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E Whiwhi ana te Kino i te Whakawhiunga Tika
1 Kātahi ka whakautua e Topara Naamati, i mea ia:
2 “Nā konā ōku whakaaro i whakahoki kupu ake ai i roto i ahau;
nā reira anō ahau i hohoro ai.
3 Kua rongo ahau i te whakahē mōku, e pā ai te whakamā ki ahau,
ā, nā te wairua o tōku ngākau mahara te kupu whakahoki ki ahau.
4 “Kāhore rānei koe i mōhio ki tēnei i mua noa atu,
i te wā rā anō i whakanohoia ai te tangata ki runga ki te whenua;
5 he poto te wā e whakamanamana ai te tangata kino,
ā, ko te hari o te tangata atuakore he wheriko kau?
6 Ahakoa eke noa tōna nui ki ngā rangi,
ā, pā atu tōna māhunga ki ngā kapua;
7 ka memeha atu anō ia ā ake ake, ka pērā anō me tōna paru;
ko te hunga kua kite i a ia, ka mea, ‘Kei hea ia?’
8 Ka rere atu ia ānō he moemoeā, e kore anō hoki e kitea;
āe ka āia atu ia, ānō he rekanga kanohi nō te pō.
9 Ko te kanohi i kite i a ia e kore e kite anō;
ā, heoi anō tirohanga a tōna wāhi ki a ia.
10 E whakamānawareka āna tamariki i ngā rawakore,
mā ōna ringa anō e whakahoki ōna rawa.
11 E kī ana ōna wheua i te tamarikitanga;
engari ka takoto tahi me ia i roto i te puehu.
12 “Ahakoa reka te kino i roto i tōna māngai,
ahakoa hunā e ia i raro i tōna arero;
13 ahakoa manawapātia noatia e ia, ā, kāhore e mahue i a ia,
heoi pupuri tonu i roto i tōna māngai;
14 otirā, ka puta kē tāna kai i roto i ōna whēkau,
ko te au o ngā ahipi i roto i a ia.
15 I horomia e ia te taonga, ka ruakina mai anō e ia;
mā te Atua e ākiri mai i roto i tōna kōpū.
16 Ka ngotea e ia te hūware whakamate o ngā ahipi;
ka mate anō ia i te arero o te waipera.
17 E kore ia e kite i ngā awa,
i ngā wai rere o te honi, o te pata.
18 Ko tāna i uaua ai ka whakahokia e ia, e kore anō e horomia;
ko tāna utu ka rite ki ōna taonga; e kore anō e koa ki reira.
19 Nāna hoki i tūkino ngā rawakore, whakarērea iho;
murua ana e ia he whare, ā, e kore e hangā anō e ia.
20 “I te mea kāhore ia i kite i te tatūtanga i roto i a ia,
e kore anō ētahi o ngā mea e matea nuitia ana e ia e mau ki a ia.
21 Kāhore tētahi mea i toe i kore te horomia e ia;
nō reira, e kore tētahi mea pai ōna e mau tonu.
22 I a ia e whiwhi nui nei i te rawa, e rawakore anō ia;
ka tae mai ki a ia ngā ringa katoa o te hunga kei roto i te mate.
23 I a ia ka mea ki te whakakī i tōna kōpū,
ka makā mai e te Atua te kaha o tōna riri ki runga ki a ia,
ā, ka ringihia iho ki a ia, i a ia anō e kai ana.
24 Ka rere atu ia i te patu rino,
ka tū ia i te kōpere parāhi, puta pū.
25 E unuhia ana, kua puta mai i roto i te tinana,
inā, puta mai ana te mata wheriko i roto i tōna au;
kua tau ngā wehi ki a ia.
26 Ko te pōuri katoa kei te takoto mai mō āna taonga;
ka kainga ia e te ahi, kīhai i pūhia e te tangata;
mā reira e pau ai te toenga i roto i tōna tēneti.
27 Ka whakakitea mai tōna hē e ngā rangi
ka whakatika mai anō te whenua ki a ia.
28 Ko ngā hua o tōna whare ka riro,
ka rere, ānō he wai, ōna mea i te rā e riri ai ia.
29 Ko tā te Atua wāhi tēnei mā te tangata kino,
ko te taonga tupu i kīia e te Atua mōna.”