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He Poropititanga mō te Whakaoranga i ngā Hoariri
1 Auē te mate mōu e pāhua nei,
ā, kīhai koe i pāhuatia;
e tinihanga nei,
ā, kīhai anō koe i tinihangatia!
Kia mutu tāu pāhua,
ka pāhuatia anō koe;
kia mutu tāu tinihanga,
ka tinihangatia koe.
2 Kia atawhai, e Ihowā, ki a mātou;
kua tatari nei mātou ki a koe.
Ko koe hei ringa mō rātou i tēnei ata, i tēnei ata,
hei whakaora mō mātou i ngā wā o te raru.
3 I te rongonga i te ngangau, whati ana ngā iwi;
i tōu aranga ki runga, marara ana ngā iwi.
4 Ko te kohikohinga o ō koutou taonga ānō he moka e kohi ana;
kei te tarapeke o te māwhitiwhiti te rite ina kōkiritia e rātou.
5 Ka whakanuia a Ihowā; kei runga hoki tōna nohoanga;
nāna a Hiona i kī ai i te whakawā, i te tika;
6 ā, ka ū ngā wā i a koe;
hua tonu te whakaora, te whakaaro nui, te mātauranga;
ko te wehi ki a Ihowā hei taonga mōna.
7 Nanā, he tangi ō rātou māia i waho;
ko ngā karere hohou rongo,
tīwerawera ana te tangi.
8 Kua ururuatia ngā ara,
kua kore e haerea e te tangata.
Kua paheke i a ia te kawenata,
whakahāwea ana ia ki ngā pā;
kāhore te tangata e whakaaroa e ia.
9 E tangi ana te whenua, ngohe noa iho;
kua whakamā a Repanōna, kua memenge;
a Harono, rite tonu ki te koraha;
ko ngā rau o Pahana, o Karamere, ruirui rawa.
10 “Kātahi ahau ka whakatika,” e ai tā Ihowā;
“kātahi ahau ka whakarewa ake i ahau,
kātahi ahau ka neke ake.
11 Ko tō koutou hapū he pāpapa,
whānau ake he kakau wīti;
ko tō koutou manawa, ka rite ki te ahi, ka kai i a koutou.
12 Ka rite hoki ngā iwi ki ngā tahunga kotakota;
ki te tātarāmoa kua tapahia, e tahuna ana ki te ahi.”
13 Whakarongo, e koutou o tawhiti ki tāku i mea ai;
e te hunga e tata ana, kia mōhio mai ki tōku kaha.
14 Pawera noa iho ngā tāngata hara i Hiona,
mau pū te hunga atuakore i te tūiri.
“Ko wai o tātou e noho ki te ahi e kai ana?
Ko wai o tātou e noho ki ngā tahunga e kore nei e mutu?”
15 Ko te tangata e haere ana i runga i te tika, he tika anō āna kōrero;
ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki ngā taonga o te tūkino,
e rukerukea ana e tōna ringa te utu whakapati;
e punia ana ōna taringa kei rangona he kōrero toto,
e whakamoe ana i ōna kanohi kei kite i te kino;
16 ko te nohoanga mō tērā kei runga rawa;
ko tōna wāhi ārai riri ko ngā kaha o ngā kāmaka;
ka hōmai he taro māna,
ka pūmau te wai mōna.
Te Whenua o te Kīngi Rangatira
17 Ka kite ōu kanohi i te kīngi, i tōna ātaahua;
ka mātakitaki anō ki te whenua e hora mai ana i tawhiti.
18 Ka whakaaroaroa te wehi e tōu ngākau:
“Kei hea te kaitatau?
Kei hea te kaipāuna takoha?
Kei hea te kaitatau o ngā pourewa?”
19 E kore koe e kite i te iwi nanakia,
he hōhonu nei tō rātou reo, kāhore e rangona e koe;
he rerekē te reo, e kore e mātauria e koe.
20 Titiro ki Hiona, ki te pā o ā tātou hākari;
ka kitea e ōu kanohi a Hiruhārama,
he nohoanga hūmārie, he tēneti, e kore e nekehia;
ā, kore tētahi o ōna titi e unuhia ā ake ake,
e kore anō tētahi o ōna taura e motu.
21 Engari, ki reira a Ihowā ki a tātou me tōna nui,
hei wāhi mō ngā awa whānui mō ngā wai nunui;
kāhore hoki he waka e hoehoea ki reira,
kāhore he kaipuke nui e tika nā reira.
22 Nō te mea ko Ihowā tō tātou kaiwhakawā,
ko Ihowā tō tātou kaiwhakatakoto tikanga,
ko Ihowā tō tātou kīngi;
māna tātou e whakaora.
23 Kua tangoro kau ōu pūwhenua,
tē taea te tūranga o tō rātou rewa te whakaū,
tē taea te rā te whewhera.
Nā, nui atu te taonga parakete e wehewehea ana,
pāhuatia ana ngā taonga pārau e ngā kopa.
24 Kāhore hoki he kīanga ake a te tangata whenua, “He mate tōku”;
ko te iwi e noho ana i reira, ka murua tō rātou hē.