Hopa 20 - Maori Bible 2012(MRI2012)

E Whiwhi ana te Kino i te Whakawhiunga Tika

1Kātahi ka whakautua e Topara Naamati, i mea ia:

2“Nā konā ōku whakaaro i whakahoki kupu ake ai i roto i ahau;

nā reira anō ahau i hohoro ai.

3Kua rongo ahau i te whakahē mōku, e pā ai te whakamā ki ahau,

ā, nā te wairua o tōku ngākau mahara te kupu whakahoki ki ahau.

4“Kāhore rānei koe i mōhio ki tēnei i mua noa atu,

i te wā rā anō i whakanohoia ai te tangata ki runga ki te whenua;

5he poto te wā e whakamanamana ai te tangata kino,

ā, ko te hari o te tangata atuakore he wheriko kau?

6Ahakoa eke noa tōna nui ki ngā rangi,

ā, pā atu tōna māhunga ki ngā kapua;

7ka memeha atu anō ia ā ake ake, ka pērā anō me tōna paru;

ko te hunga kua kite i a ia, ka mea, ‘Kei hea ia?’

8Ka rere atu ia ānō he moemoeā, e kore anō hoki e kitea;

āe ka āia atu ia, ānō he rekanga kanohi nō te pō.

9Ko te kanohi i kite i a ia e kore e kite anō;

ā, heoi anō tirohanga a tōna wāhi ki a ia.

10E whakamānawareka āna tamariki i ngā rawakore,

mā ōna ringa anō e whakahoki ōna rawa.

11E kī ana ōna wheua i te tamarikitanga;

engari ka takoto tahi me ia i roto i te puehu.

12“Ahakoa reka te kino i roto i tōna māngai,

ahakoa hunā e ia i raro i tōna arero;

13ahakoa manawapātia noatia e ia, ā, kāhore e mahue i a ia,

heoi pupuri tonu i roto i tōna māngai;

14otirā, ka puta kē tāna kai i roto i ōna whēkau,

ko te au o ngā ahipi i roto i a ia.

15I horomia e ia te taonga, ka ruakina mai anō e ia;

mā te Atua e ākiri mai i roto i tōna kōpū.

16Ka ngotea e ia te hūware whakamate o ngā ahipi;

ka mate anō ia i te arero o te waipera.

17E kore ia e kite i ngā awa,

i ngā wai rere o te honi, o te pata.

18Ko tāna i uaua ai ka whakahokia e ia, e kore anō e horomia;

ko tāna utu ka rite ki ōna taonga; e kore anō e koa ki reira.

19Nāna hoki i tūkino ngā rawakore, whakarērea iho;

murua ana e ia he whare, ā, e kore e hangā anō e ia.

20“I te mea kāhore ia i kite i te tatūtanga i roto i a ia,

e kore anō ētahi o ngā mea e matea nuitia ana e ia e mau ki a ia.

21Kāhore tētahi mea i toe i kore te horomia e ia;

nō reira, e kore tētahi mea pai ōna e mau tonu.

22I a ia e whiwhi nui nei i te rawa, e rawakore anō ia;

ka tae mai ki a ia ngā ringa katoa o te hunga kei roto i te mate.

23I a ia ka mea ki te whakakī i tōna kōpū,

ka makā mai e te Atua te kaha o tōna riri ki runga ki a ia,

ā, ka ringihia iho ki a ia, i a ia anō e kai ana.

24Ka rere atu ia i te patu rino,

ka tū ia i te kōpere parāhi, puta pū.

25E unuhia ana, kua puta mai i roto i te tinana,

inā, puta mai ana te mata wheriko i roto i tōna au;

kua tau ngā wehi ki a ia.

26Ko te pōuri katoa kei te takoto mai mō āna taonga;

ka kainga ia e te ahi, kīhai i pūhia e te tangata;

mā reira e pau ai te toenga i roto i tōna tēneti.

27Ka whakakitea mai tōna hē e ngā rangi

ka whakatika mai anō te whenua ki a ia.

28Ko ngā hua o tōna whare ka riro,

ka rere, ānō he wai, ōna mea i te rā e riri ai ia.

29Ko tā te Atua wāhi tēnei mā te tangata kino,

ko te taonga tupu i kīia e te Atua mōna.”