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He Poto noa te Oranga
1 “Ko te tangata i whānau i te wahine,
he torutoru ōna rā; kī tonu anō i te raruraru,
2 ānō he puāwai ia e puta mai ana, e kotia iho ana;
rere ana ia, ānō he ātārangi, kāhore hoki he tūmautanga.
3 E titiro mai anō rānei ōu kanohi ki te pēnei?
E mea rānei koe i ahau kia whakawā tāua ki a tāua?
4 Ko wai hei hōmai i te mea mā i roto i te mea poke?
Hore rawa.
5 Kua rite nā hoki ngā rā mōna;
kei a koe te maha o ōna marama.
Takoto rawa i a koe te tikanga mōna,
ā, e kore ia e whiti ki tua.
6 Tahuri kē atu te titiro i a ia,
kia ai ōna pārīrātanga,
kia āta tutuki ai tōna rā,
kia rite ai ki ō te kaimahi.
7 “Ka ai hoki he whakaaronga ki te rākau i tapahia,
tērā anō e pariri, e kore anō hoki e mutu te wana o tōna pihi.
8 Ahakoa kua tawhitotia tōna pakiaka ki te whenua,
ā, kua mate tōna tinana i roto i te oneone;
9 heoi, mā te haunga o te wai ka pihi,
ka kōkiri ōna peka ānō ko tā te mea tupu.
10 Ko te tangata ia, mate iho, marere noa iho;
āe, ka hemo te tangata, ā, kei hea ia?
11 Pērā i ngā wai e hē mai nei i te moana,
i te awa e mimiti ana, ka maroke;
12 e pērā ana anō te tangata, e takoto ana,
ā, kāhore he whakatikanga ake.
Kāhore he marangatanga ake mō rātou,
ā kia kore rā anō ngā rangi;
e kore anō rātou e ara i tō rātou moe.
13 “Auē, kia hunā noatia oti ahau e koe ki te pō,
kia waihotia noatia iho ahau e koe kia ngaro ana,
kia hoki rā anō tōu riri;
kia rohea noatia mai e koe tētahi wā mōku,
ā, ka mahara mai ai anō ki ahau!
14 Ki te mate te tangata, e ora anō rānei ia?
Ka tatari ahau i ngā rā katoa o tōku ngananga,
kia tae mai rā anō he whakaputanga mōku.
15 Māu e karanga, kia whakaō atu ai ahau;
kāhore hoki e kore ka matenui koe ki te mahi a ōu ringa.
16 Ināianei hoki e taua ana e koe ōku hīkoinga;
he teka ianei e matatau tonu mai ana koe ki tōku hara?
17 Hīri rawa tōku hē ki roto ki te pūtea,
tuitui rawa e koe tōku kino.
18 “He pono ko te maunga e horo ana e memeha noa ake ana,
e nekehia ana te toka i tōna wāhi.
19 E ngau ana te wai i ngā kōhatu;
mā tōna puhaketanga e horoi atu te puehu o te whenua;
ā, whakangaromia iho e koe te tūmanako a te tangata.
20 Taea ana ia e koe ake tonu atu,
ā, pahure ana ia;
puta kē ana i a koe tōna mata,
ā, tonoa atu ana ia kia haere.
21 Ko te whakahōnoretanga o āna tama,
kāhore e mōhiotia e ia;
ka hoki iho rātou hei ware,
heoi kāhore tētahi aha o rātou e maharatia e ia.
22 E mamae anō ia te kikokiko o tōna tinana,
ā, ka tangi tōna wairua i roto i a ia.”