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He Whakawātanga ki ngā Pirihitini
1 Ko te kupu a Ihowā i puta mai ki a Heremaia poropiti mō ngā Pirihitini i te mea kāhore anō a Parao i patu noa i Kaha:
2 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
“Nanā, te puta mai nei ngā wai i te raki,
ka meinga hei waipuke e ngawhā ana,
ā, ka pōkia te whenua me ōna mea katoa,
te pā me ngā tāngata e noho ana i roto.
Ā, ka hāmama ngā tāngata,
ka auē hoki ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua.
3 Hei te haruru o te takahi o ngā pāua o ōna hōiho kaha,
hei te rorohū o ōna hāriata, hei te ngaehe o ōna wīra.
Kore iho ngā mātua e tahuri ki muri ki ā rātou tamariki
i te ngoikore hoki o ngā ringa.
4 Nā, mō te rā e haere mai nei,
e pāhuatia ai ngā Pirihitini katoa,
e hātepea atu ai i Tāira,
i Hairona ngā kaiāwhina katoa e toe nei.
Ka pāhuatia hoki e Ihowā ngā Pirihitini,
ngā mōrehu o te motu, o Kapatoro.
5 Kua tae te pākira ki runga ki Kaha;
kua whakamōtītia a Ahakerono
me te toenga anō o tō rātou awaawa;
kia pēhea te roa o tāu haehae i a koe?
6 “ ‘E te hoari a Ihowā!
Kia pēhea te roa ka āta takoto ai koe?
Hoki atu ki roto ki tōu kōpaki;
okioki, kāti hoki tāu!’
7 Me pēhea koe e āta takoto ai,
kua hoatu nei hoki e Ihowā he whakahau ki a koe?
He hē mō Ahakerono, mō te tahatika hoki o te moana –
kua whakaritea e ia ki reira.”