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Ka Torona te Kawenata ki ngā Mea Katoa i Whakarongo
1 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
“Puritia te whakawā,
mahia te tika;
nō te mea ka tata he putanga mō tāku whakaora,
he whakakitenga mō tōku tika.
2 Ka hari te tangata nāna tēnei mahi,
te tama a te tangata e pupuri nei i a ia, mau tonu;
e pupuri ana, ā, kāhore e whakapoke i te hāpati,
e tiaki ana i tōna ringa kei mahi i tētahi hē.”
3 Kaua hoki te tama a te tangata kē,
kua honoa nei ki a Ihowā, e kōrero, e mea,
“He pono ka wehea rawatia mai ahau
e Ihowā i roto i tāna iwi.”
Kaua anō te unaka e kī,
“Nanā, he rākau maroke ahau.”
4 Ko tā Ihowā kupu hoki tēnei:
“Mō ngā unaka e pupuri ana i āku hāpati,
e whiriwhiri ana i ngā mea e paingia ana e ahau,
ā, e hopu ana i tāku kawenata;
5 ka hoatu e ahau he wāhi ki a rātou
i roto i tōku whare, i roto anō i ōku taiepa,
he ingoa anō e pai ake ana i o ngā tama, i o ngā tamāhine;
he ingoa mau tonu tāku e hoatu ai ki a rātou,
he mea e kore e hātepea atu.
6 Ko ngā tamariki hoki a te tangata kē, kua oti te hono ki a Ihowā,
he mea kia mahi ai rātou ki a ia, kia aroha ki te ingoa o Ihowā,
kia waiho hei pononga māna,
ko te hunga katoa e pupuri ana, ā, kāhore e whakapoke i te hāpati,
ā, e hopu ana i tāku kawenata –
7 ka kawea rātou e ahau ki tōku maunga tapu,
ka whakahari anō ahau i a rātou i roto i tōku whare īnoi;
ka manakohia ā rātou tahunga tinana,
me ā rātou patunga tapu i runga i tāku āta;
nō te mea ka kīia tōku whare, he whare īnoi
mō ngā iwi katoa.”
8 He kupu tēnei nā te Ariki, nā Ihowā,
nā te kaikohikohi mai o te hunga o Īharaira i peia atu,
“Kua kohikohia ērā ki a ia;
ka kohikohi anō ahau i ētahi atu ki a ia.”
Ka Whakawātia ngā Kaiārahi o Īharaira
9 E ngā kīrehe katoa o te pārae,
haere mai ki te kai, e ngā kīrehe katoa o te ngahere!
10 Ko ōna tūtei, he matapō katoa,
kāhore e mōhio;
he kurī reokore katoa rātou,
e kore e tau;
he momoe, he takoto,
e matenui ana ki te moe.
11 Āe rā, he kurī apo kai rātou;
kāhore rawa e mākona.
He hēpara ēnei e kore e ngoto te mātauranga;
anga katoa ana rātou ki tōna ara, ki tōna ara,
ki te mea taonga mōna i tōna wāhi, i tōna wāhi.
12 Ko tā rātou kī, “Haere mai, māku e tiki he wāina,
kia nui anō tā tātou inu i te wai kaha;
ā, ka rite te rā āpōpō ki tēnei rā,
he rā kei runga noa atu tōna nui.”