Hopa.
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I kōrero anō a Erihu, i mea: 
“Tukua ahau, kia iti nei, ā, ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe; he kupu anō hoki āku mō tā te Atua. 
Ka tīkina atu e ahau tōku mōhio i tawhiti, ka whakatikaia e ahau tā tōku Kaihanga. 
E kore rawa hoki; āku kupu e teka; tēnei kei a koe te tangata kua tino nui tōna mātauranga. 
“Nanā, he pakari te Atua, e kore anō ia e whakahāwea; pakari tonu te kaha o tōna mātauranga. 
E kore te tangata kino e whakaorangia e ia; māna te hunga mate e whiwhi ai ki ngā mea e tika ana mā rātou. 
E kore e mutu tāna titiro ki te tangata tika; engari ka whakanohoia ngātahitia rātou e ia me ngā kīngi ki runga ki te torōna ake ake, ā, ka whakanekehia ake hoki rātou. 
Ki te mea kua herea rātou ki te mekameka, mau pū i te rāhiri, arā i ngā mate, 
ā, ka whakakitea e ia ki a rātou tā rātou mahi, me ō rātou hē, i mea ai rātou i ngā mea whakapehapeha. 
Ka whakapuaretia anō e ia ō rātou taringa ki te ako, ā, ka kī kia hoki i te kino. 
Ki te rongo rātou, ā, ka mahi ki a ia, ka pau ō rātou rā i runga i te pai, ō rātou tau i runga i ngā āhuareka. 
Otirā, ki te kore rātou e rongo, ka ngaro rātou i te hoari, hemo iho rātou, kāhore hoki he mātauranga. 
“Ko te hunga whakapono kore ō rātou ngākau, pūranga rawa i a rātou te riri; kāhore ā rātou karanga āwhina ina herea rātou e ia. 
Ka mate rātou i te taitamarikitanga, ā, ka ngaro tō rātou ora i roto i te hunga poke. 
Ko tāna he whakaora i te rawakore ina mate, e whakapuaretia ana e ia ō rātou taringa ina tūkinotia. 
Āe rā, me koe anō, tērā koe e riro i a ia i roto i te kūititanga ki te wāhi whānui; ā, kī tonu i te ngako te mea e whakatakotoria ki runga ki tāu tēpu. 
“Otiia kī tonu koe i te tikanga a te tangata kino; ā, mau pū koe i ngā tikanga, i te whakarite whakawā. 
Nā, i te mea he riri tēnei, kia tūpato kei riro koe i te nui o āu rawa; aua hoki koe e whakapeautia e te nui o te utu. 
E ranea rānei ōu rawa, e kore ai koe e taka hē? Ngā uaua katoa rānei o tōu kaha? 
Kaua e hiahiatia te pō, te wā e riro ai ngā tāngata i runga i tō rātou wāhi. 
Kia tūpato, kaua e tahuri ki te kino; ki tāu hoki he pai ake tēnei i ngā mate. 
Nanā, ko te Atua, ko tōna kaha hei whakanui, ko wai te kaiwhakaako hei rite mōna? 
Ko wai te kaitohutohu i te ara mōna? Ko wai hei mea, ‘Kua hē tāu mahi’?” 
“Kia mahara kia whakanuia e koe tāna mahi, e waiatatia nei e te tangata. 
Kua tirohia nei e ngā tāngata katoa e mātakitakina mai nei e te tangata i tawhiti. 
Nanā, he nui te Atua, e kore anō e mōhiotia e tātou; e kore anō hoki te maha o ōna tau e taea te rapu atu. 
“Ko ia nei hei ngongo ake i ngā pata wai, ka tauia i tōna kohu hei āwhā; 
ka ringihia iho nei e ngā kapua, ā, ka māturuturu nui ki runga ki te tangata. 
Āe rā, e mōhiotia ana rānei e tētahi ngā horahanga o ngā kapua, te ngangau o tōna tapenākara? 
Nanā, e horahia ana e ia tōna mārama ā tawhio noa i a ia; e hīpokina ana hoki e ia te takere o te moana. 
Ko āna mea hoki ēnā hei whakawā mō ngā iwi, nui tonu te kai e hōmai ana e ia. 
E hīpokina ana e ia ōna ringa ki te uira, ā, whakahaua iho e ia te wāhi e pā atu ai. 
Hei kaiwhakaatu i a ia tōna haruru, e waitohu ana hoki ki ngā kararehe i te tūpuhi meāke puta mai. 
