Ko te Pukapuka a
Hapakuku
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1 Ko te poropititanga i kitea e Hapakuku poropiti.
Te Amuamu a te Poropiti
2 Kia pēhea te roa, e Ihowā, o tāku tangi,
ā, kāhore koe e rongo?
E karanga atu ana ahau ki a koe mō te tutū,
ā, kāhore koe e whakaora.
3 He aha koe i whakakite mai ai i te kino ki ahau?
He aha koe i titiro ai ki te pakeketanga?
He pāhua hoki, he tutū tēnei kei tōku aroaro,
nā, he totohe tēnei, ā, kei te oho ake he ngangare.
4 Nā reira kahakore noa iho te ture,
kore tonu ake e puta te whakawā;
e karapotia ana hoki te tika e te kino –
nā reira, te putanga o te whakawā, he parori kē.
Te Whakautu a Ihowā
5 “Titiro atu ki ngā tauiwi, mātakitaki,
kia nui te mīharo!
Nō te mea kei te mahi ahau i tētahi mahi i ō koutou rā,
he mea e kore e whakaponohia,
ki te kōrerotia atu.
6 Nō te mea tēnei ka ara i ahau ngā Karari,
taua iwi nanakia rā, taua iwi hīkaka tonu rā,
e haerea nei e rātou te whānuitanga o te whenua,
kia riro ai i a rātou ngā kāinga ehara nei i a rātou.
7 “He hanga whakamataku rātou, he mea wehi;
i ahu tonu ake i a rātou tā rātou nā whakawā,
me tō rātou nā rangatiratanga.
8 He tere atu ā rātou hōiho i te reparo,
he nanakia atu i te wuruhi o te ahiahi;
ka tohatoha noa atu ō rātou kaieke hōiho.
Āe rā, ka haere mai anō ā rātou kaieke hōiho i tawhiti;
ko tā rātou rere rite tonu ki tā te ēkara e hohoro ana ki te kai.
9 “Ko rātou katoa he mahi nanakia i haere mai ai;
ko ō rātou kanohi whakamau tonu me te mea ko te hau marangai,
me te mea he kirikiri ngā whakarau e aohia ana e rātou.
10 Āe rā, e taunu ana ia ki ngā kīngi,
ā, hei kata māna ngā rangatira.
Ka kata ia ki ngā pā taiepa katoa;
ka opehia ake hoki he puehu e ia, ā, riro tonu i a ia.
11 Kātahi ia ka wheoro ake ānō he hau,
ka whiti atu, ā, ka mahi i te hē;
arā a ia, te tangata ko tōna kaha nei tōna atua.”
12 He teka ianei nōnamata riro koe,
e Ihowā, e tōku Atua, e tōku Mea Tapu?
E kore mātou e mate.
Kua waiho ia e koe, e Ihowā, hei whakawā;
kua whakapūmautia ia e koe, e te Kāmaka, hei whiu.
13 He kanohi mā rawa ōu, e kore koe e titiro ki te kino,
e kore anō e āhei kia mātakitaki koe ki te kino.
He aha koe i mātakitaki ai ki te hunga tinihanga,
i whakarongo puku ai i te mea ka horomia e te tangata kino
te tangata e tika rawa ana i a ia?
14 He aha ngā tāngata i meinga ai e koe
kia rite ki ngā ika o te moana, ki ngā mea ngōkingōki
kāhore nei ō rātou kaiwhakahaere tikanga?
15 Ko rātou katoa tangohia ake e ia ki te matau,
ka mau i a ia ki roto ki tāna kupenga,
e kokoa ana ki tāna rou;
nā reira koa ana ia, whakamanamana ana.
16 Koia ia i whakahere ai ki tāna kupenga,
i tahu whakakakara ai ki tāna rou;
nō te mea nā aua mea i whai ngako ai tōna wāhi,
i mōmona ai tāna kai.
17 He mea anō rānei tērā e whakawāteatia ai e ia tāna kupenga,
ā, kore iho e tohungia ngā iwi e patua tonutia ana?