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1 Ko tā Ēparaima kai ko te hau,
e whāia ana ia te hau marangai;
i ngā rā katoa e whakanuia ana e ia te teka me te whakangaro;
e whakarite kawenata ana rātou ki te Ahiriana,
ā, e kawea ana he hinu ki Īhipa.
Ka Whakawātia a Īharaira me Hūrā
2 Nā, he whakawā tā Ihowā ki a Hūrā,
ka utaina anō e ia ki runga ki a Hākopa ngā mea rite ki ōna ara;
ka rite ki āna mahi tāna utu ki a ia.
3 I roto i te kōpū i hopukia e ia tōna tuakana ki te rekereke;
ā, i a ia ka tangata i kaha ia ki te Atua.
4 Āe rā, i kaha ia ki te anahera, ā, taea ana e ia;
i tangi ia, i īnoi ki a ia.
I tūtaki ia ki a ia ki Pētēre;
ā, kōrero ana ia ki a tātou i reira.
5 Arā a Ihowā, te Atua o ngā mano;
ko Ihowā tōna maharatanga.
6 Nā reira tahuri koe ki tōu Atua;
puritia te mahi tohu me te tika,
tatari tonu ki tōu Atua.
7 He kaihokohoko ia, kei tōna ringa ngā pāuna tinihanga;
e aroha ana ia ki te tūkino.
8 I mea anō a Ēparaima, “He pono kua whai taonga ahau,
kua kitea e ahau he rawa mōku.
I āku mahi katoa e kore e kitea e rātou he kino,
arā he hara ki ahau.”
9 “Nā, ko Ihowā ahau, ko tōu Atua,
nō te whenua o Īhipa mai rā anō;
tēnei ake ka meinga anō koe e ahau kia noho tēneti;
kia pērā me tō ngā rā o te hākari nui.
10 Kua kōrero anō ahau ki ngā poropiti,
ā, kua whakamahangia e ahau ngā whakakitenga;
nā te mahi minita a ngā poropiti i kōrero ai ahau i ngā kupu whakarite.”
11 Ko te hara rānei a Kireara?
Inā, he mea teka kau rātou;
e patu kau ana rātou ki Kirikara hei whakahere.
Āe rā, he rite ā rātou āta ki ngā pūranga
i ngā moa o ngā māra.
12 I rere anō a Hākopa ki te māra a Arame,
ā, mahi ana a Īharaira hei utu wahine;
hei utu wahine i tiaki hipi ai ia.
13 I kawea mai anō e Ihowā, arā e te poropiti, a Īharaira i Īhipa,
nā te poropiti anō ia i ora ai.
14 I whakapātaritari a Ēparaima ki a ia, kawa rawa;
mō reira ka waiho e ia tōna toto i runga i a ia,
ka meinga anō tōna ingoa kino
e tōna Ariki kia hoki atu ki a ia.