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1 “Nā konei anō wiri ana tōku ngākau,
maunu atu ana i tōna wāhi.
2 Āta whakarangona tōna reo e papā ana,
te pakūtanga hoki e puta mai ana i tōna māngai.
3 E whakatikaia atu ana e ia ki ngā wāhi katoa i raro i te rangi,
ko tōna uira hoki ki ngā pito o te whenua.
4 I muri iho ko te reo e hāmama ana;
papā ana te whatitiri o te reo o tōna nui;
e kore anō ērā e tauhikuhiku ina rangona tōna reo.
5 Ko tā te Atua whatitiri he reo whakamīharo;
nui atu āna mahi, e kore hoki e mōhiotia.
6 E kī ana hoki ia ki te hukarere, ‘Hei runga koe i te whenua’;
ki te ua pūnehunehu anō hoki, rāua ko te ua tā o tōna kaha;
7 hīritia ake e ia te ringa o ngā tāngata katoa;
kia mōhio ai ngā tāngata katoa nāna nei i hanga ki tāna mahi.
8 Haere ana ngā kīrehe ki ngā piringa
noho ana i ō rātou nohoanga.
9 Puta mai ana te tūpuhi i te whare o te tonga;
te mātao hoki i te hauraro.
10 Nā te manawa o te Atua i hōmai te huka;
ā, kūiti iho te whānuitanga o ngā wai.
11 Āe rā, e utaina ana e ia te kapua mātotoru ki te haukū;
tohatohaina ana e ia te kohu o tāna uira.
12 E whakakōpikopikoa ana anō ā tawhio noa, he mea hoki nā ōna whakaaro;
hei mea i ngā mea katoa e whakahaua atu ana e ia ki te mata o te ao.
13 E whakaputaina ana e ia hei whiu,
hei mea rānei mō tōna whenua, hei atawhai rānei.
14 “Kia whai taringa mai ki tēnei, e Hopa;
tū mārie, ka whakaaro ki ngā mea whakamīharo a te Atua.
15 E mōhio ana rānei koe ki tā te Atua whakahautanga ki a rātou i tāna,
i puta ai te mārama o tāna kapua?
16 E mōhio ana rānei koe ki ngā pāunatanga o ngā kapua,
ki ngā mahi whakamīharo a te tino o te mātauranga?
17 Ki ōu kākahu nei ka mahana,
ina whakamārietia e ia te whenua ki te hau tonga?
18 Ka taea rānei e koe te whakatakoto ngātahi me ia te rangi hei papatupu,
ānō he whakaata whakarewa?
19 “Whakaaturia mai ki a mātou tā mātou e kōrero ai ki a ia;
e kore hoki e tika i te pōuri tā mātou whakatakoto o te kōrero.
20 E kōrerotia rānei ki a ia kei te mea ahau ki te kōrero?
Kia hiahia rānei te tangata kia horomia ia?
21 Nā, ināianei e kore ngā tāngata e kite ana i te mārama
e wheriko mai nei i te rangi;
otiia ka tika atu te hau, ka whakawāteatia rātou.
22 E ahu mai ana i te hauraro te aho ānō he kōura;
kei te Atua te korōria whakawehi.
23 Ko te Kaha Rawa – e kore ia e taea te whakataki e tātou;
hira rawa tōna kaha;
ā, e kore ia e tūkino i tāna whakarite whakawā, i te nui o te tika.
24 Koia ka wehi ngā tāngata i a ia;
e kore ia e whai whakaaro ki te hunga ngākau mōhio.”