Hopa 13 - Paipera Tapu 2012

Ki a Ihowā te Tautohe a Hopa

¹ “Nanā, kua kitea katoatia tēnei e tōku kanohi, kua rongo tōku taringa, kua mōhio.

² Ko tā koutou e mōhio nā, ko tāku anō tēnā e mōhio nei; kāhore hoki ahau i hoki iho i a koutou.

³ Inā, e whai kupu anō ahau ki te Kaha Rawa; ā, e hiahia ana ahau ki te kōrerorero ki te Atua.

⁴ Ko koutou ia, he hunga tito i te teka, he rata horihori noa koutou katoa.

⁵ Te pai nā, me i mutu rawa ā koutou kōrero! Ko tō koutou whakaaro nui hoki tēnā.

⁶ Tēnā rā, whakarongo mai ki tāku tautohe, maharatia ngā whawhai a ōku ngutu.

⁷ Me tautoko tā te Atua ki te kupu kino, me tautoko rānei tāna ki te tinihanga?

⁸ Ka whakapai kanohi koia koutou ki a ia? Mā koutou rānei tā te Atua tautohe?

⁹ He pai rānei kia rapua tā koutou e ia? E māminga rānei koutou ki a ia, e pērā me tētahi ka māminga nei ki te tangata?

¹⁰ He pono ka whakahē ia ki a koutou ki te whakapai puku koutou i te kanohi.

¹¹ E kore rānei koutou e mataku ki tōna nui? E kore rānei te wehi ki a ia e tau ki a koutou?

¹² Ko ā koutou pepeha nunui he whakatauki nō te pungarehu, ko ō koutou parepare he parepare paru.

¹³ “Kāti te kōrero, waiho noa iho ahau, kia kōrero ai ahau, ahakoa pā mai te aha ki ahau.

¹⁴ He aha ōku kikokiko i ngaua ai e ōku niho? He aha tōku wairua i waiho ai e ahau i roto i tōku ringa?

¹⁵ Ahakoa whakamate noa ia i ahau, ka tatari tonu ahau ki a ia; otiia, ka mau tonu ahau ki ōku ara i tōna aroaro.

¹⁶ Ko tēnei hoki hei oranga mōku; e kore hoki te tangata atuakore e tae mai ki tōna aroaro.

¹⁷ Āta whakarongo ki āku kōrero; kia anga mai ō koutou taringa ki tāku e whakapuaki nei.

¹⁸ Nā, kua takoto tāku mō te whakawā; e mōhio ana ahau he tika ahau.

¹⁹ Ko wai ia hei totohe ki ahau? Ka whakarongo puku hoki ahau āianei, ā, ka hemo ahau.”

Te Īnoi Takarure a Hopa

²⁰ “Engari kaua ngā mea e rua e meatia mai ki ahau; kātahi ahau ka kore e huna i ahau i tōu mata.

²¹ Kia matara atu tōu ringa ki tawhiti i ahau; ā, kaua ahau e whakawehia e te mataku ki a koe.

²² Ko reira, māu e karanga, ā, māku e whakaō atu; māku rānei e kōrero, ā, māu e whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.

²³ Ka hia rā ōku kino, ōku hara? Meinga ahau kia mātau ki tōku hē me tōku hara.

²⁴ He aha tōu mata i hunā ai e koe? He aha ahau i kīia ai e koe he hoariri?

²⁵ E kapokapohia rānei e koe te pakawhā e pūhia haeretia ana? E whāia rānei e koe te pāpapa maroke?

²⁶ Kei te tuhituhi nā hoki koe i ngā mea kawa mōku, e mea ana hoki kia riro mai i ahau ngā hē o tōku taitamarikitanga.

²⁷ Karapitia iho e koe ōku waewae ki te rākau, he mea tohu nāu ōku ara katoa, ā, he mea tuhi nāu ōku takahanga waewae tawhio noa.

²⁸ “Ahakoa tōku rite kei te mea pirau, e memeha noa ana, kei te kākahu e kainga ana e te pūrehurehu.”