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Te Īnoi o te Tangata i Whakamohoa e tōna Hoa
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi Nekinoto. He Makiri nā Rāwiri.
1 E te Atua, tahuri mai tōu taringa ki tāku īnoi;
kei whakangaro atu koe, ina tangi ahau.
2 Anga mai ki ahau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau;
pōkaikaha noa iho ahau i ahau e tangi nei,
e hāmama nei; 3 i te reo hoki o te hoariri,
i te tūkino a te tangata kino.
Nō te mea e utaina ana e rātou he hara ki runga ki ahau,
ā, e kino ana ki ahau, e riri ana.
4 Mamae pū tōku ngākau i roto i ahau;
kua taka ki runga ki ahau ngā wehi whakamate.
5 Kua pā ki ahau te wehi me te wiri;
ā, pōkia iho ahau e te whakamataku.
6 Nā, ko tāku meatanga, “Auē, te whai pākau ahau me he kūkupa;
pēnei ka rere atu ahau, ā, ka whai okiokinga.
7 Kātahi ahau ka rere ki tawhiti;
ā, noho rawa atu i te koraha.
Hera
8 Ka hohoro tōku rere atu
i te hau, i te āwhā.”
9 Whakangaromia, e te Ariki, wehea ō rātou arero;
kua kitea hoki e ahau te tūkino me te tutū o roto o te pā.
10 Hāereere ana rātou i te ao, i te pō,
i runga i ōna taiepa, ā tawhio noa;
he kino kei roto, he hīanga.
11 He hara kei waenganui ōna;
kāhore ōna ara e mahue
i te tinihanga, i te hīanga.
12 Ehara hoki i te hoariri nāna ahau i tāwai;
pēnei e taea e ahau te whakaririka;
ehara hoki i te hoa whawhai nōku i whakakake ki ahau;
pēnei kua piri ahau, kei kitea e ia.
13 Nāu ia, nā te tangata i rite ki ahau,
nā tōku takahoa, nā tāku i mōhio ai.
14 Āhuareka tonu tā tāua kōrerorero;
haere tahi ana hoki tāua i roto i te rōpū ki te whare o te Atua.
15 Kia mau ohorere rātou i te mate,
kia heke ora ki te rēinga;
he hara hoki kei ō rātou nohoanga, kei waenganui i a rātou.
16 Ko ahau, ka karanga ahau ki te Atua;
ā, mā Ihowā ahau e whakaora.
17 I te ahiahi, i te ata, i te poutūmārōtanga,
ka īnoi ahau, ka tangi;
ā, ka whakarongo ia ki tōku reo.
18 Whakaorangia ana e ia tōku wairua
i runga i te rangimārie i ahau e whakaekea ana;
he tokomaha hoki ōku hoa whawhai.
19 Ka whakarongo te Atua, nō tua iho nei tōna nohoanga,
ā, ka whakahoki i tā rātou.
Hera
Ko te hunga kāhore ō rātou whakawhitiwhitinga,
ā, kāhore ō rātou wehi ki te Atua.
20 Kua totoro ōna ringa ki te hunga kua mau nei tā rātou rongo ki a ia;
kua whakatakā e ia tāna kawenata.
21 Māeneene atu tōna māngai i te pata,
he whawhai ia kei roto i tōna ngākau;
ngāwari atu āna kupu i te hinu,
kāhore, he hoari kua oti te unu.
22 Makā ki runga ki a Ihowā tāu pīkaunga,
ā, māna koe e whakaū ake;
e kore e tukua e ia
te hunga tika kia whakangāueuetia ake ake.
23 Māu ia rātou e mea, e te Atua,
kia heke ki te poka o te pirau;
e kore ngā tāngata toto,
ngā tāngata hīanga e tutuki ki te hāwhe o ō rātou rā.
Ko ahau ia, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe.