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Te Kōrero Whakamutunga a Hopa i Tana Take
1 Ā, i kōrero tonu a Hopa i tāna pepeha, i mea:
2 “Auē, me i rite ki ngā marama ō mua,
ki ngā rā i tiaki ai te Atua i ahau!
3 I tīaho mai ai tāna rama ki tōku mātenga,
ā, nā tāna whakamārama i haere ai ahau i te pōuri;
4 me i pērā anō me ahau i ngā rā o tōku taiohitanga,
i te mea nei kei runga tō te Atua whakaaro puku i tōku tēneti;
5 i te mea e noho ana anō te Kaha Rawa i ahau,
ā, kei tētahi taha ōku āku tamariki, kei tētahi taha;
6 i horoia ai ōku takahanga ki te pata,
ā, rere mai ana ngā awa hinu ki ahau i roto i te kōhatu!
7 “I tōku haerenga atu ki te kūwaha ki te pā,
ā, whakapai ana i te nohoanga mōku i te waharoa,
8 ka kite ngā taitamariki i ahau, ā, piri ana rātou;
whakatika ana ngā koroheke, tū ana ki runga;
9 mutu pū te kōrero a ngā tino tāngata,
kua kōpania te ringa ki ō rātou māngai;
10 ngaro ana te reo o ngā rangatira,
piri ana ō rātou arero ki ō rātou ngao.
11 Nō te rongonga hoki o te taringa i ahau, manaaki ana i ahau;
te kitenga o te kanohi i ahau, whakaae mai ana ki āku mahi;
12 nō te mea nāku i whakaora te rawakore i a ia e karanga ana,
te pani me te tangata hoki kāhore nei ōna kaiāwhina.
13 I tau ki runga ki ahau te manaaki a te tangata e tata ana ki te whakangaromanga;
harakoa ana i ahau te ngākau o te pouaru.
14 I kākahuria e ahau te tika, ā, ko tērā tōku kākahu;
e rite ana tāku whakarite whakawā he koroka, he karauna.
15 He kanohi ahau ki te matapō,
he waewae ki te kopa.
16 He matua ahau ki ngā rawakore;
ā, i āta rapua e ahau te tikanga o te totohe
a te tangata kīhai nei ahau i mōhio.
17 Wāwāhia ana e ahau ngā kauae o te tangata kino,
ā, tākiritia mai ana e ahau tāna mea pāhua i roto i ōna niho.
18 “Kātahi ahau ka mea, ‘Tērā ahau e mate i roto i tōku ōhanga;
ka whakanuia ōku rā kia rite ki te onepū te maha.
19 Ko tōku pakiaka tautoro tonu ki ngā wai,
ā, i te pō tau ana te tōmairangi ki runga ki tōku peka;
20 ko tōku korōria hou tonu i roto i ahau,
ā, hoki ake ana te kaha o tāku kōpere i tōku ringa.’
21 “I whakarongo mai ngā tāngata ki ahau, i tatari,
whakarongo puku ana rātou i ahau e whakatakoto whakaaro ana.
22 I muri i āku kupu kore ake rātou kōrero anō;
māturuturu iho ana āku kupu ki runga ki a rātou.
23 I tāria mai ahau e rātou ānō ko te ua;
hāmama mai ana ō rātou māngai
ānō e tatari ana ki te ua ō muri.
24 Ka kata ahau ki a rātou, kīhai i whakaponohia e rātou;
kīhai hoki rātou i whakataka i te mārama o tōku mata.
25 Nāku tō rātou ara i whiriwhiri, ā, noho ana ahau hei rangatira,
noho ana hoki ahau ānō he kīngi i roto i te ope
i rite ahau ki te kaiwhakamārie o te hunga e tangi ana.