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Te Take a Ihowā ki a Īharaira
1 Whakarongo koutou ināianei ki te kupu i kōrerotia e Ihowā:
“Whakatika, totohe ki ngā maunga,
kia rangona hoki tōu reo e ngā pukepuke.
2 Whakarongo, e ngā maunga nei, ki tā Ihowā totohe,
e koutou hoki, e ngā tūranga kaha o te whenua;
he totohe hoki tā Ihowā ki tāna iwi,
ā, ka rīria e ia te hē o Īharaira.
3 “E tāku iwi, i aha ahau ki a koe?
He ahatanga nāku i hōhā ai koe?
Whakaaturia mai tōku hē!
4 Nāku nā hoki koe i kawe mai i te whenua o Īhipa,
nāku anō koe i hoko i roto i te whare pononga;
ā, i ungā atu e ahau a Mohi,
a Ārona, a Miriama ki mua i a koe.
5 Kia mahara, e tāku iwi, ki te whakaaro i whakatakotoria
e Pāraka kīngi o Moapa,
ki te kupu hoki i whakahokia ki a ia
e Paraama tama a Peoro;
maharatia i Hitimi tae noa ki Kirikara,
kia mōhio ai koutou ki ngā mahi tika a Ihowā.”
Tā Ihowā i Hiahia ai
6 He aha tāku e haere ai ahau ki te aroaro o Ihowā,
e piko ai ki te Atua i runga?
He patunga tapu rānei te mea e haere ai ahau ki tōna aroaro,
he kūao tau tahi rānei?
7 E manako rānei a Ihowā ki ngā mano o ngā hipi toa,
ki ngā mano kotahi tekau rānei o ngā awa hinu?
Me hoatu rānei e ahau tāku mātāmua hei utu mō tāku poka kē,
te hua o tōku kōpū mō te hara o tōku wairua?
8 Kua whakaaturia e ia ki a koe, e te tangata, te mea pai;
ā, he aha tā Ihowā e rapu nei ki a koe,
heoi anō ko te whakawā tika, ko te pai ki te tohu tangata,
ko te whakaiti me te haere tahi i tōu Atua?
Ka Whiua te Tinihanga me te Whakarekereke
9 E karanga ana te reo o Ihowā ki te pā,
ā, ka kite te tangata whakaaro nui i tōu ingoa:
“Whakarongo ki te whiu, ki a ia hoki nāna i whakarite.
10 Tērā anō rānei ngā taonga o te kino
kei roto i te whare o te tangata kino,
me te mēhua iti, whakarihariha anō?
11 Ka mā rānei ahau ki te kino ngā pāuna,
ki te tinihanga ngā weti i roto i te pūtea?
12 Kī tonu nā hoki i te tutū ōna tāngata taonga,
ā, kua kōrero teka ōna tāngata,
kei te tinihanga hoki ō rātou arero i roto i ō rātou māngai.
13 “Mō reira kua whiua hoki koe e ahau ki te mate taimaha;
kua meinga koe e ahau kia mokemoke,
hei utu mō ōu hara.
14 Ka kai koe, ā, kāhore e mākona;
ka waiho anō tōu whakaitinga i waenganui i a koe;
ka tangohia atu anō e koe, heoi e kore e haere ora i a koe;
ko te mea hoki e mauria atu e koe ka hoatu e ahau ki te hoari.
15 Ka whakatō koe, ā, e kore e kokoti;
ka takahi koe i te ōriwa,
ā, e kore e whakawahi i a koe ki te hinu;
i te wāina hou, ā, e kore e inu i te wāina.
16 Nō te mea e mau ana ngā tikanga a Omori,
me ngā mahi katoa a te whare o Āhapa,
ā, e haere ana koutou i runga i ō rātou whakaaro;
kia meinga ai koe e ahau kia ururua,
ā, ko ngā tāngata o konā hei whakahīanga atu;
ā, ka mau ki a koutou te ingoa kino o tāku iwi.”