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Ka Whakawātia e te Poropiti te Hara o te Iwi
1 Nanā, kīhai i mutua te ringa o Ihowā, tē tau ai te whakaora;
kīhai anō i taimaha tōna taringa, tē rongo ai ia.
2 Engari nā ō koutou hē i wehe
koutou ko tō koutou Atua,
nā ō koutou hara anō i hunā ai tōna mata ki a koutou,
tē whakarongo ai ia.
3 Kua poke hoki ō koutou ringa i te toto,
ō koutou maihao i te hē;
ko ō koutou ngutu kua kōrero teka,
ko ō koutou arero kei te whakapuaki i te whanokē.
4 Kāhore he karanga ki te tika,
kāhore he tohe ki te pono;
ko te horihori tō rātou okiokinga, e kōrero teka ana rātou;
ko tō rātou hapū he nanakia, whānau ake he kino.
5 E paoa ana e rātou ngā hua o te neke,
e hangā ana e rātou te whare pūngāwerewere.
Ko te tangata e kai ana i ā rātou hua ka mate,
ā, ki te kōpēngia tētahi, ka puta he waipera.
6 E kore ō rātou whare pūngāwerewere e tau hei kākahu,
e kore anō rātou e whai hīpoki i ā rātou mahi.
Ko ā rātou mahi he mahi nā te kino,
he mahi nanakia kei ō rātou ringa.
7 E rere ana ō rātou waewae i te kino,
hohoro tonu hoki rātou ki te whakaheke i te toto harakore.
Ko ō rātou whakaaro he whakaaro ki te kino,
he whakamōtī, he wāwāhi kei ō rātou ara.
8 Kāhore ō rātou mātauranga ki te ara o te rangimārie,
kāhore hoki he whakawā i ō rātou ara.
Ko ō rātou huarahi, whakakōpikopikoa ake e rātou;
ko te hunga katoa e haere ana nā reira,
e kore e mōhio ki te rangimārie.
9 Nā reira matara noa atu te whakawā i a tātou,
tē mau tātou i te tika.
E tāria atu ana e tātou te mārama, nā, ko te pōuri;
te tīaho, nā, kei te haere nei tātou i te pōuri.
10 E whāwhā ana tātou ki te taiepa ānō he matapō,
āe rā, me te mea ko te hunga kāhore he kanohi;
e tūtuki ana ō tātou waewae i te poutūmārōtanga me te mea i te ahiahi;
he rite tātou ki te tūpāpaku i roto i ngā tāngata pakari.
11 Kei te ngengere tātou katoa ānō he pea;
ko tō tātou rite kei te kūkupa e tumutumu tonu ana.
E tatari ana tātou ki te whakawā, heoi kua kāhore;
ki te whakaora, otiia kei tawhiti atu i a tātou.
12 Kua nui hoki ō mātou poka kē i tōu aroaro,
e whakaatu ana hoki ō mātou hara i tō mātou hē.
Kei a mātou nei hoki ō mātou poka kē,
ā, ko ō mātou kino, e mōhiotia ana ērā e mātou:
13 he poka kē, he whakakāhore ki a Ihowā,
he peka atu i te whai i tō mātou Atua,
he whanokē ngā kōrero, he whakakeke;
kua hapū, kua puaki i te ngākau he kupu teka.
14 Kua tahuri atu nei ki muri te whakawā,
ko te tika tū mai ana i tawhiti;
kua hinga hoki te pono i te waharoa,
ā, kāhore he tomokanga mō te tika.
15 Āe rā, kua kore te pono;
ā, ko te tangata e whakarere ana i te kino
ka waiho hei taonga pārau.
Nā, ka kite a Ihowā, ka kino ki tāna titiro,
nō te mea kāhore he whakawā.
16 Nā, titiro rawa mai ia, kāhore he tangata,
mīharo ana ia nō te mea kāhore he kaiwawao;
nā, kei tōna ringa he whakaora mōna;
ko tōna tika, nā tērā ia i tautoko ake.
17 I kākahuria hoki e ia te tika hei pukupuku,
ko te whakaora hei pōtae ki tōna māhunga;
kākahuria ana e ia ngā kākahu o te rapu utu hei kākahu,
ropia mai ana te hae hei koroka.
18 Ko tāna utu ka rite ki ā rātou mahi,
he riri ki ōna hoa whawhai,
he utu ki ōna hoariri;
ki ngā motu hoki ka hōmai e ia he utu.
19 Nā, ka wehingia te ingoa o Ihowā i te uru,
tōna korōria i te rāwhiti.
Ka haere mai hoki ia ānō he awa e tāheke ana,
e āia ana e te manawa o Ihowā.
20 “Ā, ka haere mai te kaihoko ki Hiona,
ki te hunga o Hākopa e tahuri atu ana i te poka kē,”
e ai tā Ihowā.
21 “Ko ahau nei, ko tāku kawenata tēnei ki a rātou,” e ai tā Ihowā. “Ko tōku wairua i a koe nā, me āku kupu i hoatu e ahau ki tōu māngai, e kore e neke atu i tōu māngai, i te māngai o ōu uri, i te māngai anō o ngā uri o ōu uri,” e ai tā Ihowā, “āianei ā ake tonu atu.”