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Tikanga ina Whawhai
1 E haere koe ki te whawhai ki ōu hoariri, ā, ka kite i ngā hōiho me ngā hāriata, i te iwi hoki he tokomaha ake i a koe, kei wehi i a rātou; kei a koe hoki a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i kawea mai ai koe i te whenua o Īhipa. 2 Ā, ka whakatata koutou ki te whawhai, nā, me haere mai te tohunga, me kōrero ki te iwi, 3 ka mea ki a rātou: “Whakarongo, e Īharaira! E whakatata atu ana koutou āianei ki te whawhai ki ō koutou hoariri. Kei hopī ō koutou ngākau; kaua e wehi. Kaua e pōtatutatu, kaua anō hoki e pāwera i tō rātou aroaro; 4 ko Ihowā hoki, ko tō koutou Atua, ko ia te haere tahi ana i a koutou, māna tā koutou whawhai ki ō koutou hoariri, māna koutou e whakaora.”
5 Me kōrero anō hoki ngā kaiwhakahauhau ki te iwi, me kī atu: “Tēnei rānei tētahi kua hangā e ia he whare hou, ā, kāhore anō i tāia te kawa? Me haere ia, me hoki atu ki tōna whare, kei mate ki te whawhaitanga, ka riro mā te tangata kē e tā te kawa. 6 Tēnei rānei tētahi kua whakatōkia e ia he māra wāina, ā, kāhore anō i kainga ngā hua? Me haere ia, me hoki atu ki tōna whare, kei mate ki te whawhaitanga, ka riro mā te tangata kē e kai. 7 Tēnei rānei tētahi kua oti tētahi wahine te taumau māna, ā, kāhore anō i tangohia e ia? Me haere ia, me hoki atu ki tōna whare, kei mate ki te whawhaitanga, ka riro mā te tangata kē e tango.” 8 Ā, me kōrero anō ngā kaiwhakahauhau ki te iwi, me kī atu, “Tēnei rānei tētahi e wehi ana, e hopī ana te ngākau? Me haere ia, me hoki atu ki tōna whare, kei ngohe ngā ngākau o ōna tēina, kei rite ki tōna ngākau.” 9 Nā, ka mutu te kōrero a ngā kaiwhakahauhau ki te iwi, me whakarite e rātou ētahi rangatira ope hei upoko mō te iwi.
10 Ka whakatata atu koe ki te tatau ki tētahi pā, nā, me karanga atu e koe te rangimārie ki reira. 11 Ā, ki te mea he rangimārie tāna e whakahoki mai ai ki a koe, ā, ka whakapuaretia ki a koe, kātahi ka waiho ngā tāngata katoa e kitea e koe ki reira hei kaihōmai takoha ki a koe, hei apa anō rātou māu. 12 Ā, ki te kore e mau tā reira rongo ki a koe, ā, ka anga ki te whawhai ki a koe, kātahi ka whakapaea e koe; 13 ā, ki te hoatu e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki ōu ringa, nā, me patu e koe ngā tāne katoa o reira ki te mata o te hoari. 14 Ko ngā wāhine ia me ngā tamariki, ko ngā kararehe me ngā mea katoa i roto i te pā, ko ngā taonga katoa o reira, me tango e koe māu; ā, ka pau i a koe ngā mea a ōu hoariri, e hoatu ana e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe. 15 Ko tēnei tāu e mea ai ki ngā pā katoa e mamao rawa atu ana i a koe, ehara nei i te pā nō ēnei iwi.
16 Ko ngā pā ia o ēnei iwi, e hoatu nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe hei kāinga tupu, kaua e whakaorangia tētahi mea e whai manawa ana. 17 Engari, me whakangaro rawa rātou e koe – ngā Hiti, ngā Amori, ngā Kanaani, ngā Perihi, ngā Hiwi, ngā Iepuhi – kia rite ki tā Ihowā, ki tā tōu Atua, i whakahau ai ki a koe. 18 Kei whakaakona koutou e rātou ki te mahi i ā rātou mahi whakarihariha katoa e mahia nei e rātou ki ō rātou atua; ā, ka hara koutou ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua.
19 Ki te maha ngā rā e whakapaea ai e koe he pā, e tauria ai kia horo, kei whakakorea e koe ngā rākau o reira, kei ākina atu ki te toki. Nō te mea hei kai ēnā māu, ā, kaua e tuaina e koe; he tangata koia te rākau o te pārae kia whakapaea e koe? 20 Ko ngā rākau anake e mōhio ai koe ehara i te rākau kai, ko ēnā āu e whakakore, ka tua ki raro; ā, ka hangā he taiepa whakapae mō te pā e whawhai ana ki a koe, ā horo noa.