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Ka Tohe a Ihowā ki a Īharaira kia Rīpenetā
1 I puta anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 “Haere, karanga ki ngā taringa o Hiruhārama, mea atu, Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
E mahara ana ahau ki a koe,
ki te mahi pai a tōu tamarikitanga,
ki te aroha i tōu mārenatanga,
i a koe i aru i ahau i te koraha,
i te whenua kīhai i whakatōkia.
3 He tapu a Īharaira ki a Ihowā,
ko ngā mātāmua ia o ōna hua.
Ko te hunga katoa e kai ana i a ia,
ka kīia he hē tā rātou;
ka pā te kino ki a rātou,”
e ai tā Ihowā.
4 Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā, e te whare o Hākopa,
e ngā hapū katoa o te whare o Īharaira.
5 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
“He aha tāku kino i mau i ō koutou mātua,
i matara atu ai rātou i ahau,
i whai ai rātou i te horihori,
ā, horihori iho rātou?
6 Kāhore hoki ā rātou kīanga ake, ‘Kei hea a Ihowā,
nāna nei tātou i kawe mai i te whenua o Īhipa,
nāna nei tātou i ārahi i te koraha,
i te whenua tītōhea, he maha nei ngā rua,
i te whenua o te matewai, o te ātārangi o te mate,
i te whenua kīhai i haerea e te tangata,
kīhai anō i nohoia e te tangata?’
7 Ā, nāku koutou i kawe mai ki te whenua maha ōna hua,
ki te kai i ōna hua, i ōna mea papai.
Nā, i tō koutou taenga mai, kei te whakapoke i tōku whenua,
meinga ana e koutou tōku wāhi tupu hei mea whakarihariha.
8 Kāhore ngā tohunga i kī, ‘Kei hea a Ihowā?’
Ko ngā kairahurahu o te ture, kāhore i mātau ki ahau;
kua hē hoki ngā rangatira ki ahau;
ko ngā poropiti, nā Paara ngā tikanga i poropiti ai rātou,
whāia ana e rātou ngā mea kāhore nei he pai.
9 “Mō reira ka totohe anō ahau ki a koutou,”
e ai tā Ihowā,
“ka totohe hoki ahau ki ngā tama a ā koutou tama.
10 Tēnā rā, whiti atu ki ngā motu o Kitimi titiro ai;
unga tāngata anō ki Kerara, ka whakaaroaro mārie;
tirohia hoki mehemea tērā anō te rite o tēnei mea i mua.
11 I whakaputaia kētia rānei ōna atua e tētahi iwi,
ehara nei anō i te atua?
Nā, ko tōku iwi, kua whakaputaina kētia e rātou tō rātou korōria
hei mea kāhore ōna pai.
12 Mīharo mai, e ngā rangi, ki tēnei,
kia nui hoki te wehi, kia ngaro noa iho,”
e ai tā Ihowā.
13 “Ka rua hoki ngā hē kua mahia nei e tāku iwi:
Ko ahau, ko te puna o ngā wai ora
kua mahue i a rātou,
haua iho e rātou ētahi poka, he poka pakaru,
e kore nei e mau te wai ki roto.
14 He pononga rānei a Īharaira? He pononga i whānau ki te whare?
He aha ia i waiho ai hei pāhuatanga?
15 Kua ngengere ngā raiona kūao ki a ia,
kua hāmama;
ā, kua meinga e rātou tōna whenua kia ururua;
kua tahuna ōna pā, kāhore hoki he tangata noho i reira.
16 I pakaru anō tōu tumuaki
i ngā tamariki o Nopo, o Tahapanehe.
17 He teka ianei nāu anō tēnei i mahi ki a koe,
i te mea nāu i whakarere a Ihowā, tōu Atua,
i a ia e ārahi ana i a koe i te ara?
18 Tēnā rā ko te aha māu i te ara ki Īhipa
i inu ai koe i ngā wai o Hihoro?
He aha rānei māu i te ara ki Ahiria,
i inu ai koe i ngā wai o te awa?
19 Ko tōu hē anō hei riri i tāu,
ko ōu tahuritanga kētanga anō hei papaki i a koe.
Kia mōhio koe, kia kite hoki,
he mea kino, he mea kawa,
kei tāu whakarerenga i a Ihowā, i tōu Atua,
kāhore hoki ōu wehi ki ahau,”
e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā o ngā mano.
20 “I wāhia hoki tōu ioka e ahau i mua,
motumotuhia ana e ahau ōu here;
ā, kī mai ana koe, ‘E kore ahau e mahi!’
Heoi, i runga koe i ngā pukepuke tiketike katoa,
i raro hoki i ngā rākau kōuru nui katoa,
e koropiko ana, e kairau ana.
21 He wāina pai anō koe i tāku whakatōkanga i a koe,
he momo pai katoa.
Nā te aha koe i puta kē ai ki ahau,
he mea kua heke te tupu, he wāina kē?
22 Ahakoa i horoi koe i a koe ki te hōura,
ā, nui noa tāu hopi,
e mau ana anō tōu hē ki tōku aroaro,”
e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.
23 “He pēhea tāu kī, ‘Kāhore ōku poke,
kīhai ahau i whai i a Paarimi’?
Tirohia iho ōu ara i te raorao,
kia mōhio ki āu mahi –
tōu rite, kei te kāmera tere, kōpikopiko tonu ōna ara;
24 kei te kāihe mohoao kua mōhio ki te koraha,
e hongi ana i te hau mō tōna hiahia;
ka matenui ia ko wai hei whakahoki i a ia?
Ko te hunga katoa e rapu ana i a ia
e kore e whakangenge noa i a rātou;
i tōna marama anō ka kitea ia e rātou.
25 Kaiponuhia tōu waewae, kei kore te hū,
tōu korokoro hoki kei mate i te wai.
Nā, kei te mea koe, ‘Kua hē!
Kāhore; he tāngata kē hoki āku i aroha ai,
ā, ko rātou tāku e whai ai.’
26 “Ka whakamā te tāhae ina mau,
ka pēnā anō te whare o Īharaira, ka whakamā –
rātou ko ō rātou kīngi, ko ō rātou rangatira,
ko ō rātou tohunga, ko ō rātou poropiti.
27 I a rātou e mea nā ki te rākau, ‘Ko koe tōku pāpā,’
ki te kāmaka, ‘I whānau ahau i roto i a koe.’
Hurihia ake e rātou ko te kōhamo ki ahau,
kāhore hoki te aroaro;
heoi i te wā e hē ai rātou, ka kī mai rātou,
‘Whakatika ki te whakaora i a mātou.’
28 Kei hea rā ōu atua i hangā e koe mōu?
Kia whakatika rātou, ki te mea ka ora koe
i a rātou i te wā e hē ai koe.
Rite tonu hoki ki ōu pā
te maha o ōu atua, e Hūrā.
29 “He aha te mea e totohe ai koutou ki ahau?
Kua mahi kē koutou katoa i te kino ki ahau,”
e ai tā Ihowā.
30 “Maumau whiu noa ahau i ā koutou tamariki;
kīhai rātou i ākona.
Ko tā koutou hoari nāna i kai ō koutou poropiti,
i pērā anō me tā te raiona kai kino.
31 “E te whakatupuranga nei, whakaaroa te kupu a Ihowā!
He koraha rānei ahau ki a Īharaira,
he whenua pōuri kerekere?
He aha tāku iwi i mea ai, ‘Kua matara mātou;
heoi anō ō mātou taenga atu ki a koe’?
32 E wareware rānei te kōtiro ki āna whakapaipai,
te wahine mārena hou ki ōna whītiki?
Ko tāku iwi ia kua wareware ki ahau,
e kore ngā rā e taea te tatau.
33 Tāu mahi ki te whakapai i tōu ara hei rapunga i te aroha!
Nā, kei te whakaako koe i ngā wāhine kikino anō hoki ki ōu ara.
34 Kua kitea anō ki ngā remu o ōu kākahu
te toto o ngā wairua o ngā ware harakore.
Kīhai i kitea e ahau i te wāhi i pakaru ai,
engari i runga i ēnei katoa.
35 Heoi, kei te kī nā koe, ‘He harakore nei ahau;
he pono e tahuri kē atu ana tōna riri i ahau.’
Nanā, ka whakawā ahau i a koe,
mō tāu kīanga, ‘Kāhore ōku hara.’
36 He aha koe i kōpikopiko rawa ai,
i mea ai kia pōkaia kētia he ara mōu?
Ka whakamā anō koe ki Īhipa,
ka pērā me koe i whakamā rā ki Ahiria.
37 Inā, ka haere atu anō koe i reira,
i runga anō ōu ringa i tōu mātenga,
nō te mea kua paopao a Ihowā ki ōu whakawhirinakitanga,
e kore anō koe e whai wāhi i ēnā.”

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