Kua hemo āu tama;
e takoto ana i te ahunga mai o ngā ara katoa,
ānō he anaterope i roto i te kupenga;
kī tonu rātou i te riri o Ihowā,
i te whakatūpehupehu o tōu Atua.
21 Mō reira, whakarongo ki tēnei, e koe kua tūkinotia nei;
e haurangi ana, rāia, ehara i te haurangi wāina.
22 Ko te kupu tēnei a tōu Ariki, a Ihowā,
arā a tōu Atua, e tohe nei i tā tōna iwi:
“Nanā, ka tangohia e ahau te kapu wiri i tōu ringa,
ngā nganga o te kapu o tōku riri;
e kore e inumia anō e koe ā muri ake nei.
23 Ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki te ringa o te hunga e whakatupu kino nei i a koe,
i mea rā ki tōu wairua,
‘Piko iho nei, kia haere atu ai mātou.’
Nā, kua whakatakotoria e koe tōu tuarā hei whenua,
hei huarahi mō te hunga i haere atu rā.”