Heremaia.
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Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: “Nanā, ka whakaarahia e ahau he hau whakamōtī mō Papurōna, mō te hunga hoki e noho ana i Repekamai. 
Ka ungā anō e ahau he kaitītaritari ki Papurōna, ā, ka tītaria e rātou; ka meinga tōna whenua kia takoto kau. Nō te mea i te rā o te hē ka tatau rātou ki a ia i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha. 
Kaua te kaikōpere e whakapiko i tāna kōpere, kaua anō hoki ia e whakarewa ake i a ia me te pukupuku ki runga i a ia. Kaua āna taitama e tohungia; whakangaromia rawatia e koutou tāna ope katoa. 
Nā, ka hinga ngā tūpāpaku ki te whenua o ngā Karari, he mea wero ki ōna ara. 
Kāhore hoki a Īharaira i whakarērea, kāhore anō hoki a Hūrā, e tōna Atua, e Ihowā o ngā mano; ahakoa kei te kapi tō rātou whenua i te hara ki te Mea Tapu o Īharaira. 
“Rere atu i roto o Papurōna, e kuhu he tangata i tōna wairua, i tōna. Kei hātepea atu koutou i roto i tōna hē; nō te mea ko te wā tēnei o tā Ihowā rapu utu; ka rite tāna utu ki a ia. 
He kapu kōura a Papurōna i roto i te ringa o Ihowā, nāna i haurangi ai te whenua katoa. Kua inumia tōna wāina e ngā iwi; nā reira ka haurangi ngā iwi. 
Inamata kua taka a Papurōna, kua pakaru. E tangi ki a ia! E mau i te pama mō tōna mamae; me kore noa ia e taea te rongoā. 
“ ‘Tērā e rongoātia e mātou a Papurōna, heoi kīhai ia i ora; whakarērea ia, ka haere tātou ki tōna whenua, ki tōna whenua; nō te mea kua tutuki atu tōna whakawā ki te rangi, kua rewa ake ki ngā kapua rā anō. 
“ ‘Kua whakaputaina e Ihowā tō tātou tika; haere mai, kia kōrerotia e tātou te mahi a Ihowā, a tō tātou Atua ki Hiona.’ 
“Whakakoia ngā pere! Puritia ngā whakangungu rākau, kia mau! Kua whakaohongia e Ihowā te wairua o ngā kīngi o ngā Meri; he tikanga hoki tāna mō Papurōna kia whakangaromia. Nō te mea he rapunga utu tēnei nā Ihowā, he rapunga utu mō tōna temepara. 
Whakaarahia he kara ki ngā taiepa o Papurōna; whakakahangia ngā kaitiaki; whakaritea ngā kaitiaki; whakatakotoria ngā pehipehi! Kua takoto hoki i a Ihowā, kua oti anō i a ia tāna i kōrero ai mō ngā tāngata o Papurōna. 
E te wahine e noho nā i runga i ngā wai maha, he maha nei ōu taonga, kua tae mai tōu whakamutunga, te rūri mō tōu apo taonga. 
Kua oatitia e Ihowā o ngā mano tōna oranga, kua mea: He pono ka whakakīia koe e ahau ki te tangata, kei te huhu te rite; ā, ka hāmama rātou ki a koe. 
“Nāna i hanga te whenua, nā tōna kaha; ko te ao nāna i whakapūmau, nā ōna whakaaro nui; ko ngā rangi nā tōna mātauranga i hora. 
Kia puaki tōna reo, ka haruru ngā wai i ngā rangi, ka meinga e ia ngā kohu kia piki ake i ngā pito o te whenua. E hangā ana e ia ngā uira me te ua, e whakaputaina mai ana te hau i roto i ōna whare taonga. 
“Ka pōauau katoa te tangata, ka kore he mōhio; whakamā iho ngā kaiwhakarewa kōura katoa i tāna whakapakoko. He mea teka hoki tāna i whakarewa ai, kāhore he manawa i roto i a rātou. 
He horihori kau rātou, he mea pōhēhē; ka ngaro rātou i te wā e tirotirohia ai rātou. 
Kāhore e rite ki ērā te wāhi i a Hākopa; ko ia hoki te kaiwhakaahua o ngā mea katoa; ā, ko Īharaira te iwi o tōna kāinga tupu. Ko Ihowā o ngā mano tōna ingoa.” 
“Ko koe tāku toki poutangata, ko āku patu mō te whawhai; hei wāwāhi koe māku mō ngā iwi, hei whakamōtī māku mō ngā kīngitanga; 
hei wāwāhi anō koe māku mō te hōiho rāua ko tōna kaieke; hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te hāriata, mō te tangata anō i runga; 
hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te tangata, mō te wahine; hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te koroheke, mō te tamariki; hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te taitama mō te taitamāhine; 
hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te hēpara, mō tāna kāhui; hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te kaiparau, mō āna kau hoki kua oti te ioka; hei wāwāhi koe māku mō ngā rangatira, mō ngā ariki.” 
“Ka utua hoki e ahau a Papurōna, me ngā tāngata katoa o Karari mō tā rātou kino katoa i mea ai rātou ki Hiona i tā koutou tirohanga,” e ai tā Ihowā. 
“Nanā, hei hoariri ahau mōu, e te maunga whakamōtī,” e ai tā Ihowā, “e huna nā koe i te whenua katoa; ā, ka totoro atu tōku ringa ki a koe, ka hurihia iho koe i runga i ngā toka, ā, ka meinga koe hei maunga kua oti te tahu. 
Ā, e kore tētahi kōhatu e tangohia mai e rātou i a koe mō te kokonga, tētahi kōhatu rānei mō ngā tūranga; engari ka ururua koe ā ake ake,” 
“Whakaarahia e koe he kara ki te whenua, whakatangihia te tētere i roto i ngā iwi, kia rite mai ngā iwi hei whawhai ki a ia, kārangarangatia hei whawhai ki a ia ngā kīngitanga o Ararata, o Mini, o Ahakenaha. Whakaritea he rangatira hei mea ki a ia; meinga ngā hōiho kia kōkiri ake ānō he tātarakihi pūhuruhuru. 
Kia rite mai ngā iwi, ngā kīngi o ngā Meri, ō rātou rangatira, ō rātou ariki, me te whenua katoa anō o tōna kīngitanga hei whawhai ki a ia. 
Nā, kei te wiri te whenua, kei te mamae; nō te mea kei te tū tonu ngā whakaaro katoa o Ihowā mō Papurōna, kia meinga te whenua o Papurōna hei ururua, tē ai he tangata. 
Kua kāhore ngā mārohirohi o Papurōna e whawhai, kei te noho rātou i roto i ō rātou wāhi kaha; kua kore tō rātou kaha; kua rite rātou ki te wahine; kua wera ōna nohoanga; kua whati ōna tūtaki. 
Ka rere tētahi kaikōrero kia tūtaki ki tētahi, tētahi karere hoki kia tūtaki ki tētahi, hei whakaatu ki te kīngi o Papurōna kua horo tōna pā i ngā taha katoa; 
kua riro anō ngā whitinga, kua wera ngā kākaho i te ahi, ā, kua mataku ngā tāngata whawhai.” 
Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: “Ko te rite i te tamāhine a Papurōna kei te patunga wīti i te wā e takahia ai; he wā iti ake, ka tae ki te wā o tōna kotinga. 
“Kua pau ahau i a Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, kua pēpē ahau i a ia, kua meinga ahau e ia hei oko tahanga, kua horomia ahau e ia ānō nā te tarakona, whakakīia ana hoki e ia tōna kōpū ki āku kai reka; kua makā ahau e ia ki waho. 
Hei runga i Papurōna te tūkinotanga ki ahau, ki ōku kikokiko hoki,” e ai tā te wahine o Hiona; “Ā, hei runga i ngā tāngata o Karari ōku toto,” e ai tā Hiruhārama. 
Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: “Nanā, ka tohe ahau i tāu tohe, ā, ka rapu ahau i ngā utu mōu; ā, ka mimiti i ahau tōna moana, ka maroke hoki ōna puna. 
Ā, ka waiho a Papurōna hei pūranga, hei nohoanga mō ngā kīrehe mohoao, hei mīharotanga, hei whakahīanga atu, tē ai he tangata. 
Ka hāmama ngātahi rātou, ānō he raiona; ka ngangara rātou ānō he kūao raiona. 
Kia werawera rātou, ka takā e ahau he hākari mā rātou, ā, ka whakahaurangitia rātou e ahau, kia whakamanamana ai rātou, kia moe ai i te moe roa, tē korikori,” e ai tā Ihowā. 
“Ka riro rātou i ahau ki raro, ānō he reme ki te patunga; ānō he hipi toa i huihuia atu ki ngā koati toa. 
“Taukiri e, kua horo a Hehaka, kua huakina tatatia te whakamoemiti a te whenua katoa! Taukiri e, kua waiho a Papurōna hei ururua i roto i ngā iwi! 
Kua tae ake te moana ki Papurōna; kua taupokina ia e ōna ngaru maha. 
Kua mōtī ōna pā, he whenua waikore, he ururua, e kore e nohoia e tētahi tangata, e kore hoki tētahi tama a te tangata e tika nā reira. 
Ka whiua hoki e ahau a Pere i Papurōna, ka whakaputaina mai e ahau i roto i tōna māngai te mea i horomia e ia. E kore anō ngā iwi e rere ā-wai mai ki a ia ā mua; āe rā, ka hinga anō te taiepa o Papurōna. 
“E tāku iwi, puta atu i roto i a ia! Kāhaki koutou i a koutou, i tērā, i tērā, i te mura o tō Ihowā riri. 
Kei hopī ō koutou ngākau, kei wehi hoki koutou ki te rongo meāke nei rangona ki te whenua – nō te mea ka tae mai he rongo i tētahi tau, ā, i muri i tēnā i tētahi atu tau ka tae mai anō he rongo, he tūkino ki te whenua, he rangatira e whakatika ana ki te rangatira. 
Mō reira, nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā e whiua ai e ahau ngā whakapakoko o Papurōna, ā, ka whakamā tōna whenua katoa; ā, ka hinga ōna tūpāpaku i roto i a ia. 
Nā, kātahi ka waiata te rangi me te whenua, me ngā mea katoa i reira ki Papurōna, he hari hoki; nō te mea ka haere mai ngā kaipāhua ki a ia i te raki,” 
“I te mea nā Papurōna i mea ngā tūpāpaku o Īharaira kia hinga, waihoki ka hinga ki Papurōna ngā tūpāpaku o te whenua katoa. 
E koutou kua mawhiti atu nā i te hoari, haere koutou, kaua e tū noa; mahara ki a Ihowā i tawhiti, tukua mai hoki a Hiruhārama ki roto ki ō koutou ngākau. 
“Whakamā ana mātou, mō mātou i rongo i te tāwai; kua taupokina ō mātou mata e te pōrahurahu; kua tae mai hoki ngā tautāngata ki ngā wāhi tapu o te whare o Ihowā.” 
“Mō reira, nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā,” e ai tā Ihowā, “e whiua ai e ahau āna whakapakoko; ā tērā e ngunguru te hunga i werohia ā puta noa i tōna whenua katoa. 
Ahakoa i kake atu a Papurōna ki runga ki te rangi, ahakoa i hangā e ia tōna wāhi tiketike kaha kia kaha rawa, e tae atu anō i ahau ngā kaipāhua ki a ia,” 
“He reo te hāmama mai nei i Papurōna, he wawāhanga nui kei te whenua o ngā Karari! 
Nō te mea kei te pāhua a Ihowā i Papurōna, ā, kei te whakakore atu i te reo nui i roto i a ia; ā, ka haruru ō rātou ngaru, ānō ko ngā wai maha, ka puta te tuki o tō rātou reo. 
Kua tae mai hoki te kaipāhua ki a ia, ki Papurōna, kua mau hoki ōna mārohirohi, kua mongamonga ā rātou pere. Nō te mea he Atua a Ihowā nō te whakahoki utu, ā, he pono ka tino takoto tāna utu. 
Nā, ka whakahaurangitia e ahau ōna rangatira, ōna tāngata whakaaro nui, ōna kāwana, ōna ariki, ōna mārohirohi hoki; ā, ka moe rātou i te moe roa, tē korikori,” e ai tā te Kīngi, ko tōna ingoa nei ko Ihowā o ngā mano. 
Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: “Ka pakaru rawa ngā taiepa whārahi o Papurōna, ā, ka wera ōna kūwaha tiketike i te ahi; ā, ka māuiui ngā iwi mō te kore noa iho, ngā iwi hoki mō te ahi, ā, ruha noa rātou.” 
Ko te kupu i whakahaua e Heremaia poropiti ki a Heraia tama a Neria tama a Maaheia i tō rāua haerenga tahitanga atu ko Terekia kīngi o Hūrā ki Papurōna i te whā o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga. Nā, ko Heraia te tino rangatira o te whare kīngi. 
Nā, tuhituhia iho e Heremaia ki te pukapuka te kino katoa meāke puta ki Papurōna, arā ēnei kupu katoa kua tuhituhia nei mō Papurōna. 
Ā, i mea a Heremaia ki a Heraia, “E tae koe ki Papurōna, me tino kōrero e koe ēnei kupu katoa, 
ā, ka mea, ‘E Ihowā, kua kōrerotia e koe tēnei wāhi kia hātepea atu, kia kaua hoki tētahi e noho ki konei, tangata rānei, kararehe rānei, engari kia waiho tonu hei ururua ake ake.’ 
Nā, ka mutu tāu kōrero i tēnei pukapuka, herea e koe ki reira tētahi kōhatu, ka maka atu ai ki waenganui o Uparati, 
ā, ka mea atu koe, ‘Ka pēnei te totohutanga o Papurōna, e kore hoki e puea ake anō, i te kino e tākina mai e ahau ki runga ki a ia; ā, ka ruha rātou.’ ” I mutu ki konei ngā kupu a Heremaia. 
