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Ko Ehekiera te Tūtei o Īharaira
(Ehekiera 3.16-21)
1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 “E te tama a te tangata, kōrero ki ngā tamariki a tōu iwi, mea atu ki a rātou: Ki te kawea e ahau te hoari ki tētahi whenua, ā, ka mau ngā tāngata o te whenua ki tētahi tangata o rātou, ka whakaritea e rātou hei tūtei; 3 mehemea, i tōna kitenga i te hoari e puta ana ki te whenua, ka whakatangihia e ia te tētere, hei whakatūpato i te iwi. 4 Nā, ko te tangata e rongo i te tangi o te tētere, ā, kāhore ia e tūpato, ki te tae mai te hoari, ā, ka riro ia, hei runga anō i tōna māhunga ōna toto. 5 I rongo ia i te tangi o te tētere, ā, kīhai i tūpato; ki runga anō i a ia ōna toto. Tēnā ia, mehemea ia i tūpato, ka mawhiti i a ia tōna wairua. 6 Engari, ki te kite te tūtei i te hoari e puta ana, ā, kīhai i whakatangi i te tētere, kīhai i whakatūpato i te iwi, ā, ka tae mai te hoari, ka riro tētahi o rātou; ka riro ia i runga i tōna kino, otiia ka rapua e ahau ōna toto i te ringa o te tūtei.
7 “Inā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, kua waiho koe e ahau hei tūtei mō te whare o Īharaira; ā, me whakarongo koe ki te kupu a tōku māngai, ko koe anō tāku hei whakatūpato i a rātou. 8 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata kino, ‘E te tangata kino, ko te mate kau mōu,’ ki te kore koe e kōrero, e whakatūpato i te tangata kino ki tōna ara; ka mate taua tangata kino i runga i tōna hē, ka rapua ia e ahau ōna toto i tōu ringa. 9 Tēnā ko tēnei, ka whakatūpato koe i te tangata kino ki tōna ara, kia tahuri mai ia i reira, ā, e kore ia e tahuri mai i tōna ara; ka mate ia i runga i tōna kino, ka ora ia i a koe tōu wairua.”
Te Tika me te Mahi Tohu a Ihowā
10 “Nā, ko koe e te tama a te tangata, kōrero ki te whare o Īharaira, ‘Ko tā koutou kī tēnei, e mea nā koutou: “Kei runga i a mātou ō mātou hē, ō mātou hara, ā, ka memeha atu mātou i runga i aua hē; mā te aha rā mātou ka ora ai?” ’ 11 Mea atu ki a rātou, ‘E ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, kāhore ōku ngākau koa ki te matenga o te tangata kino; engari kia tahuri te tangata kino i tōna ara, kia ora; tahuri mai, tahuri mai koutou i ō koutou ara kino; kia mate hoki koutou hei aha, e te whare o Īharaira?’
12 “Nā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, me kī atu ki ngā tamariki a tōu iwi, ‘E kore te tika o te tangata tika e whakaora i a ia i te rā e poka kē ai ia; me te kino anō o te tangata kino e kore tērā e whakahinga i a ia i te rā e tahuri mai ai ia i tōna kino; e kore anō te tangata tika e ora i tōna tika i te rā e hara ai ia.’ 13 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata tika, ka ora ia; ā, ka whakawhirinaki ia ki tōna tika, ka mahi hoki i te hē, e kore āna mahi tika katoa e maharatia; engari ka mate ia i runga i tōna hē i mahia e ia. 14 Ki te mea anō ahau ki te tangata kino, ‘Ko te mate kau mōu,’ ā, ka tahuri mai ia i tōna hara, ka mahi i te mea e tika ana, e rite ana – 15 ki te whakahokia te taunaha e te tangata kino, ki te utua te mea i pāhuatia e ia, ki te haere ia i runga i ngā tikanga o te ora, ā, ka kore e mahi i te hē – he pono ka ora ia, e kore ia e mate. 16 E kore tētahi o ōna hara i hara ai ia e maharatia ki a ia. Kua mahia e ia te mea e tika ana, e rite ana; he pono ka ora ia.
17 “Heoi, kei te mea ngā tamariki a tōu iwi, ‘Kāhore e rite te ara o te Ariki.’ Nā, ko rātou nei, kāhore tō rātou ara e rite. 18 Ki te tahuri atu te tangata tika i tōna tika, ā, ka mahia e ia te hē, ka mate ia i aua hē. 19 Ki te tahuri mai anō te tangata kino i tōna kino, ā, ka mahia e ia te mea e tika ana, e rite ana, ka ai ēnā hei whakaora i a ia. 20 Heoi, kei te mea nā koutou, ‘Kāhore e rite te ara o te Ariki.’ E te whare o Īharaira, ka rite ki tōna ara, ki tōna ara, tāku whakawā mō koutou.”
Te Hingaanga o Hiruhārama
21 Nā, i te tekau mā rua o ngā tau o tō mātou whakaraunga, i te tekau o ngā marama, i te rima o ngā rā o te marama, ka tae mai ki ahau tētahi o ngā oranga o Hiruhārama, ā, ka mea, “Kua patua te pā.” 22 Nā, kua pā te ringa o Ihowā ki ahau i te ahiahi i mua ake o te taenga mai o taua oranga nei; meinga ana e ia kia kuihi tōku māngai, ā tae noa mai ia ki ahau i te ata. Nā, kua meinga e ia kia kuihi tōku māngai, ā, kore ake tōku wahangū.
Ngā Mōrehu i Hūrā
23 Nā, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i kī ia: 24 “E te tama a te tangata, ko te hunga e noho ana i ēnei ururua i te whenua o Īharaira, e kōrero ana, e mea ana, ‘He kotahi a Āperahama, ā, riro ana i a ia te whenua; ko tātou ia he tokomaha; kua hōmai te whenua ki a tātou hei kāinga tupu.’ 25 Mō reira kī atu ki a rātou, Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ko tā koutou kai, he mea kīnaki ki te toto, e anga ana hoki ō koutou kanohi ki ā koutou whakapakoko, e whakaheke toto ana hoki koutou; ā, e mau rānei te whenua i a koutou? 26 Ko tō koutou tūranga ko ā koutou hoari, e mahia ana e koutou te mea whakarihariha, e whakapokea ana e koutou te wahine a tōna hoa, a tōna hoa; ā, e mau rānei te whenua i a koutou?
27 “Kia pēnei tāu kī atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: E ora ana ahau, inā, ka hinga i te hoari te hunga i ngā ururua, ā, ko te tangata i te mata o te pārae, ka hoatu ia e ahau hei kai mā ngā kīrehe, ā, ko te hunga i ngā taumaihi, i ngā ana, ka mate rātou i te mate urutā. 28 Ka ururua rawa i ahau te whenua, ka waiho hei keteketenga, ā, ka mutu te whakapehapeha o tōna kaha; ka ururua anō ngā maunga o Īharaira, e kore e haerea e te tangata. 29 Ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau, ina meinga e ahau te whenua hei ururua, hei keteketenga, mō ā rātou mea whakarihariha katoa i mea ai rātou.
30 “Nā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, e kōmuhumuhua ana koe e ngā tama a tōu iwi i te taha o ngā pakitara, i ngā tatau anō o ngā whare, e kōrerorero ana tētahi ki tētahi, ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa, e mea ana, ‘Tēnā, kia haere tātou, kia rongo ai tātou i te kupu e puta mai ana i a Ihowā.’ 31 Ā, ko tā rātou haere mai ki a koe rite tonu ki te haerenga mai o te iwi; ko tā rātou noho i tōu aroaro rite tonu anō ki tō tāku iwi; e rongo ana hoki rātou ki āu kupu, kāhore ia e mahi. Ko ō rātou māngai hoki hei whakaahuareka mai, ko ō rātou ngākau kei te whai i tā rātou apo taonga. 32 Nanā, ki a rātou, e rite ana koe ki te waiata rōreka a te reo pai, a te tangata he pai te rangi o tāna mea whakatangi; e rongo ana hoki rātou ki āu kupu, kāhore ia e mahi.
33 “Ā, ina puta tēnei – nanā, tēnei te haere mai nei – kātahi rātou ka mōhio tēnei tonu he poropiti i roto i a rātou e noho ana.”