1 Nā, i te whitu o ngā tau, i te rima o ngā marama, i te tekau o ngā rā o te marama, ka haere mai ētahi o ngā kaumātua o Īharaira ki te rapu tikanga i a Ihowā, ā, noho ana i tōku aroaro.

2 Nā, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 3 “E te tama a te tangata, kōrero ki ngā kaumātua o Īharaira; mea atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: I haere mai rānei koutou ki te rapu tikanga i ahau? E ora ana ahau, e kore ahau e pai kia rapua e koutou he tikanga i ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.

4 “E whakawā rānei koe i a rātou, e te tama a te tangata, e whakawā rānei koe? Meinga kia mōhio rātou ki ngā mea whakarihariha a ō rātou mātua, 5 mea atu hoki ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: I te rā i whiriwhiria ai e ahau a Īharaira, i tōku ringa i ara rā ki ngā uri o te whare o Hākopa – i mōhiotia ai ahau e rātou i te whenua o Īhipa – i tōku ringa i ara atu rā ki a rātou, i ahau i mea rā, ‘Ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Atua.’ 6 I taua rā anō i ara ai tōku ringa ki a rātou ki te tango mai i a rātou i te whenua o Īhipa ki te whenua i tirohia e ahau mō rātou, e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi, ki te wāhi ātaahua rawa o ngā whenua katoa. 7 I mea ahau ki a rātou, ‘Makā e tērā, e tērā, ngā mea whakarihariha o ōna kanohi; kaua hoki koutou e whakapokea ki ngā whakapakoko o Īhipa; ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Atua.’

8 “Otiia, kei te whakakeke rātou ki ahau, kīhai hoki i pai ki te whakarongo ki ahau, kīhai i makā atu e rātou ngā mea whakarihariha o ngā kanohi o tērā, o tērā, kīhai i whakarērea e rātou ngā whakapakoko o Īhipa. Kātahi ahau ka mea, Ka ringihia e ahau tōku weriweri ki a rātou, ka whakapaua e ahau tōku riri ki a rātou i waenganui o te whenua o Īhipa. 9 Otiia, mahi ana ahau mō tōku ingoa kei poke i te tirohanga a ngā iwi i noho tahi rātou, i meinga nei e ahau kia mōhio ki ahau, i ā rātou rā i kite i tō rātou whakaputanga mai i te whenua o Īhipa. 10 Heoi, whakaputaina ana rātou e ahau i te whenua o Īhipa, kawea ana ki te koraha. 11 I hoatu anō e ahau āku tikanga ki a rātou, i whakakitea atu anō ki a rātou āku whakaritenga e ora ai te tangata ki te mahia e ia. 12 I hoatu anō e ahau āku hāpati ki a rātou hei tohu ki ahau, ki a rātou, kia mōhio ai rātou ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō rātou kaiwhakatapu.

13 “Otiia, i whakakeke te whare o Īharaira ki ahau i te koraha; kīhai rātou i haere i runga i āku tikanga, paopao ana rātou ki āku whakaritenga e ora ai te tangata ki te mahia e ia; whakapokea rawatia ana e rātou āku hāpati. Kātahi ahau ka mea kia ringihia tōku weriweri ki a rātou i te koraha, kia mōtī rā anō rātou. 14 Otiia mahi ana ahau mō tōku ingoa, kei poke i te tirohanga a ngā iwi i kite nei i tāku tangohanga mai i a rātou. 15 I ara anō hoki tōku ringa ki a rātou i te koraha kia kaua rātou e kawea ki te whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi, ki tāku i hoatu ai, he wāhi ātaahua rawa i ngā whenua katoa; 16 mō rātou i paopao ki āku whakaritenga, ā, kīhai i haere i runga i āku tikanga; ko āku hāpati hoki whakapokea iho e rātou. He whai nō ō rātou ngākau i ā rātou whakapakoko. 17 Heoi, i tohungia rātou e tōku kanohi, kīhai i whakangaromia, kīhai anō ahau i whakamōtī i a rātou i te koraha. 18 Ā, i mea ahau ki ā rātou tamariki i te koraha, Kaua e haere i runga i ngā tikanga a ō koutou mātua, kaua anō e puritia ā rātou whakaritenga, kei poke hoki koutou i ā rātou whakapakoko. 19 Ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Atua; haere i runga i āku tikanga, puritia āku whakaritenga, mahia; 20 whakatapua hoki āku hāpati; ā, ka waiho ērā hei tohu ki ahau, ki a koutou, kia mōhio ai koutou ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Atua.

21 “Otiia kei te whakakeke ngā tamariki ki ahau: Kīhai i haere i runga i āku tikanga, kīhai hoki i pupuri i āku whakaritenga hei mahi mā rātou; ki te mahia hoki ēnā e te tangata, ka ai hei oranga mōna; ko āku hāpati hoki, whakapokea iho e rātou. Nā, ko tāku kīanga ake, kia ringihia tōku weriweri ki a rātou, kia whakapaua tōku riri ki a rātou i te koraha. 22 Engari, ia i whakahokia iho e ahau tōku ringa, ā, mahi ana mō tōku ingoa, kei poke i te tirohanga mai a ngā iwi i kite nei i tāku whakaputanga i a rātou. 23 I ara anō tōku ringa ki a rātou i te koraha, mō rātou kia whakamararatia ki roto ki ngā tauiwi, kia tītaria atu ki ngā whenua; 24 mō rātou kīhai i mahi i āku whakaritenga; mō rātou anō i paopao ki āku tikanga, nā, whakapokea iho e rātou āku hāpati, anga tonu ana ō rātou kanohi ki ngā whakapakoko a ō rātou mātua. 25 Nā, hoatu ana e ahau ki a rātou he tikanga kāhore i pai, he whakaritenga e kore ai rātou e ora. 26 I whakapokea anō rātou e ahau ki ā rātou mea hōmai noa, mō tā rātou meatanga i ngā tamariki katoa e oroko puta mai ana i te kōpū kia tika i roto i te ahi, he mea e meinga ai rātou e ahau kia noho kau noa iho, kia mōhio ai rātou ko Ihowā ahau.

27 “Mō reira kōrero ki te whare o Īharaira, e te tama a te tangata, mea atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Tēnei anō tētahi kohukohu a ō koutou mātua ki ahau, i a rātou i mahi nei i te hē ki ahau. 28 Ka oti rātou te kawe e ahau ki te whenua i ara ai tōku ringa kia hoatu a reira ki a rātou, nā, ka kite rātou i tēnā pukepuke tiketike, i tēnā, i tēnā rākau pūruru, i tēnā, nā, patua ana e rātou ki reira ā rātou patunga tapu, tāpaea ana e rātou ki reira te mea whakapātaritari, tā rātou whakahere. Mahia ana e rātou tā rātou whakakakara reka ki reira, ringihia ana e rātou ki reira ā rātou ringihanga. 29 Kātahi ahau ka mea ki a rātou: He aha te pukepuke tiketike e hāereere atu nā koutou?” (Heoi, huaina ana te ingoa o reira ko Pāma ā mohoa noa nei.)

30 “Mō reira mea atu ki te whare o Īharaira: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ka whakapoke rānei koutou i a koutou, ka pērā me ō koutou mātua? Ka whai rānei koutou i ā rātou mea whakarihariha moepuku ai? 31 I te mea hoki ka tāpaea e koutou ā koutou mea hoatu noa, ā, ka meinga ā koutou tamariki kia tika nā roto i te ahi, e whakapoke ana rānei koutou i a koutou anō ki ā koutou whakapakoko katoa ā mohoa noa nei? Ā, me rapu tikanga mai rānei i ahau mā koutou, e te whare o Īharaira? E ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, e kore ahau e pai kia uia e koutou.”

32 “Nā, ko te mea i puta ake ki ō koutou wairua e kore rawa e taea, tā koutou e kī rā, ‘Ka rite tātou ki ngā tauiwi, ki ngā hapū o ngā whenua, ka mahi ki te rākau, ki te kōhatu.’ 33 E ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, inā, he ringa kaha tōku, he tākakau mārō, he weriweri kua oti te riringi atu, i ahau ka kāwana nei i a koutou. 34 Ka tangohia mai anō koutou e ahau i roto i ngā iwi, ka huihuia i ngā whenua i whakamararatia atu ai koutou, he meatanga nā te ringa kaha, nā te tākakau mārō, nā te weriweri kua oti te riringi atu. 35 Ā, ka kawea koutou e ahau ki te koraha o ngā iwi, ā, ki reira ahau whakawā ai i a koutou, he kanohi ki te kanohi. 36 Ka rite ki tāku whakawā i ō koutou mātua i te koraha o te whenua o Īhipa; ka pēnā anō tāku whakawā i a koutou, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā. 37 Ka meinga anō koutou e ahau kia tika i raro i te tokotoko, kia uru ki roto ki te here o te kawenata. 38 Ka tahia atu hoki e ahau i roto i a koutou te hunga whakakeke, te hunga hoki e tutū ana ki ahau. Ka tangohia mai rātou e ahau i te whenua e noho nei rātou, engari, e kore rātou e tae ki te oneone o Īharaira; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau.

39 “Nā, ko koutou, e te whare o Īharaira, ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Haere, e mahi ki tāna whakapakoko, ki tāna whakapakoko, i ngā wā e takoto ake nei, ki te kore koutou e rongo ki ahau; kaua ia tōku ingoa tapu e whakapokea i muri ki ā koutou mea hōmai noa, ki ā koutou whakapakoko.

40 “Hei tōku maunga tapu hoki, hei te maunga o te tairangatanga o Īharaira, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, hei reira te whare katoa o Īharaira, rātou katoa i te whenua, mahi ai ki ahau. Ko te wāhi tērā e manako ai ahau ki a rātou, ko te wāhi anō tērā e mea ake ai ahau ki ā koutou whakahere māku, ki ngā mātāmua o ā koutou mea e tāpae mai ai, ki ā koutou mea tapu katoa. 41 Ka manako ahau ki a koutou, ānō he whakakakara reka, ina tangohia mai koutou e ahau i roto i ngā iwi, ina huihuia mai i ngā whenua i whakamararatia atu ai koutou; ā, ka ai koutou hei whakatapu mōku i te tirohanga a ngā iwi. 42 Nā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau, ina kawea koutou e ahau ki te oneone o Īharaira, ki te whenua i ara ai tōku ringa kia hoatu a reira ki ō koutou mātua. 43 Ka mahara anō koutou i reira ki ō koutou ara, ki ā koutou mahi katoa i poke ai koutou; ā, ka whakarihariha koutou ki a koutou, ki tā koutou ake titiro, mō ngā mea kikino katoa i mahia e koutou. 44 Ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau, ina ngana ahau ki a koutou, he mea mō tōku ingoa, kāhore anō ia e rite ki ō koutou ara kino, ki ā koutou mahi hē rānei, e te whare o Īharaira, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.”

45 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 46 “E te tama a te tangata, anga atu tōu mata whaka te tonga, kia māturuturu atu anō tāu kupu whaka te tonga, poropititia he hē mō te ngahere o te pārae ki te tonga. 47 Mea atu hoki ki te ngahere i te tonga: Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā; Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ka whakaūngia e ahau he ahi i roto i a koe, ā, ka pau ngā rākau matomato katoa i roto i a koe, me ngā rākau maroke katoa; e kore te mura e tineia, ka mura tonu, ka wera anō ngā kanohi katoa i reira, i te tonga tae noa ki te raki. 48 Ā, ka kite ngā kikokiko katoa, nāku, nā Ihowā i whakaū; e kore e tineia.”

49 Anō rā ko ahau, “Auē, e te Ariki, e Ihowā! E mea ana rātou ki ahau, ‘He teka ianei he kōrero whakatauki āna e kōrero nei?’ ”

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