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1 Nō te mea tēnei te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano,
te tango atu nei i Hiruhārama, i a Hūrā,
i te tītoko me te tokotoko –
i te tītoko taro katoa,
i te tītoko wai katoa –
2 i te mārohirohi, i te tangata whawhai;
i te kaiwhakawā, i te poropiti,
i te tohunga, i te tautahito;
3 i te rangatira rima tekau,
i te tangata nui,
i te kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro,
i te kaimahi mōhio, i te mea mātau ki te taki.
4 Ka hoatu anō e ahau he tamariki hei rangatira mō rātou,
he kōhungahunga hoki hei kīngi mō rātou.
5 Ka tūkinotia anō te iwi, tētahi e tētahi,
te tangata e tōna hoa tata;
ka whakahīhī hoki te tamariki ki te kaumātua,
te mea e whakahāweatia ana ki te tangata e whakahōnoretia ana.
6 E mau hoki te tangata ki tōna tuakana,
i te whare o tōna pāpā, ā, ka mea,
“He kākahu tōu;
hei rangatira koe mō mātou,
ā, hei raro i tōu ringa
tēnei whakatakanga.”
7 Ā taua rā ka karanga nui ia, ka mea,
“E kore ahau e pai hei kaiwhakaora;
kāhore hoki he taro i tōku whare, kāhore he kākahu;
kaua ahau e meinga e koutou
hei rangatira mō te iwi.”
8 Kua taka hoki a Hiruhārama,
kua hinga a Hūrā;
kua whawhai nei hoki tō rātou arero, me ā rātou mahi, ki a Ihowā,
whakapātaritari ai i ngā kanohi o tōna korōria.
9 Ko te titiro hoki a ō rātou kanohi hei kaiwhakaatu mō tō rātou hē;
e pērā ana me Horoma e whakapuaki ana i ō rātou hara,
kāhore e huna.
Auē te mate mō tō rātou wairua!
Ko tā rātou utu hoki ki a rātou anō, ko te kino.
10 Mea atu ki te tangata tika, ko te pai mōna;
ka kainga hoki e rātou ngā hua o ā rātou mahi.
11 Auē te mate mō te tangata kino!
Ko te hē mōna; ka riro hoki i a ia te utu o tā ōna ringa.
12 Tēnā ko tāku iwi – he tamariki ō rātou kaitūkino,
he wāhine hoki e kīngi ana mō rātou.
E tāku iwi, ko ōu kaiārahi kei te whakapōhēhē i a koe,
kei te whakakāhore hoki i te tikanga o ōu huarahi.
13 E whakatika ake ana a Ihowā ki te tohe;
e tū ana ia ki te whakawā i ngā iwi.
14 Ka tīmata tā Ihowā whakawā
i ngā kaumātua o tāna iwi, i ōna rangatira anō hoki:
“Ko koutou nāna i pau ai te māra wāina;
ko ngā taonga a ngā rawakore
i pāhuatia kei roto i ō koutou whare.
15 He aha tā koutou tikanga i kuru ai koutou i tāku iwi,
i orohina ai e koutou ngā mata o ngā rawakore?”
e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā o ngā mano.
16 Nā, i mea anō a Ihowā:
“Nā, i te mea e whakapehapeha ana ngā tamāhine o Hiona,
e haere ana me te uatoko o ngā kakī,
me te takataka o ngā karu,
ka whakameamea,
me te tatangi anō ngā waewae;
17 mō reira ka whakangaua e te Ariki ki te pātito
te tumuaki o ngā tamāhine o Hiona,
ka takoto kau anō hoki i a Ihowā ō rātou wāhi ngaro.”
18 I taua rā ka kore i te Ariki te ātaahua o ngā mea tatangi o ngā waewae, o ngā whakapaipai rīpekapeka, o ngā heitiki; 19 ngā mekameka, ngā poroporo me ngā ārai kanohi, 20 ngā pōtae, ngā whakapaipai o ngā waewae, ngā pākawe, ngā pouaka hongihongi me ngā whakakai; 21 ngā mōwhiti, ngā whakapaipai a te ihu; 22 ngā kākahu whakapaipai, ngā koroka, ngā hōro me ngā pūkoro; 23 ngā whakaata me te rīnena pai, ngā pōtae me ngā ārai whakapaipai.
24 Nā, he kakara pai i mua, tērā e puta ake he piro;
he whītiki, tuku iho he tawhetawhe;
he koukou huatau, tau iho he pākira kau;
he tātua whakapaipai, kōpakina iho ki te kākahu taratara;
he ātaahua, hunuhunua ake.
25 Ka hinga ōu tāngata i te hoari,
ōu mārohirohi i te whawhaitanga.
26 Ka tangi, ka auē ōna kūwaha; ā, ka mokemoke ia,
ka tau ki te whenua.