1Whakawhetai ki a Ihowā, karanga atu ki tōna ingoa;
whakapuakina āna mahi ki waenganui o ngā iwi.
2Waiata ki a ia, hīmene ki a ia;
kōrerotia āna mahi whakamīharo katoa.
3Whakamanamana ki tōna ingoa tapu;
kia hari te ngākau o te hunga e rapu ana i a Ihowā.
4Rapua a Ihowā me tōna kaha;
rapua tonutia tōna mata, ake ake.
5Maharatia āna mahi whakamīharo i mahia e ia,
āna merekara me ngā whakaritenga a tōna māngai,
6e ngā uri o Āperahama, o tāna pononga,
e ngā tama a Hākopa, e āna i whiriwhiri ai.
7Ko Ihowā ia, ko tō tātou Atua;
kei te whenua katoa āna whakaritenga.
8Mahara tonu ia ki tāna kawenata ake ake,
ki te kupu i kīia iho e ia ki te mano o ngā whakatupuranga.
9Ki tāna i whakarite ai ki a Āperahama,
ki tāna oati hoki ki a Īhaka,
10ā, whakapūmautia iho e ia hei tikanga ki a Hākopa,
hei kawenata mau tonu ki a Īharaira.
11I a ia rā i mea, “Ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe te whenua o Kanaana
hei wāhi pūmau mō koutou.”
12I te mea he hunga torutoru rātou;
āe rā, he iti rawa, he manene anō ki reira.
13I a rātou e hāereere ana i tēnei iwi ki tērā atu iwi,
i tētahi rangatiratanga ki tētahi iwi kē,
14kīhai rātou i tukua e ia kia tūkinotia e te tangata;
he whakaaro anō ki a rātou i rīria ai e ia ngā kīngi,
15i mea ia, “Kei pā ki āku i whakawahi ai;
kei kino ki āku poropiti.”
16I karangatia e ia te matekai ki te whenua;
whati katoa i a ia te tokotoko, arā te taro.
17I tonoa e ia he tangata i mua i a rātou;
i hokona a Hōhepa hei pononga.
18I whakamamaetia ōna waewae ki te mekameka;
takoto ana ia i te rino;
19ā puta noa tāna kupu,
whakamātautauria ana ia e te kupu a Ihowā.
20I tono te kīngi, ā, wetekina ana ia;
arā te kīngi o ngā iwi, ā, tukua ana ia.
21Ā, meinga ana ia e ia hei ariki mō tōna whare,
hei rangatira mō ōna taonga katoa;
22hei herehere i āna rangatira ua pai ia,
hei ako i āna kaumātua ki te whakaaro.
23I haere mai anō a Īharaira ki Īhipa;
ā, noho ana a Hākopa ki te whenua o Hama.
24Nā, ka tino whakanuia e ia tāna iwi;
ā, ka meinga rātou kia kaha ake i ō rātou hoariri.
25I whakakoarotia e ia tō rātou ngākau kia kino ki tāna iwi,
kia mahi hīanga ki āna pononga.
26I tonoa e ia a Mohi, tāna pononga,
rāua ko Ārona, ko tāna i whiriwhiri ai.
27Whakaputaina ana e rāua āna tohu i waenganui i a rātou,
he merekara i te whenua o Hama.
28I tukua e ia te pōuri, ā, kua pōuri;
kīhai anō rātou i whakakeke ki āna kupu.
29I whakaputaia kētia e ia ō rātou wai hei toto;
ā, mate ake i a ia ā rātou ngohi.
30I whakangahue ake tō rātou whenua i te poroka,
i roto i ngā whare moenga o ō rātou kīngi.
31I whai kupu ia, ā, puta ana mai ngā pōkai namu;
me te kutu i ō rātou kāinga.
32I tukua iho e ia ki a rātou te whatu hei ua,
me te ahi mura ki tō rātou whenua.
33I pākia anō e ia ā rātou wāina me ā rātou piki;
ā, whatiwhatiia ana e ia ngā rākau o ō rātou kāinga.
34I kōrero ia, ā, puta ana mai te māwhitiwhiti
me te moka, tē taea te tatau,
35ā, kainga katoatia āna ngā otaota o tō rātou whenua;
pau ake ngā hua o tō rātou oneone.
36I whakamatea katoatia anō hoki e ia ngā mātāmua o tō rātou whenua,
te muanga o tō rātou kaha.
37Ā, whakaputaina mai ana rātou e ia, me te hiriwa, me te kōura,
kāhore hoki he mea tūoi i roto i āna iwi.
38Nā, hari ana a Īhipa i tō rātou haerenga;
i mau hoki tō rātou wehi ki a rātou.
39I horahia e ia te kapua hei hīpoki,
me te ahi hei whakamārama i te pō.
40I īnoi rātou, ā, hōmai ana e ia te koitareke;
ā, ka mākona rātou i te taro o te rangi.
41I wāhia e ia te kōhatu, ā, ka pakaru mai ngā wai;
rere ana i ngā wāhi maroke, koia anō kei te awa.
42I mahara hoki ia ki tāna kupu tapu,
ki a Āperahama anō, ki tāna pononga.
43Ā, whakaputaina mai ana e ia tāna iwi i runga i te hari,
āna i whiriwhiri ai i runga i te koa.
44Ā, hōmai ana e ia ki a rātou ngā whenua o ngā tauiwi;
ā, riro ana i a rātou ngā māuiuitanga o te iwi,
45kia puritia ai e rātou āna tikanga,
kia mau ai ki āna ture.
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