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Te Kaniawhea me te Whakawhiunga o Īharaira
1 Whakarongo ki tēnei kupu i kōrerotia e Ihowā mō koutou, e ngā tama a Īharaira, mō te hapū katoa i kawea mai e ahau i te whenua o Īhipa, i mea ahau:
2 “Ko koutou anake tāku i mōhio ai
o ngā hapū katoa o te ao.
Mō reira ka whiua koutou e ahau
mō ō koutou hē katoa.”
3 E haere tahi anō rānei te tokorua,
ki te kore e whakaae ki a rāua?
4 E hāmama rānei te raiona i te ngahere
i te mea kāhore āna tūpāpaku?
E tangi rānei te reo o te kūao raiona i tōna kuhunga,
ki te kore tētahi mea e mau i a ia?
5 E taka rānei te manu ki roto ki te māhanga i runga i te whenua
i te mea kāhore he āhere mōna?
E mokowhiti ake rānei te māhanga i te oneone,
ā, hore rawa he mea e mau?
6 E tangi rānei te tētere i roto i tētahi pā,
ā, kāhore te iwi e wehi?
E puta rānei he kino ki te pā,
ā, ehara i a Ihowā nāna i mahi?
7 He pono e kore te Ariki, a Ihowā, e mahi i tētahi mea,
engari ka whakakitea e ia tōna whakaaro huna
ki āna pononga, ki ngā poropiti.
8 Kua hāmama te raiona;
ko wai e kore e wehi?
Kua kōrero a Ihowā, te Ariki;
ko wai e kore e poropiti?
Te Turakitanga o Hamaria
9 Pānuitia atu i roto i ngā whare kīngi i Aharoro,
i ngā whare kīngi hoki i te whenua o Īhipa,
mea atu, “Whakamine i a koutou ki runga ki ngā maunga o Hamaria,
ka mātakitaki ki ngā ngangau nui i waenga o reira,
ki ngā tūkinotanga hoki i waenga o reira.”
10 “Kāhore hoki rātou e mōhio ki te mahi i te tika,” e ai tā Ihowā,
“e rongoā nei rātou i te mahi tutū me te pāhua i roto i ō rātou whare kīngi.”
11 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
“He hoariri tērā, ka karapotia e ia te whenua;
ā, ka riro iho i a ia tōu kaha,
ka pāhuatia hoki ōu whare kīngi.”
12 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
“Ka rite ki te hēpara e tango mai nei i ngā waewae e rua i te māngai o te raiona,
i tētahi wāhi rānei o te taringa;
ka pēnā anō te tangohanga mai o ngā tama a Īharaira e noho rā i Hamaria
i te pito o te moenga,
i runga hoki i ngā urunga o tētahi moenga.”
13 “Whakarongo koutou, whakaaturia hoki he hē mō te whare o Hākopa,” e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, tā te Atua o ngā mano.
14 “Nō te mea hei te rā e pā ai tāku ki a Īharaira mō ōna poka kē,
ka pā anō hoki tāku ki ngā āta o Pētēre,
ā, ka pōutoa ngā haona o te āta,
ka taka ki te whenua.
15 Ka patua anō e ahau te whare hōtoke
me te whare raumati;
ā, ka mōtī ngā whare rei,
ka kore ngā whare nunui,”
e ai tā Ihowā.