Hapakuku 1 - Paipera Tapu 2012

¹ Ko te poropititanga i kitea e Hapakuku poropiti.

Te Amuamu a te Poropiti

² Kia pēhea te roa, e Ihowā, o tāku tangi, ā, kāhore koe e rongo? E karanga atu ana ahau ki a koe mō te tutū, ā, kāhore koe e whakaora.

³ He aha koe i whakakite mai ai i te kino ki ahau? He aha koe i titiro ai ki te pakeketanga? He pāhua hoki, he tutū tēnei kei tōku aroaro, nā, he totohe tēnei, ā, kei te oho ake he ngangare.

⁴ Nā reira kahakore noa iho te ture, kore tonu ake e puta te whakawā; e karapotia ana hoki te tika e te kino – nā reira, te putanga o te whakawā, he parori kē.

Te Whakautu a Ihowā

⁵ “Titiro atu ki ngā tauiwi, mātakitaki, kia nui te mīharo! Nō te mea kei te mahi ahau i tētahi mahi i ō koutou rā, he mea e kore e whakaponohia, ki te kōrerotia atu.

⁶ Nō te mea tēnei ka ara i ahau ngā Karari, taua iwi nanakia rā, taua iwi hīkaka tonu rā, e haerea nei e rātou te whānuitanga o te whenua, kia riro ai i a rātou ngā kāinga ehara nei i a rātou.

⁷ “He hanga whakamataku rātou, he mea wehi; i ahu tonu ake i a rātou tā rātou nā whakawā, me tō rātou nā rangatiratanga.

⁸ He tere atu ā rātou hōiho i te reparo, he nanakia atu i te wuruhi o te ahiahi; ka tohatoha noa atu ō rātou kaieke hōiho. Āe rā, ka haere mai anō ā rātou kaieke hōiho i tawhiti; ko tā rātou rere rite tonu ki tā te ēkara e hohoro ana ki te kai.

⁹ “Ko rātou katoa he mahi nanakia i haere mai ai; ko ō rātou kanohi whakamau tonu me te mea ko te hau marangai, me te mea he kirikiri ngā whakarau e aohia ana e rātou.

¹⁰ Āe rā, e taunu ana ia ki ngā kīngi, ā, hei kata māna ngā rangatira. Ka kata ia ki ngā pā taiepa katoa; ka opehia ake hoki he puehu e ia, ā, riro tonu i a ia.

¹¹ Kātahi ia ka wheoro ake ānō he hau, ka whiti atu, ā, ka mahi i te hē; arā a ia, te tangata ko tōna kaha nei tōna atua.”

¹² He teka ianei nōnamata riro koe, e Ihowā, e tōku Atua, e tōku Mea Tapu? E kore mātou e mate. Kua waiho ia e koe, e Ihowā, hei whakawā; kua whakapūmautia ia e koe, e te Kāmaka, hei whiu.

¹³ He kanohi mā rawa ōu, e kore koe e titiro ki te kino, e kore anō e āhei kia mātakitaki koe ki te kino. He aha koe i mātakitaki ai ki te hunga tinihanga, i whakarongo puku ai i te mea ka horomia e te tangata kino te tangata e tika rawa ana i a ia?

¹⁴ He aha ngā tāngata i meinga ai e koe kia rite ki ngā ika o te moana, ki ngā mea ngōkingōki kāhore nei ō rātou kaiwhakahaere tikanga?

¹⁵ Ko rātou katoa tangohia ake e ia ki te matau, ka mau i a ia ki roto ki tāna kupenga, e kokoa ana ki tāna rou; nā reira koa ana ia, whakamanamana ana.

¹⁶ Koia ia i whakahere ai ki tāna kupenga, i tahu whakakakara ai ki tāna rou; nō te mea nā aua mea i whai ngako ai tōna wāhi, i mōmona ai tāna kai.

¹⁷ He mea anō rānei tērā e whakawāteatia ai e ia tāna kupenga, ā, kore iho e tohungia ngā iwi e patua tonutia ana?