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Te Horo a Papurōna
1 Ā muri iho i ēnei mea ka kite ahau i tētahi atu anahera e heke iho ana i te rangi, he mana nui tōna; mārama tonu hoki te ao i tōna korōria. 2 He nui hoki tōna reo ki te karanga, ki te mea: “Kua horo, kua horo a Papurōna nui. Kua meinga hei kāinga rēwera, hei whare herehere hoki mō ngā wairua poke katoa, hei whare herehere mō ngā manu poke katoa, mō ngā manu whakarihariha. 3 Nā te wāina hoki o te riri o tōna moepuku i horo ai ngā tauiwi katoa; i moepuku hoki ngā kīngi o te whenua ki a ia, ā, kua whiwhi nui ngā kaihoko o te ao i te taonga i te nui o āna mea whakaahuareka.”
4 I rongo anō ahau i tētahi atu reo i te rangi, e mea ana,
“Puta mai koutou i roto i a ia,
e tōku iwi, kei uru tahi koutou ki ōna hara,
kei pāngia koutou e ōna whiu.
5 Kua tutuki hoki ōna hara ki te rangi,
kua mahara te Atua ki āna mahi hē.
6 Hoatu ki a ia tāna i hōmai ai ki a koutou,
takiruatia ngā mea mōna, kia rite ki āna mahi.
Ko te kapu i whakakīa e ia
kia rua ā koutou whakakīnga mōna.
7 Nā, kia rite ki tāna whakanuinga i a ia,
ki tōna tōreretanga ki āna mea whakaahuareka,
kia pērā anō te mamae me te pōuri e hoatu e koutou ki a ia.
E mea ana hoki ia i tōna ngākau:
‘E noho ana ahau hei kuīni!
Ehara hoki ahau i te pouaru,
e kore anō hoki ahau e kite i te pōuri.’
8 Mō konei anō ka tae mai ōna whiu i te rā kotahi,
te mate, te pōuri, te matekai;
ā, ka tahuna ia kia pau rawa i te ahi.
He kaha hoki te Ariki, te Atua, e whakawā nei i a ia.”
9 Ā, ko ngā kīngi o te ao i moepuku nei ki a ia, i tōrere ngātahi nei ki āna mea whakaahuareka, tērā e tangi ki a ia, e auē ki a ia, ina kite rātou i te paoa o tōna tahunga; 10 ka tū mai rātou i tawhiti i te wehi ki tōna whakamamae, ka mea, “Auē, auē, te pā nui, Papurōna, te pā kaha! Kua tae mai hoki tōu whakawā i te hāora kotahi.”
11 Ka tangi anō hoki ngā kaihoko o te whenua, ka auē ki a ia; nō te mea kāhore atu he tangata hei hoko i tā rātou utanga; 12 i te utanga o te kōura, o te hiriwa, o te kōhatu utu nui, o te peara, o te rīnena pai, o te pāpura, o te hiraka, o te kahu whero; me ngā rākau taina katoa, me ngā tini oko rei, me ngā tini oko rākau utu nui whakaharahara, oko parāhi, rino, mapere, 13 me te hinamona, me ngā mea kakara, me te hinu kakara, me te parakihe, me te wāina, me te hinu, me te parāoa pai, me te wīti, me ngā kararehe, me ngā hipi; me te utanga o ngā hōiho, o ngā hāriata, o ngā pononga; me ngā wairua tāngata. 14 Heoi, ko ngā hua i matea nuitia e tōu ngākau kua mawehe atu i a koe, ā, kua mahue hoki koe i ngā mea reka katoa, i ngā mea papai, ā, heoi anō te kitenga o aua mea e te tangata. 15 Ko ngā kaihoko o ēnei mea, kua whai taonga nei i a ia, ka tū mai rātou i tawhiti i te wehi ki tōna whakamamae, me te tangi, me te auē anō rātou, 16 me te kī, “Auē, auē, te pā nui, i kākahuria ki te rīnena pai, ki te pāpura, ki te whero, i tātaitia ki te kōura, ki te kōhatu utu nui, ki ngā peara! 17 Kotahi tonu hoki te hāora a mōtī rawa iho taua taonga nui.”
Nā, ko ngā rangatira kaipuke katoa, ko te hunga katoa e rere ana rā te kaipuke ki ia wāhi, ko ngā kaiwhakatere kaipuke, me te hunga katoa anō kei te moana ā rātou mahi, tū mai ana rātou i tawhiti, 18 me te karanga anō rātou i tō rātou kitenga i te paoa o tōna tahunga, me te kī, “Ko tēhea pā i rite ki tēnei pā nui?” 19 Opehia ana hoki e rātou he puehu ki ō rātou māhunga, kei te karanga rātou, me te tangi, me te auē, kei te mea, “Auē, auē, te pā nui, i whai taonga ai i ōna utu nui te hunga katoa he kaipuke a rātou i te moana! Kotahi tonu nei hoki te hāora ā mōtī rawa iho!”
20 Kia hari ki a ia, e te rangi, e te hunga tapu, e ngā āpōtoro, e ngā poropiti anō hoki; kua whakaritea nei hoki e te Atua tā koutou whakawā i a ia!
21 Kātahi, ka hāpaingia ake e tētahi anahera kaha he kāmaka i rite nei ki tētahi kāmaka rahi nō te mira, ā, makā ana e ia ki te moana, me te kī anō ia, “Ka pēneitia a Papurōna, te pā nui, ka makā whakareretia atu, e kore anō hoki e kitea i muri nei. 22 Nā, heoi anō, rongonga i roto i a koe ki te reo o ngā kaiwhakatangi hāpa, o ngā kaiwhakatakoto rangi waiata, o ngā kaiwhakatangi i ngā pūtōrino, i ngā tētere; e kore anō hoki e kitea i ngā wā i muri nei tētahi kaimahi o ngā tini mahi i roto i a koe; e kore anō hoki e rangona i ngā wā i muri nei te haruru o te kōhatu mira i roto i a koe. 23 E kore anō hoki e whiti i ngā wā i muri nei te mārama o te rama i roto i a koe. E kore anō hoki e rangona i ngā wā i muri nei te reo o te tāne mārena hou, o te wahine mārena hou, i roto i a koe. Ōu kaihokohoko hoki ko ngā tāngata nunui o te ao; nā āu mahi mākutu anō hoki i pōhēhē ai ngā iwi katoa.”
24 I kitea anō hoki i roto i a ia ngā toto o ngā poropiti, o te hunga tapu, o te hunga katoa hoki i whakamatea ki runga ki te whenua.