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Ngā Ēkara e rua me te Manga Wāina
1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 “E te tama a te tangata, whakaaria atu he paki, kōrerotia atu he kupu whakarite ki te whare o Īharaira. 3 Mea atu: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: He ēkara nui, he nui ngā parirau, he roroa ngā hou, kapi tonu i te huruhuru, he mea kōtingotingo, i haere mai ia ki Repanōna, tangohia ana e ia te kāuru rawa o te hīta. 4 Katohia ana e ia te pito o ōna manga ngāwari, kawea ana ki te whenua hokohoko, waiho iho e ia i te pā o ngā kaihokohoko.
5 “I tīkina anō e ia ētahi o ngā purapura o te whenua, whakatōkia iho e ia ki te māra hua, kawea ana e ia ki te taha o ngā wai maha, whakatōkia ana ānō he wirou. 6 Ā, ka tupu taua mea, he wāina pāpaku e torotoro ana, ko ōna manga i anga atu ki a ia, ā, ko ōna pakiaka i raro i a ia. Nā, ka whakawāina, ka tupu ōna manga, ā, ka totoro ōna peka.
7 “Nā tērā anō tētahi atu ēkara nui, he nunui ngā parirau, ā, he maha ngā huruhuru. Nā, i piko atu ngā pakiaka o te wāina nei ki a ia, i toro atu ōna manga ki a ia i ngā wāhi i whakatōkia ai, kia whakamākūkūtia ai e ia. 8 He mea whakatō ia ki te māra pai ki te taha o ngā wai maha, kia tupu ai he manga, kia hua ai he hua, kia tino pai ai taua wāina.
9 “Mea atu koe: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: E tupu rānei? E kore ianei e hūtia atu e ia ōna pakiaka? E kore ianei e tapahia ōna hua, e maroke ai, e maroke anō ai ōna rau katoa e pihi ana? Ahakoa kāhore e nui te ringa, e nui rānei te iwi hei huaranga. 10 Āe rā, nā, i te mea kua whakatōkia, e tupu rānei? E kore ianei e maroke rawa ina pā te hau marangai ki a ia? Ka maroke anō i te tupuranga i pihi ai.”
11 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 12 “Tēnā, mea atu ki te whare whakakeke: Kāhore rānei koutou e mōhio ki te tikanga o ēnei mea? Mea atu: Nanā, i tae mai te kīngi o Papurōna ki Hiruhārama, ā, tangohia ana e ia tō reira kīngi, ō reira rangatira, kawea ana ki Papurōna. 13 Nā, i mau ia ki te uri kīngi, whakaritea ana he kawenata ki a ia; i whakaoatitia anō ia e ia, (ā, mauria atu ana anō e ia te hunga nunui o te whenua), 14 kia tūtūā ai tōna kīngitanga, kia kaua ai e ara ake ki runga, engari he tūranga mōna ko te pupuri i tāna kawenata. 15 Heoi, whakakeke ana ia ki a ia, ungā ana e ia āna karere ki Īhipa kia hōmai ētahi hōiho ki a ia, me ētahi tāngata, he tini. E tika rānei tāna? E mawhiti rānei te kaimahi o ēnei mea? E whakatakā rānei e ia te kawenata, ā, mawhiti ake?
16 “E ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, inā, i te wāhi anō o te kīngi nāna nei ia i whakakīngi, nāna nei te oati i whakahāweatia e ia, nāna nei te kawenata i whakatakā e ia, i tōna taha anō i waenganui o Papurōna ka mate ia. 17 Nā, e kore a Parao me tāna ope nui, me tōna huihui nui, e whai wāhi ki a ia i te whawhai, ina whakahaupūtia ake e rātou he pukepuke, hangā rānei he taumaihi, e hātepea atu ai ngā tāngata tokomaha. 18 Kua whakahāweatia hoki e ia te oati, i tāna whakatakanga i te kawenata; nanā, kua hoatu e ia tōna ringa, otiia kua mahia e ia ēnei mea katoa; e kore ia e mawhiti.
19 “Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: E ora ana ahau, inā ka utua e ahau ki runga ki tōna mātenga tāku oati i whakahāweatia e ia, me tāku kawenata i whakatakā e ia. 20 Ka horahia anō e ahau tāku kupenga ki runga ki a ia, ā, ka mau ia i tāku rore, ka kawea anō ia e ahau ki Papurōna, ka whakawākia e ahau ki reira mō tōna hē i hē ai ia ki ahau. 21 Nā, ko ōna whati katoa, i roto i ōna rōpū katoa, ka hinga i te hoari, ka whakamararatia atu hoki ngā mōrehu ki ngā hau katoa; ā, ka mōhio koutou nāku, nā Ihowā, te kupu.”
Ko te Mutunga anō, ka Whakanuia a Īharaira
22 “Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ka tangohia anō e ahau tētahi wāhi o te kāuru o te hīta tiketike, ā, ka whakatupuria. Ka katohia mai e ahau tētahi mea ngāwari i te matamata o ōna rārā hou, ā, ka whakatōkia ki runga ki te maunga tiketike e pūrero ana ki runga. 23 Ka whakatōkia e ahau ki te maunga tiketike o Īharaira; ā, ka wana ōna manga, ka hua ngā hua, ā, ko te putanga, he hīta pai; ka noho hoki ngā manu katoa, ia parirau, ia parirau, ki raro i a ia; ka noho rātou ki te taumarumarunga iho o ōna manga. 24 Ā, ka mōhio ngā rākau katoa o te pārae, nāku, nā Ihowā. I whakaiti te rākau tiketike, nāku i tiketike ai te rākau pāpaku. Nāku i whakamaroke te rākau kaiota, nāku hoki i tupu ai te rākau maroke.
“Nāku, nā Ihowā, te kupu, nāku anō i mahi.”