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Te Kōhura i Koropupū
1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i te iwa o ngā tau, i te tekau o ngā marama, i te tekau o ngā rā o te marama, i mea: 2 “E te tama a te tangata, tuhituhia te ingoa o tēnei rā, o tēnei rā kotahi rawa nei; ko te tino rā tēnei i anga nui ai te kīngi o Papurōna ki Hiruhārama. 3 Kōrerotia hoki tētahi kupu whakarite ki te whare whakakeke, mea atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
Whakaekea te kōhua, whakaekea,
ringihia anō he wai ki roto.
4 Kohikohia anō ōna wāhi ki roto,
ngā wāhi pai katoa, te hūhā, te peke;
whakakīia ki ngā wheua pai rawa.
5 Tīkina te hipi pai rawa,
me haupū ngā wheua ki raro i a ia;
kia nui te koropupūtanga;
āe rā, kōhuatia ōna wheua ki roto.
6 “Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
Auē te mate mō te pā toto,
me te kōhua he waikura nei tōna,
kīhai nei tōna waikura i tahia!
Whakaputaina ki waho tēnei wāhi ōna, tēnei wāhi ōna;
kāhore tētahi rota i tau ki runga i a ia.
7 Nō te mea kei roto i a ia ōna toto,
kua waiho e ia ki runga ki te kāmaka;
kīhai i ringihia e ia ki te whenua,
kia hīpokina ai ki te puehu.
8 He mea kia puta ake ai te weriweri ki te rapu utu,
kua waiho e ahau ōna toto
ki runga ki te kāmaka,
kei hīpokina.
9 “Nā reira tēnei kupu a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
Auē te mate mō te pā toto!
Māku anō e whakanui tōna pūranga wahie.
10 Pūrangatia te wahie,
whakaūngia te ahi,
kia pai rawa te kōhua i ngā kiko;
meatia mārietia kia pupuru ngā kai,
kia wera hoki ngā wheua.
11 Ka tū kau, whakatūria ki runga ki ōna ngārahu,
kia mahana ai, kia wera ai tōna parāhi,
kia rewa ai tōna poke i roto,
kia poto ai te waikura.
12 Kua hōhā ia i te mahi;
otiia kīhai tōna waikura nui i puta atu i roto i a ia;
kāhore tōna waikura i kore i te ahi.
13 “He hē kei roto i tōu poke. Nā, mea noa ahau i a koe kia mā, ā, kīhai koe i mā; mō reira e kore tōu poke e whakamākia ā muri ake nei, kia mākona rā anō tōku riri ki a koe.
14 “Nāku, nā Ihowā te kupu. Ka rite, ka mahia anō e ahau, e kore tāku e taka, e kore anō ahau e manawapā, e kore e rīpenetā. Ka rite ki ōu ara, ka rite ki āu mahi tā rātou whakawā mōu, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.”
Tō Ehekiera Pōuritanga
15 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 16 “E te tama a te tangata, ka tangohia mai e ahau i tōu taha tā ōu kanohi i hiahia ai, ka whakapāngia ki te mate; kaua anō ia e uhungatia, kaua e tangihia, kaua ōu roimata e puta. 17 E tangi, engari kia ngāwari; kauaka he uhunga tūpāpaku, herea tōu tūpare ki runga ki a koe, kuhua anō ōu hū ki ōu waewae, kaua anō ōu ngutu e āraia, kaua anō e kainga te taro tāngata.”
18 Heoi, i kōrero ahau ki te iwi i te ata; ā, i te ahiahi ka mate tōku hoa wahine. Nā, i te ata ka meatia e ahau te mea i whakahaua ki ahau.
19 Nā, ka mea te iwi ki ahau, “E kore ianei e kōrerotia e koe ki a mātou, he aha mō mātou ēnā mea e meatia nā e koe?”
20 Anō rā ko ahau ki a rātou, “I puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 21 Mea atu ki te whare o Īharaira: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Tēnei ahau te whakapoke nei i tōku wāhi tapu, i tā koutou i whakaī ai, i tā koutou kanohi e hiahia nei, i te mea e manawapātia ana e tō koutou wairua. Nā, ko ā koutou tama, ko ā koutou tamāhine, i mahue nei ki a koutou, ka hinga i te hoari. 22 Ā, ko tā koutou e mea ai ka rite ki tāku i mea nei; e kore ō koutou ngutu e āraia, e kore anō koutou e kai i te taro tāngata. 23 E mau anō ō koutou tūpare ki ō koutou māhunga, ō koutou hū ki ō koutou waewae. E kore koutou e uhunga, e kore e tangi; engari ka memeha atu i runga i ō koutou hē, ka kōingo ki tētahi, ki tētahi. 24 Ā hei tohu a Ehekiera ki a koutou; ka rite ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia tā koutou e mea ai. Ka pā mai tēnei, ka mōhio koutou ko te Ariki ahau, ko Ihowā.
25 “Nā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, he teka ianei i te rā e tangohia atu ai e ahau tō rātou kaha, tō rātou koa whakakorōria, tā ō rātou kanohi e hiahia ai, tā ō rātou ngākau e ōkaka tonu ai, ā rātou tama, ā rātou tamāhine, 26 i taua rā ka haere mai te mea i mawhiti ki a koe kia rongo ai ōu taringa? 27 I taua rā ka puaki tōu māngai ki te tangata i mawhiti, ā, ka kōrero, kore ake ōu wahangū; hei tohu hoki koe ki a rātou; ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau.”