4 I rongo anō ahau i tētahi atu reo i te rangi, e mea ana,
9 Ā, ko ngā kīngi o te ao i moepuku nei ki a ia, i tōrere ngātahi nei ki āna mea whakaahuareka, tērā e tangi ki a ia, e auē ki a ia, ina kite rātou i te paoa o tōna tahunga; 10 ka tū mai rātou i tawhiti i te wehi ki tōna whakamamae, ka mea, “Auē, auē, te pā nui, Papurōna, te pā kaha! Kua tae mai hoki tōu whakawā i te hāora kotahi.”
11 Ka tangi anō hoki ngā kaihoko o te whenua, ka auē ki a ia; nō te mea kāhore atu he tangata hei hoko i tā rātou utanga; 12 i te utanga o te kōura, o te hiriwa, o te kōhatu utu nui, o te peara, o te rīnena pai, o te pāpura, o te hiraka, o te kahu whero; me ngā rākau taina katoa, me ngā tini oko rei, me ngā tini oko rākau utu nui whakaharahara, oko parāhi, rino, mapere, 13 me te hinamona, me ngā mea kakara, me te hinu kakara, me te parakihe, me te wāina, me te hinu, me te parāoa pai, me te wīti, me ngā kararehe, me ngā hipi; me te utanga o ngā hōiho, o ngā hāriata, o ngā pononga; me ngā wairua tāngata. 14 Heoi, ko ngā hua i matea nuitia e tōu ngākau kua mawehe atu i a koe, ā, kua mahue hoki koe i ngā mea reka katoa, i ngā mea papai, ā, heoi anō te kitenga o aua mea e te tangata. 15 Ko ngā kaihoko o ēnei mea, kua whai taonga nei i a ia, ka tū mai rātou i tawhiti i te wehi ki tōna whakamamae, me te tangi, me te auē anō rātou, 16 me te kī, “Auē, auē, te pā nui, i kākahuria ki te rīnena pai, ki te pāpura, ki te whero, i tātaitia ki te kōura, ki te kōhatu utu nui, ki ngā peara! 17 Kotahi tonu hoki te hāora a mōtī rawa iho taua taonga nui.”
20 Kia hari ki a ia, e te rangi, e te hunga tapu, e ngā āpōtoro, e ngā poropiti anō hoki; kua whakaritea nei hoki e te Atua tā koutou whakawā i a ia!
21 Kātahi, ka hāpaingia ake e tētahi anahera kaha he kāmaka i rite nei ki tētahi kāmaka rahi nō te mira, ā, makā ana e ia ki te moana, me te kī anō ia, “Ka pēneitia a Papurōna, te pā nui, ka makā whakareretia atu, e kore anō hoki e kitea i muri nei. 22 Nā, heoi anō, rongonga i roto i a koe ki te reo o ngā kaiwhakatangi hāpa, o ngā kaiwhakatakoto rangi waiata, o ngā kaiwhakatangi i ngā pūtōrino, i ngā tētere; e kore anō hoki e kitea i ngā wā i muri nei tētahi kaimahi o ngā tini mahi i roto i a koe; e kore anō hoki e rangona i ngā wā i muri nei te haruru o te kōhatu mira i roto i a koe. 23 E kore anō hoki e whiti i ngā wā i muri nei te mārama o te rama i roto i a koe. E kore anō hoki e rangona i ngā wā i muri nei te reo o te tāne mārena hou, o te wahine mārena hou, i roto i a koe. Ōu kaihokohoko hoki ko ngā tāngata nunui o te ao; nā āu mahi mākutu anō hoki i pōhēhē ai ngā iwi katoa.”
24 I kitea anō hoki i roto i a ia ngā toto o ngā poropiti, o te hunga tapu, o te hunga katoa hoki i whakamatea ki runga ki te whenua.
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