1 Ā, i haere a Mohi, i kōrero i ēnei kupu ki a Īharaira katoa. 2 I mea ia ki a rātou: “Ko tōku kaumātua i tēnei rā ka kotahi rau e rua tekau ngā tau; e kore ahau e āhei anō te kōpiko atu, te kōpiko mai. Kua mea mai hoki a Ihowā ki ahau, ‘E kore koe e whiti i tēnei Horano.’ 3 Ko Ihowā, ko tōu Atua, ko ia e whakawhiti ki mua i a koe; māna e whakangaro atu ēnei iwi i mua i a koe, ā, ka riro rātou i a koe. Ā, ko Hohua, ko ia e whiti atu i mua i a koe, ka rite ki tā Ihowā i kōrero ai. 4 Ā, ka rite tā Ihowā e mea ai ki a rātou ki tāna i mea ai ki a Hihona rāua ko Oka, ki ngā kīngi o ngā Amori, ki tō rātou whenua hoki; i hunā nei e ia. 5 Ā, ka hōmai rātou e Ihowā ki tō koutou aroaro, ā, ka rite tā koutou e mea ai ki a rātou ki ngā whakahau katoa i whakahau ai ahau ki a koutou. 6 Kia māia, kia toa, kaua e wehi, kaua e pāwera i a rātou: nō te mea ko Ihowā, ko tōu Atua, ko ia te haere tahi ana i a koe; e kore ia e whakarere i a koe, e kore hoki e mawehe atu i a koe.”
7 Nā, ka karanga a Mohi ki a Hohua, ā, ka mea ki a ia i te tirohanga a Īharaira katoa, “Kia māia, kia toa; ko koe hoki e haere tahi me tēnei iwi ki te whenua i oati ai a Ihowā ki ō rātou mātua kia hōmai ki a rātou; māu anō rātou e whakawhiwhi ki taua wāhi. 8 Ko Ihowā anō, ko ia te haere ana i tōu aroaro, hei tōu taha ia, e kore ia e whakarere i a koe, e kore hoki e mawehe atu i a koe; kaua e wehi, kaua hoki e pāwera.”
16 Kātahi ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, “Nanā, ka takoto koe ki ōu mātua; ā, ka whakatika te iwi nei, ka whai atu, ka pūremu ki ngā atua kē o te whenua, e haere nā rātou ki reira noho ai ki waenganui i a rātou; ka whakarere i ahau, ka whakataka hoki i tāku kawenata i whakaritea atu e ahau ki a rātou. 17 Ā, ka mura tōku riri ki a rātou i taua rā, ā, ka whakarere ahau i a rātou, ka huna hoki i tōku kanohi i a rātou, ā, ka pau rātou, ka pā anō hoki ngā kino maha me ngā matenga ki a rātou. Ā, ka mea rātou i taua rā, ‘Kāhore ianei ēnei kino i pā mai ki a tātou, nō te mea kāhore tō tātou Atua i roto i a tātou?’ 18 Ko ahau ia, ka huna rawa ahau i tōku kanohi i taua rā, mō ngā kino katoa i meatia e rātou, mō rātou i tahuri ki ngā atua kē.
19 “Nā, tuhituhia tēnei hei waiata mā kōrua, ka whakaako hoki ki ngā tama a Īharaira; hoatu hoki ki roto ki ō rātou waha, kia ai tēnei waiata hei kaiwhakaatu mōku ki ngā tama a Īharaira. 20 Nō te mea ka oti rātou te kawe e ahau ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ki ō rātou mātua, e rerengia nei e te waiū, e te honi; ā, ka kai rātou, ka mākona, ka mōmona hoki; ko reira rātou tahuri ai ki ngā atua kē, mahi ai ki a rātou, ā, ka whakahāwea rātou ki ahau, ka whakataka hoki i tāku kawenata. 21 Ā tēnei ake, hei te pānga o ngā kino maha, o ngā mate maha ki a rātou, nā, mā tēnei waiata e whakaatu ki tō rātou aroaro; nō te mea e kore e mahue i ngā waha o ō rātou uri. E mōhio ana hoki ahau ki ō rātou whakaaro e tito nei rātou ināianei nei anō, i te mea kīanō ahau i kawe noa i a rātou ki te whenua i oati ai ahau.”
22 Nā, tuhituhia ana e Mohi tēnei waiata i taua rangi anō, ā, whakaakona ana ki ngā tama a Īharaira.
23 Ā, i whakahau anō ia i a Hohua, i te tama a Nunu, i mea, “Kia māia, kia toa; māu hoki e kawe ngā tama a Īharaira ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ki a rātou; ā, hei a koe ahau.”
24 Ā, ka oti i a Mohi te tuhi ngā kupu o tēnei ture ki tētahi pukapuka, ā poto noa, 25 nā, ka whakahau a Mohi i ngā Rīwaiti, i ngā kaiamo i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, ka mea, 26 “Tangohia tēnei Pukapuka o te Ture, hoatu ki te taha o te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, a tō koutou Atua, ā, hei reira takoto ai, hei whakaatu ki a koe. 27 Nō te mea e mōhio ana ahau ki tōu tutū, ki tōu kakī mārō; nanā, i ahau e ora nei anō i a koutou i tēnei rā, e tutū ana anō koutou ki a Ihowā; ā, ka mate ahau, tērā noa ake! 28 Huihuia mai ki ahau ngā kaumātua katoa o ō koutou iwi, me ō koutou rangatira, ā, ka kōrero ahau i ēnei kupu ki ō rātou taringa, ka waiho hoki i te rangi, i te whenua hei kaititiro mō rātou. 29 Nō te mea e mōhio ana ahau, ko muri i tōku matenga taka rawa ai koutou, peka kē ai i te huarahi i kīia atu e ahau ki a koutou; ā, ka pono mai te kino ki a koutou i ngā rā whakamutunga; mō koutou ka mahi i te kino i te tirohanga a Ihowā, hei whakapātaritari i a ia ki te mahi a ō koutou ringa.”