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1 Nā, ka kī mai ia ki ahau, “E te tama a te tangata, ko tāu i kite ai kainga; kainga tēnei pukapuka, ka haere, ka kōrero ki te whare o Īharaira.” 2 Nā, kua hāmama tōku māngai, ā, meinga ana ahau e ia kia kai i taua pukapuka.
3 I mea anō ia ki ahau, “E te tama a te tangata, kia kai tōu kōpū, kia kī anō hoki tōu puku i tēnei pukapuka ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koe.” Kātahi ka kainga e ahau. Nā, me te honi taua mea i roto i tōku māngai te reka.
4 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau: “E te tama a te tangata, whakatika, haere ki te whare o Īharaira, kōrerotia āku kupu ki a rātou. 5 Ehara hoki i te mea e unga ana koe ki te iwi he tauhou tōna reo, he pakeke rānei; engari ki te whare o Īharaira. 6 Ehara i te mea ki ngā iwi maha he rerekē nei, he pakeke hoki tō rātou reo, e kore nei koe e mōhio ki ā rātou kupu. He pono, ki te ungā koe e ahau ki a rātou, kua whakarongo rātou ki a koe. 7 E kore ia te whare o Īharaira e pai ki te whakarongo ki a koe; nō te mea e kore rātou e pai ki te whakarongo ki ahau; he rae pakeke hoki tō te whare katoa o Īharaira, he ngākau pakeke. 8 Nanā, kua oti tōu mata te mea e ahau kia pakeke ki ō rātou mata; tōu rae kia pakeke ki ō rātou rae. 9 Kua oti tōu rae te mea e ahau kia rite ki te kōhatu tino mārō, mārō atu i te matā. Kaua e wehi i a rātou, kaua hoki e pairi ina titiro rātou, ahakoa he whare whakakeke rātou.”
10 I mea anō ia ki ahau: “E te tama a te tangata, ko āku kupu katoa ka kōrerotia e ahau ki a koe rongoātia ki tōu ngākau, whakarangona mai anō e ōu taringa. 11 Nā, whakatika, haere ki ngā whakarau, ki ngā tama a tōu iwi, kōrero ki a rātou, mea atu, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā’; mā rātou e rongo, mā rātou rānei e kore e rongo.”
Ko Ehekiera kei te Awa Kepara
12 Kātahi ka hāpainga ake ahau e te wairua, ā, ka rangona e ahau i muri i ahau he reo, he haruru nui e mea ana, Kia whakapaingia te korōria o Ihowā i tōna wāhi. 13 I rongo anō ahau i te haruru o ngā parirau o ngā mea ora e pā ana tētahi ki tētahi, i te haruru anō o ngā wīra i tō rātou taha, he haruru nui e ngateri haere ana. 14 Heoi, ka hāpainga ahau e te wairua, kāhakina ana ahau e ia; ā, haere pōuri ana ahau, me te pāwera o tōku wairua; ā, i kaha te ringa o Ihowā ki runga ki ahau. 15 Kātahi ahau ka tae ki ngā whakarau i Tereapipi, e noho rā i te awa, i Kepara, ki te wāhi hoki i noho ai rātou; ā, e whitu ngā rā ōku e noho ketekete ana i roto i a rātou.
16 Nā, i te mutunga o ngā rā e whitu, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea ia: 17 “E te tama a te tangata, kua oti koe te mea e ahau hei kaitūtei mā te whare o Īharaira. Nā, whakarongo ki te kupu i tōku māngai, ā, ko koe hei kaiwhakatūpato māku i a rātou. 18 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata kino, ‘Ko te mate kau mōu,’ ā, ka kore koe e whakatūpato i a ia, ka kore e kōrero, e whakatūpato i taua tangata kino ki tōna ara kino kia ora ai ia; ka mate taua tangata kino i runga i tōna hē. Otiia, ka rapua e ahau he utu mō ōna toto i tōu ringa. 19 Engari, ki te whakatūpato koe i taua tangata kino, ā, ka kore ia e tahuri mai i tōna kino, i tōna ara kino, ka mate ia i runga i tōna hē; otiia kua ora i a koe tōu wairua.
20 “Nā, ki te tahuri atu te tangata tika i tōna tika, ā, ka mahia e ia te kino, ā, ka hoatu e ahau he tūtukitanga waewae ki tōna aroaro, ka mate ia. I te mea kīhai koe i whakatūpato i a ia, ka mate ia i runga i tōna hara, e kore anō āna mahi tika i mahia e ia e maharatia; otiia ka rapua e ahau he utu mō ōna toto i tōu ringa. 21 Nā, ki te whakatūpato koe i te tangata tika kia kaua te tangata tika e hara, ā, ka kore ia e hara, he pono ka ora ia, nōna hoki i rongo ki te whakatūpato, ā, ka ora tōu wairua i a koe.”
Ka Wehea, ka Wahangūtia a Ehekiera
22 Nā, kua tae mai te ringa o Ihowā ki runga ki ahau; ā, ka mea ia ki ahau, “Whakatika, haere ki te mānia, ā, ka kōrero ahau ki a koe ki reira.” 23 Kātahi ahau ka whakatika, ā, haere ana ki te mānia. Nā, ko te korōria o Ihowā i reira e tū ana, rite tonu ki te korōria i kitea e ahau ki te awa, ki Kepara, ā, tāpapa ana ahau.
24 Kātahi ka uru te wairua ki roto ki ahau, ā, ka meinga e ia ōku waewae kia tū ki runga. Nā, ka kōrero mai ia ki ahau, ka mea ki ahau: “Haere, tūtakina atu koe ki roto ki tōu whare. 25 Ko koe ia, e te tama a te tangata, nanā, ka meatia iho e rātou he here ki a koe, ā, ka herea koe ki aua here, e kore anō koe e puta ki roto ki a rātou. 26 Ka meinga anō e ahau tōu arero kia piri ki tōu ngao, ā, ka wahangū koe, e kore anō koe e waiho hei kairiri mō tō rātou hē; nō te mea he whare whakakeke rātou. 27 Otiia, i te wā e kōrero ai ahau ki a koe ka whakatuwheratia e ahau tōu māngai, ā, ka mea koe ki a rātou, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā.’ Ko te tangata e rongo ana, māna e whakarongo; ko te tangata e kore e rongo kaua ia e whakarongo; he whare whakakeke hoki rātou.”