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Te Tika o te Whakawātanga o Ihowā
1 “E rapua ana ahau e te hunga kīhai nei i ui ki ahau;
e kitea ana ahau e te hunga kīhai nei i kimi i ahau.
I mea ahau, ‘Tēnei ahau, tēnei ahau,’
ki te iwi kīhai nei i karangatia tōku ingoa ki a rātou.
2 Tuwhera tonu ōku ringa
i te rā roa nei ki te iwi tutū
e haere nei i te ara kāhore i pai,
e whai ana i ō rātou whakaaro ake,
3 ki te iwi he whakapātaritari tonu nei tā rātou
ki ahau ki tōku aroaro,
he patu whakahere i roto i ngā kāri,
he tahu whakakakara ki runga ki ngā āta pereki;
4 e noho nei i ngā urupā,
e moe ana i roto i ngā wāhi ngaro;
e kai ana i te kikokiko poaka,
ā, he hupa nō ngā mea whakarihariha kei roto i ā rātou oko.
5 Ko tā rātou kupu, ‘Tū atu, kaua e whakatata ki ahau;
he tapu rawa hoki ahau i a koe!’
He paowa ēnei ki tōku ihu,
he ahi e kā ana, ā pau noa te rā.
6 Nanā, kua oti te tuhituhi ki tōku aroaro:
E kore ahau e whakarongo puku; āe rā, ka utua e ahau,
ka utua ki roto ki ō rātou uma,
7 arā ō koutou kino, hui atu ki ngā kino o ō koutou mātua,”
e ai tā Ihowā.
“I tahu whakakakara nei ki runga ki ngā maunga,
i whakaiti nei i ahau i runga i ngā pukepuke;
mō reira ka mātua mēhuatia atu e ahau
tā rātou mahi ki tō rātou uma.”
8 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
“Ka rite ki te wāina hou e kitea ana i roto i te tautau,
ā, ka kīia, ‘Kaua e whakakorea,
he manaaki hoki kei roto,’
ka pērā anō tāku e mea ai, he whakaaro ki āku pononga,
kei kore rātou katoa.
9 Ka whakaputaina ake anō e ahau he uri i roto i a Hākopa,
i roto hoki i a Hūrā, he tangata mōna nei āku maunga;
ka riro anō a reira i āku i whiriwhiri ai,
ka noho āku pononga ki reira.
10 Ā, hei puninga hipi a Harono,
hei tāpapatanga te raorao i Ākoro mō ngā kau
a tāku iwi i rapu nei i ahau.
11 “Ko koutou ia kua whakarere i a Ihowā,
kua wareware ki tōku maunga tapu,
kua whakapaia e koutou he tēpu mā Kara,
whakakīia ana e koutou he ringihanga ki a Meni;
12 ka tukua atu koutou e ahau mā te hoari,
ka tuohu koutou katoa, ka tukitukia;
nō te mea i karanga ahau, ā, kīhai koutou i whakaō mai.
I kōrero ahau, ā, kīhai koutou i whakarongo.
Heoi, mahia ana e koutou te kino ki tāku tirohanga,
whiriwhiria ana e koutou te mea kīhai i paingia e ahau.”
13 Nā, ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
“Nanā, ko āku pononga, ka kai rātou,
ko koutou ia ka matekai;
nanā, ko āku pononga, ka inu rātou,
ko koutou ia ka matewai;
nanā, ko āku pononga, ka koa rātou,
ko koutou ia ka whakamā.
14 Nanā, ko āku pononga, ka waiata rātou
he koa nō te ngākau,
ko koutou ia ka tangi i te pōuri o te ngākau,
ka auē i te marū o te wairua.
15 Ā, ka waiho anō e koutou tō koutou ingoa
hei kanga mā āku i whiriwhiri ai,
ā, ka whakamatea koutou e te Ariki, e Ihowā,
ka huaina hoki e ia he ingoa kē ki āna pononga.
16 Kia waiho te tangata e manaaki ana i a ia anō i te whenua,
māna ia e manaaki i runga i te Atua o te pono;
ko te tangata hoki e oati ana i te whenua,
ko te Atua o te pono hei oati māna.
Nō te mea ka warewaretia ngā raru o mua,
ā, nō te mea kei te huna atu i ōku kanohi.”
Te Korōria o te Hanganga Hou
17 “Tēnei hoki ahau kei te hanga
ngā rangi hou, i te whenua hou.
E kore anō ō mua e maharatia,
e kore anō puta ake ki te ngākau.
18 Engari kia koa koutou, kia whakamanamana
ki tāku e hanga nei ake ake;
nō te mea tēnei ahau te hanga nei i Hiruhārama hei whakamanamananga,
i tōna iwi anō hei koanga ngākau.
19 Ka whakamanamana anō ahau ki Hiruhārama,
ka koa ki tāku iwi;
e kore anō e rangona i muri te reo e tangi ana,
te reo e auē ana i roto i a ia.
20 “Kāhore ō reira kōhungahunga
he torutoru nei ōna rā ake ake,
kāhore he koroheke kīhai i rite ōna rā;
nō te mea kotahi rau ngā tau o te taitamariki tōna matenga;
ko te tangata hara ia, kotahi rau nei ōna tau, he mea kanga.
21 Ka hanga whare anō rātou, nohoia iho;
ka whakatōkia he māra wāina, ka kainga anō ngā hua.
22 E kore e hangā e rātou hei nohoanga iho mō te tangata kē,
e kore e whakatōkia hei kai mā tētahi atu tangata.
Nō te mea ka rite ngā rā o tāku iwi
ki ngā rā o te rākau,
ā, ka roa āku i whiriwhiri ai e āhuareka ana
ki te mahi a ō rātou ringa.
23 E kore rātou e māuiui noa,
e kore e whānau hei mate;
nō te mea he uri rātou nō a Ihowā i manaaki ai,
rātou tahi anō ko tā rātou whānau.
24 Kāhore anō rātou kia karanga noa, kua whakaō atu ahau;
i a rātou anō e kōrero ana, ka rongo ahau.
25 Ko te wuruhi, ko te reme, ka kai tahi rāua;
ko te raiona, ka rite ki te kau, ka kai kakau wīti;
ko te nākahi, ko te puehu hei kai māna.
E kore rātou e tūkino, e whakamate,
puta noa i tōku maunga tapu,”
e ai tā Ihowā.