Hopa
13:1 Nana, kua kitea katoatia tenei e toku kanohi, kua rongo toku taringa, kua mohio.
13:2 Ko ta koutou e mohio na, ko taku ano tena e mohio nei: kahore hoki ahau i hoki iho ia koutou.
13:3 Ina, e whai kupu ano ahau ki te Kaha Rawa: ae hiahia ana ki te korerorero ki te Atua.
13:4 Ko koutou ia, he hunga tito i te teka, he rata horihori katoa koutou.
13:5 Aue, me i whakarongo kau koutou! a me waiho ma koutou
whakaaro nui.
13:6 Tena ra, whakarongo ki taku tautohe, maharatia nga tohe a oku ngutu.
13:7 E korero kino ranei koutou mo te Atua? a korero tinihanga ana mona?
13:8 Ka whakapai kanohi ranei koutou ki a ia? ka tohe ranei koutou i ta te Atua?
13:9 He pai ranei kia rapua ta koutou e ia? ka rite ranei ki te tangata e maminga nei ki tetahi,
he pena ta koutou tawai ki a ia?
13:10 He pono ka whakahe ia ki a koutou ki te whakapai puku koutou i te kanohi.
13:11 E kore ranei koutou e mataku ki tona nui? a ka tau tona wehi ki a koutou?
13:12 Ko o koutou whakamaharatanga he rite ki te pungarehu, ko o koutou tinana he parepare paru.
13:13 Kati te korero, waiho noa iho ahau, kia korero ai ahau, ahakoa pa mai te aha ki ahau
hiahia.
13:14 He aha oku kikokiko i ngaua ai e oku niho? He aha toku wairua i waiho ai e ahau i roto i toku ringa?
13:15 Ahakoa whakamate noa ia i ahau, ka whakawhirinaki ano ahau ki a ia: ka mau tonu i ahau taku
ara i mua i a ia.
13:16 Ko ia ano hei oranga moku: e kore hoki te tangata atuakore e tae mai i mua
ia.
13:17 Ata whakarongo mai ki aku korero: kia anga mai o koutou taringa ki taku e whakapuaki nei.
13:18 Na kua takoto taku mo te whakawa; e mohio ana ahau ka whakatikaia ahau.
13:19 Ko wai ia hei totohe ki ahau? Inaianei hoki, ki te pupuri ahau i toku arero, ka pehia e ahau
hoatu te wairua.
13:20 Engari kaua nga mea e rua e meatia mai ki ahau; katahi ahau ka kore e huna i ahau i a koe.
13:21 Kia matara atu tou ringa ki tawhiti i ahau; a kei whakawehia ahau e tou mataku.
13:22 Ko reira, mau e karanga, a maku e whakao atu; maku ranei e korero, a mau e whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.
13:23 Ka hia ra oku kino, oku hara? meinga ahau kia mohio ki taku mahi tutu
me toku hara.
13:24 He aha tou mata i huna ai e koe? He aha ahau i kiia ai e koe he hoariri mou?
13:25 E whatiia ranei e koe te rau rakau e puhia haeretia ana? ka whaia ranei e koe te mea maroke
kakau witi?
13:26 Kei te tuhituhi na hoki koe i nga mea kawa moku, e mea ana kia riro mai i ahau
nga kino o toku tamarikitanga.
13:27 Karapotia ana e koe oku waewae ki te rakau, he ata titiro ki nga tangata katoa
oku ara; he mea tuhi nau ki nga rekereke o oku waewae.
13:28 Ka rite ia ki te mea pirau, e memeha noa ana, ano he kakahu e kainga ana e te huhu.