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Te Whakapaenga o Hiruhārama
1 Auē te mate mō Ariere, mō Ariere,
mō te pā i noho ai a Rāwiri!
Tāpiritia iho tētahi tau ki tētahi tau;
mahia ngā hākari i ngā wā e rite ai.
2 Hei reira raru ai i ahau a Ariere,
ā, ka pōuri, ka tangi;
ā, ka rite ia ki ahau ānō ko Ariere.
3 Ka nohoia atu anō koe e ahau, ā karapoi noa;
ka whakapaea koe ki te parepare,
ka ara anō i ahau he taiepa hei tatau ki a koe.
4 Ā, ka whakahokia iho koe, ka kōrero ake i te whenua;
ka iti anō tāu kupu i roto i te puehu;
ka rite tōu reo ki tō te tangata i te atua māori,
he mea puta ake i te whenua,
ka kohimu ake tāu kupu i roto i te puehu.
5 Ko te huihuinga ia o ōu hoariri ka rite ki te puehu ririki,
ā, ko te huihuinga o te hunga nanakia ki te pāpapa e rere atu ana.
Āe rā, ka hemorere tonu,
6 ka pā tā Ihowā o ngā mano ki a ia,
he whatitiri, he rū, he reo nui,
he tūkauati, he tūpuhi, he mura ahi e kā ana.
7 Ā, ka rite ki te moe, ki te rekanga kanohi o te pō
ngā iwi maha katoa e whawhai ana ki Ariere,
arā te hunga katoa e ngangare ana ki a ia, ki tōna pā kaha,
e whakatupu kino ana hoki i a ia.
8 Ka rite anō ki te tangata matekai e moe ana, nā, kei te kai ia;
heoi, kei te ohonga ake, e takoto kau ana tōna wairua;
ka rite hoki ki te tangata matewai e moe ana, nā, kei te inu ia;
te ohonga ake, kāhore he kaha, kei te hiahia anō tōna wairua;
ko te rite tērā o te hui o ngā iwi katoa
e whawhai ana ki Maunga Hiona.
9 E tū koutou, e mīharo;
e hari, ā, ka matapō;
e haurangi ana rātou, ehara ia i te wāina;
e hūrori ana, engari ehara i te wai kaha.
10 Nō te mea kua ringihia e Ihowā te wairua o te moe
au tonu ki runga ki a koutou,
kua oti anō i a ia te whakamoe ō koutou kanohi, ngā poropiti;
ko ō koutou rangatira, ko ngā matakite,
kua taupokina e ia.
11 Ā, ka rite ki a koutou te kitenga katoa ki ngā kupu o tētahi pukapuka i hīritia, e hoatu ana e ngā tāngata ki tētahi tangata mātau ki te kōrero pukapuka, ka mea atu, “Tēnā, kōrerotia tēnei”, ā, ka mea mai ia, “E kore e taea e ahau, e hīri nā hoki.”
12 Nā, ka hoatu taua pukapuka ki te mea kāhore nei e mātau ki te kōrero pukapuka; nā, ko te kīanga atu, “Tēnā, kōrerotia tēnei,” anō rā ko ia, “Kāhore ahau e mātau ki te kōrero.”
13 Nā, ka mea te Ariki:
“I te mea e whakatata ana mai te iwi nei ki ahau,
ā, e whakahōnore ana i ahau ki tō rātou māngai,
ki ō rātou ngutu, otiia e matara noa atu ana i ahau ō rātou ngākau,
ā, ko tō rātou wehi ki ahau
he mea whakaako e tā te tangata tohutohu.
14 Nā, ka tahuri ahau ki te mahi i tētahi mahi whakamīharo
ki waenganui i tēnei iwi,
he mahi whakamīharo rawa, he mīharo whakaharahara;
ka whakamōtītia hoki ngā whakaaro o ō rātou mea whakaaro nui,
ka ngaro te mātauranga o ō rātou mea mōhio.”
15 Auē te mate mō te hunga e whai ana i te wāhi hōhonu,
kia ngaro ai tō rātou whakaaro i a Ihowā;
ā, kei te pōuri ā rātou mahi, e mea ana hoki,
“Ko wai e kite ana i a tātou?
Ko wai e mātau ana ki a tātou?”
16 Tā koutou whakaputa kē!
E kīia rānei te kaihanga rīhi he rite ki te paru?
E kī ake rānei te mea i hangā ki tōna kaihanga,
“Kīhai ahau i hangā e ia”?
E mea ake rānei te mea i mahia ki tōna kaimahi,
“Kāhore ōna mātauranga”?
He Tūmanako i te Wā Muri
17 He teka rānei he iti rawa nei te takiwā,
ā, ka puta kē a Repanōna hei māra whai hua,
ā, ka kīia te māra whai hua hei ngahere?
18 I taua rā ka rongo ngā turi
i ngā kupu o te pukapuka,
ka kite anō ngā kanohi o ngā matapō
i roto i te kākarauri, i te pōuri.
19 Ka neke ake anō te hari o te hunga māhaki ki a Ihowā,
ka koa anō ngā tāngata rawakore ki te Mea Tapu o Īharaira.
20 Kua mōtī hoki te tangata nanakia;
ā, ko te tangata whakahī, kua poto;
kua hātepea atu anō te hunga katoa i whanga ki te kino –
21 e whakatau hē nei ki te tangata e kōrero ana,
e whakatakoto rore nei mō te kairiri o te hē i te kūwaha;
ā, kāhore he rawa i whakapeaua kētia ai e rātou te tangata tika.
22 Nā, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, nāna nei a Āperahama i hoko, mō te whare o Hākopa:
“E kore a Hākopa e whakamā āianei,
e kore anō e kōmā tōna mata āianei.
23 Engari, kia kite ia i āna tamariki,
i te mahi a ōku ringa, i roto i a ia,
ka whakatapua e rātou tōku ingoa;
āe rā, ka whakatapua anō e rātou te Mea Tapu o Hākopa,
ā, ka wehi ki te Atua o Īharaira.
24 Ka mōhiotia anō te mātauranga e ngā wairua kotiti kē,
ā, ka ako te hunga amuamu ki te kupu mōhio.”