1Whakatuwheratia ōu kūwaha, e Repanōna,
kia kai ai te ahi i ōu hīta!
2Auē, e te kauri; kua hinga hoki te hīta,
kua pāhuatia ngā mea ātaahua!
Auē, e ngā oki o Pahana,
kua riro iho hoki te ngahere kāhore nei e taea atu!
3He reo nō ngā hēpara e auē ana;
nō te mea kua oti tō rātou korōria te pāhua!
He reo nō ngā kūao raiona e ngengere ana;
nō te mea kua oti te whakapehapeha o Horano te pāhua!
Ngā Hēpara Tokorua4Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a tōku Atua: “Whāngaia ngā hipi, ngā mea e patua ana.
5E patua ana hoki e ngā tāngata nāna, tē ai he whakahē ake; ko te kī a ō rātou kaihoko, ‘Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā; kua whiwhi hoki ahau ki te taonga’; kāhore hoki he manawapā o ō rātou hēpara ki a rātou.
6E kore hoki ahau e manawapā ki ngā tāngata o te whenua ā muri ake nei,” e ai tā Ihowā. “Engari, nā, ka tukua ngā tāngata ki te ringa o tōna hoa, o tōna hoa, ki te ringa anō o tōna kīngi; ā, mā rātou te whenua e patu; e kore anō ahau e whakaora i a rātou i roto i ō rātou ringa.”
7Nā, kei te whāngai ahau i ngā hipi e patua ana, i ngā mea iti anō o te kāhui. I tīkina anō e ahau ētahi tokotoko e rua mōku, tapā iho e ahau tētahi ko Ātaahua, tētahi tapā iho e ahau, ko ngā Paihere; nā, kei te whāngai ahau i ngā hipi.
8He mea hātepe anō nāku ngā hēpara tokotoru i te marama kotahi; i whakarihariha hoki tōku wairua ki a rātou, ko ō rātou wairua hoki i whakarihariha ki ahau.
9Kātahi ahau ka kī atu, “E kore koutou e whāngaia e ahau. Ko te mea mō te mate kia mate, ko te mea e hātepea kia hātepea; kia kai hoki ngā toenga i ngā kikokiko o tōna hoa, o tōna hoa.”
10Nā, kua mau ahau ki tōku tokotoko ki a Ātaahua, tapahia pūtia ana e ahau, he whakatakanga i tāku kawenata i whakaritea e ahau ki ngā iwi katoa.
11Nā, kua whakatakā i taua rā; ā, mōhio tonu iho ngā mea iti o te kāhui i tatari ki ahau, nā Ihowā taua kupu.
12I mea anō ahau ki a rātou, “Ki te mea e pai ana ki tā koutou titiro, hōmai tōku utu; ki te kāhore, kauaka.” Nā, pāunatia mai ana tōku utu e rātou, e toru tekau hiriwa.
13Nā, ka kī mai a Ihowā ki ahau, “Makā atu ki te kaihanga rīhi” – te utu pai i whakaritea mōku e rātou. Nā, ka mau ahau ki ngā hiriwa e toru tekau, ā, makā atu ana e ahau ki te kaihanga rīhi i te whare o Ihowā.
14Kātahi ka tapahia pūtia e ahau te rua o ōku tokotoko, arā ngā Paihere, kia kore ai te tuākanatanga o Hūrā ki a Īharaira.
15I kī mai anō a Ihowā ki ahau: “Tīkina anō ētahi mea a te hēpara wairangi māu.
16Nō te mea, nā, ka ara i ahau tētahi hēpara i te whenua; e kore ia e tirotiro i ngā mea ka motuhia atu, e kore e rapu i ngā mea kua marara, e kore e rongoā i te mea he whati tōna, e kore anō e whāngai i te mea e toitū ana; engari ka kainga e ia te kikokiko o te mea mōmona, ko ō rātou matikuku tītaritaria rawatia e ia.
17Auē te mate mō te hēpara hauwarea,
e whakarere ana i ngā hipi!
Ka pā te hoari ki tōna ringa,
ki tōna kanohi matau!
Ka memenge rawa tōna ringa,
ka pōuri rawa tōna kanohi matau!”
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