1Ko te poropititanga mō te raorao o te whakakitenga:
He aha rā nōu, i piki katoa ai koe ki ngā tuanui?
2E koe, e kī tonu nei koe i te ngē,
he pā turituri, he pā koa.
Ko ōu tāngata i patua ehara i te mea patu nā te hoari,
ehara i te hunga i mate i te whawhai.
3Rere ngātahi ana ōu rangatira katoa,
herea ana rātou e ngā kaikōpere.
Te hunga katoa i kitea i roto i a koe,
herea ngātahitia ana rātou,
te hunga i rere mai i tawhiti.
4Koia ahau i mea ai: “Kāti te titiro ki ahau,
ka nui tōku tangi;
kaua e tohe ki te whakamārie i ahau
mō te pāhuatanga o te tamāhine a tōku iwi.”
5He rā hoki tēnei nō te raruraru, nō te takahanga,
nō te pōkaikaha, he mea nā te Ariki, nā Ihowā o ngā mano,
i te raorao o te whakakitenga;
he pākaruhanga i ngā taiepa,
he karangatanga ki ngā maunga.
6Ko tā Erama, he mau i te papa pere,
me ngā hāriata tāngata me ngā kaieke hōiho;
ko tā Kiri he whakaputa mai i te whakangungu rākau ki waho.
7Nā, kapi ana ōu raorao whakapaipai i te hāriata,
tū ana ngā rārangi o ngā kaieke hōiho ki te kūwaha.
8Nā, mauria atu ana e ia te hīpoki o Hūrā.
Ā, ka titiro koe i taua rā
ki ngā patu i roto i te whare o te ngahere.
9Ā, ka kite koutou i ngā pakaru o te Pā o Rāwiri,
he maha;
ka huia hoki e koutou ngā wai
o te poka o raro.
10Ā, taua ana e koutou ngā whare o Hiruhārama;
wāwāhia ana e koutou ngā whare hei hanga mō te taiepa.
11Ka hangā anō e koutou he awa ki waenganui i ngā taiepa e rua
mō ngā wai o te poka tawhito.
Kāhore ia ō koutou whakaaro ki te kaimahi o tēnā mea,
kāhore hoki e titiro ki tōna kaihanga ō mua noa atu.
12Heoi, ko te karangatanga a te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano,
i taua rā ki te tangi, ki te auē, ki te moremore,
ki te whītiki i te kākahu taratara.
13Nā, ko te koa, ko te hari,
ko te patu kau, ko te patu hipi,
ko te kai kikokiko, ko te inu wāina.
“Kia kai tātou, kia inu;
āpōpō hoki tātou mate ai.”
14Nā, ka whakaatu a Ihowā o ngā mano ki ōku taringa: “He pono, e kore rawa tēnei hē o koutou e murua, ā mate noa koutou,” e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā o ngā mano.
He Whakatūpato ki a Hepena15Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano:
“Haere mai, haere ki tēnei kaitiaki o ngā moni,
ki a Hepena, ki te rangatira o te whare, mea atu:
16He aha tāu i konei? Ko wai hoki tāu i konei,
i haua ai e koe he tanumanga mōu ki konei?
E hahau ana koe he tanumanga mōna i te wāhi tiketike,
e tārai ana he nohoanga mōna ki te kāmaka!
17“Nanā, ka makā kinotia atu koe e Ihowā,
ka pērātia i tā te tangata kaha.
Āe rā, ka kōpakina rawatia koe e ia.
18He pono ka tahuri ia, ka whiua koe,
ānō he mea porotaka ki tētahi whenua nui;
hei reira koe mate ai,
ki reira anō hoki ngā hāriata o tōu korōria,
e koe, e te whakamā o te whare o tōu ariki.
19Ka peia atu hoki koe e ahau i tōu tūranga,
ka turakina iho anō koe e ia i tōu wāhi.
20“I taua rā ka karangatia e ahau tāku pononga, e Eriakimi tama a Hirikia.
21Ka whakakākahuria anō ia e ahau ki tōu kākahu, ka whakakahangia hoki ki tōu whītiki, ka hoatu anō tōu kāwanatanga ki tōna ringa, ā, hei matua ia ki ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, ki te whare anō o Hūrā.
22Ka waiho anō e ahau te kī o te whare o Rāwiri ki runga ki tōna pokohiwi; nā, māna e whakatuwhera, ā, kāhore he tangata hei tūtaki, māna e tūtaki, ā, kāhore he tangata hei whakatuwhera.
23Ka titia hoki ia e ahau ānō he titi ki te wāhi mau, ā, hei torōna korōria ia ki te whare o tōna pāpā.
24Ka whakairihia anō e rātou ki runga ki a ia te korōria katoa o te whare o tōna pāpā, ngā uri, ngā whānau, ngā oko ririki katoa, arā ngā oko hei peihana, me ngā oko katoa anō hei hāka.
25“I taua rā, e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano, ka taui te titi i titia nei ki te wāhi māu, ka tapahia, ka marere ki raro; ka motuhia atu anō te mea e iri ana i runga.” Nā Ihowā hoki te kupu.
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