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Te Herehere o Hūrā i Whakaaturia
1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 “E te tama a te tangata, kei te noho koe i waenganui i te whare whakakeke. He kanohi nei ō rātou hei titiro, heoi kāhore e titiro, he taringa ō rātou e rongo ai, heoi kāhore e rongo; nō te mea he whare whakakeke rātou.
3 “Mō reira whakapaingia ētahi mea māu, e te tama a te tangata, mō te heke, ka heke i te awatea i tā rātou tirohanga; me heke atu i tōu wāhi ki tētahi atu wāhi i tā rātou tirohanga. Tērā pea rātou e mahara iho, ahakoa he whare whakakeke rātou. 4 Whakaputaina mai anō āu mea ki waho i te awatea i tā rātou tirohanga, kia rite ki ngā mea a te heke. Me haere atu koe i te ahiahi i tā rātou tirohanga, kia rite ki te haerenga o te heke. 5 Pokaia e koe te taiepa i tā rātou tirohanga, ā, maua atu tāu kawenga mā reira. 6 I a rātou e titiro ana, amohia e koe i runga i tōu pokohiwi, me mau atu i te pōuri; ko tōu mata hīpoki rawa, kei kite koe i te whenua. Nō te mea kua whakatūria koe e ahau hei tohu ki te whare o Īharaira.”
7 Nā, mahia ana e ahau ngā mea i whakahaua mai ai ahau; whakaputaina ana e ahau āku mea i te awatea, ngā mea a te heke, ā, i te ahiahi ka pokaia e ahau te taiepa he mea, mea nā tōku ringa; i whakaputaina e ahau i te pōuri, amohia ana e ahau i runga i tōku pokohiwi i tā rātou tirohanga.
8 Nā, i te ata ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea ia: 9 “E te tama a te tangata, kīhai ianei te whare o Īharaira, te whare whakakeke, i mea ki a koe, ‘E aha ana koe?’
10 “Kī atu ki a rātou, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Mō te rangatira i Hiruhārama tēnei pīkaunga, mō te whare katoa o Īharaira e noho nei rātou i reira.’ 11 Kī atu, ‘Hei tohu ahau ki a koutou.’ Ka pēnei i tāku i mea nei, ka pērātia anō ki a rātou; ka heke atu rātou, ka riro i te whakarau.
12 “Ko te rangatira i roto i a rātou ka amo te pokohiwi i te pōuri, ka haere atu. Ka pokaia te taiepa hei whakaputanga atu; ko tōna mata hīpoki rawa, nō te mea e kore ia e kite i te whenua ki ōna kanohi. 13 Ka taupokina anō ia e ahau ki tāku kupenga, ka mau i tāku rore; ka kawea anō ia e ahau ki Papurōna, ki te whenua o ngā Karari; otiia e kore ia e kite i reira, ahakoa ka mate ia ki reira. 14 Ā, ka tītaritaria atu e ahau ki ngā hau katoa te hunga katoa i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha, hei āwhina i a ia, rātou ko ōna rōpū katoa; ka maunu anō i ahau te hoari hei whai i a rātou.
15 “Ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau ina whakamararatia rātou e ahau ki roto ki ngā tauiwi, ina tītaritaria ki ngā whenua. 16 Ka whakatoea anō ia ētahi o rātou e ahau, he hunga torutoru, i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate urutā; kia kōrero ai rātou i ā rātou mea whakarihariha katoa i roto i ngā iwi ka haere atu nei rātou ki reira, ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau.”
Kāhore e Tārewa te Whakawātanga
17 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 18 “E te tama a te tangata, e wiri koe ina kai i tāu taro, inumia hoki tōu wai i runga i te ohooho, i te mānukanuka. 19 Kī atu hoki ki te iwi o te whenua: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā mō ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, mō te oneone o Īharaira: Ka kainga e rātou tā rātou taro i runga i te mānukanuka, ka inumia hoki tō rātou wai i runga i te mīharo, he mea kia takoto kau ai tōna whenua i ōna mea maha, mō te tutū o ngā tāngata katoa e noho ana i reira. 20 Nā, ko ngā pā e nohoia ana, ka waiho hei koraha, ka ururuatia anō te whenua; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau.”
21 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 22 “E te tama a te tangata, he aha tēnā whakatauki a koutou i te whenua o Īharaira, e mea nā, ‘Ka roa nei ngā rā, kua kore anō he kitenga’? 23 Mō reira kī atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ka mutu i ahau tēnei whakatauki, e kore anō e whakataukitia e rātou ā muri ake nei i roto i a Īharaira. Mea atu ia ki a rātou, ‘Ka tata ngā rā, me te meatanga anō o ngā kitenga katoa.’ 24 Nō te mea i muri nei kāhore he kitenga teka, kāhore he poropititanga tinihanga i roto i te whare o Īharaira. 25 Ko Ihowā hoki ahau; ka kōrero ahau, ā, ko te kupu e kōrerotia e ahau, ka oti; e kore e kūmea kia roa i muri nei. Nō te mea i ō koutou rā nei, e te whare whakakeke, ka kōrerotia e ahau, ka mahia anō te kupu, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.”
26 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 27 “E te tama a te tangata, nanā, e kī ana te whare o Īharaira, ‘Mō ngā rā maha te kitenga e kitea nei e ia, ko ngā wā i tawhiti rawa tāna e poropiti nei.’
28 “Mō reira kī atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: E kore tētahi o āku kupu e kūmea kia roa ā muri nei; engari, ko te kupu e kōrerotia e ahau ka oti, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.”