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Ka Wero a Ihowā i a Hopa hei Whakautu
1 I kōrero mai anō a Ihowā ki a Hopa, i mea:
2 “E tohe ana rānei ki te Kaha Rawa te tangata whakatohutohu?
Mā te tangata e whakatūpehupehu ana ki te Atua, māna e kōrero mai.”
Te Whakautu a Hopa ki te Atua
3 Anō rā ko Hopa ki a Ihowā, i mea ia:
4 “Nanā, ehara noa iho ahau; ko te aha tāku e whakahoki atu ai ki a koe?
Ka kōpania tōku ringa ki tōku māngai.
5 Kua kotahi tāku kōrerotanga, ā, e kore ahau e whakahoki kupu atu;
ā, tuarua rawa, otirā kāhore atu āku.”
Te Tuma a Ihowā ki a Hopa
6 Kātahi ka whakahokia mai e Ihowā ki a Hopa i roto i te tūkauati, ka mea:
7 “Tēnā rā, whakatāne, whītikiria tōu hope,
ā, ka ui atu ahau ki a koe, māu anō e whakaatu mai ki ahau.
8 Me whakakāhore anō rānei e koe tāku whakawā?
Me whakahē ki ahau kia whakatikaia ai tāu?
9 He ringa pērā rānei tōu i tō te Atua?
He reo whatitiri rānei tōu, he pērā i tōna?
10 “Tēnā rā, rākai i a koe ināianei ki te rangatiratanga, ki te korōria;
tātai i a koe ki te hōnore, ki te mana.
11 Ringihia atu te puhaketanga o tōu riri;
tirohia atu ngā mea whakakake katoa, whakaititia iho.
12 Titiro atu ki ngā mea whakakake katoa, whakapikoa iho;
takahia iho anō hoki te hunga kino i te wāhi e tū nā rātou.
13 Huihuia atu rātou, hunā ki te puehu,
herea ō rātou mata ki te wāhi ngaro.
14 Nā, ko reira ahau whakaae ai ki a koe,
mā tōu ringa matau anō koe e whakaora.
15 “Nā, whakaaroa a Pehemoto,
he mea hanga ngātahi kōrua nāku;
e kai rā i te tarutaru, ānō he kau.
16 Nanā, ko tōna kaha kei tōna hope,
ko tōna pakaritanga kei ngā uaua o tōna kōpū.
17 Ko tōna hiawero, ānō he hīta e tāwhiria ana e ia;
pōwhiwhiwhi tonu ngā uaua o tōna hūhā.
18 Ko ōna wheua, ānō he kōrere parāhi;
ko ōna rara, he poro rino.
19 “Ko ia te tino mea nui o ngā ara o te Atua –
ko tōna kaihanga anake hei whakapā i tāna hoari ki a ia.
20 He pono ko ngā maunga hei hōmai kai māna;
kei reira anō e tākaro ana ngā kīrehe katoa o te pārae.
21 Ko tōna takotoranga ko raro i ngā rākau kōuru nui,
i te rake kākaho, i te repo.
22 Hei taupoki mōna te whakamarumaru o ngā rākau kōuru nui,
kei tētahi taha ōna, kei tētahi taha, ngā wirou o te awa.
23 Nanā, ki te āki mai te waipuke, e kore ia e tūiri;
ū tonu tōna whakaaro, ahakoa kōkiri noa mai a Horano ki tōna māngai.
24 E hopukia rānei ia e tētahi i a ia e mataara ana,
e poka rānei i tōna ihu ki te rore, puta noa?