Hapakuku 2 - Paipera Tapu 2012

Te Whakautu a Ihowā ki a Hapakuku

¹ Ka tū ahau ki tāku mahi tiaki, ka whakanoho i ahau ki te taumaihi. Ka tūtei atu, ka titiro atu, ko te aha e kīia mai e ia ki ahau, ā, ko te aha e whakahokia e ahau ina rīria tāku.

² Nā, ka utua mai tāku e Ihowā, i kī mai ia: “Tuhituhia te kite; kia mārama rawa ki ngā papa, kia tere ai te kaikōrero.

³ Mō tōna wā anō hoki i whakaritea ai te kite, ā, e whawhai ana ia ki te mutunga, ā, e kore e teka. Ahakoa roa ia, tatari atu ki a ia; nō te mea he pono rawa ka puta mai; e kore e whakaroa.

⁴ “Nanā, kei te whakakake tōna ngākau, kāhore e tika i roto i a ia; mā tōna whakapono ia ka ora ai te tangata tika.

⁵ Āe rā hoki, he mea nanakia te wāina, he tangata whakakake, kāhore e āta noho i te kāinga. Ko tōna hiahia whakanuia ake e ia ānō ko te rēinga, kei te mate tōna rite, e kore anō e ngata. E tāwhiua ana hoki e ia ngā iwi katoa ki a ia, e taupuatia ana ngā tāngata katoa ki a ia.”

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⁶ “E kore ianei e whakahuatia e ēnei katoa he kupu whakatauki mōna, he whakapeka taunu anō mōna, ā, ka mea, ‘Auē te mate mō te tangata e āmi ana i te mea ehara nei i a ia! He pēhea rā te roa mō te tangata anō e haupū ake ana i te taunaha ki runga ki a ia?’

⁷ E kore ianei e maranga ohorere ake ngā kaingau mōu? E kore ianei e ara ngā kaiwhakatoi i a koe, ā, ka waiho koe hei taonga pārau mā rātou?

⁸ Nō te mea he maha ngā iwi i pāhuatia e koe, nā, ka pāhuatia koe e ngā toenga katoa o ngā iwi – he mea hoki mō te toto o ngā tāngata, mō te mahi nanakia ki te whenua, ki te pā, ā, ki ngā tāngata katoa anō i reira.

⁹ “Auē te mate mō te tangata, he kino nei te apo i apo taonga ai ia mō tōna whare, he mea kia tiketike ake ai tōna kōhanga, kia ora ai ia i te kaha o te kino!”

¹⁰ Kua takoto i a koe he whakamā mō tōu whare i tāu hātepenga atu i ngā iwi maha; kua hara anō ki tōu wairua ake.

¹¹ Ka karanga hoki te kōhatu i roto i te pakitara, ka whakahoki kupu anō te kurupae i roto i ngā rākau.

¹² “Auē te mate mō te tangata e hanga ana i te pā ki te toto, e whakaū ana hoki i te pā ki te hē!”

¹³ He teka ianei nā Ihowā o ngā mano i māuiui ai ngā tāngata i roto i te ahi, i ruha ai ngā iwi i te kāhore noa iho?

¹⁴ Ka kapi hoki te whenua i te mātauranga ki te korōria o Ihowā, ānō ko ngā wai e taupoki ana i te moana.

¹⁵ “Auē te mate mō te tangata e mea ana i tōna hoa kia inu, e āpiti atu ana i te mea nanakia ki tērā, e whakahaurangi ana hoki i a ia, kia titiro ai koe ki a rātou e takoto tahanga ana!”

¹⁶ E kī ana koe i te whakamā, kāhore i te korōria. E inu hoki koe, kia waiho ai koe, ānō he mea kokotikore. Ka anga mai ki a koe te kapu a tō Ihowā ringa matau, ā, he whakamā whakarihariha ka tau ki runga ki tōu korōria.

¹⁷ Ko te mahi nanakia hoki ki Repanōna hei taupoki mōu, me te whakangaromanga o ngā kararehe i wehingia rā e rātou – mō te toto hoki o ngā tāngata, mō te mahi nanakia ki te whenua, ki te pā, ki ngā tāngata anō o reira.

¹⁸ “He aha te pai o te whakapakoko i whaoa ai e tōna kaihanga – o te whakapakoko whakarewa anō, o te kaiwhakaako ki te teka? I whakawhirinaki ai tōna kaihanga ki tāna mahi, ka mahi i ngā whakapakoko wahangū.

¹⁹ Auē te mate mō te tangata e mea ana ki te rākau, ‘Maranga!’ Ki te kōhatu reokore, ‘E ara!’ Mā tēnei koia e whakaako? Nanā, kua oti te kōura, te hiriwa, te whakapiri ki a ia, ā, kāhore rawa he wairua i roto.

²⁰ Kei tōna temepara tapu ia a Ihowā. Whakarongoa, e te whenua katoa, i tōna aroaro!”