Ihāia 43 - Paipera Tapu 2012

Te Kaiwhakaora o Īharaira

¹ Nā ināianei, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a tōu kaihanga, e Hākopa, a tōu kaiwhakaahua, e Īharaira: “Kaua e wehi kua oti nei hoki koe te hoko e ahau; kua karangatia e ahau tōu ingoa; nāku koe.

² Ka haere koe i roto i te wai, ko ahau hei hoa mōu; i ngā awa anō, e kore e huri mai ki runga i a koe; ki te haere koe i roto i te ahi, e kore koe e wera, e kore anō te mura e kā ki a koe.

³ Ko Ihowā hoki ahau, ko tōu Atua, ko te Mea Tapu o Īharaira, ko tōu kaiwhakaora; i hoatu e ahau a Īhipa hei utu mōu, a Etiopia rāua ko Tepa hei wāhi mōu.

⁴ I te mea he taonga nui koe ki tāku titiro, he mea e whakahōnoretia ana, ā, i arohaina koe e ahau; mō reira ka hoatu e ahau he tangata mō tōu tūranga, he iwi hoki hei utu mōu kia ora.

⁵ Kaua e wehi; kei a koe nei hoki ahau: ka kawea mai e ahau ōu uri i te rāwhiti, ka kohikohia mai koe i te uru.

⁶ Ka mea ahau ki te raki, ‘Hōmai’; ki te tonga, ‘Kaua e kaiponuhia’; kawea mai āku tama i tawhiti, āku tamāhine i te pito o te whenua –

⁷ te hunga katoa i huaina nei tōku ingoa mō rātou; nāku hoki rātou i hanga hei whakakorōria mōku: nāku ia i whakaahua, nāku hoki ia i mahi.”

⁸ Whakaputaina mai ngā matapō he kanohi nei ō rātou, ngā turi he taringa nei ō rātou.

⁹ Kia huihui ngā iwi katoa, kia rūpeke tahi ngā tauiwi; ko wai i roto i a rātou hei whakaatu i tēnei, hei kōrero i ngā mea ō mua ki a tātou? Kia hōmai e rātou ō rātou kaiwhakaatu, kia whakatikaia atu ai tā rātou; mā rātou rānei e whakarongo, e mea mai, “He pono.”

¹⁰ “Ko koutou hei whakaatu mō tāku,” e ai tā Ihowā, “me tāku pononga i whiriwhiria e ahau, kia mōhio ai koutou, kia whakapono ai ki tāku, kia mātau ai ko ahau ia, kāhore he Atua i whakaahuatia i mua i ahau, kāhore hoki tētahi i muri i ahau.

¹¹ Ko ahau, ko ahau nei anō, a Ihowā, kāhore atu hoki he kaiwhakaora, ko ahau anake.

¹² Nāku i whakaatu, nāku hoki i whakaora, nāku anō i kōrero, i te mea kāhore he atua kē i roto i a koutou; nā, ko koutou hei kaiwhakaatu mōku,” e ai tā Ihowā, “ā, ko te Atua ahau.

¹³ Āe rā, i te mea kāhore anō he rā ko ahau tēnei; e kore hoki tētahi e whakaora ake i roto i tōku ringa; māku e mahi, ko wai hoki hei whakakāhore?”

¹⁴ Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a tō koutou kaihoko, a te Mea Tapu o Īharaira: “He whakaaro ki a koutou i unga tāngata ai ahau ki Papurōna, ā, ka mauria mai e ahau rātou katoa, he mawhiti mai, arā ngā Karari i runga i ngā kaipuke i harakoa ai rātou.

¹⁵ Ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Mea Tapu, ko te kaihanga o Īharaira, ko tō koutou Kīngi.”

¹⁶ Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, nāna nei i hōmai te ara i te moana, he huarahi i roto i ngā wai kaha.

¹⁷ Nāna nei i whakaputa mai te hāriata, te hōiho, te ope, me te kaha; takoto tahi ana rātou, tē ara ki runga; kua keto rātou, kua tineia, ānō he muka.

¹⁸ “Kaua e mahara ki ngā mea ō mua; ko ngā mea onamata kaua e whakaaroa.

¹⁹ Tēnei ahau te mahi nei i te mea hou; ākuanei te tupu ai; e kore rānei e mōhiotia e koutou? Ka oti i ahau he ara i te koraha, he awa i te tītōhea.

²⁰ Ka whakakorōriatia ahau e ngā kararehe o te pārae, e ngā kīrehe mohoao, e ngā otereti; nō te mea ka hoatu e ahau he wai i te koraha, he awa i te tītōhea, hei inu mā tāku iwi, mā tāku i whiriwhiri ai;

²¹ mā te iwi i whakaahuatia e ahau māku, mā rātou e kauwhau te whakamoemiti mōku.

²² “Nā, kīhai nei koe i karanga ki ahau, e Hākopa; kua hōhā koe ki ahau e Īharaira.

²³ Kīhai i kawea mai e koe ki ahau āu hipi hei tahunga tinana; kīhai anō ahau i whakakorōriatia ki āu patunga tapu. Kāhore āku whakamahi i a koe ki te whakahere, kīhai anō koe i ngenge, i te meatanga i te whakakakara.

²⁴ Kīhai i hokona e koe he kākaho reka māku ki te moni, kīhai hoki ahau i mākona i te ngako o āu patunga tapu. Engari, i whakamahia ahau e koe ki ōu hara, māuiui ana ahau i āu mahi hē.

²⁵ “Ko ahau, ko ahau nei anō, te kaimuru atu i ōu hē, he whakaaro anō ki ahau; e kore anō ōu hara e maharatia e ahau.

²⁶ Whakamaharatia ahau; tātou ka whakawā ki a tātou anō; kōrerotia e koe tāu, kia whakatikaia ai koe.

²⁷ Ko tōu pāpā tuatahi, i hara; ko ōu kaiwhakaako, whakakeke ana ki ahau.

²⁸ Nā reira whakapokea iho e ahau ngā rangatira o te wāhi tapu, ā, hoatu ana e ahau a Hākopa ki te kanga, a Īharaira ki te tāwai.”