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Ka Whakatikaina te Whakawātanga a Ihowā
1 Kātahi ka haere mai ētahi o ngā kaumātua o Īharaira ki ahau, noho ana i tōku aroaro. 2 Nā, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea ia: 3 “E te tama a te tangata, kua oti i ēnei tāngata ā rātou whakapakoko te whakaara ki ō rātou ngākau, kua waiho e rātou te tūtukitanga waewae, tō rātou hē, ki mua i ō rātou mata; kia rapua koia e rātou he tikanga i ahau? 4 Mō reira kōrero ki a rātou, mea atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ko te tangata o te whare o Īharaira e whakaara ana i āna whakapakoko ki tōna ngākau, e whakatakoto ana i te tūtukitanga waewae, i tōna hē, ki mua i tōna mata, ā, e haere mai ana ki te poropiti; ko tāku, ko tā Ihowā, e whakahoki ai ki taua tangata i haere mai rā, ka rite ki te maha o āna whakapakoko. 5 Kia hopukia ai te whare o Īharaira i roto i ō rātou ngākau; kua tangata kē hoki rātou katoa ki ahau, nā ā rātou whakapakoko hoki.
6 “Mō reira mea atu ki te whare o Īharaira: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Rīpenetā, tahuri mai i ā koutou whakapakoko; tahuri mai anō ō koutou mata i ā koutou mea whakarihariha katoa.
7 “Ā, ko te tangata o te whare o Īharaira, ko te tautangata anō e noho ana i roto i a Īharaira, e whakatangata kē ana ki ahau, e whakaara ana i āna whakapakoko ki tōna ngākau, e whakatakoto ana i te tūtukitanga waewae, i tōna hē, ki mua i tōna mata, ā, e haere mai ana ki te poropiti ki te rapu i tāku tikanga i a ia; māku ake anō, mā Ihowā, e whakahoki kupu ki a ia. 8 Ka ū atu hoki tōku mata ki taua tangata, ka meinga ia e ahau he mīharotanga hei tohu, hei whakatauki, ka hātepea atu anō ia e ahau i roto i tāku iwi; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau.
9 “Nā, ki te hē te poropiti i tāna kōrerotanga i tētahi kupu, nāku, nā Ihowā, taua poropiti i hē ai, ka pā tōku ringa ki a ia, ā, ka ngaro ia i ahau i roto i tāku iwi, i a Īharaira. 10 Ka waha anō e rātou tō rātou hē – ko te hē o te poropiti ka rite ki te hē o te tangata e rapu tikanga ana i a ia – 11 he mea kia kore ai te whare o Īharaira e kotiti atu i te whai i ahau ā muri ake nei, kei poke anō rātou ā muri ake nei i ō rātou pokanga kētanga katoa. Engari, kia waiho ai rātou hei iwi māku, ko ahau hoki hei Atua mō rātou, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.”
12 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 13 “E te tama a te tangata, ki te hara te whenua ki ahau, ki te nui rawa te hē, ā, ka totoro tōku ringa ki reira, ā, ka whati i ahau tōna tokotoko, te taro; ka ungā anō e ahau te hemokai ki reira, ka hātepea anō e ahau te tangata me te kararehe o reira. 14 Ahakoa ko ēnei tāngata tokotoru, ko Noa, ko Raniera, ko Hopa, i reira, ko ō rātou wairua ake e ora i a rātou i tō rātou tika, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.
15 “Ki te meinga e ahau he kīrehe kino kia tika nā waenganui i te whenua, ā, ka kore i a rātou, ka whakamōtītia, ā, kāhore he tangata e haere ana i reira i te wehi o ngā kīrehe; 16 ahakoa ko ēnei tāngata tokotoru i reira, e ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, e kore e ora ngā tama, ngā tamāhine, i a rātou. Ko rātou anake e ora, ka whakamōtītia ia te whenua.
17 “Ki te kawea atu rānei e ahau te hoari ki runga ki taua whenua, ā, ka mea, ‘E tika, e te hoari, nā waenganui i te whenua,’ ā, ka hātepea atu e ahau te tangata me te kararehe o reira; 18 ahakoa ko ēnei tāngata tokotoru i reira, e ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, e kore e ora ngā tama, ngā tamāhine i a rātou. Ko rātou anake e ora.
19 “Ki te tukua rānei e ahau te mate urutā ki taua whenua, ā, ka ringihia e ahau tōku weriweri ki runga ki taua wāhi, he mea toto, kia hātepea atu ai te tangata me te kararehe o reira; 20 ahakoa ko Noa, ko Raniera, ko Hopa, i reira, e ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, e kore te tama, te tamāhine rānei e ora i a rātou; ko rātou anake e ora i tō rātou tika.
21 “Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Tērā noa ake ina tukua e ahau āku whakawā kino e whā, te hoari, te hemokai, te kīrehe kino, te mate urutā ki Hiruhārama, hei hātepe atu i te tangata, i te kararehe o reira. 22 Otiia, nanā, ka toe ētahi mōrehu ki reira, ā, ka whakaputaina he tama, he tamāhine. Nanā, ka puta rātou ki a koutou, ā, ka kite koutou i tō rātou ara, i ā rātou mahi; ka whai whakamārietanga anō koutou mō te kino i kawea e ahau ki Hiruhārama, arā mō ngā mea katoa i kawea e ahau ki taua wāhi. 23 Ka whai whakamārietanga anō koutou i a rātou, ina kite koutou i tō rātou ara, i ā rātou mahi; ā, ka mōhio koutou, nā, ko tāku mahinga i ngā mea katoa i mahia e ahau ki reira, ehara i te mea kore take, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.”

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