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Te Nohopuku Pono
1 “Kia rahi te karanga, kaua e kaiponuhia!
Kia rite ki te tētere te nui o tōu reo!
Whakaaturia ki tāku iwi tō rātou poka kē,
ō rātou hara ki te whare o Hākopa.
2 He rapu anō ia tā rātou i ahau i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā,
e āhuareka ana hoki ki te mōhio ki āku ara;
me te mea he iwi e mahi ana i te tika,
ā, kīhai i whakarere i te whakaritenga a tōna Atua,
e ui ana rātou ki ahau ki ngā whakaritenga o te tika,
e āhuareka ana ki te awhi ki te Atua.
3 Ko tā rātou kī, ‘He aha mātou i nohopuku ai,
ā, kāhore koe e titiro mai?
He aha mātou i whakapōuri ai i ō mātou wairua,
tē mōhio mai koe?’
“Nanā, i te rā e nohopuku ai koutou e kitea ana e koutou te āhuareka mō koutou anō;
e akiakina ana hoki e koutou ā koutou whakamāuiui katoa.
4 Nanā, ko tā koutou nohopuku; hei mea totohe, hei mea ngangare,
kia moto ai ki te ringa o te kino.
Kāhore koutou i nohopuku i tēnei rā
hei mea kia rangona ai tō koutou reo i runga.
5 Ko tāku nohopuku ianei tēnei, i whiriwhiri ai?
He rā e whakapōuri ai te tangata i tōna wairua?
He tuohu koia nō te māhunga o te tangata, ānō he kākaho?
He whāriki i te kākahu taratara, i te pungarehu, ki raro i a ia?
E kīia rānei tēnei e koe he nohopuku,
he rā e manakohia ana e Ihowā?
6 “He teka ianei ko te nohopuku tēnei i whiriwhiria e ahau?
Kia whakatangorotia ngā here a te kino,
kia wetekina ngā paihere o te ioka,
kia tukua te hunga e tūkinotia ana kia haere noa atu,
kia wāwāhia e koutou ngā ioka katoa?
7 He teka ianei ko te tuwha i tāu taro mā te tangata e mate ana i te kai,
ko te mau mai ki tōu whare i ngā rawakore i peia atu?
Kia hīpokina hoki te tangata e tū tahanga ana, ina kitea e koe;
kia kaua hoki e huna i a koe i ōu kikokiko ake?
8 Ko reira tōu mārama puta ai, ānō ko te pūaotanga,
ka hohoro anō ōu mate te mahu;
ka haere tōu tika ki mua i a koe,
ko te korōria anō o Ihowā hei hiku mōu.
9 Ko reira koe karanga ai, ā, ka whakahoki kupu mai a Ihowā;
ka tangi koe, ā, ka mea ia: Tēnei ahau.
“Ki te whakarērea atu e koe te ioka i waenganui i a koe,
te kōkirihanga atu o te maihao, me te kōrero kino;
10 ki te mea anō ka whai ngākau koe ki te tangata matekai,
ā, ka mākona i a koe te wairua e pēhia ana e te mamae;
ko reira tōu mārama puta ai i roto i te pōuri,
ka rite hoki tōu pōuri ki te poutūmārō.
11 Ka ārahina tonutia anō koe e Ihowā,
ka mākona anō tōu wairua i a ia i ngā wāhi kore wai,
ka whakakahangia anō ōu wheua;
ā, ka rite koe ki te kāri kua oti te whakamākūkū ki te wai,
ki te puna hoki e pupū ake ana,
e kore nei ōna wai e poto.
12 Ka hangā anō e ōu uri ngā wāhi kua ururuatia noatia ake;
ka ara anō i a koe ngā tūranga o ngā whakapaparanga maha;
ā, ka huaina koe, Ko te kaihanga o te taiepa pakaru,
Ko te kaiwhakahou o ngā wāhi i ngā ara hei nohoanga.
13 “Ki te tahuri atu tōu waewae i te hāpati,
i te mea i tāu i pai ai i tāku rā tapu,
ā, ka kīia e koe te hāpati he āhuareka,
he tapu nō Ihowā, he mea hōnore,
ā, ka whakahōnoretia ia e koe,
ka kore hoki e mahi i ōu ara ake,
e kite i āu ake e āhuareka ai,
e kōrero i āu kōrero ake;
14 kātahi koe ka whai oranga ngākau i roto i a Ihowā;
ka meinga anō e ahau ngā wāhi tiketike o te whenua hei hōiho mōu;
ka whāngaia hoki koe ki te wāhi tupu a tōu pāpā, a Hākopa.”
Nā te māngai hoki o Ihowā te kupu.