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Te Hīri Tuawhitu
1 Ā, i tāna wāhanga i te whitu o ngā hīri, kāhore he aha i rangona i te rangi me te mea kotahi te hāwhe hāora.
2 Ā, ka kite ahau i ngā anahera tokowhitu e tū rā i te aroaro o te Atua; ā, e whitu ngā tētere i hoatu ki a rātou.
3 Ā, ka haere mai tētahi atu anahera, ka tū ki runga o te āta, he tahu kōura tāna; ā, he maha ngā whakakakara i hoatu ki a ia, hei tāpiri māna ki ngā īnoi a te hunga tapu katoa ki runga ki te āta kōura i mua i te torōna.
4 Ā, ko te paoa o ngā whakakakara me ngā īnoi a te hunga tapu, ka kake atu i te ringaringa o te anahera ki te aroaro o te Atua.
5 Ā, ka mau te anahera ki te tahu whakakakara, ka whakakīa ki te kāpura o te āta, pangā ana e ia ki te whenua. Nā, ko te putanga mai o ngā whatitiri, o ngā reo, o ngā uira, o te rū.
Ngā Tētere
6 Nā, kua takatū ngā anahera tokowhitu i ngā tētere e whitu, ka mea ki te whakatangi.
7 Whakatangi ana te anahera tuatahi, nā, he whatu tērā, he kāpura, he toto anō hoki i roto, ka pangā ki te whenua. Nā, kua pau i te ahi te wāhi tuatoru o te whenua, kua pau i te ahi te wāhi tuatoru o ngā rākau, ā, pau ake hoki i te ahi ngā tarutaru matomato katoa.
8 Ā, ka whakatangi te rua o ngā anahera, nā, me te mea he maunga nui tērā, e kāia ana e te ahi, kua makā ki te moana; ā, ka meinga te wāhi tuatoru o te moana hei toto.
9 Ā, mate iho te wāhi tuatoru o ngā mea hanga i roto i te moana, o ngā mea whai ora; ngaro iho hoki te wāhi tuatoru o ngā kaipuke.
10 Ā, ka whakatangi te toru o ngā anahera, nā, kua taka iho i te rangi he whetū nui e kā ana, ānō he rama, ā, taka ana ki te wāhi tuatoru o ngā awa, ki ngā puna hoki o ngā wai.
11 Ā, ko te ingoa o te whetū ko Tarukawa; ā, ka meinga te wāhi tuatoru o ngā wai hei taru kawa; ā, he tokomaha ngā tāngata i mate i ngā wai, nō te mea kua kawa.
12 Ā, ka whakatangi te whā o ngā anahera, nā, kua patua te wāhi tuatoru o te rā, me te wāhi tuatoru o te marama, me te wāhi tuatoru hoki o ngā whetū; kia pōuri ai te wāhi tuatoru o aua mea, kia kore ai e mārama te wāhi tuatoru o te rā, o te pō anō hoki.
13 Ā, i kite ahau, i rongo hoki i tētahi ēkara e rere ana i waenganui o te rangi, he nui tōna reo ki te mea mai, “Auē, auē, auē, te mate mō te hunga e noho ana i runga i te whenua, i ērā reo o te tētere a ngā anahera tokotoru, meāke nei tangi!”