Ihāia 44 - Paipera Tapu 2012

Tā Ihowā Manaaki i a Īharaira

¹ “Nā, whakarongo, e tāku pononga, e Hākopa, e Īharaira, e tāku i whiriwhiri ai.

² Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a tōu kaihanga, nāna nei koe i whakaahua i roto i te kōpū, māna nei koe e āwhina, Kaua e wehi, e Hākopa, e tāku pononga, e Iēhuruna, e tāku i whiriwhiri ai.

³ Nō te mea ka ringihia e ahau he wai ki runga ki te tangata matewai, he awa ki te wāhi maroke; ka ringihia e ahau tōku wairua ki ōu uri, tāku manaaki ki tāu whānau.

⁴ Ā, ka tupu rātou i waenga taru, ānō he wirou i te taha o ngā rerenga wai.

⁵ Ka kī ake tēnei, ‘Nā Ihowā ahau,’ ko tētahi atu, karangatia ana e ia ko Hākopa hei ingoa mōna; ko tētahi atu, tuhituhi ana tōna ringa ‘Ki a Ihowā,’ whakahuatia ake e ia ko Īharaira hei ingoa mōna.

⁶ “Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Kīngi o Īharaira, a tōna kaihoko anō, a Ihowā o ngā mano: Ko ahau te tuatahi ko ahau anō te mutunga; kāhore atu hoki he Atua, ko ahau anake.

⁷ Ko wai hoki hei rite mōku, hei karanga, hei whakaatu, hei whakarite kia noho rārangi, mai o tōku whakaritenga i te iwi onamata? Ā, mā rātou e whakaatu ngā mea meāke puta mai, me ngā mea anō e puta ā mua.

⁸ Kaua e wehi, kaua e pāwera; kīhai ianei i kōrerotia e ahau ki a koe ngā mea onamata, i whakaaturia hoki? Ko koutou anō hei kaiwhakaatu mōku! Tērā atu rānei tētahi atua kē? Āe rā, kāhore he kāmaka; kāhore ahau e mōhio ki tētahi.”

Ka Whakahāweatia te Whakapakoko

⁹ Ko ngā kaiwhakaahua o te whakapakoko, he horihori katoa rātou; kāhore hoki he pai o ā rātou mea āhuareka. Ko ō rātou kaiwhakaatu kāhore e kite, kāhore e mōhio; e whakamā ai rātou.

¹⁰ Ko wai te kaiwhakaahua o tētahi atua, te kaiwhakarewa rānei o te whakapakoko kāhore nei ōna pai?

¹¹ Nanā, ko ōna hoa katoa, ka whakamā; ko ngā kaimahi anō, he tāngata nei rātou; kia huihui mai rātou katoa, tū ai. Ka wehi, ka whakamā ngātahi.

¹² E hangaia ana e te parakimete he toki, ka mahi i roto i ngā waro, whakaahuatia ana e ia ki te hama, puta ana te kaha o tōna ringa ki te mahi i taua mea; ka hemo anō ia i te kai, kore noa iho he kaha; kāhore e inu i te wai, māuiui noa iho.

¹³ Ko te kāmura, whakamārōkia mai ana e ia te aho, tuhia iho e ia ki te pene, mahia ana e ia ki te waru; tohungia ana e ia ki te kāpehu, mahia ana e ia kia rite ki te āhua o te tangata, ki te ātaahua anō o te tangata; hei mea mō roto i te whare.

¹⁴ Tuaina ana e ia he hīta māna, tīkina ana e ia te kaiperi, me te oki, ā, whakapakaritia ana e ia māna tētahi i roto i ngā rākau o te ngahere; whakatōkia ana e ia te ahe hei whakatupu mā te ua.

¹⁵ Kātahi ka waiho hei wahie mā te tangata; ka tangohia hoki e ia tētahi wāhi hei whakamahana i a ia; inā, whakaūngia ana e ia, hei tunu taro; ia kei te hanga anō ia i tētahi atua, koropikoria atu ana e ia; mahia ana e ia hei whakapakoko, tāpapa tonu atu ki reira.

¹⁶ Ko tētahi wāhi o taua rākau, e tahuna ana e ia ki te ahi, ko tētahi wāhi, hei mea i te kikokiko hei kai māna; tunua ana e ia tāna e tunu ai, ā, ka mākona. Āe rā, ka mahana anō ia, ā, ka mea, “Ha, kua mahana ahau, kua kite i te ahi.”

¹⁷ Ko te toenga, hangā ake e ia hei atua, hei whakapakoko māna; tāpapa ana ia, koropiko ana, īnoi ana ki taua mea, ka mea, “Whakaorangia ahau; ko koe nei hoki tōku atua.”

¹⁸ Kāhore rātou e mōhio, kāhore e mahara; nō te mea kua āraia e ia ō rātou kanohi kei kite, ō rātou ngākau kei mātau.

¹⁹ Kāhore hoki e anga ake te ngākau o tētahi, kāhore e mōhio, kāhore e mātau, e kī ake ai ia, “Ko tētahi wāhi o tēnei i tahuna e ahau ki te ahi; i tunua anō e ahau he taro ki ōna ngārahu, tunua ana e ahau he kikokiko, kainga ake e ahau; ā, kia meinga e ahau te toenga o taua rākau hei mea whakarihariha? Me tāpapa rānei ahau ki te take rākau?”

²⁰ Ko tāna kai, he pungarehu; kua tinihangatia tōna ngākau, ā, ngau kē ana ia, tē whakaora ia i tōna wairua, tē kī ake rānei, “Kāhore rānei he kōrero teka i tōku matau?”

Kāhore i Wareware a Īharaira

²¹ “Kia mahara ki ēnei, e Hākopa, e Īharaira; he pononga hoki koe nāku; nāku koe i whai āhua ai, he pononga hoki koe nāku; e Īharaira, e kore koe e wareware i ahau.

²² Ko ōu hē, murua ake e ahau, me te mea he kapua mātotoru; ko ōu hara, me te mea he kapua; hoki mai ki ahau; nāku hoki koe i hoko.”

²³ Waiata, e ngā rangi, he mahi hoki tēnei nā Ihowā. Hāmama, e ngā wāhi o raro rawa o te whenua. Kia pakaru mai tā koutou waiata, e ngā maunga, e te ngahere, e ngā rākau katoa o reira; nō te mea kua oti a Hākopa te hoko e Ihowā, kua whai korōria ia i a Īharaira.

²⁴ “Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a tōu kaihoko, nāna nei koe i whai āhua ai, nō roto mai anō i te kōpū: “Ko Ihowā ahau, ko te kaihanga o ngā mea katoa, nāku anake ngā rangi i hora, nāku i takoto ai te whenua; ko wai tōku hoa?

²⁵ “Ko ngā tohu a te hunga kōrero teka hē ana i a ia, ko ngā tohunga tūāhu whakahaurangitia ana e ia; ko te hunga whakaaro nui, whakahokia ana e ia ki muri, ko tō rātou mātauranga, whakapōauautia iho.

²⁶ Mana pū i a ia te kupu a tāna pononga, te whakaaro a āna karere rite rawa i a ia. “Ko tāna kupu ki Hiruhārama, ‘Ka nohoia koe,’ ki ngā pā o Hūrā, ‘Ka hangā koutou, māku anō e whakaara ōna wāhi kua ururuatia.’

²⁷ Ko tāna kupu ki te rire, ‘Kia mimiti; māku anō e whakamaroke ōu awa.’

²⁸ Ko tāna kupu mō Hairuha, ‘He hēpara ia nāku, ka rite anō i a ia tāku katoa i pai ai’; māna hoki e kī ki Hiruhārama, ‘Ka hangā koe,’ ā, ki te temepara, ‘Ka whakatakotoria ōu tūranga.’ ”