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1 “Kua oti tāku kawenata ki ōku kanohi;
kia whakaaroaro ahau hei aha ki te kōtiro?
2 He aha tā te Atua wāhi e tuwha mai ai i runga?
He aha tā te Kaha Rawa taonga tupu i te wāhi tiketike?
3 He teka ianei he whakangaromanga mō te tangata kino,
he whiu mō ngā kaimahi o te hē?
4 He teka ianei e kitea ana e ia ōku ara,
e taua ana e ia ōku hīkoinga katoa?
5 “Ki te mea i haere ahau i runga i te tekateka noa,
ā, i hohoro tōku waewae ki te tinihanga –
6 kia pāunatia ahau i runga i te pāuna tika,
kia mōhio ai te Atua ki tōku tapatahi –
7 ki te mea i kotiti kē tōku hīkoinga i te ara,
ā, i whai tōku ngākau i ōku kanohi;
ā, ki te mea i mau te tongi ki ōku ringa;
8 kāti, ko ahau hei whakatō, ā, mā tētahi atu e kai;
āe rā, tukua ngā hua o tāku māra kia hūtia atu.
9 “Ki te mea i whakawairangitia tōku ngākau e te wahine,
ā, i whanga ahau i te tatau o tōku hoa;
10 heoi kia huri parāoa tāku wahine mā tētahi atu,
kia piko iho anō hoki ngā tāngata kē ki runga i a ia.
11 He kino rawa hoki tērā;
āe rā, he hē e tika ana kia whiua e ngā kaiwhakawā.
12 He ahi hoki tērā e kai ana ki te whakangaromanga rawa,
poto noa āku hua katoa.
13 “Ki te mea i whakahāweatia e ahau te whakawā
a tāku pononga tāne, a tāku pononga wahine,
i a rāua e totohe ana ki ahau;
14 ka pēhea rā ahau ina whakatika te Atua?
He aha tāku kupu e whakahoki ai ki a ia ina tae mai ia ki te titiro?
15 He teka rānei nā tōku kaihanga ia i hanga i roto i te kōpū?
Ā, nāna, nā te kotahi, i whai āhua ai māua i roto i te puku?
16 “Ki te mea i kaiponuhia e ahau tā ngā rawakore i hiahia ai,
ā, meinga ana e ahau ngā kanohi o te pouaru kia pau i te minamina;
17 ki te mea rānei i kainga tāku maramara e tōku kotahi,
ā, kīhai te pani i kai i tētahi wāhi –
18 he mea whakatupu ia nāku nō tōku taitamarikitanga rā anō me te mea ko tōna pāpā ahau;
ko te pouaru he mea ārahi nāku nō te kōpū rā anō o tōku whaea –
19 ki te mea i kite ahau i tētahi e tata ana ki te mate, he kore nō te kākahu,
ā, kāhore he uhi mō te rawakore;
20 ki te mea kīhai tōna hope i whakapai ki ahau,
ā, kīhai ia i mahana i ngā huruhuru o tāku kāhui;
21 ki te mea i ara tōku ringa hei pēhi i te pani,
i tōku kitenga he āwhina tērā mōku kei te kūwaha;
22 nā, kia marere atu tōku pokohiwi i roto i te peke,
kia whati te tākakau o tōku ringa.
23 Ko te whiu hoki a te Atua tāku i wehi ai;
kīhai hoki i taea e ahau te aha i tōna nui.
24 “Ki te mea i ū tōku whakaaro ki te kōura,
ā, i mea ahau ki te kōura parakore,
‘Ko koe tāku e whakawhirinaki atu ai’;
25 ki te mea i koa ahau ki te maha o ōku rawa,
ā, ki te nui o tā tōku ringa i whiwhi ai;
26 ki te mea i kite ahau i te rā e whiti ana,
i te marama rānei e haere ana i tōna tīahotanga;
27 ā, ka kūmea pukutia atu tōku ngākau,
ka kihia tōku ringa e tōku māngai;
28 nā, he kino tēnei hei whiunga mā ngā kaiwhakawā:
he teka hoki nāku ki te Atua i runga.
29 “Ki te mea i koa ahau ki te whakangaromanga o te tangata i kino ki ahau,
i whakaara ake rānei i ahau i te pānga o te hē ki a ia –
30 āe, kīhai ahau i tuku i tōku māngai kia hara,
kīhai i whai kia kangā tōna wairua –
31 ki te mea kāhore ngā tāngata o tōku tēneti i mea,
‘Tēnā koa te tangata kīhai nei i mākona i tōna kikokiko?’
32 Kīhai te manene i moe i waho;
i whakatuwheratia anō e ahau ōku tatau ki te tangata haere;
33 ki te mea i pērā ahau me Ārama, i hīpoki i ōku hē,
i huna i tōku kino ki roto ki tōku uma;
34 i wehi hoki ahau i te huihui nui,
i mataku ki te whakahāwea a ngā hapū,
ā, whakarongo kau ana, kīhai hoki i puta ki waho –
35 auē, me i whakarongo mai tētahi ki ahau!
Nanā, tēnei tāku tohu, mā te Kaha Rawa e whakahoki mai he kupu ki ahau!
Me i ahau noa te pukapuka i tuhituhia e tōku hoariri!
36 Inā, kua amohia e ahau i runga i tōku pokohiwi;
kua herea e ahau hei karauna mōku.
37 Kua whakaaturia e ahau ki a ia te maha o ōku hīkoinga;
rite tonu ki tā te rangatira tāku whakatata atu ki a ia.
38 “Ki te tangi tāku oneone, he whakahē ki ahau,
ki te uru anō ōna moa ki te auē,
39 ki te mea i kainga e ahau ōna hua he mea kīhai i utua,
ā, nāku rānei ōna ariki i mate ai,
40 nā, kia riro pū te wīti i te tātarāmoa,
te pārei i te taru kino.”
Heoi anō ngā kōrero a Hopa.