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He Karanga ki te Rīpenetātanga
1 Whakarongo ki tēnei kupu, kua maranga nei i ahau hei tangi ki a koutou, e te whare o Īharaira:
2 “Kua hinga te wāhina a Īharaira,
e kore ia e ara i muri;
kua whakatakā ia ki runga ki tōna oneone;
kāhore he mea hei whakaara ake i a ia.”
3 Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
“Ko te pā kotahi nei te mano i te haerenga atu,
kotahi rau e toe,
ā, ko tērā kotahi nei te rau i te haerenga atu,
kotahi tekau e toe ki te whare o Īharaira.”
4 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā ki te whare o Īharaira:
“Rapua ahau, kia ora ai koutou;
5 otiia, kaua e rapu i Pētēre,
kaua e haere ki Kirikara,
kaua anō e haere ki Peerehepa;
nō te mea tērā a Kirikara ka riro i te whakarau,
ā, hei kore noa iho a Pētēre.”
6 Rapua a Ihowā, ā, ka ora koutou;
kei toro atu ia, ānō he ahi, i roto i te whare o Hōhepa,
ā, pau noa, ā, kore noa iho he kaitinei i roto i Pētēre.
7 E te hunga i puta kē ai te whakawā hei taru kawa,
i tāia ai te tika ki te whenua.
8 Rapua te kaihanga o Matariki, o Tautoru;
e riro kē ana i a ia te ātārangi o te mate hei ata,
e whakapōuritia ana e ia te rā hei pō;
e karangatia ana e ia ngā wai o te moana,
ā, ringihia ana e ia ki runga ki te mata o te whenua,
ko Ihowā tōna ingoa;
9 nāna i whakaputa ohorere te whakangaromanga ki te hunga kaha,
i tae ai te whakangaromanga ki te pā kaha.
10 E kinongia ana e rātou te kairiri hē i te kūwaha,
ā, he mea whakarihariha ki a rātou te tangata kōrero tika.
11 Nā, i te mea he takahi tā koutou i te ware,
he tango i te takoha wīti i a ia;
he whare kōhatu tārai tā koutou i hanga ai,
nā, e kore e nohoia e koutou;
he māra wāina e minaminatia ana tā koutou i whakatō ai,
otiia e kore te wāina o aua māra e inumia e koutou.
12 E mōhiotia ana hoki e ahau te maha o ō koutou poka kē,
me te kaha o ō koutou hara –
o koutou e whakatupu kino nei i te tangata tika,
e tango nei i te utu whakapati,
e whakangau kē nei i tā te rawakore i te kūwaha.
13 Mō reira ka whakarongo puku te tangata tūpato i taua wā;
nō te mea he wā kino.
14 Rapua te pai, kauaka hoki te kino,
kia ora ai koutou;
pēnei ko Ihowā, ko te Atua o ngā mano hei hoa mō koutou,
hei pēnā anō me tā koutou e kī nā.
15 Kinongia te kino, arohaina te pai,
whakapūmautia te whakawā ki te kūwaha.
Tērā pea a Ihowā, te Atua o ngā mano,
ka aroha ki te toenga o Hōhepa.
16 Mō reira tēnei kupu a Ihowā, a te Atua o ngā mano, a te Ariki:
“I ngā waharoa katoa ko te tangi;
ko tā rātou kupu i ngā huarahi katoa, ‘Auē! auē!’
Ka karangatia te kaingaki whenua ki te tangi,
me te hunga mātau ki te uhunga, hei auē;
17 ā, he auē i ngā māra wāina katoa,
ka tika atu hoki ahau i waenganui i a koe,”
e ai tā Ihowā.
He Rā Pōuri te Rā o Ihowā
18 Auē te mate mō koutou e hiahia nei ki te rā o Ihowā!
Hei aha mā koutou te rā o Ihowā?
He pōuri hoki, ehara i te mārama;
19 ka pērā me te tangata i rere atu i te aroaro o te raiona,
ā, ka tūtaki te pea ki a ia;
i haere rānei ki roto ki te whare,
ā, okioki atu ana tōna ringa ki te pakitara,
nā, ngaua iho ia e te nākahi.
20 He teka ianei tērā e pōuri te rā o Ihowā, e kore e mārama?
Tērā e pōuri kerekere, kāhore hoki he mārama i roto?
21 “E kino ana ahau, e whakarihariha ana ki ā koutou hākari,
ā, e kore ahau e āhuareka ki ā koutou huihui nunui.
22 Āe rā, ahakoa whakaeke noa koutou i ngā tahunga tinana,
i ā koutou whakahere totokore ki ahau,
e kore e manakohia e ahau.
E kore anō e tirohia e ahau ngā whakahere mō te pai,
arā ā koutou mea mōmona.
23 Maua atu kia matara i ahau te ngangau o āu waiata;
e kore hoki ahau e whakarongo ki te rangi o āu hātere.
24 Engari, kia huri mai te whakawā ānō he wai,
te tika ānō he awa nui.
25 “I kawea mai koia e koutou ki ahau he patunga tapu,
he whakahere totokore, e te whare o Īharaira, i te koraha, i ngā tau e whā tekau?
26 Āe rā, kua maua e koutou a Hikutu,
tō koutou kīngi, a Kiunu hoki, ā koutou whakapakoko,
te whetū o tō koutou atua,
i hangā nei e koutou mā koutou.
27 Nā, ka whakaraua koutou e ahau ki kō atu i Ramahiku,”
e ai tā Ihowā nōna nei te ingoa, Ko te Atua o ngā Mano.