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Te Kīngi i Whiriwhiria e Ihowā
1 He aha ka nana ai ngā tauiwi,
ka whakaaro horihori ai ngā iwi?
2 Whakatika mai ana ngā kīngi o te whenua,
rūnanga tahi ana ngā ariki,
ki te whawhai ki a Ihowā,
ki tāna tangata hoki i whakawahi ai; me te kī anō,
3 “Kia motumotuhia e tātou ā rāua here,
kia ākiritia ā rāua taura i a tātou.”
4 Ko ia kei te rangi e noho ana, ka kata ia;
ka whakahī te Ariki ki a rātou.
5 Nā, ka kōrero ia ki a rātou me te riri anō;
ka tino weriweri hoki, ka whakaohorere i a rātou,
6 “Ahakoa rā ka whakawahia e ahau tāku kīngi
ki runga ki tāku maunga tapu, ki Hiona.”
7 Māku e whakapuaki te kupu:
Kua mea a Ihowā ki ahau, “Ko koe tāku tama,
nōnāianei koe i whakatupuria ai e ahau.
8 Īnoi ki ahau, ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe ngā tauiwi hei kāinga mōu,
me ngā tōpito o te whenua hei nohoanga tupu mōu.
9 Ka wāwāhi koe i a rātou ki te whiu rino,
mongamonga noa rātou i a koe, ānō he oko nā te kaihanga rīhi.”
10 Nā, kia mahara rā, e ngā kīngi;
kia ākona, e ngā kaiwhakawā o te whenua.
11 Mahi atu ki a Ihowā i runga i te wehi,
kia hari me te wiri.
12 Kihia te tama kei riri ia,
ā, ka mate koutou i te ara,
ka hohoro tonu hoki te mura o tōna riri.
Ka hari katoa te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.