Hopa 32 - Maori Bible 2012(MRI2012)

Ka Kōhete a Erihu i ngā Hoa o Hōpa(32.1–37.24)

1Heoi, mutu ake te whakahoki kupu a ēnei tāngata tokotoru ki a Hopa, nō te mea he tika ia ki tōna nei whakaaro.

2Nā, kua mura te riri o Erihu tama a Parakere Puti, nō te whānau i a Rame. Mura ana tōna riri ki a Hopa, nō te mea ki tāna tika rawa ia i te Atua.

3I mura anō tōna riri ki ōna hoa tokotoru, nō te mea kīhai i kitea e rātou he kupu hei whakahokinga atu, heoi kei te whakahē anō rātou i a Hopa.

4Nā, i tatari a Erihu kia kōrero ia ki a Hopa, nō te mea he kaumātua ake rātou i a ia.

5Ā, nō te kitenga o Erihu kāhore he kupu i ngā māngai o aua tāngata tokotoru hei whakahokinga atu, mura ana tōna riri.

6Nā, ka oho a Erihu tama a Parakere Puti, ka mea:

“He taitamariki ahau, ko koutou ia he koroheke rawa;

koia ahau i hopohopo ai,

i wehi ai ki te whakaatu

i tōku whakaaro ki a koutou.

7I mea ahau, ‘Mā ngā rā te kōrero,

mā ngā tau kua maha e whakaatu te whakaaro nui.’

8Otiia, he wairua anō tō te tangata,

nā te manawa anō o te Kaha Rawa rātou i whai mahara ai.

9Ko ngā tāngata nunui, kāhore ō rātou whakaaro nui,

ko ngā kaumātua, kāhore e mātau ki te whakawā.

10Koia ahau i mea ai, ‘Whakarongo ki ahau;

ka whakakite hoki ahau i tōku whakaaro.’

11“Nanā, i tatari ahau ki ā koutou kupu;

i whai taringa atu ki ō koutou whakaaro mōhio

i a koutou e rapu kupu ana.

12Nanā, mahara tonu atu ahau ki a koutou,

ā, kīhai tētahi o koutou i whakaatu i te hē o Hopa,

i whakahoki kupu rānei ki āna kōrero.

13Kei mea koutou, ‘Kua kitea e mātou te mōhio,

nā te Atua ia i turaki, ehara i te tangata.’

14Nā, kīhai āna kupu i anga mai ki ahau;

e kore anō tāna e utua e ahau ki ā koutou kupu.

15“Pōrahurahu kau ana rātou, kore ake ā rātou kupu whakahoki;

mutu ake ā rātou kōrero.

16Kia tatari ahau, nō te mea kāhore rātou e kōrero,

nō te mea e tū kau ana rātou, kāhore e whakahoki atu?

17Me kōrero atu hoki e ahau āku kupu,

māku anō e whakaatu tōku whakaaro.

18Kī tonu hoki ahau i te kōrero;

e akiakina ana ahau e te wairua i roto i ahau.

19Nanā, ko tōku kōpū rite tonu ki te wāina kāhore nei ōna putanga;

ki te ipu hou e tata ana ia te pakaru.

20Me kōrero ahau, kia tā ai tōku manawa;

ka puaki tōku māngai, ka whakahoki kupu ahau.

21Nā, kaua ahau e whakapai ki te kanohi tangata;

e kore hoki ahau e hoatu ingoa whakapaipai ki te tangata.

22Kāhore hoki ahau e mōhio ki te whakapati –

pēnei kua riro wawe ahau i tōku Kaihanga.”