1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 “E te tama a te tangata, poropititia he hē mō ngā poropiti o Īharaira e poropiti nei, mea atu hoki ki te hunga nō ō rātou ngākau tā rātou e poropiti nei: ‘Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā! 3 Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Auē te mate mō ngā poropiti wairangi, e whai nei i ō rātou wairua ake, ā, kīhai i kite i tētahi mea! 4 I rite tonu ōu poropiti, e Īharaira, ki ngā pokiha i ngā wāhi koraha. 5 Kīhai koutou i haere ki ngā wāhi pakaru, kīhai anō i hangā i te taiepa mō te whare o Īharaira, hei tūranga i te tatauranga i te rā o Ihowā. 6 He kitenga teka, he tūāhu horihori tā rātou e kī rā, “E ai tā Ihowā,” ehara rātou i a Ihowā i unga; ā, kua meinga e rātou te tangata kia tūmanako, tērā e mana te kupu. 7 He teka ianei he kitenga teka tā koutou kitenga, he horihori te tūāhu i kōrero ai koutou, i kī ai, “E kī ana a Ihowā,” ā, kīhai nei ahau i kōrero?

8 “ ‘Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Kua kōrero nā koutou i te teka, kua kite i te horihori, mō reira he hoariri tēnei ahau mō koutou, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā. 9 Ka pā anō tōku ringa ki ngā poropiti he horihori nei tā rātou kitenga, ki ngā tohunga tūāhu teka. E kore rātou e noho ki te rūnanga o tāku iwi, e kore e tuhituhia ki te tuhituhinga o te whare o Īharaira, e kore anō e tae ki te whenua o Īharaira; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko te Ariki ahau, ko Ihowā.

10 “ ‘Mō rātou, āe rā, mō rātou i whakapōhēhē i tāku iwi, i mea, “Ka mau te rongo,” i te mea kāhore he maunga rongo; nā, ko tētahi kei te hanga i te pakitara, ā, ko rātou hei pani ki te paru kīhai i kōnatunatua. 11 Mea atu ki ngā kaipani o te paru kīhai i kōnatunatua, tērā e hinga; ka puta te ua, he waipuke; ka taka iho anō koutou, e ngā nganga o te whatu; ka wāhia anō hoki e te hau, e te paroro. 12 Nanā, ka hinga te pakitara, kāhore rānei he kī ki a koutou, “Kei hea te paninga i pania rā e koutou?”

13 “ ‘Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Inā, ka wāhia e ahau ki te hau, ki te paroro, i tōku weriweri; ka puta anō te ua, te waipuke, i tōku riri, me ngā nganga anō o te whatu i tōku weriweri, hei whakapoto rawa. 14 Ka pakaru pērā i ahau te pakitara i pania rā e koutou ki te paru kīhai i kōnatunatua, pā tonu iho ki te whenua, ka whakakitea anō ōna tūranga. Ā, ka hinga, ka poto anō koutou ki waenganui o taua pakitara; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau. 15 Ka whakapaua pērātia e ahau tōku weriweri ki te pakitara, ki te hunga anō nāna i pani ki te paru kīhai i kōnatunatua; ka mea hoki ahau ki a koutou, “Kua kore te pakitara, kua kore anō te hunga nāna i pani – 16 arā ngā poropiti o Īharaira mō Hiruhārama nei tā rātou e poropiti ai, e kite nei i te kitenga mōna, i te rongo mau, i te mea kāhore he rongo mau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.” ’

17 “Nā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, anga atu tōu mata ki ngā tamāhine a tōu iwi e poropiti nei, he mea nō ō rātou ngākau ake; poropititia anō he hē mō rātou, 18 mea atu: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Auē te mate mō ngā wāhine e tuitui urunga ana ki ngā tuke katoa; e hanga ārai ana mō ngā māhunga o te roa, o te poto, hei whai wairua! Ka whai rānei koutou i ngā wairua o tāku iwi? Ka whakaora rānei i ētahi he wairua mā koutou? 19 Kua whakapokea ahau e koutou i waenga i tāku iwi hei utu mō ngā kutanga pārei, mō ngā kongakonga taro, hei whakamate i ngā wairua e kore e tika kia whakamatea, hei whakaora i ngā wairua e kore e tika kia ora, i a koutou ka kōrero teka nā ki tāku iwi e whakarongo nei ki ā koutou kōrero teka.

20 “Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nanā, e hē ana ahau ki ō koutou urunga i whāia ai ngā wairua e koutou i reira, i meinga ai kia rere, ka haea atu anō e ahau i ō koutou ringa. Ka tukua anō e ahau ngā wairua kia haere, ā koutou wairua e whai nā, e mea nā kia rere. 21 Ka haea atu anō e ahau ō koutou ārai, ka whakaorangia hoki tāku iwi i roto i ō koutou ringa; e kore anō e waiho i ō koutou ringa hei whāinga atu; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau. 22 Nō te mea kua whakapōuritia e koutou ki te kupu teka te ngākau o te tangata tika, kīhai nei i whakapōuritia e ahau; ā, whakaūngia ana ngā ringa o te tangata kino, i kore ai e tahuri mai i tōna ara kino, kia ora ai. 23 Mō reira e kore koutou e kite i te horihori ā muri ake nei, i ngā tikanga rānei ki ngā tūāhu; ā, ka whakaorangia hoki e ahau tāku iwi i roto i ō koutou ringa; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau.”

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